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Active Background Reduction with Electron Cyclotron Resonance

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To alleviate or potentially eliminate the background problem arising from stored electrons in the main spectrometer, a novel method needs to be implemented that actively reduces the background by removing the stored electrons.

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Mertens, S. (2014). Active Background Reduction with Electron Cyclotron Resonance. In: Background Processes in the Electrostatic Spectrometers of the KATRIN Experiment. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01177-6_8

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