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CUORE

(Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events)
(experiment to sense neutrinoless double beta decay)

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.


(physics,neutrinos,Italy)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUORE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majorana_fermion
https://cuore.lngs.infn.it/
https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2022/04/06/cuore-team-places-new-limits-on-the-bizarre-behavior-of-neutrinos/

Referenced by pages:
neutrino observatory
neutrinoless double beta decay

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