Christine Claessens

Christine Claessens is a PhD student in Experimental Particle and Astroparticle Physics (ETAP) at the Cluster of Excellence PRISMA+ at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). Her research focuses on determining the neutrino mass through the Project 8 experiment, utilizing cyclotron radiation emission spectroscopy. She contributed to the TRIMS experiment at the University of Washington, Seattle, where she characterized ion detectors, set up magnetic guide fields, and analyzed data relevant to decay spectra. Her work resolved discrepancies between theoretical predictions and experimental results from molecular tritium decay, published in Physical Review Letters.

Research interests include precision measurements in particle physics, neutrino mass determination, and experimental techniques for decay analysis. She collaborated with international teams on the TRIMS and Project 8 experiments, advancing methods for next-generation neutrino mass measurements.

Her achievements include a notable publication in 2020, contributing to foundational work for the KATRIN experiment. Current research integrates data analysis and detector development for high-precision physics experiments.