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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 neutrino experiment is a next-generation tritium beta decay experiment aimed at measuring the mass of the electron neutrino to better than 200 meV at 90% C.L. Due to its intense tritium source, KATRIN can also serve as a possible…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-11-21 A. Kaboth , J. A. Formaggio , B. Monreal

The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino Experiment (KATRIN) will detect tritium beta- decay electrons that pass through its electromagnetic spectrometer with a highly- segmented monolithic silicon pin-diode focal-plane detector (FPD). This pin-diode…

Sterile neutrinos in the keV mass range present a viable candidate for dark matter. They can be detected through single $\beta$ decay, where they cause small spectral distortions. The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment aims to…

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…

The KATRIN experiment aims to determine the effective electron neutrino mass with a sensitivity of $0.2\,{\text{eV}/c^2}$ (90\% C.L.) by precision measurement of the shape of the tritium \textbeta-spectrum in the endpoint region. The energy…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-10-02 KATRIN Collaboration , M. Arenz , W. -J. Baek , S. Bauer , M. Beck , A. Beglarian , J. Behrens , R. Berendes , T. Bergmann , A. Berlev , U. Besserer , K. Blaum , T. Bode , B. Bornschein , L. Bornschein , T. Brunst , W. Buglak , N. Buzinsky , S. Chilingaryan , W. Q. Choi , M. Deffert , P. J. Doe , O. Dragoun , G. Drexlin , S. Dyba , F. Edzards , K. Eitel , E. Ellinger , R. Engel , S. Enomoto , M. Erhard , D. Eversheim , M. Fedkevych , J. A. Formaggio , F. M. Fränkle , G. B. Franklin , F. Friedel , A. Fulst , D. Furse , W. Gil , F. Glück , A. Gonzalez Urena , S. Grohmann , R. Grössle , R. Gumbsheimer , M. Hackenjos , V. Hannen , F. Harms , N. Haußmann , F. Heizmann , K. Helbing , W. Herz , S. Hickford , D. Hilk , M. A. Howe , A. Huber , A. Jansen , J. Kellerer , N. Kernert , L. Kippenbrock , M. Kleesiek , M. Klein , A. Kopmann , M. Korzeczek , A. Kovalík , B. Krasch , M. Kraus , L. Kuckert , T. Lasserre , O. Lebeda , J. Letnev , A. Lokhov , M. Machatschek , A. Marsteller , E. L. Martin , S. Mertens , S. Mirz , B. Monreal , H. Neumann , S. Niemes , A. Off , A. Osipowicz , E. Otten , D. S. Parno , A. Pollithy , A. W. P. Poon , F. Priester , P. C. -O. Ranitzsch , O. Rest , R. G. H. Robertson , F. Roccati , C. Rodenbeck , M. Röllig , C. Röttele , M. Ryšavý , R. Sack , A. Saenz , L. Schimpf , K. Schlösser , M. Schlösser , K. Schönung , M. Schrank , H. Seitz-Moskaliuk , J. Sentkerestiová , V. Sibille , M. Slezák , M. Steidl , N. Steinbrink , M. Sturm , M. Suchopar , H. H. Telle , L. A. Thorne , T. Thümmler , N. Titov , I. Tkachev , N. Trost , K. Valerius , D. Vénos , R. Vianden , A. P. Vizcaya Hernández , N. Wandkowsky , M. Weber , C. Weinheimer , C. Weiss , S. Welte , J. Wendel , J. F. Wilkerson , J. Wolf , S. Wüstling , S. Zadoroghny

The method of direct neutrino mass determination based on the kinematics of tritium beta decay, which is adopted by the KATRIN experiment, makes use of a large, high-resolution electrostatic spectrometer with magnetic adiabatic collimation.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-08-09 K. Valerius , H. Hein , H. Baumeister , M. Beck , K. Bokeloh , J. Bonn , F. Glück , H. -W. Ortjohann , B. Ostrick , M. Zbořil , Ch. Weinheimer

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 KATRIN experiment is designed to measure the absolute neutrino mass scale with a sensitivity of 200 meV at 90% C.L. by high resolution tritium beta-spectroscopy. A low background level of 10 mHz at the beta-decay endpoint is required in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-04 S. Mertens , G. Drexlin , F. M. Fraenkle , D. Furse , F. Glueck , S. Goerhardt , M. Hoetzel , W. Kaefer , B. Leiber , T. Thuemmler , N. Wandkowsky , J. Wolf

The neutrino mass experiment KATRIN uses conversion electrons from the 32.2 keV transition of the nuclear isomer $^{\mathrm{83m}}$Kr for calibration. Comparing the measured energies to the appropriate literature values allows for an…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-08-23 C. Rodenbeck

