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Description
The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is the first bolometric experiment searching for neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) that has been able to reach the one-ton scale. The detector consists of an array of 988 TeO2 crystals arranged in a compact cylindrical structure of 19 towers. The CUORE data-taking began in Spring 2017 and, from examining a total TeO2 exposure of 86.3 kg∙yr, characterized by an average energy resolution of 7.7 keV FWHM and a background in the region of interest of 0.014 counts/(keV∙kg∙yr), CUORE was able to place the current best lower limit on the 130Te 0νββ half-life of > 1.3 × 10^25 yr (90% C.L.). After some improvements in the detector performance achieved in 2018 and a period of cryogenic and technical maintenance, CUORE is back to stable data taking since Spring 2019. In this talk we will discuss the status, recent results and future outlook of CUORE.
