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Leakage Tests of the Stainless Steel Vessels of the Antineutrino Detectors in the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment

The antineutrino detectors in the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment are liquid scintillator detectors designed to detect low energy particles from antineutrino interactions with high efficiency and low backgrounds. Since the antineutrino…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-03-05 Xiaohui Chen , Xiaolan Luo , Yuekun Heng , Lingshu Wang , Xiao Tang , Xiaoyan Ma , Honglin Zhuang , Henry Band , Jeff Cherwinka , Qiang Xiao , Karsten M. Heeger

An Appearance-Like Reactor Experiment To Measure Ue3

Conventional reactor neutrino experiments are dissapearance experiments, and thus have less sensitivity to small mixing angles than appearance experiments do. It has been recently shown that future reactor neutrino experiments consisiting…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 Jose Bernabeu , Sergio Palomares-Ruiz

A new measurement of antineutrino oscillation with the full detector configuration at Daya Bay

We report a new measurement of electron antineutrino disappearance using the fully-constructed Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment. The final two of eight antineutrino detectors were installed in the summer of 2012. Including the 404 days…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-09-16 Daya Bay Collaboration , F. P. An , A. B. Balantekin , H. R. Band , M. Bishai , S. Blyth , I. Butorov , G. F. Cao , J. Cao , W. R. Cen , Y. L. Chan , J. F. Chang , L. C. Chang , Y. Chang , H. S. Chen , Q. Y. Chen , S. M. Chen , Y. X. Chen , Y. Chen , J. H. Cheng , J. Cheng , Y. P. Cheng , J. J. Cherwinka , M. C. Chu , J. P. Cummings , J. de Arcos , Z. Y. Deng , X. F. Ding , Y. Y. Ding , M. V. Diwan , E. Draeger , D. A. Dwyer , W. R. Edwards , S. R. Ely , R. Gill , M. Gonchar , G. H. Gong , H. Gong , M. Grassi , W. Q. Gu , M. Y. Guan , L. Guo , X. H. Guo , R. W. Hackenburg , R. Han , S. Hans , M. He , K. M. Heeger , Y. K. Heng , Y. K. Hor , Y. B. Hsiung , B. Z. Hu , L. M. Hu , L. J. Hu , T. Hu , W. Hu , E. C. Huang , H. X. Huang , X. T. Huang , P. Huber , G. Hussain , D. E. Jaffe , P. Jaffke , K. L. Jen , S. Jetter , X. P. Ji , X. L. Ji , J. B. Jiao , R. A. Johnson , L. Kang , S. H. Kettell , M. Kramer , K. K. Kwan , M. W. Kwok , T. Kwok , T. J. Langford , K. Lau , L. Lebanowski , J. Lee , R. T. Lei , R. Leitner , A. Leung , J. K. C. Leung , C. A. Lewis , D. J. Li , F. Li , G. S. Li , Q. J. Li , S. C. Li , W. D. Li , X. N. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. F. Li , Z. B. Li , H. Liang , C. J. Lin , G. L. Lin , P. Y. Lin , S. K. Lin , J. J. Ling , J. M. Link , L. Littenberg , B. R. Littlejohn , D. W. Liu , H. Liu , J. L. Liu , J. C. Liu , S. S. Liu , C. Lu , H. Q. Lu , J. S. Lu , K. B. Luk , Q. M. Ma , X. Y. Ma , X. B. Ma , Y. Q. Ma , K. T. McDonald , R. D. McKeown , Y. Meng , I. Mitchell , J. Monari Kebwaro , Y. Nakajima , J. Napolitano , D. Naumov , E. Naumova , H. Y. Ngai , Z. Ning , J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux , A. Olshevski , S. Patton , V. Pec , J. C. Peng , L. E. Piilonen , L. Pinsky , C. S. J. Pun , F. Z. Qi , M. Qi , X. Qian , N. Raper , B. Ren , J. Ren , R. Rosero , B. Roskovec , X. C. Ruan , B. B. Shao , H. Steiner , G. X. Sun , J. L. Sun , W. Tang , H. Themann , K. V. Tsang , C. E. Tull , Y. C. Tung , N. Viaux , B. Viren , V. Vorobel , C. H. Wang , M. Wang , N. Y. Wang , R. G. Wang , W. Wang , W. W. Wang , X. Wang , Y. F. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. M. Wang , H. Y. Wei , L. J. Wen , K. Whisnant , C. G. White , L. Whitehead , T. Wise , H. L. H. Wong , S. C. F. Wong , E. Worcester , Q. Wu , D. M. Xia , J. K. Xia , X. Xia , Z. Z. Xing , J. Y. Xu , J. L. Xu , J. Xu , Y. Xu , T. Xue , J. Yan , C. G. Yang , L. Yang , M. S. Yang , M. T. Yang , M. Ye , M. Yeh , Y. S. Yeh , B. L. Young , G. Y. Yu , Z. Y. Yu , S. L. Zang , L. Zhan , C. Zhang , H. H. Zhang , J. W. Zhang , Q. M. Zhang , Y. M. Zhang , Y. X. Zhang , Y. M. Zhang , Z. J. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , Z. P. Zhang , J. Zhao , Q. W. Zhao , Y. F. Zhao , Y. B. Zhao , L. Zheng , W. L. Zhong , L. Zhou , N. Zhou , H. L. Zhuang , J. H. Zou

