Neutrino mass spectroscopy using Er$^{3+}$ ions placed at inversion center of host crystals


Abstract in English

We propose neutrino mass spectroscopy using Er$^{3+}$:Cs$_2$NaYF$_6$ or :Y$_2$O$_3$ crystal placed in hollow of a Bragg fiber as a target system. Unknown neutrino parameters and properties such as the lightest neutrino mass, Majorana/Dirac distinction, and CP violating phases can be explored by measuring scattered photons ($gamma$) along the excitation (and fiber) axis by varying Raman trigger ($gamma_0$) directions, in Er$^{3+}$ de-excitation process from $|erangle $ state to $|grangle $ state; $|erangle ,, | erangle + gamma_0 rightarrow | grangle + gamma + u_ibar{ u}_j$, $ u_i,, i = 1, 2,3$ being a mass-resolved neutrino state. Rates and required level of QED background rejection are calculated using measured data of the target system.

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