Proposal for an Electron Antineutrino Disappearance Search Using High-Rate 8Li Production and Decay
High Energy Physics - Experiment
2013-05-30 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract
This paper introduces a novel, high-intensity source of electron antineutrinos from the production and subsequent decay of 8Li. When paired with an existing ~1 kton scintillator-based detector, this <E_\nu>=6.4 MeV source opens a wide range of possible searches for beyond standard model physics via studies of the inverse beta decay interaction. In particular, the experimental design described here has unprecedented sensitivity to electron antineutrino disappearance at 1 eV and features the ability to distinguish between the existence of zero, one, and two sterile neutrinos.
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@article{arxiv.1205.4419,
title = {Proposal for an Electron Antineutrino Disappearance Search Using High-Rate 8Li Production and Decay},
author = {A. Bungau and A. Adelmann and J. R. Alonso and W. Barletta and R. Barlow and L. Bartoszek and L. Calabretta and A. Calanna and D. Campo and J. M. Conrad and Z. Djurcic and Y. Kamyshkov and M. H. Shaevitz and I. Shimizu and T. Smidt and J. Spitz and M. Wascko and L. A. Winslow and J. J. Yang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.4419},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
5 pages, 4 figures; (new version after PRL referee's comments)