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previously underestimated background source, first being discovered at the pre-spectrometer.
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Mertens, S. (2014). Background Due to Stored Electrons Following Nuclear Decays . 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_7
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