Prototype of an angular-selective photoelectron calibration source for the KATRIN experiment

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Valerius, K ^a,f   Hein, H ^a   Baumeister, H ^a   Beck, M ^a,b   Bokeloh, K ^a   Bonn, J ^b   Gluck F ^c,d   Ortjohann, H W ^a   Ostrick, B ^a,b   Zboril M ^a,e   Weinheimer, Ch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^e NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Detector alignment and calibration methods (lasers, sources, particle beams); Photoemission; Spectrometers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952670918     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/6/01/P01002     Document Type: Article

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