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Improved Upper Limit on the Neutrino Mass from a Direct Kinematic Method by KATRIN.

M Aker1,2, K Altenmüller3,4,5, M Arenz6, M Babutzka7, J Barrett8, S Bauer9, M Beck9,10, A Beglarian11, J Behrens1,7,9, T Bergmann3,11,5, U Besserer1,2, K Blaum12, F Block7, S Bobien2, K Bokeloh9, J Bonn10, B Bornschein1,2, L Bornschein1, H Bouquet11, T Brunst3,5, T S Caldwell13,14, L La Cascio7, S Chilingaryan11, W Choi7, T J Corona8,13,14, K Debowski7,15, M Deffert7, M Descher7, P J Doe16, O Dragoun17, G Drexlin1,7, J A Dunmore16, S Dyba9, F Edzards3,5, L Eisenblätter11, K Eitel1, E Ellinger15, R Engel1,7, S Enomoto16, M Erhard7, D Eversheim6, M Fedkevych9, A Felden1, S Fischer1,2, B Flatt10, J A Formaggio8, F M Fränkle1,13,14, G B Franklin18, H Frankrone11, F Friedel7, D Fuchs3,5, A Fulst9, D Furse8, K Gauda9, H Gemmeke11, W Gil1, F Glück1, S Görhardt1, S Groh7, S Grohmann2, R Grössle1,2, R Gumbsheimer1, M Ha Minh3,5, M Hackenjos1,2,7, V Hannen9, F Harms7, J Hartmann11, N Haußmann15, F Heizmann7, K Helbing15, S Hickford1,15, D Hilk7, B Hillen9, D Hillesheimer1,2, D Hinz1, T Höhn1, B Holzapfel2, S Holzmann2, T Houdy3,5, M A Howe13,14, A Huber7, T M James2, A Jansen1, A Kaboth8, C Karl3,5, O Kazachenko19, J Kellerer7, N Kernert1, L Kippenbrock16, M Kleesiek7, M Klein1,7, C Köhler3,5, L Köllenberger1, A Kopmann11, M Korzeczek7, A Kosmider1, A Kovalík17, B Krasch1,2, M Kraus7, H Krause1, L Kuckert1, B Kuffner1, N Kunka11, T Lasserre3,4,5, T L Le1,2, O Lebeda17, M Leber16, B Lehnert20, J Letnev21, F Leven7, S Lichter1, V M Lobashev19, A Lokhov9,19, M Machatschek7, E Malcherek1, K Müller1, M Mark1, A Marsteller1,2, E L Martin13,14,16, C Melzer1,2, A Menshikov11, S Mertens1,3,5,20, L I Minter16, S Mirz1,2, B Monreal22, P I Morales Guzmán3,5, K Müller1, U Naumann15, W Ndeke23, H Neumann2, S Niemes1,2, M Noe2, N S Oblath8, H-W Ortjohann9, A Osipowicz21, B Ostrick9, E Otten10, D S Parno16,18, D G Phillips13,14, P Plischke1, A Pollithy3,5, A W P Poon20, J Pouryamout15, M Prall9, F Priester1,2, M Röllig1,2, C Röttele1,2,7, P C-O Ranitzsch9, O Rest9, R Rinderspacher1, R G H Robertson16, C Rodenbeck9, P Rohr11, Ch Roll23, S Rupp1,2,7, M Ryšavý17, R Sack9, A Saenz23, P Schäfer1,2, L Schimpf7, K Schlösser1, M Schlösser1,2, L Schlüter3,5, H Schön2, K Schönung1,2,12, M Schrank1, B Schulz23, J Schwarz1, H Seitz-Moskaliuk7, W Seller21, V Sibille8, D Siegmann3,5, A Skasyrskaya19, M Slezák5,17, A Špalek17, F Spanier1, M Steidl1, N Steinbrink9, M Sturm1,2, M Suesser2, M Sun16, D Tcherniakhovski11, H H Telle24, T Thümmler1,9, L A Thorne18, N Titov19, I Tkachev19, N Trost1, K Urban3,5, D Vénos17, K Valerius1,9, B A VanDevender16, R Vianden6, A P Vizcaya Hernández18, B L Wall16, S Wüstling11, M Weber11, C Weinheimer9, C Weiss25, S Welte1,2, J Wendel1,2, K J Wierman13,14, J F Wilkerson13,14, J Wolf7, W Xu8, Y-R Yen18, M Zacher9, S Zadorozhny19, M Zbořil9,17, G Zeller1,2.   

Abstract

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 a high-purity gaseous molecular tritium source are energy analyzed by a high-resolution MAC-E filter. A fit of the integrated electron spectrum over a narrow interval around the kinematic end point at 18.57 keV gives an effective neutrino mass square value of (-1.0_{-1.1}^{+0.9})  eV^{2}. From this, we derive an upper limit of 1.1 eV (90% confidence level) on the absolute mass scale of neutrinos. This value coincides with the KATRIN sensitivity. It improves upon previous mass limits from kinematic measurements by almost a factor of 2 and provides model-independent input to cosmological studies of structure formation.

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Year:  2019        PMID: 31868426     DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.221802

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Phys Rev Lett        ISSN: 0031-9007            Impact factor:   9.161


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