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physics.ins-det2022★ 7 cited

Wideband precision stabilization of the -18.6 kV retarding voltage for the KATRIN spectrometer

C. Rodenbeck, S. Wüstling, S. Enomoto +4

The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino Experiment (KATRIN) measures the effective electron anti-neutrino mass with an unprecedented design sensitivity of 0.2 eV (90 % C.L.). In this experi…

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-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★ 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-det2019★ 17 cited

High-resolution spectroscopy of gaseous Kr conversion electrons with the KATRIN experiment

K. Altenmüller, M. Arenz, W. -J. Baek +124

In this work, we present the first spectroscopic measurements of conversion electrons originating from the decay of metastable gaseous Kr with the Karlsruhe Tritium…

physics.ins-det2019★ 14 cited

Gamma-induced background in the KATRIN main spectrometer

K. Altenmüller, M. Arenz, W. -J. Baek +123

The KATRIN experiment aims to measure the effective electron antineutrino mass with a sensitivity of 0.2 eV/c using a gaseous tritium source combined with th…

physics.ins-det2019★ 11 cited

A novel ppm-precise absolute calibration method for precision high-voltage dividers

O. Rest, D. Winzen, S. Bauer +5

The most common method to measure direct current high voltage (HV) down to the ppm-level is to use resistive high-voltage dividers. Such devices scale the HV into a range where it…

physics.ins-det2018★ 28 cited

The KATRIN Superconducting Magnets: Overview and First Performance Results

M. Arenz, W. -J. Baek, M. Beck +121

The KATRIN experiment aims for the determination of the effective electron anti-neutrino mass from the tritium beta-decay with an unprecedented sub-eV sensitivity. The strong magne…

physics.ins-det2018★ 4 cited

Reduction of stored-particle background by a magnetic pulse method at the KATRIN experiment

KATRIN Collaboration, M. Arenz, W. -J. Baek +127

The KATRIN experiment aims to determine the effective electron neutrino mass with a sensitivity of (90\% C.L.) by precision measurement of the shape of the t…

physics.ins-det2018★ 14 cited

Muon-induced background in the KATRIN main spectrometer

K. Altenmüller, M. Arenz, W. -J. Baek +131

The KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment aims to make a model-independent determination of the effective electron antineutrino mass with a sensitivity of 0.2 eV/c.…

physics.ins-det2018★ 22 cited

Calibration of high voltages at the ppm level by the difference of Kr conversion electron lines at the KATRIN experiment

M. Arenz, W. -J. Baek, M. Beck +124

The neutrino mass experiment KATRIN requires a stability of 3 ppm for the retarding potential at -18.6 kV of the main spectrometer. To monitor the stability, two custom-made ultra-…

physics.ins-det2018★ 29 cited

First transmission of electrons and ions through the KATRIN beamline

M. Arenz, W. -J. Baek, M. Beck +126

The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment is a large-scale effort to probe the absolute neutrino mass scale with a sensitivity of 0.2 eV (90% confidence level), via a prec…

physics.ins-det2017★ 27 cited

A pulsed, mono-energetic and angular-selective UV photo-electron source for the commissioning of the KATRIN experiment

J. Behrens, P. C. -O. Ranitzsch, M. Beck +15

The KATRIN experiment aims to determine the neutrino mass scale with a sensitivity of 200 meV/c^2 (90% C.L.) by a precision measurement of the shape of the tritium -spectrum in…

hep-ph2016★ 384 cited

A White Paper on keV Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter

R. Adhikari, M. Agostini, N. Anh Ky +133

We present a comprehensive review of keV-scale sterile neutrino Dark Matter, collecting views and insights from all disciplines involved - cosmology, astrophysics, nuclear, and par…