Abstract:

The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is an upcoming experiment that will search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of Te-130 using an array of 988 TeO2 bolometers containing 206 kg of isotope. Observation of the process would reveal that lepton number is not conserved, establish the Majorana nature of neutrinos, and constrain the effective Majorana neutrino mass. CUORE-0, the first 52-crystal tower built using the CUORE detector assembly line, was commissioned at the Italian Gran Sasso National Laboratory as a standalone experiment and has been taking data since March 2013. I will report the results of a search for neutrinoless double-beta decay based on 9.8 kg-years of Te-130 exposure collected by the CUORE-0 detector between March 2013 and February 2015 and discuss the implications for CUORE.