Development of a silicon drift detector array to search for keV-scale sterile neutrinos with the KATRIN experiment

D. Siegmann; F. Edzards; C. Bruch; M. Biassoni; M. Carminati; M. Descher; C. Fiorini; C. Forstner; A. Gavin; M. Gugiatti; R. Hiller; D. Hinz; T. Houdy; A. Huber; P. King; P. Lechner; S. Lichter; D. Mießner; A. Nava; A. Onillon; D. C. Radford; D. Spreng; M. Steidl; P. Trigilio; K. Urban; D. Vénos; J. Wolfb; S. Mertens

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Development of a silicon drift detector array to search for keV-scale sterile neutrinos with the KATRIN experiment

D. Siegmann, F. Edzards, C. Bruch, M. Biassoni, M. Carminati, M. Descher, C. Fiorini, C. Forstner, A. Gavin, M. Gugiatti, R. Hiller, D. Hinz, T. Houdy, A. Huber, P. King, P. Lechner, S. Lichter, D. Mießner, A. Nava, A. OnillonD. C. Radford, D. Spreng, M. Steidl, P. Trigilio, K. Urban, D. Vénos, J. Wolfb, S. Mertens

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Sterile neutrinos in the keV mass range present a viable candidate for dark matter. They can be detected through single β -decay, where they cause small spectral distortions. The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment aims to search for keV-scale sterile neutrinos with high sensitivity. To achieve this, the KATRIN beamline will be equipped with a novel multi-pixel silicon drift detector focal plane array named TRISTAN. In this study, we present the performance of a TRISTAN detector module, a component of the eventual 9-module system. Our investigation encompasses spectroscopic aspects such as noise performance, energy resolution, linearity, and stability.

Original language	English
Article number	085202
Journal	Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
Volume	51
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6471/ad4bf8
State	Published - Aug 2024

Keywords

KATRIN experiment
dark matter
electron detector
silicon drift detector
sterile neutrino
x-ray detector

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Siegmann, D., Edzards, F., Bruch, C., Biassoni, M., Carminati, M., Descher, M., Fiorini, C., Forstner, C., Gavin, A., Gugiatti, M., Hiller, R., Hinz, D., Houdy, T., Huber, A., King, P., Lechner, P., Lichter, S., Mießner, D., Nava, A., ... Mertens, S. (2024). Development of a silicon drift detector array to search for keV-scale sterile neutrinos with the KATRIN experiment. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 51(8), Article 085202. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6471/ad4bf8

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Development of a silicon drift detector array to search for keV-scale sterile neutrinos with the KATRIN experiment

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