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The KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino experiment (KATRIN) aims to determine the effective mass of the electron antineutrino via a high-precision measurement of the tritium beta-decay spectrum in its end-point region. The target neutrino-mass…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2026-04-29 S. Schneidewind , J. Schürmann , A. Lokhov , C. Weinheimer , A. Saenz

The primary objective of the KATRIN experiment is to probe the absolute neutrino mass scale with a sensitivity of 200 meV (90% C.L.) by precision spectroscopy of tritium beta-decay. To achieve this, a low background of the order of 10^(-2)…

The presence of light sterile neutrinos would strongly modify the energy spectrum of the Tritium \beta-electrons. We perform an analysis of the KATRIN experiment's sensitivity by scanning almost all the allowed region of neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-07-02 Arman Esmaili , Orlando L. G. Peres

We analyse the possible role of new interactions of neutrino in the forthcoming tritium beta decay experiment KATRIN aimed at detecting the neutrino mass with the sensitivity of 0.3 - 0.2 eV. It is shown that under certain circumstances the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Yu. Ignatiev , B. H. J. McKellar

The KATRIN experiment is a next-generation direct neutrino mass experiment with a sensitivity of 0.2 eV (90% C.L.) to the effective mass of the electron neutrino. It measures the tritium $\beta$-decay spectrum close to its endpoint with a…

The KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino experiment (KATRIN) aims to measure the electron neutrino mass with an unprecedented sensitivity of 0.2 eV/c2, using b decay electrons from tritium decay. For the control of magnetic field in the main…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-07-18 A. Osipowicz , W. Seller , J. Letnev , P. Marte , A. Müller , A. Spengler , A. Unru

The KATRIN experiment is designed for a direct and model-independent determination of the effective electron anti-neutrino mass via a high-precision measurement of the tritium $\beta$-decay endpoint region with a sensitivity on $m_\nu$ of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-07-21 M. Aker , A. Beglarian , J. Behrens , A. Berlev , U. Besserer , B. Bieringer , F. Block , B. Bornschein , L. Bornschein , M. Böttcher , T. Brunst , T. S. Caldwell , R. M. D. Carney , S. Chilingaryan , W. Choi , K. Debowski , M. Deffert , M. Descher , D. Díaz Barrero , P. J. Doe , O. Dragoun , G. Drexlin , F. Edzards , K. Eitel , E. Ellinger , A. El Miniawy , R. Engel , S. Enomoto , A. Felden , J. A. Formaggio , F. M. Fränkle , G. B. Franklin , F. Friedel , A. Fulst , K. Gauda , W. Gil , F. Glück , S. Groh , R. Grössle , R. Gumbsheimer , V. Hannen , N. Haußmann , F. Heizmann , K. Helbing , S. Hickford , R. Hiller , D. Hillesheimer , D. Hinz , T. Höhn , T. Houdy , A. Huber , A. Jansen , C. Karl , J. Kellerer , M. Kleesiek , M. Klein , C. Köhler , L. Köllenberger , A. Kopmann , M. Korzeczek , A. Kovalík , B. Krasch , H. Krause , N. Kunka , T. Lasserre , L. La Cascio , O. Lebeda , B. Lehnert , T. L. Le , A. Lokhov , M. Machatschek , E. Malcherek , M. Mark , A. Marsteller , E. L. Martin , M. Meier , C. Melzer , A. Menshikov , S. Mertens , J. Mostafa , K. Müller , S. Niemes , P. Oelpmann , D. S. Parno , A. W. P. Poon , J. M. L. Poyato , F. Priester , P. C. -O. Ranitzsch , R. G. H. Robertson , W. Rodejohann , C. Rodenbeck , M. Röllig , C. Röttele , M. Ryšavý , R. Sack , A. Saenz , P. Schäfer , A. Schaller , L. Schimpf , K. Schlösser , M. Schlösser , L. Schlüter , S. Schneidewind , M. Schrank , B. Schulz , C. Schwachtgen , M. Šefčík , H. Seitz-Moskaliuk , V. Sibille , D. Siegmann , M. Slezák , M. Steidl , M. Sturm , M. Sun , D. Tcherniakhovski , H. H. Telle , L. A. Thorne , T. Thümmler , N. Titov , I. Tkachev , N. Trost , K. Urban , K. Valerius , D. Vénos , A. P. Vizcaya Hernández , C. Weinheimer , S. Welte , J. Wendel , J. F. Wilkerson , J. Wolf , S. Wüstling , W. Xu , Y. -R. Yen , S. Zadoroghny , G. Zeller

