Validation of techniques to mitigate copper surface contamination in CUORE

F. Alessandria; R. Ardito; D. R. Artusa; F. T. Avignone; O. Azzolini; M. Balata; T. I. Banks; G. Bari; J. Beeman; F. Bellini; A. Bersani; M. Biassoni; T. Bloxham; C. Brofferio; C. Bucci; X. Z. Cai; L. Canonica; S. Capelli; L. Carbone; L. Cardani; M. Carrettoni; N. Casali; N. Chott; M. Clemenza; C. Cosmelli; O. Cremonesi; R. J. Creswick; I. Dafinei; A. Dally; V. Datskov; A. De Biasi; M. M. Deninno; S. Di Domizio; M. L. Di Vacri; L. Ejzak; R. Faccini; D. Q. Fang; H. A. Farach; E. Ferri; F. Ferroni; E. Fiorini; M. A. Franceschi; S. J. Freedman; B. K. Fujikawa; A. Giachero; L. Gironi; A. Giuliani; J. Goett; A. Goodsell; P. Gorla; C. Gotti; E. Guardincerri; T. D. Gutierrez; E. E. Haller; K. Han; K. M. Heeger; H. Z. Huang; R. Kadel; K. Kazkaz; G. Keppel; L. Kogler; Yu G. Kolomensky; D. Lenz; Y. L. Li; C. Ligi; X. Liu; Y. G. Ma; C. Maiano; M. Maino; M. Martinez; R. H. Maruyama; Y. Mei; N. Moggi; S. Morganti; T. Napolitano; S. Newman; S. Nisi; C. Nones; E. B. Norman; A. Nucciotti; F. Orio; D. Orlandi; J. L. Ouellet; M. Pallavicini; V. Palmieri; L. Pattavina; M. Pavan; M. Pedretti; G. Pessina; S. Pirro; E. Previtali; V. Rampazzo; R. Reil; F. Rimondi; C. Rosenfeld; C. Rusconi; S. Sangiorgio; N. D. Scielzo; M. Sisti; A. R. Smith; L. Sparks; F. Stivanello; L. Taffarello; M. Tenconi; W. D. Tian; C. Tomei; S. Trentalange; G. Ventura; M. Vignati; B. S. Wang; H. W. Wang; C. A. Whitten; T. Wise; A. Woodcraft; L. Zanotti; C. Zarra; B. X. Zhu; S. Zucchelli

doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2013.02.005

Validation of techniques to mitigate copper surface contamination in CUORE

F. Alessandria, R. Ardito, D. R. Artusa, F. T. Avignone, O. Azzolini, M. Balata, T. I. Banks, G. Bari, J. Beeman, F. Bellini, A. Bersani, M. Biassoni, T. Bloxham, C. Brofferio, C. Bucci, X. Z. Cai, L. Canonica, S. Capelli, L. Carbone, L. CardaniM. Carrettoni, N. Casali, N. Chott, M. Clemenza, C. Cosmelli, O. Cremonesi, R. J. Creswick, I. Dafinei, A. Dally, V. Datskov, A. De Biasi, M. M. Deninno, S. Di Domizio, M. L. Di Vacri, L. Ejzak, R. Faccini, D. Q. Fang, H. A. Farach, E. Ferri, F. Ferroni, E. Fiorini, M. A. Franceschi, S. J. Freedman, B. K. Fujikawa, A. Giachero, L. Gironi, A. Giuliani, J. Goett, A. Goodsell, P. Gorla, C. Gotti, E. Guardincerri, T. D. Gutierrez, E. E. Haller, K. Han, K. M. Heeger, H. Z. Huang, R. Kadel, K. Kazkaz, G. Keppel, L. Kogler, Yu G. Kolomensky, D. Lenz, Y. L. Li, C. Ligi, X. Liu, Y. G. Ma, C. Maiano, M. Maino, M. Martinez, R. H. Maruyama, Y. Mei, N. Moggi, S. Morganti, T. Napolitano, S. Newman, S. Nisi, C. Nones, E. B. Norman, A. Nucciotti, F. Orio, D. Orlandi, J. L. Ouellet, M. Pallavicini, V. Palmieri, L. Pattavina, M. Pavan, M. Pedretti, G. Pessina, S. Pirro, E. Previtali, V. Rampazzo, R. Reil, F. Rimondi, C. Rosenfeld, C. Rusconi, S. Sangiorgio, N. D. Scielzo, M. Sisti, A. R. Smith, L. Sparks, F. Stivanello, L. Taffarello, M. Tenconi, W. D. Tian, C. Tomei, S. Trentalange, G. Ventura, M. Vignati, B. S. Wang, H. W. Wang, C. A. Whitten, T. Wise, A. Woodcraft, L. Zanotti, C. Zarra, B. X. Zhu, S. Zucchelli

