Overview
- Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
- Outlines how to measure the fundamental neutrino mass scale by means of high-precision ß-spectroscopy
- Gives a detailed introduction to the KATRIN experiment
- Describes background processes initiated by trapped electrons in magnetic mirrors and by Penning traps
- Describes a novel background reduction method using Electron Cyclotron Resonance
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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Book Title: Background Processes in the Electrostatic Spectrometers of the KATRIN Experiment
Authors: Susanne Mertens
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01177-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-01176-9Published: 18 November 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37664-6Published: 27 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-01177-6Published: 05 November 2013
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 196
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 108 illustrations in colour
Topics: Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation, Measurement Science and Instrumentation