J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 57, pp. 2873-2876 (1988) [4 Pages]
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Neutrino Mass and End-Point Energy of 3H β-Decay

+ Affiliations
1Institute for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo2Radioisotope Centre, University of Tokyo3Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology4Department of Chemistry, Kitasato University5Faculty of General Education, Jissen Women's University6National Laboratory for High Energy Physics, KEK

The end-point energy of 3 H β-decay is re-examined and found as E 0 =18582.5±4.1 eV by a new measurement of the electron energy spectrum at INS. Also, an upper limit of the electron anti-neutrino mass is obtained as m ν <29 eV by combining with the result of a previous experiment.

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