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Abstract

In this article we describe the background challenges for the CUORE experiment posed by surface contamination of inert detector materials such as copper, and present three techniques explored to mitigate these backgrounds. Using data from a dedicated test apparatus constructed to validate and compare these techniques we demonstrate that copper surface contamination levels better than 10^-7- 10^-8 Bq/cm² are achieved for ²³⁸U and ²³²Th. If these levels are reproduced in the final CUORE apparatus the projected 90% C.L. upper limit on the number of background counts in the region of interest is 0.02-0.03 counts/keV/kg/y depending on the adopted mitigation technique.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	13-22
Number of pages	10
Journal	Astroparticle Physics
Volume	45
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2013.02.005
State	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Bolometer
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay
Radioactive background
Surface contamination

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Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Alessandria, F., Ardito, R., Artusa, D. R., Avignone, F. T., Azzolini, O., Balata, M., Banks, T. I., Bari, G., Beeman, J., Bellini, F., Bersani, A., Biassoni, M., Bloxham, T., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Cai, X. Z., Canonica, L., Capelli, S., Carbone, L., ... Zucchelli, S. (2013). Validation of techniques to mitigate copper surface contamination in CUORE. Astroparticle Physics, 45, 13-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2013.02.005

Alessandria, F, Ardito, R, Artusa, DR, Avignone, FT, Azzolini, O, Balata, M, Banks, TI, Bari, G, Beeman, J, Bellini, F, Bersani, A, Biassoni, M, Bloxham, T, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Cai, XZ, Canonica, L, Capelli, S, Carbone, L, Cardani, L, Carrettoni, M, Casali, N, Chott, N, Clemenza, M, Cosmelli, C, Cremonesi, O, Creswick, RJ, Dafinei, I, Dally, A, Datskov, V, De Biasi, A, Deninno, MM, Di Domizio, S, Di Vacri, ML, Ejzak, L, Faccini, R, Fang, DQ, Farach, HA, Ferri, E, Ferroni, F, Fiorini, E, Franceschi, MA, Freedman, SJ, Fujikawa, BK, Giachero, A, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Goett, J, Goodsell, A, Gorla, P, Gotti, C, Guardincerri, E, Gutierrez, TD, Haller, EE, Han, K, Heeger, KM, Huang, HZ, Kadel, R, Kazkaz, K, Keppel, G, Kogler, L, Kolomensky, YG, Lenz, D, Li, YL, Ligi, C, Liu, X, Ma, YG, Maiano, C, Maino, M, Martinez, M, Maruyama, RH, Mei, Y, Moggi, N, Morganti, S, Napolitano, T, Newman, S, Nisi, S, Nones, C, Norman, EB, Nucciotti, A, Orio, F, Orlandi, D, Ouellet, JL, Pallavicini, M, Palmieri, V, Pattavina, L, Pavan, M, Pedretti, M, Pessina, G, Pirro, S, Previtali, E, Rampazzo, V, Reil, R, Rimondi, F, Rosenfeld, C, Rusconi, C, Sangiorgio, S, Scielzo, ND, Sisti, M, Smith, AR, Sparks, L, Stivanello, F, Taffarello, L, Tenconi, M, Tian, WD, Tomei, C, Trentalange, S, Ventura, G, Vignati, M, Wang, BS, Wang, HW, Whitten, CA, Wise, T, Woodcraft, A, Zanotti, L, Zarra, C, Zhu, BX & Zucchelli, S 2013, 'Validation of techniques to mitigate copper surface contamination in CUORE', Astroparticle Physics, vol. 45, pp. 13-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2013.02.005

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