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Measurement of neutrino source activity in the experiment BEST by calorimetric method

Experiments to study non-standard properties of neutrinos using high-intensity artificial neutrino sources require high accuracy in determining their activity. A calorimetric system to determine the activity of a 51Cr neutrino source in the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-05-26 V. N. Gavrin , T. V. Ibragimova , J. P. Kozlova , V. A. Tarasov , E. P. Veretenkin , A. I. Zvir

Coherent elastic nuclear scattering of $^{51}$Cr neutrinos

Searches for new physics in the coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering require a precise knowledge of the neutrino flux and energy spectrum. In this paper we investigate the feasibility and the performances of an experiment based on a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-27 C. Bellenghi , D. Chiesa , L. Di Noto , M. Pallavicini , E. Previtali , M. Vignati

Measurement of the response of a gallium metal solar neutrino experiment to neutrinos from a 51Cr source

The neutrino capture rate measured by the Russian-American Gallium Experiment is well below that predicted by solar models. To check the response of this experiment to low-energy neutrinos, a 517 kCi source of 51Cr was produced by…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-25 SAGE Collaboration , J. N. Abdurashitov

Gallium experiments with artificial neutrino sources as a tool for investigation of transition to sterile states

We propose to place a very intense source of 51Cr at the center of a 50-tonne target of gallium metal that is divided into two concentric spherical zones and to measure the neutrino capture rate in each zone. This experiment can set limits…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2011-02-15 V. N. Gavrin , V. V. Gorbachev , E. P. Veretenkin , B. T. Cleveland

Production of Electron Neutrinos at Nuclear Power Reactors and the Prospects for Neutrino Physics

High flux of electron neutrinos($\nue$) is produced at nuclear power reactors through the decays of nuclei activated by neutron capture. Realistic simulation studies on the neutron transport and capture at the reactor core were performed.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-09-29 B. Xin , TEXONO Collaboration

Experiment BEST-2 with 58Co neutrino source

The article describes a new experiment with an artificial neutrino source 58Co on a gallium target GGNT (SAGE). The goal of the experiment is to study the gallium anomaly. The experiment makes it possible to find the parameters of…

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BEST potential in testing the eV-scale sterile neutrino explanation of reactor antineutrino anomalies

Baksan Experiment on Sterile Neutrino (BEST) is presently at the stage of production of the artificial neutrino source Cr-51, the gallium exposure will start in July and proceed for three months. While aiming specifically at investigating…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-07-03 Vladislav Barinov , Vladimir Gavrin , Valery Gorbachev , Dmitry Gorbunov , Tatiana Ibragimova

Results from the Baksan Experiment on Sterile Transitions (BEST)

The Baksan Experiment on Sterile Transitions (BEST) was designed to investigate the deficit of electron neutrinos, $\nu_{e}$, observed in previous gallium-based radiochemical measurements with high-intensity neutrino sources, commonly…

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Production and characterization of a custom-made 228Th source with reduced neutron source strength for the Borexino experiment

A custom-made 228Th source of several MBq activity was produced for the Borexino experiment for studying the external background of the detector. The aim was to reduce the unwanted neutron emission produced via (alpha,n) reactions in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-30 W. Maneschg , L. Baudis , R. Dressler , K. Eberhardt , R. Eichler , H. Keller , R. Lackner , B. Praast , R. Santorelli , J. Schreiner , M. Tarka , B. Wiegel , A. Zimbal

The Gallium Neutrino Absorption Cross Section and its Uncertainty

In the recent Baksan Experiment on Sterile Transitions (BEST), a suppressed rate of neutrino absorption on a gallium target was observed, consistent with earlier results from neutrino source calibrations of the SAGE and GALLEX/GNO solar…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-07-11 S. R. Elliott , V. N. Gavrin , W. C. Haxton , T. V. Ibragimova , E. J. Rule

Intensive electron antineutrino source with well defined hard spectrum on the base of nuclear reactor and 8-lithium transfer. The promising experiment for sterile neutrinos search

The new concept of antineutrino source for future short-baseline experiments is discussed. The source ensures: 1) well defined hard antineutrino flux; 2) the rate of counts more than ~(1E+2 - 1E+3) per day in the detector volume about cubic…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-10-12 V. I. Lyashuk

