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Direct Neutrino Mass Experiments and Exotic Charged Current Interactions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2016-06-29 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We study the effect of exotic charged current interactions on the electron energy spectrum in tritium decay, focussing on the KATRIN experiment and a possible modified setup that has access to the full spectrum. Both sub-eV and keV neutrino masses are considered. We perform a fully relativistic calculation and take all possible new interactions into account, demonstrating the possible sizable distortions in the energy spectrum.

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@article{arxiv.1603.08690,
  title  = {Direct Neutrino Mass Experiments and Exotic Charged Current Interactions},
  author = {Patrick Otto Ludl and Werner Rodejohann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.08690},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

38 pages, 6 figures, no diphotons. Comments and references added

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