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1IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
2Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, IPN-Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne, France.
Eur Phys J C Part Fields. 2017;77(11):785. doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5343-2. Epub 2017 Nov 21.
This paper reports on the development of a technology involving -enriched scintillating bolometers, compatible with the goals of CUPID, a proposed next-generation bolometric experiment to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay. Large mass ( ), high optical quality, radiopure -containing zinc and lithium molybdate crystals have been produced and used to develop high performance single detector modules based on 0.2-0.4 kg scintillating bolometers. In particular, the energy resolution of the lithium molybdate detectors near the -value of the double-beta transition of (3034 keV) is 4-6 keV FWHM. The rejection of the -induced dominant background above 2.6 MeV is better than . Less than activity of and in the crystals is ensured by boule recrystallization. The potential of -enriched scintillating bolometers to perform high sensitivity double-beta decay searches has been demonstrated with only exposure: the two neutrino double-beta decay half-life of has been measured with the up-to-date highest accuracy as = [6.90 ± 0.15(stat.) ± 0.37(syst.)] . Both crystallization and detector technologies favor lithium molybdate, which has been selected for the ongoing construction of the CUPID-0/Mo demonstrator, containing several kg of .
本文报道了一种涉及富集碲闪烁测热辐射计的技术发展情况，该技术与CUPID的目标兼容，CUPID是一项拟进行的下一代测热辐射实验，旨在寻找无中微子双β衰变。已制备出大质量（ ）、高光洁度、含放射性纯碲的锌酸锂和钼酸锂晶体，并用于开发基于0.2 - 0.4千克闪烁测热辐射计的高性能单探测器模块。特别是，钼酸锂探测器在碲双β跃迁（3034 keV）的Q值附近的能量分辨率为4 - 6 keV半高宽。在2.6 MeV以上，由γ射线诱发的主要本底的排除率优于 。通过晶锭重结晶确保晶体中 和 的活度小于 。仅通过 的曝光就证明了富集碲闪烁测热辐射计进行高灵敏度双β衰变搜索的潜力：以最新的最高精度测量出 的双中微子双β衰变半衰期为 = [6.90 ± 0.15(统计) ± 0.37(系统)] 。结晶和探测器技术都有利于钼酸锂，它已被选用于正在建设的CUPID - 0/Mo演示器，该演示器包含几千克 。
