Status and Performance of the AMoRE-I Experiment on Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

MoRE is an international project to search for the neutrinoless double beta decay of ^100Mo using a detection technology consisting of magnetic microcalorimeters (MMCs) and molybdenum-based scintillating crystals. Data collection has begun for the current AMORE-I phase of the project, an upgrade from the previous pilot phase. AMoRE-I employs thirteen ^48depl.Ca^100MoO_4 crystals and five Li_2^100MoO_4 crystals for a total crystal mass of 6.2 kg. Each detector module contains a scintillating crystal with two MMC channels for heat and light detection. We report the present status of the experiment and the performance of the detector modules.