First operation of the KATRIN experiment with tritium
Abstract
The determination of the neutrino mass is one of the major challenges in astroparticle physics today. Direct neutrino mass experiments, based solely on the kinematics of beta-decay, provide a largely model-independent probe to the neutrino mass scale. The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment is designed to directly measure the effective electron antineutrino mass with a sensitivity of 0.2 eV 90% CL. In this work we report on the first operation of KATRIN with tritium which took place in 2018. During this commissioning phase of the tritium circulation system, excellent agreement of the theoretical prediction with the recorded spectra was found and stable conditions over a time period of 13 days could be established. These results are an essential prerequisite for the subsequent neutrino mass measurements with KATRIN in 2019.
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@article{arxiv.1909.06069,
title = {First operation of the KATRIN experiment with tritium},
author = {M. Aker and K. Altenmüller and M. Arenz and W. -J. Baek and J. Barrett and A. Beglarian and J. Behrens and A. Berlev and U. Besserer and K. Blaum and F. Block and S. Bobien and B. Bornschein and L. Bornschein and H. Bouquet and T. Brunst and T. S. Caldwell and S. Chilingaryan and W. Choi and K. Debowski and M. Deffert and M. Descher and D. Díaz Barrero and P. J. Doe and O. Dragoun and G. Drexlin and S. Dyba and F. Edzards and K. Eitel and E. Ellinger and R. Engel and S. Enomoto and D. Eversheim and M. Fedkevych and A. Felden and J. A. Formaggio and F. M. Fränkle and G. B. Franklin and H. Frankrone and F. Friedel and D. Fuchs and A. Fulst and K. Gauda and W. Gil and F. Glück and S. Grohmann and R. Grössle and R. Gumbsheimer and M. Hackenjos and V. Hannen and J. Hartmann and N. Haußmann and M. Ha Minh and F. Heizmann and J. Heizmann and K. Helbing and S. Hickford and D. Hillesheimer and D. Hinz and T. Höhn and B. Holzapfel and S. Holzmann and T. Houdy and M. A. Howe and A. Huber and A. Jansen and C. Karl and J. Kellerer and N. Kernert and L. Kippenbrock and M. Kleesiek and M. Klein and C. Köhler and L. Köllenberger and A. Kopmann and M. Korzeczek and A. Kovalík and B. Krasch and H. Krause and B. Kuffner and N. Kunka and T. Lasserre and L. La Cascio and O. Lebeda and M. Lebert and B. Lehnert and J. Letnev and F. Leven and T. L. Le and S. Lichter and A. Lokhov and M. Machatschek and E. Malcherek and M. Mark and A. Marsteller and E. L. Martin and F. Megas and C. Melzer and A. Menshikov and S. Mertens and M. Meier and S. Mirz and B. Monreal and P. I. Morales Guzmán and K. Müller and U. Naumann and H. Neumann and S. Niemes and M. Noe and A. Off and H. -W. Ortjohann and A. Osipowicz and E. Otten and D. S. Parno and A. Pollithy and A. W. P. Poon and J. M. L. Poyato and F. Priester and P. C. -O. Ranitzsch and O. Rest and R. Rinderspacher and R. G. H. Robertson and C. Rodenbeck and P. Rohr and M. Röllig and C. Röttele and M. Ryšavý and R. Sack and A. Saenz and P. Schäfer and L. Schimpf and K. Schlösser and M. Schlösser and L. Schlüter and M. Schrank and B. Schulz and H. Seitz-Moskaliuk and W. Seller and V. Sibille and D. Siegmann and M. Slezák and F. Spanier and M. Steidl and M. Steven and M. Sturm and M. Suesser and M. Sun and D. Tcherniakhovski and H. H. Telle and L. A. Thorne and T. Thümmler and N. Titov and I. Tkachev and N. Trost and K. Urban and K. Valerius and D. Vénos and R. Vianden and A. P. Vizcaya Hernández and M. Weber and C. Weinheimer and C. Weiss and S. Welte and J. Wendel and J. F. Wilkerson and J. Wolf and S. Wüstling and W. Xu and Y. -R. Yen and S. Zadorozhny and G. Zeller},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.06069},
year = {2020}
}