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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 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

Precision spectroscopy of the electron spectrum of the tritium $\beta$ decay near the kinematic endpoint is a direct method to determine the effective electron antineutrino mass. The KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment aims to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-06-18 Moritz Machatschek

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 Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment is a large-scale effort to probe the absolute neutrino mass scale with a sensitivity of 0.2 eV (90% confidence level), via a precise measurement of the endpoint spectrum of tritium beta…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-10 M. Arenz , W. -J. Baek , M. Beck , A. Beglarian , J. Behrens , T. Bergmann , A. Berlev , U. Besserer , K. Blaum , T. Bode , B. Bornschein , L. Bornschein , T. Brunst , 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 , S. Fischer , J. A. Formaggio , F. M. Fränkle , G. B. Franklin , F. Friedel , A. Fulst , W. Gil , F. Glück , A. Gonzalez Ureña , S. Grohmann , R. Grössle , R. Gumbsheimer , M. Hackenjos , V. Hannen , F. Harms , N. Haußmann , F. Heizmann , K. Helbing , W. Herz , S. Hickford , D. Hilk , D. Hillesheimer , 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 , U. Naumann , H. Neumann , S. Niemes , A. Off , H. -W. Ortjohann , 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 , M. Suesser , H. H. Telle , L. A. Thorne , T. Thümmler , N. Titov , I. Tkachev , N. Trost , K. Valerius , D. Vénos , R. Vianden , A. P. Vizcaya Hernández , M. Weber , C. Weinheimer , C. Weiss , S. Welte , J. Wendel , J. F. Wilkerson , J. Wolf , S. Wüstling , S. Zadoroghny

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

The KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino experiment KATRIN aims at improving the upper limit of the mass of the electron antineutrino to about 0.2 eV (90% c.l.) by investigating the beta-decay of tritium gas molecules. The experiment is currently…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-13 M. Ubieto-Diaz , D. Rodriguez , S. Lukic , Sz. Nagy , S. Stahl , K. Blaum

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

KATRIN is a very large scale tritium-beta-decay experiment to determine the mass of the neutrino. It is presently under construction at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology north campus, and makes use of the Karlsruhe Tritium Laboratory…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-07-23 R. G. Hamish Robertson

The \underline{KA}rlsruhe \underline{TRI}tium \underline{N}eutrino Mass Experiment is a next generation tritium beta decay experiment designed to reach a sensitivity of $0.2~ \mathrm{eV}/\mathrm{c}^2$. KATRIN will allow to investigate the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Lutz Bornschein

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 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

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

The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino Experiment (KATRIN) measures the effective electron anti-neutrino mass with an unprecedented design sensitivity of 0.2 eV (90 % C.L.). In this experiment, the energy spectrum of beta electrons near the tritium…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-06-22 C. Rodenbeck , S. Wüstling , S. Enomoto , J. Hartmann , O. Rest , T. Thümmler , C. Weinheimer

KATRIN is a very large scale tritium-beta-decay experiment to determine the mass of the neutrino. It is presently under construction at the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, and makes use of the Tritium Laboratory built there for the ITER…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 R. G. H. Robertson

The KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment is designed to measure tritium $\beta$-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…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-07-10 Yung-Ruey Yen

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

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 KATRIN experiment is going to search for the average mass of the electron antineutrino with a sensitivity of 0.2 eV/c2. It uses a retardation spectrometer of MAC-E filter type to accurately measure the shape of the electron spectrum at…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-23 M. Beck , K. Bokeloh , H. Hein , S. Bauer , H. Baumeister , J. Bonn , H. -W. Ortjohann , B. Ostrick , S. Rosendahl , S. Streubel , K. Valerius , M. Zboril , C. Weinheimer

Since the discovery of neutrino oscillations, it is known that neutrinos have small but non-zero masses. The neutrino mass scale, which is of fundamental importance for cosmology, astrophysics and particle physics, can be measured directly…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2026-01-13 Guido Drexlin , Christian Weinheimer