Alejandro Garcia (Washington University)
On November 20th (11:00 am)
Description of an experiment for achieving precision measurements of nuclear beta spectra.
The goal is a search for chirality-flipping interactions as signature of physics beyond the
standard model. In order to reach significant improvements in sensitivity we are aiming
at spectral measurements with precision better than 10^{-3}.
We are using the Cyclotron Radiation Electron Spectroscopy (CRES) technique. This is based on
determining the beta energy by measuring the cyclotron frequency of betas in a magnetic field.
Since both frequencies and magnetic fields can be measured accurately the method is promissing.
Presentation of a recent demonstration of detection of betas from 6He and 19Ne and show that the
combination gives good sensitivity for searches for chirality-flipping interactions while
cancelling some systematic uncertainties. Discuss of the future outlook.