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Direct Measurement of the Mass Difference of Ho 163 and Dy 163 Solves the Q -Value Puzzle for the Neutrino Mass Determination. / Blaum, K.; Block, M.; Chenmarev, S.; Dorrer, H.; Düllmann, Ch E.; Enss, C.; Gastaldo, L.; Goncharov, M.; Köster, U.; Lautenschläger, F.; Novikov, Yu N.; Rischka, A.; Schüssler, R. X.; Schweikhard, L.; Türler, A.
In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 115, No. 6, 062501, 05.08.2015.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Direct Measurement of the Mass Difference of Ho 163 and Dy 163 Solves the Q -Value Puzzle for the Neutrino Mass Determination
AU - Blaum, K.
AU - Block, M.
AU - Chenmarev, S.
AU - Dorrer, H.
AU - Düllmann, Ch E.
AU - Enss, C.
AU - Gastaldo, L.
AU - Goncharov, M.
AU - Köster, U.
AU - Lautenschläger, F.
AU - Novikov, Yu N.
AU - Rischka, A.
AU - Schüssler, R. X.
AU - Schweikhard, L.
AU - Türler, A.
PY - 2015/8/5
Y1 - 2015/8/5
N2 - The atomic mass difference of Ho163 and Dy163 has been directly measured with the Penning-trap mass spectrometer SHIPTRAP applying the novel phase-imaging ion-cyclotron-resonance technique. Our measurement has solved the long-standing problem of large discrepancies in the Q value of the electron capture in Ho163 determined by different techniques. Our measured mass difference shifts the current Q value of 2555(16) eV evaluated in the Atomic Mass Evaluation 2012 [G. Audi et al., Chin. Phys. C 36, 1157 (2012)] by more than 7σ to 2833(30stat)(15sys)eV/c2. With the new mass difference it will be possible, e.g., to reach in the first phase of the ECHo experiment a statistical sensitivity to the neutrino mass below 10 eV, which will reduce its present upper limit by more than an order of magnitude.
AB - The atomic mass difference of Ho163 and Dy163 has been directly measured with the Penning-trap mass spectrometer SHIPTRAP applying the novel phase-imaging ion-cyclotron-resonance technique. Our measurement has solved the long-standing problem of large discrepancies in the Q value of the electron capture in Ho163 determined by different techniques. Our measured mass difference shifts the current Q value of 2555(16) eV evaluated in the Atomic Mass Evaluation 2012 [G. Audi et al., Chin. Phys. C 36, 1157 (2012)] by more than 7σ to 2833(30stat)(15sys)eV/c2. With the new mass difference it will be possible, e.g., to reach in the first phase of the ECHo experiment a statistical sensitivity to the neutrino mass below 10 eV, which will reduce its present upper limit by more than an order of magnitude.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.062501
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.062501
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84940183044
VL - 115
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
SN - 0031-9007
IS - 6
M1 - 062501
ER -
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