Calibration of high voltages at the ppm level by the difference of ^{83m}Kr conversion electron lines at the KATRIN experiment

M. Arenz , W.-J. Baek , M. Beck , A. Beglarian , J. Behrens , T. Bergmann , A. Berlev , U. Besserer

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The neutrino mass experiment KATRIN requires a stability of 3 ppm for the retarding potential at -18.6 kV of the main spectrometer. To monitor the stability, two custom-made ultra-precise high-voltage dividers were developed and built in cooperation with the German national metrology institute Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB). Until now, regular absolute calibration of the voltage dividers required bringing the equipment to the specialised metrology laboratory. Here we present a new method based on measuring the energy difference of two $^{83\mathrm{m}}$Kr conversion electron lines with the KATRIN setup, which was demonstrated during KATRIN's commissioning measurements in July 2017. The measured scale factor $M=1972.449(10)$ of the high-voltage divider K35 is in agreement with the last PTB calibration four years ago. This result demonstrates the utility of the calibration method, as well as the long-term stability of the voltage divider.

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Calibration of high voltages at the ppm level by the difference of ^{83m}Kr conversion electron lines at the KATRIN experiment

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