Detecting sterile neutrinos with KATRIN like experiments

2010/08/31 by Anna Sejersen Riis, Steen Hannestad · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Neutrino Physics Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #astro-ph.CO #hep-ph #nucl-ex

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2011/02/011

published as JCAP 1102:011,2011 · 23 pages, 7 figures. References & Figures updated. Text reviewed and revised. Accepted for publication JCAP

arxiv created 2011/02/08 · openalex publication_date 2011/02/08 · arxiv updated 2011/03/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

A sterile neutrino with mass in the eV range, mixing with e , is allowed and possibly even preferred by cosmology and oscillation experiments. If such eV-mass neutrinos exist they provide a much better target for direct detection in beta decay experiments than the active neutrinos which are expected to have sub-eV masses. Their relatively high mass would allow for an easy separation from the primary decay signal in experiments such as KATRIN.

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