The Design, Construction, and Commissioning of the KATRIN Experiment
Abstract
The KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment, which aims to make a direct and model-independent determination of the absolute neutrino mass scale, is a complex experiment with many components. More than 15 years ago, we published a technical design report (TDR) [https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/270060419] to describe the hardware design and requirements to achieve our sensitivity goal of 0.2 eV at 90% C.L. on the neutrino mass. Since then there has been considerable progress, culminating in the publication of first neutrino mass results with the entire beamline operating [arXiv:1909.06048]. In this paper, we document the current state of all completed beamline components (as of the first neutrino mass measurement campaign), demonstrate our ability to reliably and stably control them over long times, and present details on their respective commissioning campaigns.
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@article{arxiv.2103.04755,
title = {The Design, Construction, and Commissioning of the KATRIN Experiment},
author = {M. Aker and K. Altenmüller and J. F. Amsbaugh and M. Arenz and M. Babutzka and J. Bast and S. Bauer and H. Bechtler and M. Beck and A. Beglarian and J. Behrens and B. Bender and R. Berendes and A. Berlev and U. Besserer and C. Bettin and B. Bieringer and K. Blaum and F. Block and S. Bobien and J. Bohn and K. Bokeloh and H. Bolz and B. Bornschein and L. Bornschein and M. Böttcher and H. Bouquet and N. M. Boyd and T. Brunst and T. H. Burritt and T. S. Caldwell and Z. Chaoui and S. Chilingaryan and W. Choi and T. J. Corona and G. A. Cox and K. Debowski and M. Deffert and M. Descher and D. Díaz Barrero and P. J. Doe and O. Dragoun and G. Drexlin and J. A. Dunmore and S. Dyba and F. Edzards and F. Eichelhardt and K. Eitel and E. Ellinger and R. Engel and S. Enomoto and M. Erhard and D. Eversheim and M. Fedkevych and A. Felden and S. Fischer and J. A. Formaggio and F. M. Fränkle and G. B. Franklin and H. Frenzel and F. Friedel and A. Fulst and K. Gauda and R. Gehring and W. Gil and F. Glück and S. Görhardt and J. Grimm and S. Grohmann and S. Groh and R. Grössle and R. Gumbsheimer and M. Hackenjos and D. Häßler and V. Hannen and F. Harms and G. C. Harper and J. Hartmann and N. Haußmann and F. Heizmann and K. Helbing and M. Held and S. Hickford and D. Hilk and B. Hillen and R. Hiller and D. Hillesheimer and D. Hinz and T. Höhn and S. Holzmann and S. Horn and M. Hötzel and T. Houdy and M. A. Howe and A. Huber and T. James and A. Jansen and M. Kaiser and C. Karl and O. Kazachenko and J. Kellerer and L. Kippenbrock and M. Kleesiek and M. Kleifges and J. Kleinfeller and M. Klein and L. Köllenberger and A. Kopmann and M. Korzeczek and A. Kosmider and A. Kovalík and B. Krasch and H. Krause and M. Kraus and L. Kuckert and A. Kumb and N. Kunka and T. Lasserre and L. La Cascio and O. Lebeda and M. L. Leber and B. Lehnert and B. Leiber and J. Letnev and R. J. Lewis and T. L. Le and S. Lichter and A. Lokhov and J. M. Lopez Poyato and M. Machatschek and E. Malcherek and M. Mark and A. Marsteller and E. L. Martin and K. Mehret and M. Meloni and C. Melzer and A. Menshikov and S. Mertens and L. I. Minter and B. Monreal and J. Mostafa and K. Müller and A. W. Myers and U. Naumann and H. Neumann and S. Niemes and P. Oelpmann and A. Off and H. -W. Ortjohann and A. Osipowicz and B. Ostrick and D. S. Parno and D. A. Peterson and P. Plischke and A. W. P. Poon and M. Prall and F. Priester and P. C. -O. Ranitzsch and J. Reich and P. Renschler and O. Rest and R. Rinderspacher and R. G. H. Robertson and W. Rodejohann and C. Rodenbeck and P. Rohr and M. Röllig and C. Röttele and S. Rupp and M. Ryšavý and R. Sack and A. Saenz and M. Sagawe and P. Schäfer and A. Schaller and L. Schimpf and K. Schlösser and M. Schlösser and L. Schlüter and S. Schneidewind and H. Schön and K. Schönung and M. Schrank and B. Schulz and J. Schwarz and M. Šefčík and H. Seitz-Moskaliuk and W. Seller and V. Sibille and D. Siegmann and M. Slezák and F. Spanier and M. Steidl and M. Sturm 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. Valerius and B. A. VanDevender and T. D. Van Wechel and D. Vénos and A. Verbeek and R. Vianden and A. P. Vizcaya Hernández and K. Vogt and B. L. Wall and N. Wandkowsky and M. Weber and H. Weingardt and C. Weinheimer and C. Weiss and S. Welte and J. Wendel and K. J. Wierman and J. F. Wilkerson and J. Wolf and S. Wüstling and W. Xu and Y. -R. Yen and M. Zacher and S. Zadoroghny and M. Zboril and G. Zeller},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.04755},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
Added missing acknowledgement, corrected performance statement in chapter 4.2.5, updated author list and references