2013/07/21 by R. G. H. Robertson, R. G. Hamish Robertson, Robertson, R. G. Hamish · 13 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #BETA (programming language) #Beta decay #Computer science #Double beta decay #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) #KATRIN #Muon and positron interactions and applications #Neutrino #Neutrino Physics Research #Nuclear physics #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Tritium #hep-ex #physics.ins-det
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1307.5486
published in arXiv (Cornell University) (Cornell University) · 7 pages, 1 figure. White paper submitted for 2013 Snowmass Conference
arxiv created 2013/07/21 · openalex publication_date 2013/07/21 · arxiv updated 2013/07/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
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 built as a prototype for the ITER project. The combination of a large retarding-potential electrostatic-magnetic spectrometer and an intense gaseous molecular tritium source makes possible a sensitivity to neutrino mass of 0.2 eV, about an order of magnitude below present laboratory limits. The measurement is kinematic and independent of whether the neutrino is Dirac or Majorana. The status of the project is summarized briefly in this report.