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Status of the KATRIN neutrino mass experiment

Nuclear Experiment 2019-07-10 v2 Instrumentation and Detectors

Abstract

The KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment is designed to measure tritium β\beta-decay spectrum with enough precision to be sensitive to neutrino mass down to 0.2eV at 90%\% Confidence Level. After an initial first tritium run in the summer of 2018, KATRIN is taking tritium data in 2019 that should lead to a first neutrino mass result. The β\beta spectral shape of the tritium decay is also sensitive to four countershaded Lorentz Violating (LV), oscillation-free operators within the Standard-Model Extension that may be quite large. The status and outlook of KATRIN to produce physics results, including in the LV sector, are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1906.10168,
  title  = {Status of the KATRIN neutrino mass experiment},
  author = {Yung-Ruey Yen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.10168},
  year   = {2019}
}

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Presented at the Eighth Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry, Bloomington, Indiana, May 12-16, 2019