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On-Sight Shifting At The Cryogenic Underground Observatory For Rare Events, Aaron C. Wong Jun 2017

On-Sight Shifting At The Cryogenic Underground Observatory For Rare Events, Aaron C. Wong

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During the summer of 2016, four Cal Poly students traveled to Assergi, Italy to contribute to the CUORE collaboration which is in search of a rare process called neutrinoless double beta decay. If detected, neutrinoless double beta decay will make break throughs in particle and nuclear physics, and will be the first observation of lepton number violation. The Cal Poly students provided on-sight shifting support during the installation phase of the project. This is a breakdown of the physics behind CUORE and Cal Poly's contribution.