Abstract
The recently developed technique of Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy (CRES) uses frequency information from the cyclotron motion of an electron in a magnetic bottle to infer its kinetic energy. Here we derive the expected radio-frequency signal from an electron in a waveguide CRES apparatus from first principles. We demonstrate that the frequency-domain signal is rich in information about the electron's kinematic parameters and extract a set of measurables that in a suitably designed system are sufficient for disentangling the electron's kinetic energy from the rest of its kinematic features. This lays the groundwork for high-resolution energy measurements in future CRES experiments, such as the Project 8 neutrino mass measurement.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 055501 |
Journal | Physical Review C |
Volume | 99 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2 2019 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics