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| Thus, CUPID will not only change the crystal, but also the candidate isotope. The reason for this choice is twofold: | Thus, CUPID will not only change the crystal, but also the candidate isotope. The reason for this choice is twofold: | ||
| on the one hand, Li<sub>2 </sub>MoO<sub>4</sub> is a scintillating material with a particle-dependent light yield, | on the one hand, Li<sub>2 </sub>MoO<sub>4</sub> is a scintillating material with a particle-dependent light yield, | ||
| - | on the other hand the candidate isotpe <sup>100</sup>Mo has a Q-value of 3034 keV | + | on the other hand the candidate isotope <sup>100</sup>Mo has a Q-value of 3034 keV |
| (compared to 2527 keV of <sup>130</sup>Te), which lies above most of the γ background from environmental radioactivity. Special attention is paid to the minimization of the radioactive contamination levels of all employed materials. Using the information from the predecessor experiments CUORE, [[https://cupid-0.lngs.infn.it/|CUPID-0]], and [[https://cupid-mo.mit.edu|CUPID-Mo]], the projected background at Q<sub>ββ</sub> is expected to be at the level of 10<sup>-4</sup> counts/keV/kg/yr. | (compared to 2527 keV of <sup>130</sup>Te), which lies above most of the γ background from environmental radioactivity. Special attention is paid to the minimization of the radioactive contamination levels of all employed materials. Using the information from the predecessor experiments CUORE, [[https://cupid-0.lngs.infn.it/|CUPID-0]], and [[https://cupid-mo.mit.edu|CUPID-Mo]], the projected background at Q<sub>ββ</sub> is expected to be at the level of 10<sup>-4</sup> counts/keV/kg/yr. | ||
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