Systematic effect - angular distribution of tritium beta-particles in the KATRIN experiment

0185752 - UJF-V 20033068 CZ eng V - Research Report
Vénos, Drahoslav - Kašpar, Jaromír
Systematic effect - angular distribution of tritium beta-particles in the KATRIN experiment.
Řež: ÚJF AV ČR, 2003. 10 s.
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z1048901
Keywords : neutrino * tritium * beta-decay
Subject RIV: BG - Nuclear, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Colliders

The aim of the KATRIN project is to measure mass of the electron antineutrino with sensitivy at sub-electronvolt level. The experiment is based on the investigation of the electron spectrum of the beta-decay of tritium just at the beta-endpoint region. In this experiment the tritium cooled to low temperature is placed in the magnetic field of several tesla which causes weak but nonzero orientation of tritium nuclei and as the consequence, non-isotropic, on energy dependent, distribution of the beta-electrons.
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