Characterization of silicon drift detectors with electrons for the TRISTAN project

S. Mertens, T. Brunst, M. Korzeczek, M. Lebert, D. Siegmann, A. Alborini, K. Altenmüller, M. Biassoni, L. Bombelli, M. Carminati, M. Descher, D. Fink, C. Fiorini, C. Forstner, M. Gugiatti, T. Houdy, A. Huber, P. King, O. Lebeda, P. LechnerV. S. Pantuev, D. S. Parno, M. Pavan, S. Pozzi, D. C. Radford, M. Slezák, M. Steidl, P. Trigilio, K. Urban, D. Vénos, J. Wolf, S. Wüstling, Y. R. Yen

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Abstract

Sterile neutrinos are a minimal extension of the standard model of particle physics. A promising model-independent way to search for sterile neutrinos is via high-precision β-spectroscopy. The Karlsruhe tritium neutrino (KATRIN) experiment, equipped with a novel multi-pixel silicon drift detector focal plane array and read-out system, named the TRISTAN detector, has the potential to supersede the sensitivity of previous laboratory-based searches. In this work we present the characterization of the first silicon drift detector prototypes with electrons and we investigate the impact of uncertainties of the detector's response to electrons on the final sterile neutrino sensitivity.

Original languageEnglish
Article number015008
JournalJournal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
Volume48
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2021

Keywords

  • KATRIN
  • neutrinos
  • particle detectors
  • solid state detectors
  • sterile neutrinos

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