TY  - JOUR
PB  - SciPost Foundation
DO  - 10.21468/SciPostPhysProc.12.042
TI  - Can we really detect relic neutrinos?
PY  - 2023/07/04
UR  - https://scipost.org/SciPostPhysProc.12.042
JF  - SciPost Physics Proceedings
JA  - SciPost Phys. Proc.
VL  - 
IS  - 12
SP  - 042
A1  - Cheipesh, Yevheniia
AU  - Ridkokasha, Ivan
AU  - Cheianov, Vadim
AU  - Boyarsky, Alexey
AB  - Detecting relic neutrinos is a longstanding goal in fundamental physics. Experimentally, this goal is extremely challenging as the required energy resolution is defined by the tiny neutrino masses ($\sim$ 10 meV). The current consensus is that sufficient statistics together with a clean spectrum could only be achieved if beta decayers are attached to a solid state substrate. However, this inevitably imposes irreducible intrinsic limitations on the energy resolution coming from Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. This limitation appears to be critical for the currently accepted decayer - Tritium. Here, we analyze the state of the art approaches to mitigate this limitation and conclude that the most promising solution is to change Tritium for a heavier emitter. We find that the two suitable candidates are $^{171}$Tm, $^{63}$Ni.
ER  -

@Article{10.21468/SciPostPhysProc.12.042,
	title={{Can we really detect relic neutrinos?}},
	author={Yevheniia Cheipesh and Ivan Ridkokasha and Vadim Cheianov and Alexey Boyarsky},
	journal={SciPost Phys. Proc.},
	pages={042},
	year={2023},
	publisher={SciPost},
	doi={10.21468/SciPostPhysProc.12.042},
	url={https://scipost.org/10.21468/SciPostPhysProc.12.042},
}