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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. Lechner
  • V. 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
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
  • Technical University of Munich
  • Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe
  • Bruker Corporation
  • Sezione INFN di Milano Bicocca
  • Politecnico di Milano
  • INFN Sezione di Milano
  • Nuclear Physics Institute of the Cas
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
  • Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Universit̀ Degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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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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