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HK: Fachverband Physik der Hadronen und Kerne
HK 74: Poster
HK 74.28: Poster
Thursday, March 23, 2023, 17:30–19:00, HSZ EG
Characterization of prototypes of an active Transverse Energy Filter (aTEF) — •Kyrill Blümer1,4, Kevin Gauda1,4, Sonja Schneidewind1,4, Christian Gönner1,4, Volker Hannen1,4, Hans-Werner Ortjohann1,4, Wolfram Pernice2,3, Lukas Pöllitsch1,4, Richard Salomon1,4, Maik Stappers2, and Christian Weinheimer1,4 — 1Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Münster — 2CeNTech and Physics Institute, University of Münster — 3Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics, University of Heidelberg — 4KATRIN Collaboration
In the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino Experiment (KATRIN) the mass of the electron neutrino is intended to be measured directly by precision energy spectroscopy of the tritium β-decay electrons in its endpoint region. To achive the target sensitivity of 0.2 eV/c2, a reduction of background electrons, assumed to be caused by Rydberg atoms and autoionizing states, is needed. An active transverse energy filter (aTEF, Eur. Phys. J. C 82, 922 (2022)) distinguishes electrons due to their angle to a magnetic field line. It preferentially detects signal electrons with a broad angular distribution rather than background electrons with a small angular distribution. This poster presents insight in the testing procedures and characterization of aTEF-prototypes in dedicated test environments.
This work is supported by BMBF under contract number 05A20PMA.