KATRIN: status and prospects for the neutrino mass and beyond

M Aker, M Balzer, D Batzler, A Beglarian… - Journal of Physics G …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment is designed to measure a high-
precision integral spectrum of the endpoint region of T 2 β decay, with the primary goal of …

Towards the TRISTAN detector: Characterization of a 47-pixel monolithic SDD array

M Gugiatti, P King, D Fink, T Houdy, D Siegmann… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Multi-pixel Silicon Drift Detectors (SDD), widely employed in X-ray applications, can
also be applied to electron spectroscopy experiments. The objective of the TRISTAN project …

Measurement of the C spectrum with Silicon Drift Detectors: towards the study of forbidden transitions

A Nava, L Bernardini, M Biassoni, T Bradanini… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The ASPECT-BET (An sdd-SPECTrometer for BETa decay studies) project aims to develop
a novel technique for the precise measurement of forbidden $\beta $ spectra in the 10 keV-1 …

ASPECT-BET: An sdd-SPECTrometer for BETa decay studies

M Biassoni, C Brofferio, S Capelli… - Journal of Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the status of the ASPECT-BET (An sdd-SPECTrometer for BETa decay studies)
project which is aimed at developing a new detection strategy to perform high-precision …

SDDs for high-rate and high-resolution electron spectroscopy

A Nava, M Biassoni, S Pozzi, M Carminati… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Silicon Drift Detectors (SDDs) are a promising technology for electron spectroscopy,
due to their excellent energy resolution and capability to sustain high interaction rate. We …

[HTML][HTML] Silicon Drift Detectors for the Measurement and Reconstruction of Beta Spectra

A Nava, L Bernardini, M Biassoni, T Bradanini… - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
The ASPECT-BET project, or An sdd-SPECTrometer for BETa decay studies, aims to
develop a novel technique for the precise measurement of forbidden beta spectra in the 10 …

Neutrino mass measurement and sterile neutrinos search with the KATRIN experiment

A Onillon - EPJ Web of Conferences, 2023 - epj-conferences.org
In this proceeding, we report on the latest results of the KATRIN experiment on the effective
electron anti-neutrino mass and the search for sterile neutrinos. KATRIN performed a high …

Development of a cryogenic In2O3 calorimeter to measure the spectral shape of 115In β-decay

E Celi, Z Galazka, M Laubenstein, S Nagorny… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The spectral shape of forbidden beta-decays is a crucial benchmark for nuclear physics
calculations and has important implications also for astroparticle physics. Among the …

A Novel Position-Sensitive Linear Winding Silicon Drift Detector

T Long, J Zhao, B Xiong, X Li, M Tang, Z Li - Micromachines, 2024 - mdpi.com
A novel position-sensitive linear winding silicon drift detector (LWSDD) was designed and
simulated. On the frontside (anode side), the collecting anodes were set on both sides of the …

A Geant4-based model for the TRISTAN detector

A Nava, M Biassoni, S Pozzi, M Gugiatti… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The TRISTAN project is the upgrade of the KATRIN experiment designed for the search of
sterile neutrinos by replacing the current KATRIN detector with a multipixel SDD (Silicon Drift …