This grant to the University of Texas at Austin provides for start-up equipment and expenses for an experiment designed to measure the mass of neutrinos from the beta decay of tritium. The experiment will be carried out using an electron lens spectrometer of unique design. The upper limit on the mass of tritium beta decay neutrinos to be attained in this experiment is expected to be below 5 eV.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Physics (PHY)
Application #
9113144
Program Officer
Harold C. Britt
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
1991-08-15
Budget End
1995-07-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1991
Total Cost
$225,000
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Texas Austin
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Austin
State
TX
Country
United States
Zip Code
78712