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Q value related mass determinations using a Penning trap

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We report here about measurements of reaction and decay Q values by precise determination of pairs of atomic masses. These were performed with the Penning trap mass spectrometer SMILETRAP. Measurements with Penning traps give reliable and accurate masses, in particular Q values, due to the fact that certain systematic errors to a great deal cancel in the mass difference between the two atoms defining the Q value. Some Q values that are of fundamental interest will be discussed here, for example, a new Q value for the 6Li (n,γ) 7Li reaction, for the β-decay of tritium, related to properties of the electron neutrino mass, and for the neutrino-less double β-decay of 76Ge, related to the question of whether the neutrino is a Majorana particle or not. In case of the latter two we report the most accurate Q values, namely 18,589.8(12) eV for the tritium decay and 2,038.997(46) keV for the neutrino-less double β-decay of 76Ge.

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  1. Atomic Physics, FYSIKUM, AlbaNova, Stockholm University, S106 91, Stockholm, Sweden

    R. Schuch, I. Bergström, T. Fritioff, Sz. Nagy, A. Solders & M. Suhonen

  2. Physics Department, Johannes Gutenberg University, D55128, Mainz, Germany

    K. Blaum & Sz. Nagy

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Schuch, R., Bergström, I., Blaum, K. et al. Q value related mass determinations using a Penning trap. Hyperfine Interact 173, 73–83 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-007-9545-0

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