Final Result on the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay of Se 82 with CUPID-0

Abstract

CUPID-0, an array of ZnSe82 cryogenic calorimeters, was the first medium-scale demonstrator of the scintillating bolometers' technology. The first project phase (March 2017-December 2018) allowed the most stringent limit on the neutrinoless double beta decay half-life of the isotope of interest, Se82, to be set. After a six month long detector upgrade, CUPID-0 began its second and last phase (June 2019-February 2020). In this Letter, we describe the search for neutrinoless double beta decay of Se82 with a total exposure (phase I+II) of 8.82 kg yr-1 of isotope. We set a limit on the half-life of Se82 to the ground state of Kr82 of T1/20ν(Se82)>4.6×1024 yr (90% credible interval), corresponding to an effective Majorana neutrino mass mββ