Sterile neutrinos in the keV mass range are a well-motivated extension of the Standard Model and viable dark matter candidates. Their existence can be probed in laboratory experiments, as the admixture of a sterile state would induce a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-04-16 H. Acharya , M. Aker , D. Batzler , A. Beglarian , J. Beisenkötter , M. Biassoni , B. Bieringer , Y. Biondi , B. Bornschein , L. Bornschein , M. Böttcher , M. Carminati , A. Chatrabhuti , S. Chilingaryan , B. A. Daniel , M. Descher , D. Díaz Barrero , P. J. Doe , O. Dragoun , G. Drexlin , E. Ellinger , R. Engel , K. Erhardt , L. Fallböhmer , A. Felden , C. Fengler , C. Fiorini , J. A. Formaggio , C. Forstner , F. M. Fränkle , G. Gagliardi , K. Gauda , A. S. Gavin , T. Geigle , T. Geier , S. Gentner , W. Gil , F. Glück , C. Goupy , R. Grössle , K. Habib , V. Hannen , L. Hasselmann , K. Helbing , S. Heyns , R. Hiller , D. Hillesheimer , D. Hinz , T. Höhn , A. Jansen , M. Kandler , K. Khosonthongkee , C. Köhler , J. Kohpeiß , A. Kopmann , N. Kovac , L. La Cascio , L. Laschinger , T. Lasserre , J. Lauer , T. L. Le , O. Lebeda , S. M. Lee , A. Lokhov , M. Mark , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , A. Marsteller , E. L. Martin , K. McMichael , S. Mertens , S. Mohanty , J. Mostafa , I. Müller , A. Nava , S. Niemes , I. Nutini , A. Onillon , D. S. Parno , M. Pavan , U. Pinsook , J. Plößner , J. M. L. Poyato , J. Ráliš , S. Ramachandran , C. Rodenbeck , M. Röllig , R. Sack , A. Saenz , R. Salomon , P. Schäfer , M. Schlösser , L. Schlüter , S. Schneidewind , U. Schnurr , J. Schürmann , A. K. Schütz , A. Schwemmer , A. Schwenck , J. Seeyangnok , C. Silva , F. Simon , J. Songwadhana , D. Spreng , W. Sreethawong , M. Steidl , J. Štorek , X. Stribl , M. Sturm , T. Stürwald , N. Suwonjandee , N. Tan Jerome , H. H. Telle , L. A. Thorne , T. Thümmler , K. Trost , K. Urban , K. Valerius , D. Vénos , P. Voigt , V. Wallner , C. Weinheimer , S. Welte , J. Wendel , C. Wiesinger , J. F. Wilkerson , J. Wolf , S. Wüstling , J. Wydra , W. Xu , G. Zeller

One of the most important tasks in neutrino physics is to determine the neutrino mass scale to distinguish between hierarchical and degenerate neutrino mass models and to clarify the role of neutrinos as dark matter particles in the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 Christian Weinheimer

The KATRIN (Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino) experiment investigates the energetic endpoint of the tritium $\beta$-decay spectrum to determine the effective mass of the electron anti-neutrino with a precision of $200\,\mathrm{meV}$ ($90\,\%$…

The KATRIN (KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino) experiment will be analyzing the tritium beta-spectrum to determine the mass of the neutrino with a sensitivity of 0.2 eV (90% C.L.). This approach to a measurement of the absolute value of the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2013-05-29 Anna Sejersen Riis , Steen Hannestad , Christian Weinheimer

The properties of neutrinos and especially their rest mass play an important role at the intersections of cosmology, particle physics and astroparticle physics. At present there are two complementary approaches to address this topic in…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Thomas Thümmler

In this contribution we review the status and perspectives of direct neutrino mass experiments. These experiments investigate the kinematics of $\beta$-decays of specific isotopes ($^3$H, $^{187}$Re, $^{163}$Ho) to derive model-independent…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-07-02 G. Drexlin , V. Hannen , S. Mertens , C. Weinheimer

