Optimizing the CUORE data processing in search for $0\nu \beta \beta$ decay
ORAL
Abstract
The search for neutrino-less double beta decay ($0\nu \beta \beta$) may allow us to understand the Dirac or Majorana nature of the neutrino, constrain its mass and provide insight into the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the Universe. The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is a $0\nu \beta \beta$ decay search experiment currently being installed deep underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS). It is going to house an array of 988 TeO$_2$ crystals with a total mass of 741 kg. It is designed to reach a sensitivity on the neutrino-less double beta decay half life of $^{130}$Te of T$_{1/2} = 9.5 \times 10^{25} \rm \;(90\% C.L.)$ after 5 years of data taking. A data analysis pipeline has been prepared and successfully used for the recently concluded prototype experiment CUORE-0. In this talk we will focus on the challenge of further automatizing and extending the processing from a single tower of 52 bolometers to the analysis of the data from 988 individual detectors. We will give an update on this work and a first evaluation of several improvements.
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Authors
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Benjamin Schmidt
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory