Final results on the $$0\nu \beta \beta $$ decay half-life limit of $$^{100}$$Mo from the CUPID-Mo experiment

Augier, C.; Barabash, A. S.; Bellini, F.; Benato, G.; Beretta, M.; Berg??, L.; Billard, J.; Borovlev, Yu. A.; Cardani, L.; Casali, N.; Cazes, A.; Chapellier, M.; Chiesa, D.; Dafinei, I.; Danevich, F. A.; De Jesus, M.; de Marcillac, P.; Dixon, T.; Dumoulin, L.; Eitel, K.; Ferri, F.; Fujikawa, B. K.; Gascon, J.; Gironi, L.; Giuliani, A.; Grigorieva, V. D.; Gros, M.; Helis, D. L.; Huang, H. Z.; Huang, R.; Imbert, L.; Johnston, J.; Juillard, A.; Khalife, H.; Kleifges, M.; Kobychev, V. V.; Kolomensky, Yu. G.; Konovalov, S. I.; Loaiza, P.; Ma, L.; Makarov, E. P.; Mariam, R.; Marini, L.; Marnieros, S.; Navick, X. -F.; Nones, C.; Norman, E. B.; Olivieri, E.; Ouellet, J. L.; Pagnanini, L.; Pattavina, L.; Paul, B.; Pavan, M.; Peng, H.; Pessina, G.; Pirro, S.; Poda, D. V.; Polischuk, O. G.; Pozzi, S.; Previtali, E.; Redon, Th.; Rojas, A.; Rozov, S.; Sanglard, V.; Scarpaci, J. A.; Schmidt, B.; Shen, Y.; Shlegel, V. N.; Singh, V.; Tomei, C.; Tretyak, V. I.; Umatov, V. I.; Vagneron, L.; Vel??zquez, M.; Welliver, B.; Winslow, L.; Xue, M.; Yakushev, E.; Zarytskyy, M.; Zolotarova, A. S.

doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10942-5

The CUPID-Mo experiment to search for 0 nu beta beta decay in Mo-100 has been recently completed after about 1.5 years of operation at Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (France). It served as a demonstrator for CUPID, a next generation 0 nu beta beta decay experiment. CUPID-Mo was comprised of 20 enriched Li-2 (MoO4)-Mo-100 scintillating calorimeters, each with a mass of similar to 0.2 kg, operated at similar to 20 mK. We present here the final analysis with the full exposure of CUPID-Mo (Mo-100 exposure of 1.47 kg x year) used to search for lepton number violation via 0 nu beta beta decay. We report on various analysis improvements since the previous result on a subset of data, reprocessing all data with these new techniques. We observe zero events in the region of interest and set a new limit on the Mo-100 0 nu beta beta decay half-life of T-1/2(0 nu) > 1.8 x 10(24) year (stat. + syst.) at 90% CI. Under the light Majorana neutrino exchange mechanism this corresponds to an effective Majorana neutrino mass of < m(beta beta)> < (0.28-0.49) eV, dependent upon the nuclear matrix element utilized.

Final results on the $$0\nu \beta \beta $$ decay half-life limit of $$^{100}$$Mo from the CUPID-Mo experiment / Augier, C.; Barabash, A. S.; Bellini, F.; Benato, G.; Beretta, M.; Berg??, L.; Billard, J.; Borovlev, Yu. A.; Cardani, L.; Casali, N.; Cazes, A.; Chapellier, M.; Chiesa, D.; Dafinei, I.; Danevich, F. A.; De Jesus, M.; de Marcillac, P.; Dixon, T.; Dumoulin, L.; Eitel, K.; Ferri, F.; Fujikawa, B. K.; Gascon, J.; Gironi, L.; Giuliani, A.; Grigorieva, V. D.; Gros, M.; Helis, D. L.; Huang, H. Z.; Huang, R.; Imbert, L.; Johnston, J.; Juillard, A.; Khalife, H.; Kleifges, M.; Kobychev, V. V.; Kolomensky, Yu. G.; Konovalov, S. I.; Loaiza, P.; Ma, L.; Makarov, E. P.; Mariam, R.; Marini, L.; Marnieros, S.; Navick, X. -F.; Nones, C.; Norman, E. B.; Olivieri, E.; Ouellet, J. L.; Pagnanini, L.; Pattavina, L.; Paul, B.; Pavan, M.; Peng, H.; Pessina, G.; Pirro, S.; Poda, D. V.; Polischuk, O. G.; Pozzi, S.; Previtali, E.; Redon, Th.; Rojas, A.; Rozov, S.; Sanglard, V.; Scarpaci, J. A.; Schmidt, B.; Shen, Y.; Shlegel, V. N.; Singh, V.; Tomei, C.; Tretyak, V. I.; Umatov, V. I.; Vagneron, L.; Vel??zquez, M.; Welliver, B.; Winslow, L.; Xue, M.; Yakushev, E.; Zarytskyy, M.; Zolotarova, A. S.. - In: THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS. - ISSN 1434-6044. - 82:11(2022). [10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10942-5]