Doppler shifts in the KATRIN experiment
Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2008.
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| author | Heine, Matthew K |
| author2 | Joseph Formaggio. |
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| description | Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2008. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/444622019-04-10T19:48:15Z Doppler shifts in the KATRIN experiment Heine, Matthew K Joseph Formaggio. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics. Physics. Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2008. "June 2008." Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-84). In the past few decades, neutrinos, which are predicted to be massless particles by the Standard Model of Particle Physics, have been shown to have non-zero mass. The absolute scale of this neutrino mass has significant implications in particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology. The KATRIN experiment is designed to measure this absolute scale by examining the beta decay spectrum of molecular, gaseous tritium source. In this thesis, the beta decay of this molecular tritium is simulated to study the effects of "Doppler shifts" in the energy of the emitted electrons due to the random thermal motion and fluid flow velocity of the differentially pumped tritium gas. Simulated spectra are presented for three different neutrino masses and the relative effects of the thermal and flow velocities are discussed. by Matthew K. Heine. S.B. 2009-01-30T16:49:21Z 2009-01-30T16:49:21Z 2008 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/44462 297175876 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 84 p.: application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Physics. Heine, Matthew K Doppler shifts in the KATRIN experiment |
| title | Doppler shifts in the KATRIN experiment |
| title_full | Doppler shifts in the KATRIN experiment |
| title_fullStr | Doppler shifts in the KATRIN experiment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Doppler shifts in the KATRIN experiment |
| title_short | Doppler shifts in the KATRIN experiment |
| title_sort | doppler shifts in the katrin experiment |
| topic | Physics. |
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