29 June 2018 to 4 July 2018
IBS HQ, Daejeon, Korea
Asia/Seoul timezone
There will be Welcome Reception at 18:00 on June 28, 2018

Project 8: Towards using Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy of Tritium decay to measure the neutrino mass.

3 Jul 2018, 16:30
30m
Room A (IBS HQ, Daejeon, Korea)

Room A

IBS HQ, Daejeon, Korea

Speaker

Prof. Gray Rybka (University of Washington)

Description

Project 8 has demonstrated Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy (CRES) as a novel technique for performing electron spectroscopy. Applying this method to highest energy electrons from tritium beta decay will lead to a direct neutrino mass measurement. A proof of this concept was performed with a waveguide detector utilizing monoenergetic 83mKr conversion electrons. The demonstrator has expanded our knowledge of rich spectral features in CRES signals. As a next step, we have upgraded our hardware to meet the requirements for a demonstration with tritium. Here I present both the hardware and analysis progress which will lead us to the first continuous spectrum measurement
Co-Authors (Collaboration) Project 8 Collaboration

Primary author

Prof. Gray Rybka (University of Washington)

Presentation materials