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Past and current direct neutrino mass experiments set limits on the so-called effective neutrino mass, which is an incoherent sum of neutrino masses and lepton mixing matrix elements. The electron energy spectrum which neglects the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-01-15 Guo-yuan Huang , Werner Rodejohann , Shun Zhou

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 goal of the KArlsruhe TRItrium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment is the determination of the effective electron antineutrino mass with a sensitivity of 0.2 eV/c$^2$ at 90% C.L. This goal can only be achieved with a very low background level…

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 paper reviews recent experiments on tritium beta spectroscopy searching for the absolute value of the electron neutrino mass $m(\nu_e)$. By use of dedicated electrostatic filters with high acceptance and resolution, the uncertainty on…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-05-24 E. W. Otten , C. Weinheimer

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 KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino experiment (KATRIN) aims to determine the effective electron (anti)neutrino mass with a sensitivity of $0.2\textrm{ eV/c}^2$ (90$\%$ C.L.) by precisely measuring the endpoint region of the tritium…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-09-18 M. Aker , K. Altenmüller , A. Beglarian , J. Behrens , A. Berlev , U. Besserer , K. Blaum , F. Block , S. Bobien , B. Bornschein , L. Bornschein , H. Bouquet , T. Brunst , T. S. Caldwell , S. Chilingaryan , W. Choi , K. Debowski , M. Deffert , M. Descher , D. Díaz Barrero , P. J. Doe , O. Dragoun , G. Drexlin , S. Dyba , K. Eitel , E. Ellinger , R. Engel , S. Enomoto , D. Eversheim , M. Fedkevych , A. Felden , J. A. Formaggio , F. Fränkle , G. B. Franklin , H. Frankrone , F. Friedel , A. Fulst , K. Gauda , W. Gil , F. Glück , S. Grohmann , R. Grössle , R. Gumbsheimer , M. Hackenjos , V. Hannen , J. Hartmann , N. Haußmann , F. Heizmann , J. Heizmann , K. Helbing , S. Hickford , D. Hillesheimer , D. Hinz , T. Höhn , B. Holzapfel , S. Holzmann , T. Houdy , A. Jansen , C. Karl , J. Kellerer , N. Kernert , L. Kippenbrock , M. Klein , C. Köhler , L. Köllenberger , A. Kopmann , M. Korzeczek , A. Kovalík , B. Krasch , H. Krause , B. Kuffner , N. Kunka , T. Lasserre , L. La Cascio , O. Lebeda , B. Lehnert , J. Letnev , F. Leven , T. L. Le , S. Lichter , A. Lokhov , M. Machatschek , E. Malcherek , A. Marsteller , E. L. Martin , C. Melzer , A. Menshikov , S. Mertens , B. Monreal , K. Müller , U. Naumann , H. Neumann , S. Niemes , M. Noe , H. -W. Ortjohann , A. Osipowicz , E. Otten , D. S. Parno , A. Pollithy , A. W. P. Poon , J. M. L. Poyato , F. Priester , P. C. -O. Ranitzsch , O. Rest , R. Rinderspacher , R. G. H. Robertson , C. Rodenbeck , P. Rohr , M. Röllig , C. Röttele , M. Ryšavý , R. Sack , A. Saenz , P. Schäfer , L. Schimpf , K. Schlösser , M. Schlösser , L. Schlüter , M. Schrank , B. Schulz , H. Seitz-Moskaliuk , W. Seller , V. Sibille , D. Siegmann , M. Slezák , F. Spanier , M. Steidl , M. Steven , M. Sturm , M. Suesser , M. Sun , D. Tcherniakhovski , 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 , W. Xu , Y. -R. Yen , S. Zadoroghny , G. Zeller

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 sum of the masses of the three neutrino mass eigenstates is now constrained both from above and below, and lies between 55 and 6900 meV. The lower limit is set by neutrino oscillations and the fact that masses are non-negative. The…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-07-24 R. G. Hamish Robertson

The KATRIN experiment aims at measuring the electron neutrino mass with a sensitivity of 0.2 eV$/c^2$ after five years of data taking. Recently a new upper limit for the neutrino mass of 0.8 eV$/c^2$ (90% CL) was obtained. To reach the…