We report on the direct cosmic relic neutrino background search from the first two science runs of the KATRIN experiment in 2019. Beta-decay electrons from a high-purity molecular tritium gas source are analyzed by a high-resolution MAC-E…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2022-07-13 M. Aker , D. Batzler , A. Beglarian , J. Behrens , A. Berlev , U. Besserer , B. Bieringer , F. Block , S. Bobien , B. Bornschein , L. Bornschein , M. Böttcher , T. Brunst , T. S. Caldwell , R. M. D. Carney , S. Chilingaryan , W. Choi , K. Debowski , M. Descher , D. Díaz Barrero , P. J. Doe , O. Dragoun , G. Drexlin , F. Edzards , K. Eitel , E. Ellinger , R. Engel , S. Enomoto , A. Felden , J. A. Formaggio , F. M. Fränkle , G. B. Franklin , F. Friedel , A. Fulst , K. Gauda , A. S. Gavin , W. Gil , F. Glück , R. Grössle , R. Gumbsheimer , V. Hannen , N. Haußmann , K. Helbing , S. Hickford , R. Hiller , D. Hillesheimer , D. Hinz , T. Höhn , T. Houdy , A. Huber , A. Jansen , C. Karl , F. Kellerer , J. Kellerer , M. Kleifges , M. Klein , C. Köhler , L. Köllenberger , A. Kopmann , M. Korzeczek , A. Kovalík , B. Krasch , H. Krause , L. La Cascio , T. Lasserre , T. L. Le , O. Lebeda , B. Lehnert , A. Lokhov , M. Machatschek , E. Malcherek , M. Mark , A. Marsteller , E. L. Martin , C. Melzer , S. Mertens , J. Mostafa , K. Müller , H. Neumann , S. Niemes , P. Oelpmann , D. S. Parno , A. W. P. Poon , J. M. L. Poyato , F. Priester , J. Ráliš , S. Ramachandran , R. G. H. Robertson , W. Rodejohann , C. Rodenbeck , M. Röllig , C. Röttele , M. Ryšavý , R. Sack , A. Saenz , R. Salomon , P. Schäfer , L. Schimpf , M. Schlösser , K. Schlösser , L. Schlüter , S. Schneidewind , M. Schrank , A. Schwemmer , M. Šefčík , V. Sibille , D. Siegmann , M. Slezák , F. Spanier , M. Steidl , M. Sturm , H. H. Telle , L. A. Thorne , T. Thümmler , N. Titov , I. Tkachev , K. Urban , K. Valerius , D. Vénos , A. P. Vizcaya Hernández , C. Weinheimer , S. Welte , J. Wendel , M. Wetter , C. Wiesinger , J. F. Wilkerson , J. Wolf , S. Wüstling , J. Wydra , W. Xu , S. Zadoroghny , G. Zeller

The beta decay of molecular tritium currently provides the highest sensitivity in laboratory-based neutrino mass measurements. The upcoming Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment will improve the sensitivity to 0.2 eV, making a…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-23 L. I. Bodine , D. S. Parno , R. G. H. Robertson

We present a fast and precise method to approximate the physics model of the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment using a neural network. KATRIN is designed to measure the effective electron anti-neutrino mass using the kinematics…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-06-01 Christian Karl , Philipp Eller , Susanne Mertens

The KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino experiment (KATRIN) aims to measure the effective electron anti-neutrino mass with an unprecedented sensitivity of 0.2 eV/c$^2$, using beta-electrons from tritium decay. Super-conducting magnets will guide the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-31 F. Friedel , C. Röttele , L. Schimpf , G. Drexlin , M. Hackenjos , A. Jansen , M. Steidl , K. Valerius , J. Wolf

The aim of the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino experiment (KATRIN) is the direct (model-independent) measurement of the neutrino mass. For that purpose a windowless gaseous tritium source is used, with a tritium throughput of 40 g/day. In order…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-03-20 M. Schlösser , S. Fischer , M. Hötzel , W. Käfer

The KATRIN experiment aims to determine the neutrino mass scale with a sensitivity of 200 meV/c^2 (90% C.L.) by a precision measurement of the shape of the tritium $\beta$-spectrum in the endpoint region. The energy analysis of the decay…

The KATRIN experiment aims to determine the absolute neutrino mass by measuring the endpoint region of the tritium $\beta$ spectrum. As a large-scale experiment with a sharp energy resolution, high source luminosity and low background it…