17–24 Jul 2024
Prague
Europe/Prague timezone

Sensitivity studies for a next-generation neutrino-mass experiment using tritium $\beta$-decay

19 Jul 2024, 19:00
2h
Foyer Floor 2

Foyer Floor 2

Poster 02. Neutrino Physics Poster Session 2

Speaker

Svenja Heyns (for the KATRIN++ R&D Group)

Description

The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment probes the absolute neutrino mass scale by precision spectroscopy of the tritium $\beta$-decay spectrum. By 2025, a final sensitivity better than 0.3$\,$eV/c$^2$ (90% C.L.) is anticipated with a total of 1000 days of measurement.

Going beyond this goal, for instance towards the regime of inverted mass ordering, requires novel technological approaches to significantly improve statistics, energy resolution, and background suppression. In this work, we explore two key strategies: (1) implementing a differential detector technique with sub-eV energy resolution (quantum sensor detector array, time-of-flight) and (2) exploring a large-volume atomic tritium source. This allows for high statistics to be acquired more quickly and with ultra-high energy resolution. In this poster presentation, we investigate the limits by physics and requirements by technology to confine achievable sensitivities on neutrino mass with a differential measurement.

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Primary author

Svenja Heyns (for the KATRIN++ R&D Group)

Presentation materials