Measurement of a 127 keV Neutron Field with a micro-TPC Spectrometer

In order to measure the energy of neutron fields, with energy ranging from 8 keV to 1 MeV, a new primary standard is being developed at the IRSN (Institute for Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety). This project, micro-TPC (Micro Time…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-10-29 D. Maire , J. Billard , G. Bosson , O. Bourrion , O. Guillaudin , J. Lamblin , L. Lebreton , F. Mayet , J. Médard , J. F. Muraz , M. Petit , J. P. Richer , Q. Riffard , D. Santos

Radiowave Method of High Energy Neutrino Detection: calculation of the expected event rate

The sensitivity of an ice radiowave detector to the anticipated high energy neutrino fluxes is calculated on the basis of a detailed threshold analysis and computation of the shower production rate. We show that diffuse neutrinos from…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-05-23 A. L. Provorov , I. M. Zheleznykh

Theory of Antineutrino Monitoring of Burning MOX Plutonium Fuels

This letter presents the physics and feasibility of reactor antineutrino monitoring to verify the burnup of plutonium loaded in the reactor as a Mixed Oxide (MOX) fuel. It examines the magnitude and temporal variation in the antineutrino…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-05-30 A. C. Hayes , H. R. Trellue , Michael Martin Nieto , W. B. WIlson

A prototype reactor-antineutrino detector based on $^6$Li-doped pulse-shaping-discriminating plastic scintillator

An aboveground 60-kg reactor-antineutrino detector prototype, comprised of a 2-dimensional array of 36 $^{6}$Li-doped pulse shape sensitive plastic scintillator bars, is described. Each bar is 50~cm long with a square cross section of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-11-12 O. Benevides Rodrigues , E. P. Bernard , N. S. Bowden , C. Bravo , R. Carr , T. M. Classen , A. J. Conant , S. A. Dazeley , M. T. Dunbrack , S. R. Durham , A. S. Erickson , A. Haghighat , K. M. Heeger , P. Huber , A. Irani , O. Kyzylova , V. A. Li , J. M. Link , B. R. Littlejohn , F. Machado , M. P. Mendenhall , H. P. Mumm , J. Newby , C. Roca , J. Ross , F. Sutanto , K. Walkup , J. Wilhelmi , X. Zhang

Novel Application of Neutrinos to Evaluate U.S. Nuclear Weapons Performance

There is a growing realization that neutrinos can be used as a diagnostic tool to better understand the inner workings of a nuclear weapon. Robust estimates demonstrate that an Inverse Beta Decay (IBD) neutrino scintillation detector built…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-09-01 J. R. Distel , E. C. Dunton , J. M. Durham , A. C. Hayes , W. C. Louis , J. D. Martin , G. W. Misch , M. R. Mumpower , Z. Tang , R. T. Thornton , B. T. Turner , R. G. Van de Water , W. S. Wilburn

