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Direct probes of neutrino mass Neutrino Oscillation Workshop NOW2014, Otranto Italy Sept. 8. Hamish Robertson, CENPA, University of Washington. What is the neutrino mass scale?. Particle Physics Cosmology. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Hamish Robertson, CENPA, University of Washington
Direct probesof neutrino mass
Neutrino Oscillation Workshop NOW2014,Otranto Italy Sept. 8
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Particle Physics Cosmology
What is the neutrino mass scale?
Some things are simply missing from the standard model (dark matter, gravity…) but neutrino mass is the only contradiction to the SM.
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NEUTRINO MASS FROM BETA SPECTRA
neutrino massesmixing
With flavor mixing:
from oscillations mass scale
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PRESENT LABORATORY LIMIT FROM 2 TRITIUM EXPERIMENTS:
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Together:…mv < 1.8 eV (95% CL)
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MASS AND MIXING PARAMETERS
m212 7.54+0.21
-0.21 x 10-5 eV2
m322| 2.42+0.12
-0.11 x 10-3 eV2
mi > 0.055 eV (90% CL) < 5.4 eV (95% CL)*
12 34.1+0.9-0.9 deg
23 39.2+1.8-1.8 deg
13 9.1+0.6-0.7 deg
sin213 0.025+.003-.003
Marginalized 1-D 1- uncertainties.
*C. Kraus et al., Eur. Phys. J. C40, 447 (2005); V. Aseev et al. PRD 84 (2011) 112003.Other refs, see Fogli et al. 1205.5254 5
Oscillation Kinematic
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TLK
KATRINAt Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
unique facility for closed T2 cycle:
Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe
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A direct, model-independent, kinematic method, based on β decay of tritium.
~ 75 m long with 40 s.c. solenoids
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Molecular excitations
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Energy loss
A WINDOW TO WORK IN
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KATRIN’S UNCERTAINTY BUDGET
StatisticalFinal-state spectrum
T- ions in T2 gasUnfolding energy loss
Column densityBackground slope
HV variationPotential variation in source
B-field variation in sourceElastic scattering in T2 gas
σ(mv2) 0 0.01 eV2
σ(mv2)total= 0.025 eV2
9mv< 0.2 eV (90 % CL)
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Overview of KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino Experiment
Windowless gaseous source Transport section Pre-spectrometer Main-spectrometer Detector
VMonitor-spectrometer
70 m
10-3 mbar 10-11 mbar
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K. Valerius
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NEUTRINO MASS SIGNAL
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SENSITIVITY WITH TIME
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MASS RANGE ACCESSIBLE
PresentLab Limit1.8 eV
starting2016
KATRIN
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THE LAST ORDER OF MAGNITUDE
If the mass is below 0.2 eV, how can we measure it? KATRIN may be the largest such experiment possible.
Size of experiment now:Diameter 10 m.
Rovibrational states of THe+, HHe+ molecule
Source T2 column density near max
Next diameter: 300 m!
σ(mv)2 ~ 0.38 eV2
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A new idea.
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CYCLOTRON RADIATION FROM TRITIUM BETA DECAY
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(B. Monreal and J. Formaggio, PRD 80:051301, 2009)
Surprisingly, this has never been observed for a single electron.
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THE ENERGY IS MEASURED AS A FREQUENCY
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Tritium endpoint
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ENERGY RESOLUTION
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POWER RADIATED
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G-M cooler (35K)
26-GHz amplifiers
83mKr source (behind)
SC Magnet (0.95 T)
Prototype at University of Washington
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22Gas cell is a small section of WR-42 waveguide
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52 mm
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SUPERHETERODYNE RECEIVER
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WHAT WOULD A SIGNAL FROM AN ELECTRON LOOK LIKE?
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Digitize the amplifier output. Make short-time Fourier transforms. Plot the spectra sequentially (a “spectrogram”).
Simulation: M. Leber
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ENERGY SPECTRUM
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83mKr
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“JUMP” SPECTRUM
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83mKr 30.4 keV line
Most probable jump is 14 eV.
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NEXT: A TRITIUM EXPERIMENT
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Fill a volume with tritium gas at low pressure
Instrument with antennas and receivers
Apply uniform magnetic field
Measure the spectrum
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PROJECT 8 SENSITIVITY
and OPTIMISTIC
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PROJECT 8: A PHASED APPROACH
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MASS RANGE ACCESSIBLE
PresentLab Limit1.8 eV
starting2016
KATRIN
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NEUTRINO MASS LIMITS FROM BETA DECAY
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SUMMARY
Direct mass measurements are largely model independent:
• Majorana or Dirac• No nuclear matrix elements• No complex phases• No cosmological degrees of freedom
One experiment in construction (KATRIN); 2016 start.
Three experiments in R&D (Project 8, ECHo, PTOLEMY)
Success of Project 8 proof-of-concept.
• New spectroscopy based on frequency• First step toward frequency-based determination of
neutrino mass
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Fin
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2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Construction Running
KATRIN:
Phase IProof concept Prototype
Project 8:
NEUTRINO MASS: SOME MILESTONES
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NEUTRINO MASS PHYSICS IMPACT
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Battye and Moss, PRL 112, 051303 (2014)
Planck SPT
Lensing power spectrum
Shear correlation spectrum
CFHTLenS
Some tensions in ΛCDM resolved with neutrino mass:
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(B. Monreal and J. Formaggio, PRD 80:051301, 2009)
Radiated power ~ 1 fW
CYCLOTRON RADIATION FROM TRITIUM BETA DECAY
Working on the UW prototypeEarly 25.5-GHz waveguide cell
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IS AN ATOMIC SOURCE FEASIBLE?• Must reject molecules to 10-5 (endpoint is 8 eV higher)• Produce T in RF discharge: 90:10 T2:T• Cool to 140 K in aluminum or sapphire tube.• Inject into trap, trap low-field seeking polarization.• Trap and cool to ~1 K by scattering from 4He. • Trap in same magnetic field configuration that is
trapping the electrons: bathtub axial trap + added barrel conductors. High fields are essential: complicated SC magnet. 5T ~ 3.1 K.
• Neither T2 nor 4He are trapped magnetically.
Surprisingly, all of this looks sort of feasible, not easy.
The statistical accuracy alone doesn’t convey the added confidence an atomic source would give.
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MAGNETIC CONFIGURATION OF TRAP
Solenoidal uniform field for electron cyclotron motion
Pinch coils to reflect electrons
Ioffe conductors (multipole magnetic field) to reflect radially moving atoms.
The ALPHA antihydrogen trap parameters:Magnetic well depth 0.54 K (50 μeV)Trap density initially ~107 cm-3
Trap lifetime ~ 1000 s
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AN EARLY H TRAP (AT&T, MIT)
Hess et al. PRL 59, 672 [1987]
6 x 1012 cm-3
40 mK400 s
Effect of dipolar spin flips
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ALPHA’s antihydrogen trap
ALPHA Collaboration: Nature Phys.7:558-564,2011; arXiv 1104.4982
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CURRENT STATUS:
Mainz: solid T2, MAC-E filter C. Kraus et al., Eur. Phys. J. C40, 447 (2005)
Troitsk: gaseous T2, MAC-E filter V. Aseev et al., PRD 84 (2011) 112003
Together:…mv < 1.8 eV (95% CL)
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55K. Valerius
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56K. Valerius
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KATRIN’S STATISTICAL POWER
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