Review Article
Challenges in Double Beta Decay
| | CUORE-0 | Te ( = 2527 keV) running |
| | FWHM | () keV | | MASS | 11 kg of Te (39 kg of natural TeO2) | | BKG | | | Rate | () counts/(keV·kg·yr) | | Sources | Still to be studied, from previous work: 208Tl in cryostat + degraded 's | | 1.5 × 1025 yr in 5 years (detection efficiency is 78%) |
| | CUORE | Te ( = 2527 keV) under construction |
| | FWHM | 5 keV (predicted) | | MASS | 206 kg of Te (741 kg of natural TeO2) | | BKG | | | Goal | 1 × 10−2 counts/(keV·kg·yr) | | Sources | Degraded 's from surface contaminations | | 2.1 × 1026 years in 5 yr (detection efficiency is 86%) |
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