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The electron capture in $^{163}$Ho experiment – ECHo

Gastaldo, L.; Blaum, K.; Chrysalidis, K.; Day Goodacre, T.; Domula, A.; Door, M.; Dorrer, H.; Düllmann, C. E.; Eberhardt, K.; Eliseev, S.; Enss, C.; Faessler, A.; Filianin, P.; Fleischmann, A.; Fonnesu, D.; Gamer, L.; Haas, R.; Hassel, C.; Hengstler, D.; ... mehr

Abstract:

Neutrinos, and in particular their tiny but non-vanishing masses, can be considered one of the doors towards physics beyond the Standard Model. Precision measurements of the kinematics of weak interactions, in particular of the $^{3}$H β-decay and the $^{163}$Ho electron capture (EC), represent the only model independent approach to determine the absolute scale of neutrino masses. The electron capture in $^{163}$Ho experiment, ECHo, is designed to reach sub-eV sensitivity on the electron neutrino mass by means of the analysis of the calorimetrically measured electron capture spectrum of the nuclide $^{163}$Ho. The maximum energy available for this decay, about 2.8 keV, constrains the type of detectors that can be used. Arrays of low temperature metallic magnetic calorimeters (MMCs) are being developed to measure the $^{163}$Ho EC spectrum with energy resolution below 3 eV FWHM and with a time resolution below 1 μs. To achieve the sub-eV sensitivity on the electron neutrino mass, together with the detector optimization, the availability of large ultra-pure $^{163}$Ho samples, the identification and suppression of background sources as well as the precise parametrization of the $^{163}$Ho EC spectrum are of utmost importance. ... mehr


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000071835
Veröffentlicht am 05.05.2021
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DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2017-70071-y
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik (IPE)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2017
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1951-6355, 1951-6401
KITopen-ID: 1000071835
HGF-Programm 54.02.02 (POF III, LK 01) Ultraschnelle Datenauswertung
Erschienen in European physical journal special topics
Verlag Springer Verlag
Band 226
Heft 8
Seiten 1623-1694
Vorab online veröffentlicht am 20.06.2017
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