KATRIN

KATRIN is a German acronym for an undertaking to measure the mass of the electron antineutrino with sub-eV precision by examining the spectrum of electrons emitted from the beta decay of tritium.
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  • Type: Observatory
  • Description: Apparatus for measuring antineutrinos
  • Also known as: “Karlsruhe-Tritium-Neutrino-Experiment”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Angströmquelle Karlsruhe and North Campus.

University building
ANKA is a synchrotron light source facility at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in , Germany. In 2016, the facility was renamed Karlsruhe Research Accelerator as part of the Institute for Beam Physics and Technology. is situated 580 metres west of KATRIN.

Research institute
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is a research institute, which is situated 660 metres northwest of KATRIN.

Museum
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is situated 3½ km west of KATRIN.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Friedrichstal and Linkenheim-Hochstetten.

Village
is a part of in the district of in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. is situated 3 km east of KATRIN.

Village
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is a municipality in the , , . It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, 17 km north of . is situated 4 km northwest of KATRIN.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km east of KATRIN.

KATRIN

Latitude
49.09573° or 49° 5′ 45″ north
Longitude
8.43599° or 8° 26′ 10″ east
Inception
June 11th, 2018
Open location code
8FXC3CWP+79
Open­Street­Map ID
way 394890935
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­observatory
Wiki­data ID
Q316053
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Slovenian—“KATRIN” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “卡尔斯鲁厄氚中微子实验”
  • Chinese: “卡爾斯魯厄氚中微子實驗”
  • Dutch: “KATRIN”
  • French: “KATRIN”
  • German: “Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino Experiment”
  • German: “KATRIN”
  • Polish: “KATRIN”
  • Russian: “KATRIN”
  • Slovenian: “Preizkus Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Heizwerk des KIT and KIT-Campus Nord.

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Explore places such as Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe and GODZILLA Test-Facility Beryllide-Production.

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