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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik
T 31: Neutrinophysik VI
T 31.6: Talk
Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 17:45–18:00, Z6 - HS 0.001
Development of a MC Generator for the KATRIN Experiment — •Christian Karl for the KATRIN collaboration — Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Föhringer Ring 6, 80805 München
The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment is designed to determine the effective electron anti-neutrino mass with a sensitivity of mν=0.2 eV/c2 (90% C.L.) via the kinematics of tritium β-decay. As a means to test, optimize, and validate the data analysis tools a Monte Carlo (MC) generator has been developed.
A MC generator produces artificial data sets by simulating the model theoretically and applying statistical smearing. As the true values of the physics parameters are known this provides a powerful tool to test analysis tools.
This talk will present the functionality and use cases of a MC generator for the KATRIN experiment. These include testing the fitting tools, the effect of various systematics on the neutrino mass measurement and the capability of different data blinding methods.