Neutrinoless double-beta decay search with CUORE and CUORE-O experiments

摘要

The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is an upcoming experiment designed to search for the neutrinoless double-beta decays. Observation of the process would unambiguously establish that neutrinos are Majorana particles and provide information on their absolute mass scale hierarchy. CUORE is now under construction and will consist of an array of 988 TeO_2 crystal bolometers operated at 10 mK, but the first tower (CUORE-O) is already taking data. The experimental techniques used will be presented as well as the preliminary CUORE-O results. The current status of the full-mass experiment and its expected sensitivity will then be discussed.