Sterile neutrinos are hypothetical particles in the minimal extension of the Standard Model of Particle Physics. They could be viable dark matter candidates if they have a mass in the keV range. The Karlsruhe tritium neutrino (KATRIN)…

The KATRIN experiment aims to measure the effective mass of the electron antineutrino from the analysis of electron spectra stemming from the beta-decay of molecular tritium with a sensitivity of 200 meV. Therefore, a daily throughput of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-16 L. Kuckert , F. Heizmann , G. Drexlin , F. Glück , M. Hötzel , M. Kleesiek , F. Sharipov , K. Valerius

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 report on the light sterile neutrino search from the first four-week science run of the KATRIN experiment in~2019. Beta-decay electrons from a high-purity gaseous molecular tritium source are analyzed by a high-resolution MAC-E filter…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-03-10 M. Aker , K. Altenmueller , A. Beglarian , J. Behrens , A. Berlev , U. Besserer , B. Bieringer , K. Blaum , F. Block , B. Bornschein , L. Bornschein , M. Boettcher , T. Brunst , T. S. Caldwell , L. La Cascio , S. Chilingaryan , W. Choi , D. Diaz Barrero , K. Debowski , M. Deffert , M. Descher , P. J. Doe , O. Dragoun , G. Drexlin , S. Dyba , F. Edzards , K. Eitel , E. Ellinger , R. Engel , S. Enomoto , M. Fedkevych A. Felden , J. A. Formaggio , F. M. Fraenkle , G. B. Franklin , F. Friedel , A. Fulst , K. Gauda , W. Gil , F. Glueck , R. Groessle , R. Gumbsheimer , T. Hoehn , V. Hannen , N. Haussmann , K. Helbing , S. Hickford , R. Hiller , D. Hillesheimer , D. Hinz , T. Houdy , A. Huber , A. Jansen , L. Koellenberger , C. Karl , J. Kellerer , L. Kippenbrock , M. Klein , A. Kopmann , M. Korzeczek , A. Kovalik , B. Krasch , H. Krause , T. Lasserre , T. L. Le , O. Lebeda , N. Le Guennic , B. Lehnert , A. Lokhov , J. M. Lopez Poyato , K. Mueller , M. Machatschek , E. Malcherek , M. Mark , A. Marsteller , E. L. Martin , C. Melzer , S. Mertens , S. Niemes , P. Oelpmann , A. Osipowicz , D. S. Parno , A. W. P. Poon , F. Priester , M. Roellig , C. Roettele , O. Rest , R. G. H. Robertson , C. Rodenbeck , M. Rysavy , R. Sack , A. Saenz , A. Schaller , P. Schaefer , L. Schimpf , M. Schloesser , K. Schloesser , L. Schlueter , M. Schrank , B. Schulz , M. Sefcik , H. Seitz-Moskaliuk , V. Sibille , D. Siegmann , M. Slezak , F. Spanier , M. Steidl , M. Sturm , M. Sun , H. H. Telle , T. Thuemmler , L. A. Thorne , N. Titov , I. Tkachev , N. Trost , D. Venos , K. Valerius , A. P. Vizcaya Hernandez , S. Wuestling , M. Weber , C. Weinheimer , C. Weiss , S. Welte , J. Wendel , J. F. Wilkerson , J. Wolf , W. Xu , Y. -R. Yen , S. Zadoroghny , G. Zeller

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 KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment aims at a measurement of the neutrino mass with a 90 % confidence limit (C.L.) sensitivity of 0.2 eV/c$^2$ by measuring the endpoint region of the tritium $\beta$ decay spectrum from a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-11-21 Nicholas Steinbrink , Volker Hannen , Eric L. Martin , R. G. Hamish Robertson , Michael Zacher , Christian Weinheimer

Sterile neutrinos are a minimal extension of the Standard Model of particle physics and a promising candidate for dark matter if their mass is in the keV-range. The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino experiment (KATRIN), equipped with a novel…

The TRISTAN detector is a new detector for electron spectroscopy at the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment. The semiconductor detector utilizes the silicon drift detector technology and will enable the precise measurement of the…

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

The KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment is a next generation, model independent, large scale tritium beta-decay experiment to determine the effective electron anti-neutrino mass by investigating the kinematics of tritium…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-10-04 F. M. Fränkle , L. Bornschein , G. Drexlin , F. Glück , S. Görhardt , W. Käfer , S. Mertens , N. Wandkowsky , J. Wolf