Apr 13 – 16, 2026
KIT Campus South
Europe/Berlin timezone

KATRIN-like MINI-MAC-E Filter with a tritium source for the advanced physics lab course

Apr 14, 2026, 5:27 PM
2m
Gaede Foyer (KIT Campus South)

Gaede Foyer

KIT Campus South

2nd floor (in front of Gaede-Lecture theater) Physikflachbau Building 30.22 Engesserstraße 7 76131 Karlsruhe
Poster Posters

Speaker

Sarah Untereiner

Description

To provide students with hands-on insight into modern neutrino mass experiments, a scaled laboratory setup of KATRIN has been developed for the advanced physics lab course at KIT. With an approximate scale of 1:20, the experiment reproduces the essential components of KATRIN, including a tritium source, an adjustable high-voltage spectrometer of the MAC-E filter type, a high-resolution detector, and magnetic guiding fields. In contrast to KATRIN, the source utilizes exchangeable implanted disks containing tritium and 83mKr within an ultra-high-vacuum chamber. This poster presents the design of the Mini-MAC-E laboratory setup. The project is supported by KIT’s Research Infrastructure in Research-Oriented Teaching (RIRO) program.

Collaboration or Other Affiliation KATRIN

Author

Sarah Untereiner

Presentation materials