16–22 giu 2024
Milano
Europe/Rome fuso orario

Status of the BeEST Heavy Neutrino Search Experiment

18 giu 2024, 17:30
2O
Near Aula Magna (U6 building) (University of Milano-Bicocca)

Near Aula Magna (U6 building)

University of Milano-Bicocca

Piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo 1, Milano, 20126
Poster Sterile neutrinos Poster session and reception 1

Relatore

In Wook Kim (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

Descrizione

The Beryllium Electron capture in Superconducting Tunnel junctions (BeEST) experiment searches for the signatures of heavy neutrino mass eigenstates by measuring the recoil energy of the Li-7 daughter nucleus from Be-7 electron capture decay. In Phase-II, BeEST has set leading limits on neutrino mixing to a heavy eigenstate in the 100-850 keV mass range using a single superconducting tunnel junction detector. The current Phase-III has expanded the BeEST experiment to a 32-pixel STJ array detector and increased the dose of implanted Be-7. In this poster, we present the status of the BeEST Phase-III and highlight the refined experimental and analytical techniques in Phase-III. We also discuss an improved analysis scheme using pulse shape discrimination enabled by a new continuous data acquisition system.

Poster prize No
Given name In Wook
Surname Kim
First affiliation Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Institutional email kim124@llnl.gov
Gender Male
Collaboration (if any) The BeEST Collaboration

Autore principale

In Wook Kim (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

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