Exploring the neutrinoless double beta decay in the inverted neutrino hierarchy with bolometric detectors

Artusa, D.R. ; Avignone III, F.T. ; Azzolini, O. ; Balata, M. ; Banks, T.I. ; Bari, G. ; Beeman, J. ; Bellini, F. ; Bersani, A. ; Biassoni, M. ; Brofferio, C. ; Bucci, C. ; Cai, X.Z. ; Camacho, A. ; Canonica, L. ; Cao, X.G. ; Capelli, S. ; Carbone, L. ; Cardani, L. ; Carrettoni, M. ; Casali, N. ; Chiesa, D. ; Chott, N. ; Clemenza, M. ; Cosmelli, C. ; Cremonesi, O. ; Creswick, R.J. ; Dafinei, I. ; Dally, A. ; Datskov, V. ; De Biasi, A. ; Deninno, M.M. ; Di Domizio, S. ; Di Vacri, M.L. ; Ejzak, L. ; Fang, D.Q. ; Farach, H.A. ; Faverzani, M. ; Fernandes, G. ; Ferri, E. ; Ferroni, F. ; Fiorini, E. ; Franceschi, M.A. ; Freedman, S.J. ; Fujikawa, B.K. ; Giachero, A. ; Gironi, L. ; Giuliani, A. ; Goett, J. ; Gorla, P. ; Gotti, C. ; Gutierrez, T.D. ; Haller, E.E. ; Han, K. ; Heeger, K.M. ; Hennings-Yeomans, R. ; Huang, H.Z. ; Kadel, R. ; Kazkaz, K. ; Keppel, G. ; Kolomensky, Y.G. ; Li, Y.L. ; Ligi, C. ; Liu, X. ; Ma, Y.G. ; Maiano, C. ; Maino, M. ; Martinez, M. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Maruyama, R.H. ; Mei, Y. ; Moggi, N. ; Morganti, S. ; Napolitano, T. ; Nisi, S. ; Nones, C. ; Norman, E.B. ; Nucciotti, A. ; O'Donnell, T. ; Orio, F. ; Orlandi, D. ; Ouellet, J.L. ; Pallavicini, M. ; Palmieri, V. ; Pattavina, L. ; Pavan, M. ; Pedretti, M. ; Pessina, G. ; Pettinacci, V. ; Piperno, G. ; Pira, C. ; Pirro, S. ; Previtali, E. ; Rampazzo, V. ; Rosenfeld, C. ; Rusconi, C. ; Sala, E. ; Sangiorgio, S. ; Scielzo, N.D. ; Sisti, M. ; Smith, A.R. ; Taffarello, L. ; Tenconi, M. ; Terranova, F. ; Tian, W.D. ; Tomei, C. ; Trentalange, S. ; Ventura, G. ; Vignati, M. ; Wang, B.S. ; Wang, H.W. ; Wielgus, L. ; Wilson, J. ; Winslow, L.A. ; Wise, T. ; Woodcraft, A. ; Zanotti, L. ; Zarra, C. ; Zhu, B.X. ; Zucchelli, S.

Resumen: Neutrinoless double beta decay (0¿ßß) is one of the most sensitive probes for physics beyond the Standard Model, providing unique information on the nature of neutrinos. In this paper we review the status and outlook for bolometric 0¿ßß decay searches. We summarize recent advances in background suppression demonstrated using bolometers with simultaneous readout of heat and light signals. We simulate several configurations of a future CUORE-like bolometer array which would utilize these improvements and present the sensitivity reach of a hypothetical next-generation bolometric 0¿ßß experiment. We demonstrate that a bolometric experiment with the isotope mass of about 1 ton is capable of reaching the sensitivity to the effective Majorana neutrino mass (|mee|) of order 10–20 meV, thus completely exploring the so-called inverted neutrino mass hierarchy region. We highlight the main challenges and identify priorities for an R&D; program addressing them.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-3096-8

Año: 2014

Publicado en: EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C 74, 10 (2014), 1-19
ISSN: 1434-6044

Factor impacto JCR: 5.084 (2014)

Categ. JCR: PHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS rank: 5 / 27 = 0.185 (2014) - Q1 - T1

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Física Teórica (Departamento de Física Teórica)