Session 1WF: Workshop 6A: Double Beta-Decay and Neutrino Mass

9:00 AM–12:00 PM, Sunday, September 18, 2005
Ritz-Carlton Hotel - Plantation 3

Sponsoring Units: DNP JPS
Chair: Tad Kishimoto, Osaka University

Abstract: 1WF.00001 : Direct Determination of Neutrino Mass with KATRIN

9:00 AM–9:30 AM

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Author:

  Keith Rielage
    (CENPA, University of Washington)

The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino experiment (KATRIN) is a next generation tritium $\beta$ decay experiment capable of performing a high precision direct measurement of the absolute mass of the electron neutrino. The projected sensitivity of the experiment is $m(\nu_{e}) < 0.2$ eV (90\% C.L.) improving upon previous experiments by an order of magnitude. An overview of the experiment and its current status will be presented. Some of the technical challenges being addressed by the experiment will also be discussed. KATRIN is scheduled to begin collecting data in 2009. Support for this project in the United States is provided by the DOE under contract DE-FG-97ER41020.