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The disappearance of reactor antineutrinos in the Double Chooz experiment is used to investigate the possibility of neutrino-antineutrino oscillations arising due to the breakdown of Lorentz invariance. We find no evidence for this…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-16 J. S. Diaz , T. Katori , J. Spitz , J. M. Conrad

The calculations of the time-dependent reactor antineutrino energy spectrum are presented. Some problems associated with sensitive searches for neutrino magnetic moment and neutrino oscillations in reactor antineutrino flux are considered.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-25 V. I. Kopeikin

The re-analysis of measured $^{238}U$ integrated electron spectrum reveals a shape mismatch with respect to the so called ab initio calculation and the ratio resembles well with the recently observed reactor antineutrino shoulder or bump…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-11-09 Ajit Kumar Mohanty

Antineutrinos produced at nuclear reactors constitute a severe source of background for the detection of geoneutrinos, which bring to the Earth's surface information about natural radioactivity in the whole planet. In this framework we…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-23 Marica Baldoncini , Ivan Callegari , Giovanni Fiorentini , Fabio Mantovani , Barbara Ricci , Virginia Strati , Gerti Xhixha

The masses of sterile neutrinos are not yet known, and depending on the orders of magnitudes, their existence may explain reactor anomalies or the spectral shape of reactor neutrino events at 1.5km-baseline detector. Here, we present…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-08-20 Sin Kyu Kang , Yeong-Duk Kim , Young-Ju Ko , Kim Siyeon

The RENO experiment has observed the disappearance of reactor electron antineutrinos, consistent with neutrino oscillations, with a significance of 4.9 standard deviations. Antineutrinos from six 2.8 GW$_{th}$ reactors at the Yonggwang…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-11-18 Soo-Bong Kim

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

Hints for the existence of a sterile neutrino at nuclear reactors are reexamined using two updated predictions for the fluxes of antineutrinos produced in fissions. These new predictions diverge in their preference for the rate deficit…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-01-22 Jeffrey Berryman , Patrick Huber

We perform a combined analysis of recent NEOS and Daya Bay data on the reactor antineutrino spectrum. This analysis includes approximately 1.5 million antineutrino events, which is the largest neutrino event sample analyzed to date. We use…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-02-01 Patrick Huber

The Daya Bay experiment has observed correlations between reactor core fuel evolution and changes in the reactor antineutrino flux and energy spectrum. Four antineutrino detectors in two experimental halls were used to identify 2.2 million…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-06-21 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 , Q. Y. Chen , S. M. Chen , Y. X. Chen , Y. Chen , J. Cheng , Z. K. Cheng , J. J. Cherwinka , M. C. Chu , A. Chukanov , J. P. Cummings , Y. Y. Ding , M. V. Diwan , M. Dolgareva , J. Dove , D. A. Dwyer , W. R. Edwards , R. Gill , M. Gonchar , G. H. Gong , H. Gong , M. Grassi , 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 , T. Hu , E. C. Huang , H. X. Huang , X. T. Huang , Y. B. Huang , P. Huber , W. Huo , G. Hussain , D. E. Jaffe , K. L. Jen , X. P. Ji , X. L. Ji , J. B. Jiao , R. A. Johnson , D. Jones , L. Kang , S. H. Kettell , A. Khan , S. Kohn , M. Kramer , K. K. Kwan , M. W. Kwok , T. J. Langford , K. Lau , L. Lebanowski , J. Lee , J. H. C. Lee , R. T. Lei , R. Leitner , J. K. C. Leung , C. Li , D. J. Li , F. Li , G. S. Li , Q. J. Li , S. 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 , S. Lin , S. K. Lin , Y. -C. Lin , J. J. Ling , J. M. Link , L. Littenberg , B. R. Littlejohn , J. L. Liu , J. C. Liu , C. W. Loh , C. Lu , H. Q. Lu , J. S. Lu , K. B. Luk , X. Y. Ma , X. B. Ma , Y. Q. Ma , Y. Malyshkin , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , K. T. McDonald , R. D. McKeown , I. Mitchell , Y. Nakajima , J. Napolitano , D. Naumov , E. Naumova , H. Y. Ngai , 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 , P. Stoler , J. L. Sun , W. Tang , D. Taychenachev , K. Treskov , K. V. Tsang , C. E. Tull , N. Viaux , B. Viren , V. Vorobel , C. H. Wang , M. Wang , N. Y. Wang , R. G. Wang , 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 , C. -H. Wu , Q. Wu , W. J. Wu , D. M. Xia , J. K. Xia , Z. Z. Xing , J. L. Xu , Y. Xu , T. Xue , C. G. Yang , H. Yang , L. Yang , M. S. Yang , M. T. Yang , Y. Z. Yang , M. Ye , Z. Ye , M. Yeh , B. L. Young , Z. Y. Yu , S. Zeng , L. Zhan , C. Zhang , C. C. Zhang , H. H. Zhang , J. W. Zhang , Q. M. Zhang , R. Zhang , X. T. Zhang , Y. M. Zhang , Y. X. Zhang , Y. M. Zhang , Z. J. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , Z. P. Zhang , J. Zhao , L. Zhou , H. L. Zhuang , J. H. Zou

