论文标题
项目8中微子质量实验
The Project 8 Neutrino Mass Experiment
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论文摘要
$β^ - $ tritium的$β^ - $的测量给出了中微子质量的最精确的直接限制。项目8将使用具有原子trimic源的回旋辐射发射光谱(CRE)研究中微子质量。 CRES是一种新的实验技术,它有可能克服当前产生直接测量方法的系统和统计局限性。原子trium避免了与分子trilecular腐烂相关的最终状态相关的不可还原系统不确定性。项目8将以分阶段的方法进行,以40 MeV/c $^2 $中微子质量灵敏度的目标进行。
Measurements of the $β^-$ spectrum of tritium give the most precise direct limits on neutrino mass. Project 8 will investigate neutrino mass using Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy (CRES) with an atomic tritium source. CRES is a new experimental technique that has the potential to surmount the systematic and statistical limitations of current-generation direct measurement methods. Atomic tritium avoids an irreducible systematic uncertainty associated with the final states populated by the decay of molecular tritium. Project 8 will proceed in a phased approach toward a goal of 40 meV/c$^2$ neutrino-mass sensitivity.