The main goal in the HOLMES experiment is the neutrino mass measurement using an array of 1000micro-calorimeters with standard metallic absorber. A good isotope for such measurement is the163Ho, those isotopes embedded in the metallic absorber will be 1011-1013. Since163Ho is not available in nature, a dedicated process must be set up to...
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2015 (v1)PublicationUploaded on: April 14, 2023
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2015 (v1)Publication
The European Research Council has recently founded HOLMES, an experiment for a direct neutrino mass measurement with a sensitivity as low as 0.4 eV. HOLMES will perform a calorimetric measurement of the the energy released in the Electron Capture (EC) spectrum of 163Ho. The neutrino mass is assessed from the end point of the spectrum; the...
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2016 (v1)Publication
The determination of the neutrino mass is an open issue in modern particle physics and astrophysics. The direct mass measurement is the only theory-unrelated experimental tool capable to probe such quantity. The HOLMES experiment will measure the end-point energy of the electron capture decay of163Ho, aiming at a statistical sensitivity on the...
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2016 (v1)Publication
HOLMES is a new experiment to directly measure the neutrino mass with a sensitivity as low as 0.4 eV. HOLMES will perform a calorimetric measurement of the energy released in the electron capture decay of163Ho. HOLMES will deploy a large array of low temperature microcalorimeters with implanted163Ho nuclei. HOLMES baseline detector is an array...
Uploaded on: March 27, 2023