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Description
Project 8 is a tritium endpoint neutrino mass experiment utilizing a phased program to achieve sensitivity to the full range of neutrino masses allowed by the inverted mass hierarchy. The Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy (CRES) technique is employed to measure the differential energy spectrum of relativistic decay electrons with high precision. In this talk, I will present the recent results of Project 8, and prospects for the science program in the coming years. The recently completed Phase II extended the CRES technique to its first measurement of the continuous tritium spectrum, demonstrating control of systematics and zero-background performance. An R&D program is now undertaken to scale CRES to the larger required volumes and develop an atomic tritium source and trap.
