By Magnus Schlösser
Neutrinos can arguably be categorized because the such a lot interesting uncomplicated debris referred to as their small yet non-zero leisure mass issues to new mass producing mechanisms past the normal version, and likewise assigns primordial neutrinos from the massive Bang a special function in shaping the evolution of large-scale constructions within the universe. The open query of absolutely the neutrino mass scale can be addressed via the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) test, at present less than construction.
This thesis experiences significant contributions to constructing and imposing new laser-spectroscopic precision instruments to consistently computer screen the isotope content material of the windowless gaseous tritium resource of KATRIN. the strategy of selection, Raman spectroscopy, is best for in-situ tracking of all six hydrogen isotopologues. In a sequence of gorgeous experiments the writer got self reliant novel calibration equipment, first according to a comparability of experimental Raman depolarization ratios with corresponding quantum-chemical calculations, and moment on a gasoline sampling process. either tools yield constant cross-calibration effects and, in addition to yielding advancements in precision, may be of significant value in decreasing systematic results in long term neutrino mass measurements. The equipment built during this thesis even have nice power to additional develop the purposes of Raman spectroscopy to review prolonged assets akin to in atmospheric physics.
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The main principle of the MAC-E-Filter is shown in Fig. 2. A tritium source and an electron detector are located each in a superconducting solenoid. The solenoids generate a magnetic guiding field for electrons from the β-source to the detector. During propagation, the electrons gyrate around the field lines in a cyclotron motion since their starting momentum is isotropic in general, and thus not parallel to the magnetic field lines. Their kinetic energy can be decomposed into a component E ∼ transverse and a component E || longitudinal to the magnetic field lines.
3 In the case of a decaying atom only electronic excitation need to be considered. Molecules also can be excited to vibrations and rotations. 2 The MAC-E-Filter Measurement Principle The spectral shape close to the endpoint in Fig. 1 indicates two major issues when measuring the neutrino mass. First, a high energy resolution in the order of 1 eV is required to observe the mass-dependent transition of the energy-momentum relation of the emitted neutrino over a specific momentum range. Second, the tritium source has to provide a very high β-intensity since the emission probability of an electron in the region-of-interest is tiny.
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