Spectral Structure of Electron Antineutrinos from Nuclear Reactors

Recent measurements of the positron energy spectrum obtained from inverse beta decay interactions of reactor electron antineutrinos show an excess in the 4 to 6 MeV region relative to current predictions. First-principle calculations of…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-01-14 D. A. Dwyer , T. J. Langford

Research Program towards Observation of Neutrino-Nucleus Coherent Scattering

The article describes the research program pursued by the TEXONO Collaboration towards an experiment to observe coherent scattering between neutrinos and the nucleus at the power reactor. The motivations of studying this process are…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-11 Henry T. Wong

Search of Neutrino Magnetic Moments with a High-Purity Germanium Detector at the Kuo-Sheng Nuclear Power Station

A search of neutrino magnetic moments was carried out at the Kuo-Sheng Nuclear Power Station at a distance of 28 m from the 2.9 GW reactor core. With a high purity germanium detector of mass 1.06 kg surrounded by scintillating NaI(Tl) and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 H. T. Wong , TEXONO Collaboration

Observation of electron antineutrino disappearance by the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment

This presentation describes a measurement of the neutrino mixing parameter, sin^2(2theta_13), from the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment. Disappearance of electron antineutrinos at a distance of ~2 km from a set of six reactors, where…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Elizabeth Worcester

Thermal Neutron Measurements with an Unpowered, Miniature, Solid-State Device

A prototype neutron detector has been created through modification to a commercial non-volatile flash memory device. Studies are being performed to modify this prototype into a purpose-built device with greater performance and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-08-18 Tim Hossain , Clayton Fullwood , Will Flanagan , Peter Hedlesky , John Rabaey , Steven Block , Aidan Medcalf , Tracy Tipping

First Measurement of Neutrino Emissions from Spent Nuclear Fuel by the Double Chooz Experiment

Neutrino emission from nuclear reactors provides real-time insights into reactor power and fuel evolution, with potential applications in monitoring and nuclear safeguards. Following reactor shutdown, a low-intensity flux of ``residual…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-10-07 Double Chooz Collaboration , T. Abrahão , H. Almazan , J. C. dos Anjos , S. Appel , J. C. Barriere , I. Bekman , T. J. C. Bezerra , L. Bezrukov , E. Blucher , C. Bourgeois , C. Buck , J. Busenitz , A. Cabrera , M. Cerrada , E. Chauveau , P. Chimenti , O. Corpace , J. V. Dawson , J. F. Du , Z. Djurcic , A. Etenko , H. Furuta , I. Gil-Botella , A. Givaudan , H. Gomez , M. C. Goodman , T. Hara , J. Haser , D. Hellwig , A. Hourlier , M. Ishitsuka , J. Jochum , C. Jollet , K. Kale , M. Kaneda , M. Karakac , T. Kawasaki , E. Kemp , D. Kryn , M. Kuze , T. Lachenmaier , C. E. Lane , T. Lasserre , D. Lhuillier , H. P. Lima , M. Lindner , J. M. LoSecco , B. Lubsandorzhiev , J. Maeda , C. Mariani , J. Maricic , J. Martino , T. Matsubara , G. Mention , A. Meregaglia , T. Miletic , R. Milincic , A. Minotti , X. Mougeot , D. Navas-Nicolás , Y. Nikitenko , P. Novella , L. Oberauer , M. Obolensky , A. Onillon , A. Oralbaev , C. Palomares , I. M. Pepe , L. Perisse , G. Pronost , J. Reichenbacher , S. Schönert , S. Schoppmann , L. Scola , R. Sharankova , V. Sibille , V. Sinev , M. Skorokhvatov , P. Soldin , A. Stahl , I. Stancu , M. R. Stock , L. F. F. Stokes , F. Suekane , S. Sukhotin , T. Sumiyoshi , C. Veyssiere , B. Viaud , M. Vivier , S. Wagner , C. Wiebusch , G. Yang , F. Yermia

Measurement of electron antineutrino oscillation with 1958 days of operation at Daya Bay

