The electron capture decay of the isotope 163Ho has been proposed since a long time as a candidate for measuring the electron neutrino mass and recently the interest on this idea has been renewed. A direct observation of the cosmic antineutrino background could be made using a target made of this isotope. We discuss the requirements for an experiment aiming to obtain this result, comparing it with experiments using tritium as target.
163Ho as a target for cosmic antineutrinos / Vignati, Marco; Lusignoli, Maurizio. - In: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES. - ISSN 1742-6588. - 375:PART 4(2012), p. 042006. (Intervento presentato al convegno 12th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, TAUP 2011 tenutosi a Munich; Germany) [10.1088/1742-6596/375/1/042006].
163Ho as a target for cosmic antineutrinos
VIGNATI, Marco;LUSIGNOLI, Maurizio
2012
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The electron capture decay of the isotope 163Ho has been proposed since a long time as a candidate for measuring the electron neutrino mass and recently the interest on this idea has been renewed. A direct observation of the cosmic antineutrino background could be made using a target made of this isotope. We discuss the requirements for an experiment aiming to obtain this result, comparing it with experiments using tritium as target.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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