Positron spectrum from inverse beta decay reaction on proton was measured in 1988-1990 as a result of neutrino exploration experiment. The measured spectrum has the largest statistics and lowest energy threshold between other neutrino…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2012-07-31 V. Sinev

A high precision calibration of the nonlinearity in the energy response of the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment's antineutrino detectors is presented in detail. The energy nonlinearity originates from the particle-dependent light yield…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-07-01 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 , 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 , N. Dash , F. S. Deng , Y. Y. Ding , M. V. Diwan , T. Dohnal , J. Dove , M. Dvořák , D. A. Dwyer , M. Gonchar , G. H. Gong , H. Gong , W. Q. Gu , J. Y. Guo , 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. K. Hor , 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 , D. E. Jaffe , K. L. Jen , S. Jetter , 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 , J. J. Ling , J. M. Link , L. Littenberg , B. R. Littlejohn , J. C. Liu , J. L. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. H. Liu , C. Lu , H. Q. Lu , J. S. Lu , K. B. Luk , X. B. Ma , X. Y. Ma , Y. Q. Ma , 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 , N. Raper , J. Ren , R. Rosero , B. Roskovec , X. C. Ruan , H. Steiner , J. L. Sun , 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. 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 , 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 , L. Yang , M. S. 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 , L. Zhou , H. L. Zhuang , J. H. Zou

Rector neutrinos have been a tool to investigate neutrino properties for more than 60 years. The reactor neutrino flux was measured throughout 80s-90s. In the 2000s, reactor neutrino oscillations at large baselines were observed by the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-12-11 Bedrich Roskovec

The Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment has observed the disappearance of electron antineutrinos from nuclear reactors at $\sim$kilometer baselines. The relative measurement of the $\bar\nu_e$ rate and spectrum between near and far…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-07-26 Chao Zhang

Reactor antineutrinos are used to study neutrino oscillation, search for signatures of non-standard neutrino interactions, and to monitor reactor operation for safeguard applications. The flux and energy spectrum of reactor antineutrinos…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-05-01 K. M. Heeger , B. R. Littlejohn , H. P. Mumm , M. N. Tobin

One of the most puzzling questions in neutrino physics is the origin of the excess at 5 MeV in the reactor antineutrino spectrum. In this paper, we explore the excess via the reaction $^{13}$C$(\overline{\nu}, \overline{\nu}^\prime…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-04-01 Jeffrey M. Berryman , Vedran Brdar , Patrick Huber

In a conventional light water reactor loaded with a range of uranium and plutonium-based fuel mixtures, the variation in antineutrino production over the cycle reflects both the initial core fissile inventory and its evolution. Under the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2018-01-17 Adam Bernstein , Nathaniel Bowden , Anna Erickson

The RENO experiment recently reported the disappearance of reactor electron antineutrinos consistent with neutrino oscillations, with a significance of 4.9 standard deviations. The published ratio of observed to expected number of…

Recently new reactor antineutrino spectra have been provided for 235U, 239Pu, 241Pu and 238U, increasing the mean flux by about 3 percent. To good approximation, this reevaluation applies to all reactor neutrino experiments. The synthesis…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-05-12 G. Mention , M. Fechner , Th. Lasserre , Th. A. Mueller , D. Lhuillier , M. Cribier , A. Letourneau

The $\sim 3\sigma$ discrepancy between the predicted and observed reactor anti-neutrino flux, known as the reactor anti-neutrino anomaly, continues to intrigue. The recent discovery of an unexpected bump in the reactor anti-neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-11-23 Mona Dentler , Álvaro Hernández-Cabezudo , Joachim Kopp , Michele Maltoni , Thomas Schwetz