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TT 7: Superconductivity & Solids At Low Temperature - Poster Session
TT 7.56: Poster
Monday, March 27, 2006, 14:00–17:45, P1
Study of superconducting and magnetic microcalorimeters for a high sensitivity neutrino mass measurement experiment — •Loredana Gastaldo1,2 and Daniel Haug1 — 1Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, Im Neuenheimer Feld 227, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany — 2University and INFN Genoa, Via Dodecaneso 33, I-16146 Genoa, Italy
Since the neutrino oscillation experiments have proved that neutrinos are massive particles, the question if it is possible to determine its absolute value can be addressed with a very high precision β decay experiment. An international collaboration is growing around the project of Microcalorimeter Arrays for a Rhenium Experiment (MARE) for measuring the neutrino mass with a sensitivity of about 0.2eV/c2. Here we present the status of the development of superconducting and magnetic low temperature microcalorimeters for the detection of 187Re beta decay.