2021-04-27 Measurement of the 2νββ Decay Half-Life of 130Te with CUORE

Author: 

D. Q. Adams et al. (CUORE Collaboration)

Journal: 
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Year: 
2021
Volume: 
126
Page: 
171801
DOI: 
10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.171801
arXiv: 
2012.11749v1
Title: 

Measurement of the 2νββ Decay Half-Life of 130Te with CUORE

Abstract (for collaboration papers): 

We measured two-neutrino double beta decay of 130Te using an exposure of 300.7 kg⋅yr accumulated with the CUORE detector. Using a Bayesian analysis to fit simulated spectra to experimental data, it was possible to disentangle all the major background sources and precisely measure the two-neutrino contribution. The half-life is in agreement with past measurements with a strongly reduced uncertainty: T1/2 =7.71+0.08−0.06(stat)++0.12−0.15(syst)×1020 yr. This measurement is the most precise determination of the 130 Te 2νββ decay half-life to date.