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Monitoring of the operating parameters of the KATRIN Windowless Gaseous Tritium Source

M Babutzka, M Bahr, J Bonn, B Bornschein, A Dieter, G Drexlin, K Eitel, S Fischer, F Glück, S Grohmann, M Hötzel, T M James, W Käfer, M Leber, B Monreal, F Priester, M Röllig, M Schlösser, U Schmitt, F Sharipov, M Steidl, M Sturm, H H Telle, N Titov, Helmut Telle, Timothy James

New Journal of Physics, Volume: 14, Issue: 10

Swansea University Authors: Helmut Telle, Timothy James

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DOI (Published version): 10.1088/1367-2630/14/10/103046

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The KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment will measure the absolute mass scale of neutrinos with a sensitivity of m<sub>nu</sub> = 200 meV/c<super>2</super> by high-precision spectroscopy close to the tritium beta-decay endpoint at 18.6 keV. Its Windowless Gaseous Tr...

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Published in: New Journal of Physics
ISSN: 1367-2630
Published: 2012
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa14498
Abstract: The KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment will measure the absolute mass scale of neutrinos with a sensitivity of m<sub>nu</sub> = 200 meV/c<super>2</super> by high-precision spectroscopy close to the tritium beta-decay endpoint at 18.6 keV. Its Windowless Gaseous Tritium Source (WGTS) is a beta-decay source of high intensity (10<super>11</super> s−1) and stability, where high-purity molecular tritium at 30 K is circulated in a closed loop with a yearly throughput of 10 kg. To limit systematic effects the column density of the source has to be stabilized at the 10<super>−3</super> level. This requires extensive sensor instrumentation and dedicated control and monitoring systems for parameters such as the beam tube temperature, injection pressure, gas composition and so on. In this paper, we give an overview of these systems including a dedicated laser-Raman system as well as several beta-decay activity monitors. We also report on the results of the WGTS demonstrator and other large-scale test experiments giving proof-of-principle that all parameters relevant to the systematics can be controlled and monitored on the 10<super>−3</super> level or better. As a result of these works, the WGTS systematics can be controlled within stringent margins, enabling the KATRIN experiment to explore the neutrino mass scale with the design sensitivity.
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Issue: 10

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