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CUORE (for Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events) is a physics experiment consisting of a particle interaction detector, primarily aimed at detecting neutrinoless double beta decay within a tellurium sample, specifically 130Te. Detecting this would determine that neutrinos are Majorana particles, i.e., they are their own antiparticles. The detector also has the potential to detect other particle interactions of astrophysical interest such as WIMPs or axions.