Simulation and measurement of the Forward Beam Monitor detector signal for the KATRIN experiment / vorgelegt von Norman Haußmann. Wuppertal, April 2019
Inhalt
- Abstract
- Zusammenfassung
- Introduction
- Neutrinos
- The KATRIN experiment
- Concept of the Response Matrix
- Tracking of particles in the Source
- Source simulation
- Source simulation on GPU
- Simulation workflow
- Speed results
- Simplifications for Response Matrix
- Comparison of simulation results
- Towards the simulation of the FBM Response
- Source Response Matrix
- Rear-Section
- Transport-Section
- Forward Beam Monitor cover
- p-i-n-diode response
- Simulation of the data acquisition system
- Combination of Response-Matrices
- The four stages of the simulation
- Rear-Section stage
- Source transport stage
- Transport-Section stage
- Combined uncertainty estimation
- Investigating the endpoint region
- First Tritium
- Estimating FBM rate
- Stability of column density and purity
- Calculation of the expected FBM rate
- Influence of the temperature
- Influence of the threshold
- Measured tritium spectra
- Magnetic field
- Radial rate dependency
- Covering the FPD with the FBM
- Conclusion and Outlook
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acronyms and abbreviations