The KATRIN Pre-Spectrometer at reduced Filter Energy

Details The KATRIN Pre-Spectrometer at reduced Filter Energy The KATRIN Pre-Spectrometer at reduced Filter Energy

2012-03-12

arxiv.org/abs/1203.2444v1

Physics

Instrumentation and Detectors

22 pages, 12 figures

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The KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino experiment, KATRIN, will determine the mass of the electron neutrino with a sensitivity of 0.2 eV (90% C.L.) via a measurement of the beta-spectrum of gaseous tritium near its endpoint of E_0 =18.57 keV. An ultra-low background of about b = 10 mHz is among the requirements to reach this sensitivity. In the KATRIN main beam-line two spectrometers of MAC-E filter type are used in a tandem configuration. This setup, however, produces a Penning trap which could lead to increased background. We have performed test measurements showing that the filter energy of the pre-spectrometer can be reduced by several keV in order to diminish this trap. These measurements were analyzed with the help of a complex computer simulation, modeling multiple electron reflections both from the detector and the photoelectric electron source used in our test setup.

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