RESULTS FROM CUORICINO AND PROSPECTS FOR CUORE

CUORE will be an observatory for rare events consisting of a tightly packed array of TeO2 bolometers, with a total mass of similar to 740 kg, operating in the underground Gran Sasso laboratory. A first step towards CUORE is CUORICINO, a running experiment with 40.7 kg of TeO2. Present results from CUORICINO for the neutrinoless double beta decay of Te-130 will be presented here (T-1/2(0 nu) >= 1.0x10(24) y, < m(nu)> <= 0.26-1.4 eV at 90% C.L.). The status of CUORE preparation and its physics potential, including dark matter searches, will be shown.