Publications (13)
The KDK (potassium decay) experiment
P. C. F. Di Stefano, N. Brewer, A. FijaÅkowska +20
Potassium-40 (K) is a background in many rare-event searches and may well play a role in interpreting results from the DAMA dark-matter search. The electron-capture decay…
KATRIN: Status and Prospects for the Neutrino Mass and Beyond
M. Aker, M. Balzer, D. Batzler +159
The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment is designed to measure a high-precision integral spectrum of the endpoint region of T2 beta decay, with the primary goal of probi…
Rare K decay with implications for fundamental physics and geochronology
M. Stukel, L. Hariasz, P. C. F. Di Stefano +24
Potassium-40 is a widespread, naturally occurring isotope whose radioactivity impacts subatomic rare-event searches, nuclear structure theory, and estimated geological ages. A pred…
New Results on DEPFET Pixel Detectors for Radiation Imaging and High Energy Particle Detection
N. Wermes, L. Andricek, P. Fischer +19
DEPFET pixel detectors are unique devices in terms of energy and spatial resolution because very low noise (ENC = 2.2e at room temperature) operation can be obtained by implementin…
Precision measurement of Zn electron-capture decays with the KDK coincidence setup
L. Hariasz, P. C. F. Di Stefano, M. Stukel +10
Zn is a common calibration source, moreover used as a radioactive tracer in medical and biological studies. In many cases, -spectroscopy is a preferred method of …
Characterization of Silicon Drift Detectors with Electrons for the TRISTAN Project
S. Mertens, T. Brunst, M. Korzeczek +30
Sterile neutrinos are a minimal extension of the Standard Model of Particle Physics. A promising model-independent way to search for sterile neutrinos is via high-precision beta sp…