Abstract
The KArlsruhe TRItiumNeutrino experiment (KATRIN) will measure a “kinematical” electron antineutrino mass upper limit up to 0.2 eV/c 2. The experimental setup based on an electrostatic spectrometer with adiabatic magnetic collimation and windowless gaseous tritium source is briefly described. This sensitivity to the neutrino mass could be reached with a 10-m-diameter spectrometer after three years of data taking. Several major sources of the systematic errors are discussed.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
K. Hagiwara et al. (Particle Data Group), Phys. Rev. D 66, 010001 (2002).
V. M. Lobashev, Nucl. Phys. A 719, C153 (2003).
KATRIN Letter of Intent, hep-ex/0109033.
R. G. H. Robertson et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 957 (1991).
V. M. Lobashev et al., Phys. Lett. B 460, 227 (1999).
S. Jonsell and H. J. Monkhorst, Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 4476 (1996).
A. Saenz, S. Jonsell, and P. Froelich, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 242 (2000).
R. G. H. Robertson and D. Knapp, Annu. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci. 38, 185 (1988).
V. N. Aseev et al., Eur. Phys. J. D 10, 39 (2000).
F. Glueck, KATRIN Internal Report 95-TRP-1316.
W. Stoeffl and D. J. Decman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 3237 (1995).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Additional information
From Yadernaya Fizika, Vol. 67, No. 11, 2004, pp. 1977–1982.
Original English Text Copyright © 2004 by Titov.
This article was submitted by the author in English.
The author represents the KATRIN Collaboration
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Titov, N.A. Sensitivity and systematics of KATRIN experiment. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 67, 1953–1958 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1825511
Received:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1825511