Results from the Project 8 phase-1 cyclotron radiation emission spectroscopy detector

A. Ashtari Esfahani; S. Böser; C. Claessens; L. De Viveiros; P. J. Doe; S. Doeleman; M. Fertl; E. C. Finn; J. A. Formaggio; M. Guigue; K. M. Heeger; A. M. Jones; K. Kazkaz; B. H. Laroque; E. Machado; B. Monreal; J. A. Nikkel; N. S. Oblath; R. G.H. Robertson; L. J. Rosenberg; G. Rybka; L. Saldaña; P. L. Slocum; J. R. Tedeschi; T. Thümmler; B. A. Vandevender; M. Wachtendonk; J. Weintroub; A. Young; E. Zayas

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/888/1/012074

Results from the Project 8 phase-1 cyclotron radiation emission spectroscopy detector

A. Ashtari Esfahani, S. Böser, C. Claessens, L. De Viveiros, P. J. Doe, S. Doeleman, M. Fertl, E. C. Finn, J. A. Formaggio, M. Guigue, K. M. Heeger, A. M. Jones, K. Kazkaz, B. H. Laroque, E. Machado, B. Monreal, J. A. Nikkel, N. S. Oblath, R. G.H. Robertson, L. J. RosenbergG. Rybka, L. Saldaña, P. L. Slocum, J. R. Tedeschi, T. Thümmler, B. A. Vandevender, M. Wachtendonk, J. Weintroub, A. Young, E. Zayas

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The Project 8 collaboration seeks to measure the absolute neutrino mass scale by means of precision spectroscopy of the beta decay of tritium. Our technique, cyclotron radiation emission spectroscopy, measures the frequency of the radiation emitted by electrons produced by decays in an ambient magnetic field. Because the cyclotron frequency is inversely proportional to the electron's Lorentz factor, this is also a measurement of the electron's energy. In order to demonstrate the viability of this technique, we have assembled and successfully operated a prototype system, which uses a rectangular waveguide to collect the cyclotron radiation from internal conversion electrons emitted from a gaseous ^83mKr source. Here we present the main design aspects of the first phase prototype, which was operated during parts of 2014 and 2015. We will also discuss the procedures used to analyze these data, along with the features which have been observed and the performance achieved to date.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	012074
Journal	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume	888
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/888/1/012074
State	Published - Sep 20 2017
Event	27th International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics, Neutrino 2016 - South Kensington, United Kingdom Duration: Jul 4 2016 → Jul 9 2016

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Ashtari Esfahani, A., Böser, S., Claessens, C., De Viveiros, L., Doe, P. J., Doeleman, S., Fertl, M., Finn, E. C., Formaggio, J. A., Guigue, M., Heeger, K. M., Jones, A. M., Kazkaz, K., Laroque, B. H., Machado, E., Monreal, B., Nikkel, J. A., Oblath, N. S., Robertson, R. G. H., ... Zayas, E. (2017). Results from the Project 8 phase-1 cyclotron radiation emission spectroscopy detector. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 888(1), Article 012074. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/888/1/012074

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