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Detecting relic neutrinos with Ptolemy
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Description
The Ptolemy experiments aims to make a first detection of the relic
neutrino background which decoupled less than a second after the Big
Bang by observing neutrino capture on tritium atoms. An energy
resolution of the order of the neutrino mass is required to separate the
neutrino capture signal from the beta decay spectrum. We will present
the Ptolemy experiment, its challenges, current status and plans as well
as the prospects to make a neutrino mass measurement on the road to
observation of relic neutrinos.
neutrino background which decoupled less than a second after the Big
Bang by observing neutrino capture on tritium atoms. An energy
resolution of the order of the neutrino mass is required to separate the
neutrino capture signal from the beta decay spectrum. We will present
the Ptolemy experiment, its challenges, current status and plans as well
as the prospects to make a neutrino mass measurement on the road to
observation of relic neutrinos.