We report a measurement of electron antineutrino oscillation from the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment with nearly 4 million reactor $\overline{\nu}_{e}$ inverse beta decay candidates observed over 1958 days of data collection. The…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-12-21 Daya Bay Collaboration , D. Adey , F. P. An , A. B. Balantekin , H. R. Band , M. Bishai , S. Blyth , D. Cao , G. F. Cao , J. Cao , Y. L. Chan , J. F. Chang , Y. Chang , H. S. Chen , S. M. Chen , Y. Chen , Y. X. Chen , J. Cheng , Z. K. Cheng , J. J. Cherwinka , M. C. Chu , A. Chukanov , J. P. Cummings , F. S. Deng , Y. Y. Ding , M. V. Diwan , M. Dolgareva , D. A. Dwyer , W. R. Edwards , M. Gonchar , G. H. Gong , H. Gong , W. Q. Gu , L. Guo , X. H. Guo , Y. H. Guo , Z. Guo , R. W. Hackenburg , S. Hans , M. He , K. M. Heeger , Y. K. Heng , A. Higuera , Y. B. Hsiung , B. Z. Hu , J. R. Hu , T. Hu , Z. J. Hu , H. X. Huang , X. T. Huang , Y. B. Huang , P. Huber , W. Huo , G. Hussain , D. E. Jaffe , K. L. Jen , X. L. Ji , X. P. Ji , R. A. Johnson , D. Jones , L. Kang , S. H. Kettell , L. W. Koerner , S. Kohn , M. Kramer , T. J. Langford , L. Lebanowski , J. Lee , J. H. C. Lee , R. T. Lei , R. Leitner , J. K. C. Leung , C. Li , F. Li , H. L. Li , Q. J. Li , S. Li , S. C. Li , S. J. Li , W. D. Li , X. N. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. F. Li , Z. B. Li , H. Liang , C. J. Lin , G. L. Lin , S. Lin , S. K. Lin , Y. -C. Lin , J. J. Ling , J. M. Link , L. Littenberg , B. R. Littlejohn , J. C. Liu , J. L. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. H. Liu , C. W. Loh , C. Lu , H. Q. Lu , J. S. Lu , K. B. Luk , X. B. Ma , X. Y. Ma , Y. Q. Ma , Y. Malyshkin , C. Marshall , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , K. T. McDonald , R. D. McKeown , I. Mitchell , L. Mora Lepin , J. Napolitano , D. Naumov , E. Naumova , J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux , A. Olshevskiy , H. -R. Pan , J. Park , S. Patton , V. Pec , J. C. Peng , L. Pinsky , C. S. J. Pun , F. Z. Qi , M. Qi , X. Qian , R. M. Qiu , N. Raper , J. Ren , R. Rosero , B. Roskovec , X. C. Ruan , H. Steiner , J. L. Sun , W. Tang , D. Taychenachev , K. Treskov , W. -H. Tse , C. E. Tull , B. Viren , V. Vorobel , C. H. Wang , J. Wang , M. Wang , N. Y. Wang , R. G. Wang , W. Wang , W. Wang , X. Wang , Y. F. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. M. Wang , H. Y. Wei , L. H. Wei , L. J. Wen , K. Whisnant , C. G. White , T. Wise , H. L. H. Wong , S. C. F. Wong , E. Worcester , Q. Wu , W. J. Wu , D. M. Xia , Z. Z. Xing , J. L. Xu , T. Xue , C. G. Yang , H. Yang , L. Yang , M. S. Yang , M. T. Yang , Y. Z. Yang , M. Ye , M. Yeh , B. L. Young , H. Z. Yu , Z. Y. Yu , B. B. Yue , S. Zeng , L. Zhan , C. Zhang , C. C. Zhang , F. Y. Zhang , H. H. Zhang , J. W. Zhang , Q. M. Zhang , R. Zhang , X. F. Zhang , X. T. Zhang , Y. M. Zhang , Y. M. Zhang , Y. X. Zhang , Y. Y. Zhang , Z. J. Zhang , Z. P. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , J. Zhao , P. Zheng , L. Zhou , H. L. Zhuang , J. H. Zou