Modeling of electron emission processes accompanying Radon-$\alpha$-decays within electrostatic spectrometers

N. Wandkowsky, G. Drexlin, F. M. Fränkle +3

Electrostatic spectrometers utilized in high-resolution beta-spectroscopy studies such as in the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment have to operate with a background le…