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Multiple Detectors for a Short-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Search Near Reactors

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2013-07-11 v1 Instrumentation and Detectors

Abstract

Reactor antineutrino experiments have the ability to search for neutrino oscillations independent of reactor flux predictions using a relative measurement of the neutrino flux and spectrum across a range of baselines. The range of accessible oscillation parameters are determined by the baselines of the detector arrangement. We examine the sensitivity of short-baseline experiments with more than one detector and discuss the optimization of a second, far detector. The extended reach in baselines of a 2-detector experiment will improve sensitivity to short-baseline neutrino oscillations while also increasing the ability to distinguish between 3+1 mixing and other non-standard models.

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@article{arxiv.1307.2859,
  title  = {Multiple Detectors for a Short-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Search Near Reactors},
  author = {K. M. Heeger and B. R. Littlejohn and H. P. Mumm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.2859},
  year   = {2013}
}

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12 Pages, 8 Figures, 1 Table