Current Status and Future Perspectives of the LUCIFER Experiment
In the field of fundamental particle physics, the neutrino has become more and more important in the last few years, since the discovery of its mass. In particular, the ultimate nature of the neutrino (if it is a Dirac or a Majorana particle) plays a crucial role not only in neutrino physics, but al...
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| author | J. W. Beeman F. Bellini P. Benetti L. Cardani N. Casali D. Chiesa M. Clemenza I. Dafinei S. Di Domizio F. Ferroni A. Giachero L. Gironi A. Giuliani C. Gotti M. Maino S. Nagorny S. Nisi C. Nones F. Orio L. Pattavina G. Pessina G. Piperno S. Pirro E. Previtali C. Rusconi M. Tenconi C. Tomei M. Vignati |
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| description | In the field of fundamental particle physics, the neutrino has become more and more important in the last few years, since the discovery of its mass. In particular, the ultimate nature of the neutrino (if it is a Dirac or a Majorana particle) plays a crucial role not only in neutrino physics, but also in the overall framework of fundamental particle interactions and in cosmology. The only way to disentangle its ultimate nature is to search for the neutrinoless double beta decay. The idea of LUCIFER is to combine the bolometric technique proposed for the CUORE experiment with the bolometric light detection technique used in cryogenic dark matter experiments. The bolometric technique allows an extremely good energy resolution while its combination with the scintillation detection offers an ultimate tool for background rejection. The goal of LUCIFER is not only to build a background-free small-scale experiment but also to directly prove the potentiality of this technique. Preliminary tests on several detectors containing different interesting DBD emitters have clearly demonstrated the excellent background rejection capabilities that arise from the simultaneous, independent, double readout of heat and scintillation light. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c666c0dfec104b9ebb8cc524928f2b2e2025-08-20T03:23:20ZengWileyAdvances in High Energy Physics1687-73571687-73652013-01-01201310.1155/2013/237973237973Current Status and Future Perspectives of the LUCIFER ExperimentJ. W. Beeman0F. Bellini1P. Benetti2L. Cardani3N. Casali4D. Chiesa5M. Clemenza6I. Dafinei7S. Di Domizio8F. Ferroni9A. Giachero10L. Gironi11A. Giuliani12C. Gotti13M. Maino14S. Nagorny15S. Nisi16C. Nones17F. Orio18L. Pattavina19G. Pessina20G. Piperno21S. Pirro22E. Previtali23C. Rusconi24M. Tenconi25C. Tomei26M. Vignati27Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USADipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Roma, ItalyDipartimento di Chimica, Università di Pavia, 27100 Pavia, ItalyDipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Roma, ItalyDipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, ItalyDipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano Bicocca, 20126 Milano, ItalyDipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano Bicocca, 20126 Milano, ItalyINFN, Sezione di Roma 1, 00185 Roma, ItalyINFN, Sezione di Genova, 16146 Genova, ItalyDipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Roma, ItalyDipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano Bicocca, 20126 Milano, ItalyDipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano Bicocca, 20126 Milano, ItalyCentre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse, 91405 Orsay, FranceINFN, Sezione di Milano Bicocca, 20126 Milano, ItalyDipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano Bicocca, 20126 Milano, ItalyINFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi, ItalyINFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi, ItalyCEA, Irfu, SPP Centre de Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, FranceINFN, Sezione di Roma 1, 00185 Roma, ItalyINFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi, ItalyINFN, Sezione di Milano Bicocca, 20126 Milano, ItalyDipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Roma, ItalyINFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi, ItalyINFN, Sezione di Milano Bicocca, 20126 Milano, ItalyINFN, Sezione di Milano Bicocca, 20126 Milano, ItalyCentre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse, 91405 Orsay, FranceINFN, Sezione di Roma 1, 00185 Roma, ItalyINFN, Sezione di Roma 1, 00185 Roma, ItalyIn the field of fundamental particle physics, the neutrino has become more and more important in the last few years, since the discovery of its mass. In particular, the ultimate nature of the neutrino (if it is a Dirac or a Majorana particle) plays a crucial role not only in neutrino physics, but also in the overall framework of fundamental particle interactions and in cosmology. The only way to disentangle its ultimate nature is to search for the neutrinoless double beta decay. The idea of LUCIFER is to combine the bolometric technique proposed for the CUORE experiment with the bolometric light detection technique used in cryogenic dark matter experiments. The bolometric technique allows an extremely good energy resolution while its combination with the scintillation detection offers an ultimate tool for background rejection. The goal of LUCIFER is not only to build a background-free small-scale experiment but also to directly prove the potentiality of this technique. Preliminary tests on several detectors containing different interesting DBD emitters have clearly demonstrated the excellent background rejection capabilities that arise from the simultaneous, independent, double readout of heat and scintillation light.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/237973 |
| spellingShingle | J. W. Beeman F. Bellini P. Benetti L. Cardani N. Casali D. Chiesa M. Clemenza I. Dafinei S. Di Domizio F. Ferroni A. Giachero L. Gironi A. Giuliani C. Gotti M. Maino S. Nagorny S. Nisi C. Nones F. Orio L. Pattavina G. Pessina G. Piperno S. Pirro E. Previtali C. Rusconi M. Tenconi C. Tomei M. Vignati Current Status and Future Perspectives of the LUCIFER Experiment Advances in High Energy Physics |
| title | Current Status and Future Perspectives of the LUCIFER Experiment |
| title_full | Current Status and Future Perspectives of the LUCIFER Experiment |
| title_fullStr | Current Status and Future Perspectives of the LUCIFER Experiment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Current Status and Future Perspectives of the LUCIFER Experiment |
| title_short | Current Status and Future Perspectives of the LUCIFER Experiment |
| title_sort | current status and future perspectives of the lucifer experiment |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/237973 |
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