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Title: Focal-plane detector system for the KATRIN experiment

Journal Article · · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
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  1. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
  2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
  3. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen (Germany)
  4. Johannes Gutenberg Univ., Mainz (Germany)
  5. Univ. of Setif, Setif (Algeria)
  6. Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States); Triangle Univ. Nuclear Lab., Durham, NC (United States)
  7. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen (Germany); Wigner Research Center for Physics, Budapest (Germany)
  8. STFC Daresbury Lab., Cheshire (United Kingdom)
  9. Westfalische Wilhelms-Univ. Munster, Munster (Germany)
  10. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States); Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States); Triangle Univ. Nuclear Lab., Durham, NC (United States)
  11. Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States); Triangle Univ. Nuclear Lab., Durham, NC (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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Here, the local plane detector system for the KArlsiuhe TRItium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment consists of a multi-pixel silicon p-i-n-diode array, custom readout electronics, two superconducting solenoid magnets, an ultra high vacuum system, a high vacuum system, calibration and monitoring devices, a scintillating veto, and a custom data-acquisition system, It is designed to detect the low-energy electrons selected by the KATRIN main spectrometer. We describe the system and summarize its performance after its final installation.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1338497
Journal Information:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 778, Issue C; ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 47 works
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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Neutrino mass
Low-background counting
Si p-i-n diode
Vacuum
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NEUTRINO MASS
HIGH-RESOLUTION
SEARCH
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SPECTROMETER
ELECTRONS
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