Characterization of silicon drift detectors with electrons for the TRISTAN project
Mertens, S.; Brunst, T.; Korzeczek, M. 1; Lebert, M.; Siegmann, D.; Alborini, A.; Altenmüller, K.; Biassoni, M.; Bombelli, L.; Carminati, M.; Descher, M. 1; Fink, D.; Fiorini, C.; Forstner, C.; Gugiatti, M.; Houdy, T.; Huber, A. 1; King, P.; Lebeda, O.;
Abstract:
Sterile neutrinos are a minimal extension of the standard model of particle physics. A promising model-independent way to search for sterile neutrinos is via high-precision β-spectroscopy. The Karlsruhe tritium neutrino (KATRIN) experiment, equipped with a novel multi-pixel silicon drift detector focal plane array and read-out system, named the TRISTAN detector, has the potential to supersede the sensitivity of previous laboratory-based searches. In this work we present the characterization of the first silicon drift detector prototypes with electrons and we investigate the impact of uncertainties of the detector's response to electrons on the final sterile neutrino sensitivity.
| Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT | Institut für Astroteilchenphysik (IAP) Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik (IPE) Universität Karlsruhe (TH) – Interfakultative Einrichtungen (Interfakultative Einrichtungen) KIT-Zentrum Elementarteilchen- und Astroteilchenphysik (KCETA) |
| Publikationstyp | Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| Publikationsmonat/-jahr | 01.2021 |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Identifikator | ISSN: 0954-3899, 1361-6471 KITopen-ID: 1000129934 |
| HGF-Programm | 51.13.01 (POF IV, LK 01) Neutrinophysik und Dunkle Materie |
| Erschienen in | Journal of physics / G |
| Verlag | Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd (IOP Publishing Ltd) |
| Band | 48 |
| Heft | 1 |
| Seiten | Art. Nr.: 015008 |
| Schlagwörter | solid state detectors, particle detectors, neutrinos, sterile neutrinos, KATRIN |
| Nachgewiesen in | Dimensions Scopus Web of Science |