Upper cryostat plates, before being instrumented
Assembling the CUORE-0 tower
A CUORE engineer operates a custom-built cart to position a tower under the cryostat
Tower assembly in a glove box
Completed CUORE-0 tower
CUORE-0 tower inside 10 mK shield, from below
Working on the cryostat
Detector tower bonding machine
Wire bonding the CUORE-0 tower
CUORE tower in glovebox during assembly
Preparing to assemble CUORE-0
Rendering of the CUORE cryostat with detectors
Bonding a detector tower
Detectors being stored under nitrogen
Gluing robotic arms
While the cryostat is open, the detectors are stored in a nitrogen-filled protective bag
Bottom view of the 19 CUORE towers installed in the cryostat
CUORE Detector Array
4-Kelvin cryostat plate, before installation
Cryostat plates with calibration source guide tubes
The detectors were installed in a specially constructed cleanroom to protect them from naturally occurring radioactivity, including air filtered to remove radon gas