Ricerc@Sapienza

We report the result of the search for neutrinoless double beta decay of 82Se obtained with CUPID-0, the first large array of scintillating Zn82Se cryogenic calorimeters implementing particle identification. We observe no signal in a 1.83 kg yr 82Se exposure, and we set the most stringent lower limit on the 0v?? 82Se half-life T0v 1=2 > 2.4 × 1024 yr (90% credible interval), which corresponds to an effective Majorana neutrino mass m??

CUPID-0 is the first large array of scintillating Zn 82 Se cryogenic calorimeters (bolometers) implementing particle identification for the search of the neutrinoless double beta decay (0v??). The detector consists of 24 enriched Zn 82 Se bolometers for a total 82 Se mass of 5.28 kg and it has been taking data in the underground LNGS (Italy) since March 2017. In this article we show how the dual read-out provides a powerful tool for the a particles rejection.