Determination of the Electron Neutrino Mass from Experiments on Electron-Capture Beta-Decay

1982 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Jonson ◽  
J. U. Andersen ◽  
G. J. Beyer ◽  
G. Charpak ◽  
A. De Rújula ◽  
...  
1983 ◽  
Vol 396 ◽  
pp. 479-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Jonson ◽  
J.U. Andersen ◽  
G.J. Beyer ◽  
G. Charpak ◽  
A. De Rújula ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Hammann ◽  
Arnulf Barth ◽  
Andreas Fleischmann ◽  
Dennis Schulz ◽  
Loredana Gastaldo

AbstractThe electron capture in $$^{163}\mathrm {Ho}$$ 163 Ho experiment (ECHo) is designed to directly measure the effective electron neutrino mass by analysing the endpoint region of the $$^{163}\mathrm {Ho}$$ 163 Ho electron capture spectrum. We present a data reduction scheme for the analysis of high statistics data acquired with the first phase of the ECHo experiment, ECHo-1k, to reliably infer the energy of $$^{163}\mathrm {Ho}$$ 163 Ho events and discard triggered noise or pile-up events. On a first level, the raw data is filtered purely based on the trigger time information of the acquired signals. On a second level, the time profile of each triggered event is analysed to identify the signals corresponding to a single energy deposition in the detector. We demonstrate that events not belonging to this category are discarded with an efficiency above 99.8%, with a minimal loss of $$^{163}\mathrm {Ho}$$ 163 Ho events of about 0.7%. While the filter using the trigger time information is completely energy independent, a slight energy dependence of the filter based on the time profile is precisely characterised. This data reduction protocol will be important to minimise systematic errors in the analysis of the $$^{163}\mathrm {Ho}$$ 163 Ho spectrum for the determination of the effective electron neutrino mass.


2017 ◽  
Vol 119 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. C.-O. Ranitzsch ◽  
C. Hassel ◽  
M. Wegner ◽  
D. Hengstler ◽  
S. Kempf ◽  
...  

1959 ◽  
Vol 116 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. Allen ◽  
R. L. Burman ◽  
W. B. Herrmannsfeldt ◽  
P. Stähelin ◽  
T. H. Braid

1986 ◽  
Vol 266 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 669-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Langacker ◽  
B. Sathiapalan ◽  
Gary Steigman

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
A. Faessler

The standard model predicts a ratio of 2 for the number of atmospheric muon to electron neutrinos, while super-Kamiokande and others measure a much smaller value (1.30±0.02 for super-Kamiokande). Super-Kamiokande is also able to measure roughly the direction and the energy of the neutrinos. The zenith-angle dependence for the muon neutrinos suggests that the muon neutrinos oscillate into a third neutrino species, either into the r neutrino or a sterile neutrino. This finding is inves- tigated within the supersymmetric model. The neutrinos mix with the neutralinos, this meaning the wino, the bino and the two higgsinos. The 7 x 7 mass matrix is calculated on the tree level. One finds that the mass matrix has three linearly dependent rows, which means that two masses are zero. They are identified with the two lightest neutrino masses. The fit of the super-Kamiokande data to oscillations between three neutrinos yields, together with the result of supersymmetry, that the third neutrino mass lies between 2x10^-2 and 10^-1 eV. The two lightest neutrino masses are in supersymmetry on the tree level zero. The averaged electron neutrino mass which is the essential parameter in the neutrinoless double-beta decay is given by {m_ve) ~ m_v3 P_ze < 0.8 x10^-2 eV (95% confidence limit). It is derived from the super-Kamiokande data in this supersymmetric model to be two orders smaller than the best value (1 eV) from the neutrinoless double-beta decay.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabin Stoica ◽  
Andrei Neacsu

The study of the neutrinoless double beta(0νββ)decay mode can provide us with important information on the neutrino properties, particularly on the electron neutrino absolute mass. In this work we revise the present constraints on the neutrino mass parameters derived from the0νββdecay analysis of the experimentally interesting nuclei. We use the latest results for the phase space factors (PSFs) and nuclear matrix elements (NMEs), as well as for the experimental lifetime limits. For the PSFs we use values computed with an improved method reported very recently. For the NMEs we use values chosen from the literature on a case-by-case basis, taking advantage of the consensus reached by the community on several nuclear ingredients used in their calculation. Thus, we try to restrict the range of spread of the NME values calculated with different methods and, hence, to reduce the uncertainty in deriving limits for the Majorana neutrino mass parameter. Our results may be useful to have an updated image on the present neutrino mass sensitivities associated with0νββmeasurements for different isotopes and to better estimate the range of values of the neutrino masses that can be explored in the future double beta decay (DBD) experiments.


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