Result on the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Search of 82Se with the CUPID-0 Experiment
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The Detector
3. Data Analysis and Results
4. Conclusions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Bellini, F.; Azzolini, O.; Teresa Barrera, M.; Beeman, J.; Beretta, M.; Biassoni, M.; Brofferio, C.; Bucci, C.; Canonica, L.; Capelli, S.; et al. Result on the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Search of 82Se with the CUPID-0 Experiment. Universe 2019, 5, 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe5010002
Bellini F, Azzolini O, Teresa Barrera M, Beeman J, Beretta M, Biassoni M, Brofferio C, Bucci C, Canonica L, Capelli S, et al. Result on the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Search of 82Se with the CUPID-0 Experiment. Universe. 2019; 5(1):2. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe5010002
Chicago/Turabian StyleBellini, Fabio, Oscar Azzolini, Maria Teresa Barrera, Jeffrey Beeman, Mattia Beretta, Matteo Biassoni, Chiara Brofferio, Carlo Bucci, Lucia Canonica, Silvia Capelli, and et al. 2019. "Result on the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Search of 82Se with the CUPID-0 Experiment" Universe 5, no. 1: 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe5010002