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most citedResults from the Baksan Experiment on Sterile Transitions (BEST)

167 citations · 290 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Cyclotron Radiation Signal Characterization in Resonant Cavities for the Project 8 Neutrino Mass Experiment

A. Ashtari Esfahani, S. Bhagvati, H. P. Binney +60

Many experimental methods in physics require understanding radiation from single particles into non-trivial electromagnetic mode structures. Such characterization is critical for C…

physics.ins-det2025

The real-time data processing and acquisition system for Project 8 Phase II

A. Ashtari Esfahani, A. Banducci, S. Böser +36

In Phase II of the Project 8 neutrino mass experiment, electrons from the decays of tritium or Kr are detected via their 26 GHz cyclotron radiation whil…

physics.ins-det2025

Antenna Arrays for CRES-based Neutrino Mass Measurement

A. Ashtari Esfahani, S. Bhagvati, S. Böser +65

CRES is a technique for precision measurements of kinetic energies of charged particles, pioneered by the Project 8 experiment to measure the neutrino mass using the tritium endpoi…

nucl-ex2025

Measurement of the inhomogeneity of the KATRIN tritium source electric potential by high-resolution spectroscopy of conversion electrons from Kr

H. Acharya, M. Aker, D. Batzler +130

Precision spectroscopy of the electron spectrum of the tritium -decay near the kinematic endpoint is a direct method to determine the effective electron antineutrino mass. The K…

physics.ins-det2025

Dynamics of Magnetic Evaporative Beamline Cooling for Preparation of Cold Atomic Beams

A. Ashtari Esfahani, S. Bhagvati, S. Böser +55

The most sensitive direct neutrino mass searches today are based on measurement of the endpoint of the beta spectrum of tritium to infer limits on the mass of the unobserved neutri…

physics.ins-det2025

Calorimetric Wire Detector for Measurement of Atomic Hydrogen Beams

M. Astaschov, S. Bhagvati, S. Böser +53

A calorimetric detector for minimally disruptive measurements of atomic hydrogen beams is described. The calorimeter measures heat released by the recombination of hydrogen atoms i…

physics.ins-det2024★ 2 cited

Measurement of the electric potential and the magnetic field in the shifted analysing plane of the KATRIN experiment

M. Aker, D. Batzler, A. Beglarian +135

The projected sensitivity of the effective electron neutrino-mass measurement with the KATRIN experiment is below 0.3 eV (90 % CL) after five years of data acquisition. The sensiti…

nucl-ex2024

Larmor Power Limit for Cyclotron Radiation of Relativistic Particles in a Waveguide

N. Buzinsky, R. J. Taylor, W. Byron +25

Cyclotron radiation emission spectroscopy (CRES) is a modern technique for high-precision energy spectroscopy, in which the energy of a charged particle in a magnetic field is meas…

physics.ins-det2024★ 3 cited

Deep Learning Based Event Reconstruction for Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy

A. Ashtari Esfahani, S. Böser, N. Buzinsky +48

The objective of the Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy (CRES) technology is to build precise particle energy spectra. This is achieved by identifying the start frequencies…

physics.ins-det2023★ 1 cited

Real-time Signal Detection for Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy Measurements using Antenna Arrays

A. Ashtari Esfahani, S. Böser, N. Buzinsky +48

Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy (CRES) is a technique for precision measurement of the energies of charged particles, which is being developed by the Project 8 Collaborat…

physics.ins-det2022★ 6 cited

SYNCA: A Synthetic Cyclotron Antenna for the Project 8 Collaboration

A. Ashtari Esfahani, S. Böser, N. Buzinsky +42

Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy (CRES) is a technique for measuring the kinetic energy of charged particles through a precision measurement of the frequency of the cyclot…

nucl-ex2022★ 1 cited

Tritium Beta Spectrum and Neutrino Mass Limit from Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy

Project 8 Collaboration, A. Ashtari Esfahani, S. Böser +56

The absolute scale of the neutrino mass plays a critical role in physics at every scale, from the particle to the cosmological. Measurements of the tritium endpoint spectrum have p…

nucl-ex2022★ 2 cited

First observation of cyclotron radiation from MeV-scale following nuclear beta decay

W. Byron, H. Harrington, R. J. Taylor +30

We present an apparatus for detection of cyclotron radiation that allows a frequency-based beta energy determination in the 5 keV to 5 MeV range, characteristic of nuclear beta dec…

physics.ins-det2022★ 4 cited

An active transverse energy filter to differentiate low energy particles with large pitch angles in a strong magnetic field

K. Gauda, S. Schneidewind, G. Drexlin +11

We present the idea and proof of principle measurements for an angular-selective active filter for charged particles. The motivation for the setup arises from the need to distingui…

physics.ins-det2021★ 15 cited

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Readout Electronics System

N. Abgrall, M. Amman, I. J. Arnquist +76

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR comprises two arrays of high-purity germanium detectors constructed to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in 76-Ge and other physics beyond the Sta…

nucl-ex2021★ 167 cited

Results from the Baksan Experiment on Sterile Transitions (BEST)

V. V. Barinov, B. T. Cleveland, S. N. Danshin +27

The Baksan Experiment on Sterile Transitions (BEST) was designed to investigate the deficit of electron neutrinos, , observed in previous gallium-based radiochemical measure…

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…

nucl-ex2019★ 13 cited

Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy Signal Classification with Machine Learning in Project 8

A. Ashtari Esfahani, S. Boser, N. Buzinsky +32

The Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy (CRES) technique pioneered by Project 8 measures electromagnetic radiation from individual electrons gyrating in a background magnetic…

physics.ins-det2017

Results from the Project 8 phase-1 cyclotron radiation emission spectroscopy detector

A Ashtari Esfahani, S Böser, C Claessens +27

The Project 8 collaboration seeks to measure the absolute neutrino mass scale by means of precision spectroscopy of the beta decay of tritium. Our technique, cyclotron radiation em…