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Feasibility of photoelectron sources for testing the energy scale stablity of the KATRIN beta-ray spectrometer

2010/03/19 by O. Dragoun, Dragoun, O., A. Spalek +13
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) #nucl-ex

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1003.3758

22 pages, 3 tables, 11 figures, 58 references

arxiv created 2010/03/19 · arxiv updated 2010/03/22

Abstract

Photoabsorption of nuclear gamma-rays in thin metallic convertors was examined with the aim to produce monoenergetic photoelectrons of kinetic energy around 18.6 keV and natural width of about 1 eV. Calculations were carried out for commercial photon sources of 241Am (1.1 GBq) and 119mSn (0.5 GBq) irradiating Co and Ti convertors. Photoelectrons ejected by 241Am gamma- and X-rays from Co convertors of various thickness were measured with two electrostatic spectrometers.

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