Direct neutrino-mass measurement based on 259 days of KATRIN data
Affiliations
- 1 Institute for Astroparticle Physics (IAP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
- 2 Institute for Data Processing and Electronics (IPE), KIT, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
- 3 Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
- 4 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)-Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy.
- 5 Institute for Technical Physics (ITEP), KIT, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
- 6 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
- 7 Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC, USA.
- 8 Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Milano, Italy.
- 9 INFN-Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy.
- 10 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
- 11 Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
- 12 Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany.
- 13 Institute of Experimental Particle Physics (ETP), KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany.
- 14 Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
- 15 Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
- 16 Nuclear Physics Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Řež, Czech Republic.
- 17 Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Physics Department, Garching, Germany.
- 18 Max Planck Institute for Physics, Garching, Germany.
- 19 Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- 20 Institute for Technical Thermodynamics and Refrigeration, KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany.
- 21 School of Physics and Center of Excellence in High Energy Physics and Astrophysics, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
- 22 IRFU (DPhP and APC), CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
- 23 Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- 24 Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany.
- 25 Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy.
- 26 Departamento de Química Física Aplicada, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
- 27 Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
- 28 Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
- 29 Institut für Physik, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
- 30 Institute for Nuclear Research of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. (Institutional status in the KATRIN collaboration has been suspended since 24 February 2022.).
- PMID: 40208982
- DOI: 10.1126/science.adq9592
Direct neutrino-mass measurement based on 259 days of KATRIN data
Authors
Affiliations
- 1 Institute for Astroparticle Physics (IAP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
- 2 Institute for Data Processing and Electronics (IPE), KIT, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
- 3 Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
- 4 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)-Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy.
- 5 Institute for Technical Physics (ITEP), KIT, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
- 6 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
- 7 Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC, USA.
- 8 Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Milano, Italy.
- 9 INFN-Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy.
- 10 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
- 11 Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
- 12 Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany.
- 13 Institute of Experimental Particle Physics (ETP), KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany.
- 14 Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
- 15 Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
- 16 Nuclear Physics Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Řež, Czech Republic.
- 17 Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Physics Department, Garching, Germany.
- 18 Max Planck Institute for Physics, Garching, Germany.
- 19 Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- 20 Institute for Technical Thermodynamics and Refrigeration, KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany.
- 21 School of Physics and Center of Excellence in High Energy Physics and Astrophysics, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
- 22 IRFU (DPhP and APC), CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
- 23 Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- 24 Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany.
- 25 Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy.
- 26 Departamento de Química Física Aplicada, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
- 27 Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
- 28 Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
- 29 Institut für Physik, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
- 30 Institute for Nuclear Research of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. (Institutional status in the KATRIN collaboration has been suspended since 24 February 2022.).
- PMID: 40208982
- DOI: 10.1126/science.adq9592
Abstract
That neutrinos carry a nonvanishing rest mass is evidence of physics beyond the Standard Model of elementary particles. Their absolute mass holds relevance in fields from particle physics to cosmology. We report on the search for the effective electron antineutrino mass with the KATRIN experiment. KATRIN performs precision spectroscopy of the tritium β-decay close to the kinematic endpoint. On the basis of the first five measurement campaigns, we derived a best-fit value of [Formula: see text] eV2, resulting in an upper limit of mν < 0.45 eV at 90% confidence level. Stemming from 36 million electrons collected in 259 measurement days, a substantial reduction of the background level, and improved systematic uncertainties, this result tightens KATRIN's previous bound by a factor of almost two.
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Closing the gap in the neutrino mass.Gastaldo L. Gastaldo L. Science. 2025 Apr 11;388(6743):146-147. doi: 10.1126/science.adw9435. Epub 2025 Apr 10. Science. 2025. PMID: 40209008
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