RESULTS OF THE TROITSK EXPERIMENT ON THE SEARCH FOR THE ELECTRON ANTINEUTRINO REST MASS IN TRITIUM BETA-DECAY

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BELESEV, AI [1 ]
BLEULE, AI [1 ]
GERASKIN, EV [1 ]
GOLUBEV, AA [1 ]
GOLUBEV, NA [1 ]
KAZACHENKO, OV [1 ]
KIEV, EP [1 ]
KUZNETSOV, YE [1 ]
LOBASHEV, VM [1 ]
OVCHINNIKOV, BM [1 ]
PARFENOV, VI [1 ]
SEKACHEV, IV [1 ]
SOLODUKHIN, AP [1 ]
TITOV, NA [1 ]
YARYKIN, IE [1 ]
ZAKHAROV, YI [1 ]
BALASHOV, SN [1 ]
SPIVAK, PE [1 ]
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[1] IV KURCHATOV ATOM ENERGY INST,RUSSIAN SCI CTR,INST PHYS NUCL,MOSCOW 123182,RUSSIA
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10.1016/0370-2693(95)00335-I
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The end-point region of the P-spectrum of tritium has been measured with an integral electrostatic spectrometer with adiabatic magnetic collimation and gaseous tritium source. The search for the neutrino rest mass has resulted in m(v)(2) = -22 +/- 4.8 eV(2)/c(4). It is shown that the negative m(v)(2) effect may be explained by the local enhancement in the region 7-15 eV below the end point with an integral B.R. of about 10(-10). After accounting for this anomaly one is able to deduce that m(v) < 4.35 eV at 95% C.L.
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