The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment will measure the absolute mass scale of neutrinos with a sensitivity of $\m_{\nu}$ = 200 meV/c$^2$ by high-precision spectroscopy close to the tritium beta-decay endpoint at 18.6 keV. Its…

An electron antineutrino mass has been measured in tritium beta-decay in the "Troitsk nu-mass" experiment. The setup consists of a windowless gaseous tritium source and an electrostatic electron spectrometer. The whole data set acquired…

We present a showcase for deriving bounds on the neutrino masses from laboratory experiments and cosmological observations. We compare the frequentist and Bayesian bounds on the effective electron neutrino mass m_beta which the KATRIN…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Ole Host , Ofer Lahav , Filipe B. Abdalla , Klaus Eitel

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 paper reports on the improved Mainz experiment on tritum $\beta$ spectroscopy which yields a 10 times' higher signal to background ratio than before. The main experimental effects and systematic uncertainties have been investigated in…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-09-29 Ch. Kraus , B. Bornschein , L. Bornschein , J. Bonn , B. Flatt , A. Kovalik , B. Ostrick , E. W. Otten , J. P. Schall , Th. Thümmler , Ch. Weinheimer

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 projected sensitivity of the effective electron neutrino-mass measurement with the KATRIN experiment is below 0.3 eV (90 % CL) after five years of data acquisition. The sensitivity is affected by the increased rate of the background…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-09-19 M. Aker , D. Batzler , A. Beglarian , J. Behrens , J. Beisenkötter , M. Biassoni , B. Bieringer , Y. Biondi , F. Block , S. Bobien , M. Böttcher , B. Bornschein , L. Bornschein , T. S. Caldwell , M. Carminati , A. Chatrabhuti , S. Chilingaryan , B. A. Daniel , 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 , C. Fengler , C. Fiorini , J. A. Formaggio , C. Forstner , F. M. Fränkle , K. Gauda , A. S. Gavin , W. Gil , F. Glück , R. Grössle , R. Gumbsheimer , V. Hannen , L. Hasselmann , N. Haußmann , K. Helbing , S. Heyns , S. Hickford , R. Hiller , D. Hillesheimer , D. Hinz , T. Höhn , A. Huber , A. Jansen , C. Karl , J. Kellerer , K. Khosonthongkee , C. Köhler , L. Köllenberger , A. Kopmann , N. Kovač , H. Krause , L. La Cascio , T. Lasserre , J. Lauer , T. L. Le , O. Lebeda , B. Lehnert , G. Li , A. Lokhov , M. Machatschek , M. Mark , A. Marsteller , E. L. Martin , K. McMichael , C. Melzer , S. Mertens , S. Mohanty , J. Mostafa , K. Müller , A. Nava , H. Neumann , S. Niemes , D. S. Parno , M. Pavan , U. Pinsook , A. W. P. Poon , J. M. L. Poyato , S. Pozzi , F. Priester , J. Ráliš , S. Ramachandran , R. G. H. Robertson , C. Rodenbeck , M. Röllig , R. Sack , A. Saenz , R. Salomon , P. Schäfer , M. Schlösser , K. Schlösser , L. Schlüter , S. Schneidewind , M. Schrank , J. Schürmann , A. K. Schütz , A. Schwemmer , A. Schwenck , M. Šefčík , D. Siegmann , F. Simon , F. Spanier , D. Spreng , W. Sreethawong , M. Steidl , J. Štorek , X. Stribl , M. Sturm , N. Suwonjandee , N. Tan Jerome , H. H. Telle , L. A. Thorne , T. Thümmler , N. Titov , I. Tkachev , K. Urban , K. Valerius , D. Vénos , C. Weinheimer , S. Welte , J. Wendel , C. Wiesinger , J. F. Wilkerson , J. Wolf , S. Wüstling , J. Wydra , W. Xu , S. Zadorozhny , G. Zeller

The KATRIN experiment, presently under construction in Karlsruhe, Germany, will improve on previous laboratory limits on the neutrino mass by a factor of ten. KATRIN will use a high-activity, gaseous T2 source and a very high-resolution…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-08-23 D. S. Parno

Although neutrinos are probably the most abundant particles of the universe their mass is not yet known. Oscillation experiments have proven that at least one of the neutrino mass states has m_{i}>0.05 eV while various interpretations of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-10-13 Otokar Dragoun , Drahoslav Vénos