Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Experiment
Scientific paper
2010-12-10
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Plenary Talk presented at the XXIV International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics (Neutrino 2010), Athens, Gree
Scientific paper
The international project ``Microcalorimeter Arrays for a Rhenium Experiment'' (MARE) aims at the direct and calorimetric measurement of the electron neutrino mass with sub-electronvolt sensitivity. Calorimetric neutrino mass experiments measure all the energy released in a beta decay except for the energy carried away by the neutrino, therefore removing the most severe systematic uncertainties which have plagued the traditional and, so far, more sensitive spectrometers. Calorimetric measurements are best realized exploiting the thermal detection technique. This approach uses thermal microcalorimeters whose absorbers contain a low transition energy Q beta decaying isotope. To date the two best options are 187Re and 163Ho. While the first beta decays, the latter decays via electron capture, but both have a Q value around 2.5 keV. The potential of using 187Re for a calorimetric neutrino mass experiment has been already demonstrated. On the contrary, no calorimetric spectrum of 163Ho has been so far measured with the precision required to set a useful limit on the neutrino mass. In this talk we present the status and the perspectives of the MARE project activities for the active isotope selection and the single channel development. We also discuss the neutrino mass statistical sensitivity achievable with both isotopes.
for the MARE Collaboration
Nucciotti Angelo
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