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Focal-plane detector system for the KATRIN experiment

Instrumentation and Detectors 2015-01-29 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

The focal-plane detector system for the KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment consists of a multi-pixel silicon p-i-n-diode array, custom readout electronics, two superconducting solenoid magnets, an ultra high-vacuum system, a high-vacuum system, calibration and monitoring devices, a scintillating veto, and a custom data-acquisition system. It is designed to detect the low-energy electrons selected by the KATRIN main spectrometer. We describe the system and summarize its performance after its final installation.

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@article{arxiv.1404.2925,
  title  = {Focal-plane detector system for the KATRIN experiment},
  author = {J. F. Amsbaugh and J. Barrett and A. Beglarian and T. Bergmann and H. Bichsel and L. I. Bodine and J. Bonn and N. M. Boyd and T. H. Burritt and Z. Chaoui and S. Chilingaryan and T. J. Corona and P. J. Doe and J. A. Dunmore and S. Enomoto and J. Fischer and J. A. Formaggio and F. M. Fränkle and D. Furse and H. Gemmeke and F. Glück and F. Harms and G. C. Harper and J. Hartmann and M. A. Howe and A. Kaboth and J. Kelsey and M. Knauer and A. Kopmann and M. L. Leber and E. L. Martin and K. J. Middleman and A. W. Myers and N. S. Oblath and D. S. Parno and D. A. Peterson and L. Petzold and D. G. Phillips and P. Renschler and R. G. H. Robertson and J. Schwarz and M. Steidl and D. Tcherniakhovski and T. Thümmler and T. D. Van Wechel and B. A. VanDevender and S. Vöcking and B. L. Wall and K. L. Wierman and J. F. Wilkerson and S. Wüstling},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.2925},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

28 pages. Two figures revised for clarity. Final version published in Nucl. Inst. Meth. A

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