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most citedAn improved upper limit on the neutrino mass from a direct kinematic method by KATRIN

476 citations · 2k across the 34 of their papers we have counts for

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35 papers

hep-ex2026

A Bayesian approach to the long-baseline neutrino oscillation sensitivity of DUNE

DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, F. Abd Alrahman +1278

The sensitivity of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) to neutrino oscillation is evaluated using a Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) approach. This analysis use…

astro-ph.IM2026

Sensitivity of a closed dielectric haloscope to axion dark matter

A. Ivanov, D. Leppla-Weber, B. Ary dos Santos Garcia +40

We present a method to determine the sensitivity of a closed dielectric haloscope to axion dark matter. Dielectric haloscopes aim to probe the theoretically well-motivated axion ma…

hep-ex2025

Enhancing European Cooperation in the Search for Dark Matter

Bernard Andrieu, Ties Behnke, Philip Bechtle +47

The search for dark matter is an exciting topic that is pursued in different communities over a wide range of masses and using a variety of experimental approaches. The result is a…

physics.ins-det2024★ 8 cited

Development of a Silicon Drift Detector Array to Search for keV-scale Sterile Neutrinos with the KATRIN Experiment

Daniel Siegmann, Frank Edzards, Christina Bruch +25

Sterile neutrinos in the keV mass range present a viable candidate for dark matter. They can be detected through single decay, where they cause small spectral distortions. The…

nucl-ex2022

Search for keV-scale Sterile Neutrinos with first KATRIN Data

M. Aker, D. Batzler, A. Beglarian +128

In this work we present a keV-scale sterile-neutrino search with the first tritium data of the KATRIN experiment, acquired in the commissioning run in 2018. KATRIN performs a spect…

nucl-ex2022★ 13 cited

Search for Lorentz-Invariance Violation with the first KATRIN data

M. Aker, D. Batzler, A. Beglarian +130

Some extensions of the Standard Model of Particle Physics allow for Lorentz invariance and Charge-Parity-Time (CPT)-invariance violations. In the neutrino sector strong constraints…

nucl-ex2022★ 39 cited

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…

nucl-ex2022

New Constraint on the Local Relic Neutrino Background Overdensity with the First KATRIN Data Runs

M. Aker, D. Batzler, A. Beglarian +129

We report on the direct cosmic relic neutrino background search from the first two science runs of the KATRIN experiment in 2019. Beta-decay electrons from a high-purity molecular…

hep-ex2022★ 43 cited

Improved eV-scale Sterile-Neutrino Constraints from the Second KATRIN Measurement Campaign

M. Aker, D. Batzler, A. Beglarian +128

We present the results of the light sterile neutrino search from the second KATRIN measurement campaign in 2019. Approaching nominal activity, tritium -electr…

physics.ins-det2021★ 4 cited

Characterization measurements of the TRISTAN multi-pixel silicon drift detector

Korbinian Urban, Marco Carminati, Martin Descher +12

Sterile neutrinos are a minimal extension of the Standard Model of Particle Physics. A laboratory-based approach to search for this particle is via tritium beta-decay, where a ster…

hep-ex2021★ 24 cited

First direct neutrino-mass measurement with sub-eV sensitivity

M. Aker, A. Beglarian, J. Behrens +125

We report the results of the second measurement campaign of the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment. KATRIN probes the effective electron anti-neutrino mass, , via…

physics.ins-det2021★ 16 cited

Precision measurement of the electron energy-loss function in tritium and deuterium gas for the KATRIN experiment

M. Aker, A. Beglarian, J. Behrens +132

The KATRIN experiment is designed for a direct and model-independent determination of the effective electron anti-neutrino mass via a high-precision measurement of the tritium -…

physics.ins-det2021★ 76 cited

The Design, Construction, and Commissioning of the KATRIN Experiment

M. Aker, K. Altenmüller, J. F. Amsbaugh +226

The KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment, which aims to make a direct and model-independent determination of the absolute neutrino mass scale, is a complex experiment wit…

hep-ex2021★ 51 cited

Analysis methods for the first KATRIN neutrino-mass measurement

M. Aker, K. Altenmüller, A. Beglarian +126

We report on the data set, data handling, and detailed analysis techniques of the first neutrino-mass measurement by the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment, which probe…

hep-ex2020★ 42 cited

Bound on 3+1 active-sterile neutrino mixing from the first four-week science run of KATRIN

M. Aker, K. Altenmueller, A. Beglarian +126

We report on the light sterile neutrino search from the first four-week science run of the KATRIN experiment in~2019. Beta-decay electrons from a high-purity gaseous molecular trit…

physics.ins-det2020

Conceptual Design of BabyIAXO, the intermediate stage towards the International Axion Observatory

A. Abeln, K. Altenmüller, S. Arguedas Cuendis +123

This article describes BabyIAXO, an intermediate experimental stage of the International Axion Observatory (IAXO), proposed to be sited at DESY. IAXO is a large-scale axion heliosc…

physics.ins-det2020★ 20 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2020★ 9 cited

Hunting keV sterile neutrinos with KATRIN: building the first TRISTAN module

Thibaut Houdy, Antonio Alborini, Konrad Altenmüller +21

The KATRIN (Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino) experiment investigates the energetic endpoint of the tritium beta-decay spectrum to determine the effective mass of the electron anti-neutr…

physics.ins-det2020★ 1 cited

Characterization of the Detector Response to Electrons of Silicon Drift Detectors for the TRISTAN Project

Manuel Lebert, Tim Brunst, Thibaut Houdy +2

Right-handed neutrinos are a natural extension of the Standard Model of particle physics. Such particles would only interact through the mixing with the left-handed neutrinos, henc…

physics.ins-det2019★ 7 cited

Suppression of Penning discharges between the KATRIN spectrometers

M. Aker, K. Altenmüller, A. Beglarian +151

The KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino experiment (KATRIN) aims to determine the effective electron (anti)neutrino mass with a sensitivity of (90 C.L.) by precise…

physics.ins-det2019★ 11 cited

Measurements with a TRISTAN prototype detector system at the "Troitsk nu-mass" experiment in integral and differential mode

Tim Brunst, Thibaut Houdy, Susanne Mertens +22

Sterile neutrinos emerge in minimal extensions of the Standard Model which can solve a number of open questions in astroparticle physics. For example, sterile neutrinos in the keV-…

physics.ins-det2019★ 38 cited

First operation of the KATRIN experiment with tritium

M. Aker, K. Altenmüller, M. Arenz +168

The determination of the neutrino mass is one of the major challenges in astroparticle physics today. Direct neutrino mass experiments, based solely on the kinematics of beta-decay…

hep-ex2019★ 476 cited

An improved upper limit on the neutrino mass from a direct kinematic method by KATRIN

M. Aker, K. Altenmüller, M. Arenz +205

We report on the neutrino mass measurement result from the first four-week science run of the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino experiment KATRIN in spring 2019. Beta-decay electrons from…

physics.ins-det2018★ 72 cited

A novel detector system for KATRIN to search for keV-scale sterile neutrinos

Susanne Mertens, Antonio Alborini, Konrad Altenmüller +19

Sterile neutrinos are a minimal extension of the Standard Model of Particle Physics. If their mass is in the kilo-electron-volt regime, they are viable dark matter candidates. One…