Localization and modeling of radioactive contaminations is a challenge that ultra-low background experiments are constantly facing. These are fundamental steps both to extract scientific results and to further reduce the background of the detectors. Here we present an innovative technique based on the analysis of $$\alpha -\alpha $$ delayed coincidences in $${}^{232}$$Th and $${}^{238}$$U decay chains, developed to investigate the contaminations of the ZnSe crystals in the CUPID-0 experiment. This method allows to disentangle surface and bulk contaminations of the detectors relying on the different probability to tag delayed coincidences as function of the $$\alpha $$ decay position
The discovery of the neutrino mass is a direct evidence of new physics. Several questions arise from...
International audienceRare event physics demands very detailed background control, high-performance ...
A convincing observation of neutrino-less double beta decay (0?DBD) relies on the possibility of ope...
International audienceLocalization and modeling of radioactive contaminations is a challenge that ul...
Localization and modeling of radioactive contaminations is a challenge that ultra-low background exp...
Localization and modeling of radioactive contaminations is a challenge that ultra-low background exp...
Abstract In the framework of rare event searches, the identification of radioactive contaminants in ...
International audienceCUPID-0 is the first large mass array of enriched Zn$^{82}$ Se scintillating l...
The suppression of spurious events in the region of interest for neutrinoless double beta decay will...
CUPID-0 is the first large mass array of enriched Zn$$^{82}$$Se scintillating low temperature calori...
International audienceThe suppression of spurious events in the region of interest for neutrinoless ...
The discovery of the neutrino mass is a direct evidence of new physics. Several questions arise from...
International audienceRare event physics demands very detailed background control, high-performance ...
A convincing observation of neutrino-less double beta decay (0?DBD) relies on the possibility of ope...
International audienceLocalization and modeling of radioactive contaminations is a challenge that ul...
Localization and modeling of radioactive contaminations is a challenge that ultra-low background exp...
Localization and modeling of radioactive contaminations is a challenge that ultra-low background exp...
Abstract In the framework of rare event searches, the identification of radioactive contaminants in ...
International audienceCUPID-0 is the first large mass array of enriched Zn$^{82}$ Se scintillating l...
The suppression of spurious events in the region of interest for neutrinoless double beta decay will...
CUPID-0 is the first large mass array of enriched Zn$$^{82}$$Se scintillating low temperature calori...
International audienceThe suppression of spurious events in the region of interest for neutrinoless ...
The discovery of the neutrino mass is a direct evidence of new physics. Several questions arise from...
International audienceRare event physics demands very detailed background control, high-performance ...
A convincing observation of neutrino-less double beta decay (0?DBD) relies on the possibility of ope...