Illustration of the KATRIN experiment (IMAGE)

Max-Planck-Institut fur Kernphysik

Illustration of the KATRIN experiment

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The KATRIN experiment. From left to right, the rear wall and electron gun, the windowless gaseous tritium source, the transport and pumping section, the pre- and main spectrometers, and the focal-plane detector in which the electrons are detected and counted.

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KATRIN collaboration

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