Project 8: Precision electron specroscopy to measure the mass of the neutrino
Creators
- VanDevender, B. A.1
- Asner, D. M.1
- Bahr, M.2
- Bradley, R. F.3
- Doelman, S.4
- Jones, A. M.1
- Fernandes, J.1
- Formaggio, J. A.4
- Furse, D.4
- Kelly, J. F.1
- Kofron, J.5
- LaRoque, B. H.2
- Leber, M. L.2
- McBride, L.5
- Monreal, B.2
- Oblath, N.4
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Patterson, R.6
- Rogers, A.4
- Robertson, R. G. H.5
- Rosenberg, L.5
- Rybka, G.5
- Thümmler, T.7
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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University of California, Santa Barbara
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National Radio Astronomy Observatory
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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University of Washington
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California Institute of Technology
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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Abstract
The Project 8 Collaboration is exploring a new technique for the spectroscopy of medium-energy electrons (∼ 1 - 100 keV) with the ultimate goal of measuring the effective mass of the electron antineutrino by the tritium endpoint method. Our method is based on the detection of microwave-frequency cyclotron radiation emitted by magnetically trapped electrons. The immediate goal of Project 8 is to demonstrate the utility of this technique for a tritium endpoint experiment through a high-precision measurement of the conversion electron spectrum of ^(83)mKr . We present concepts for detecting this cyclotron radiation, focusing on a guided wave design currently being implemented in a prototype apparatus at the University of Washington.
Additional Information
© 2013 AIP Publishing LLC. Project 8 research is supported by the NSF, DOE Office of Nuclear Physics, an MIT Wade Award and the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, a multiprogram national laboratory operated by Battelle for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC05-76RL01830.Attached Files
Published - 1.4826762.pdf
Files
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Additional details
Identifiers
- Eprint ID
- 66280
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20160419-135527468
Funding
- NSF
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Northwest National Laboratory Laboratory
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- DE-AC05-76RL01830
Dates
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2016-04-19Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2021-11-10Created from EPrint's last_modified field
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- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Series Volume or Issue Number
- 1560