Thursday, October 30, 2025, 16:00
WBGB/019
Larisa Thorne, Mainz University
Abstract:
There have been significant gains in characterizing neutrino properties
in recent years, however the absolute neutrino mass scale continues to
be elusive. The Project 8 collaboration seeks to probe this quantity
directly via kinematic analysis of tritium beta decay, using the
cyclotron radiation emission spectroscopy (CRES) technique on an atomic
tritium source. CRES employs a frequency-based approach to measure
tritium beta decay spectra in the endpoint region, where the spectral
shape is most sensitive to distortions from the neutrino mass. I will
present a roadmap of Project 8 towards neutrino mass measurement, with a
design sensitivity of 40 meV. This includes recent results from our
successful demonstrator experiment with tritium, as well as status
updates on the components comprising the experiment's future full-scale
version.