Title: Overview of Project 8 and Progress Towards Tritium Operation,
Abstract: Project 8 is a tritium endpoint neutrino mass experiment utilizing a phased
program to achieve sensitivity to the 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 decay
electrons with high precision. We present an overview of the Project 8
experimental program, from first demonstration of the CRES technique to
ultimate sensitivity with an atomic tritium source. We highlight recent
advances in preparation for the first measurement of the continuous tritium
spectrum with CRES.