First Search for Neutral Current Coherent Single-Photon Production in MicroBooNE

This article presents the first search for neutrino-induced neutral current coherent single-photon production (NC coherent 1$\gamma$). The search makes use of data from the MicroBooNE 85-tonne active volume liquid argon time projection…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-02-12 MicroBooNE Collaboration , P. Abratenko , D. Andrade Aldana , L. Arellano , J. Asaadi , A. Ashkenazi , S. Balasubramanian , B. Baller , A. Barnard , G. Barr , D. Barrow , J. Barrow , V. Basque , J. Bateman , O. Benevides Rodrigues , S. Berkman , A. Bhat , M. Bhattacharya , M. Bishai , A. Blake , B. Bogart , T. Bolton , M. B. Brunetti , L. Camilleri , D. Caratelli , F. Cavanna , G. Cerati , A. Chappell , Y. Chen , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , L. Cooper-Troendle , J. I. Crespo-Anadon , R. Cross , M. Del Tutto , S. R. Dennis , P. Detje , R. Diurba , Z. Djurcic , K. Duffy , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , P. Englezos , A. Ereditato , J. J. Evans , C. Fang , B. T. Fleming , W. Foreman , D. Franco , A. P. Furmanski , F. Gao , D. Garcia-Gamez , S. Gardiner , G. Ge , S. Gollapinni , E. Gramellini , P. Green , H. Greenlee , L. Gu , W. Gu , R. Guenette , P. Guzowski , L. Hagaman , M. D. Handley , O. Hen , C. Hilgenberg , G. A. Horton-Smith , A. Hussain , B. Irwin , M. S. Ismail , C. James , X. Ji , J. H. Jo , R. A. Johnson , Y. J. Jwa , D. Kalra , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , N. Lane , J. -Y. Li , Y. Li , K. Lin , B. R. Littlejohn , L. Liu , W. C. Louis , X. Luo , T. Mahmud , C. Mariani , D. Marsden , J. Marshall , N. Martinez , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , S. Martynenko , A. Mastbaum , I. Mawby , N. McConkey , L. Mellet , J. Mendez , J. Micallef , K. Mistry , T. Mohayai , A. Mogan , M. Mooney , A. F. Moor , C. D. Moore , L. Mora Lepin , M. M. Moudgalya , S. Mulleria Babu , D. Naples , A. Navrer-Agasson , N. Nayak , M. Nebot-Guinot , C. Nguyen , J. Nowak , N. Oza , O. Palamara , N. Pallat , V. Paolone , A. Papadopoulou , V. Papavassiliou , H. Parkinson , S. F. Pate , N. Patel , Z. Pavlovic , E. Piasetzky , K. Pletcher , I. Pophale , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , V. Radeka , A. Rafique , M. Reggiani-Guzzo , J. Rodriguez Rondon , M. Rosenberg , M. Ross-Lonergan , I. Safa , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , W. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , R. Sharankova , J. Shi , E. L. Snider , M. Soderberg , S. Soldner-Rembold , J. Spitz , M. Stancari , J. St. John , T. Strauss , A. M. Szelc , N. Taniuchi , K. Terao , C. Thorpe , D. Torbunov , D. Totani , M. Toups , A. Trettin , Y. -T. Tsai , J. Tyler , M. A. Uchida , T. Usher , B. Viren , J. Wang , M. Weber , H. Wei , A. J. White , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , M. Wospakrik , K. Wresilo , W. Wu , E. Yandel , T. Yang , L. E. Yates , H. W. Yu , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

Photo-excitation production of medically interesting isomers using high-intensity {\gamma}-ray source

Photon-induced nuclear excitation (i.e. photo-excitation) can be used for production of nuclear isomers, which have potential applications in astrophysics, energy storing, and medical diagnosis and treatment. This paper presents a…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2020-12-18 Wan-ting Pan , Hao-yang Lan , Zhi-guo Ma , Zhi-chao Zhu , Wen Luo

Status of the Experiment on the Laboratory Search for the Electron Antineutrino Magnetic Moment at the Level mu_nu < 3 s 10^{-12}mu_B

The experiment on the direct detection of antineutrino-electron scattering with an artificial tritium source allows to lower the present-day laboratory limit for the neutrino magnetic moment by two orders of magnitude. The experiment brings…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 B. S. Neganov , V. N. Trofimov , A. A. Yukhimchuk , L. N. Bogdanova , A. G. Beda , A. S. Starostin

A Search for Electron Neutrino Transitions to Sterile States in the BEST Experiment

The Baksan Experiment on Sterile Transitions (BEST) probes the gallium anomaly and its possible connections to oscillations between active and sterile neutrinos. Based on the Gallium-Germanium Neutrino Telescope (GGNT) technology of the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2022-06-13 V. V. Barinov , B. T. Cleveland , S. N. Danshin , H. Ejiri , S. R. Elliott , D. Frekers , V. N. Gavrin , V. V. Gorbachev , D. S. Gorbunov , W. C. Haxton , T. V. Ibragimova , I. Kim , Yu. P. Kozlova , L. V. Kravchuk , V. V. Kuzminov , B. K. Lubsandorzhiev , Yu. M. Malyshkin , R. Massarczyk , V. A. Matveev , I. N. Mirmov , J. S. Nico , A. L. Petelin , R. G. H. Robertson , D. Sinclair , A. A. Shikhin , V. A. Tarasov , G. V. Trubnikov , E. P. Veretenkin , J. F. Wilkerson , A. I. Zvir

Measurement of the response of a Ga solar neutrino experiment to neutrinos from an 37Ar source

An intense source of 37Ar was produced by the (n,alpha) reaction on 40Ca by irradiating 330 kg of calcium oxide in the fast neutron breeder reactor at Zarechny, Russia. The 37Ar was released from the solid target by dissolution in acid,…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 J. N. Abdurashitov , V. N. Gavrin , S. V. Girin , V. V. Gorbachev , P. P. Gurkina , T. V. Ibragimova , A. V. Kalikhov , N. G. Khairnasov , T. V. Knodel , V. A. Matveev , I. N. Mirmov , A. A. Shikhin , E. P. Veretenkin , V. M. Vermul , V. E. Yants , G. T. Zatsepin , T. J. Bowles , S. R. Elliott , W. A. Teasdale , B. T. Cleveland , W. C. Haxton , J. F. Wilkerson , J. S. Nico , A. Suzuki , K. Lande , Yu. S. Khomyakov , V. M. Poplavsky , V. V. Popov , O. V. Mishin , A. N. Petrov , B. A. Vasiliev , S. A. Voronov , A. I. Karpenko , V. V. Maltsev , N. N. Oshkanov , A. M. Tuchkov , V. I. Barsanov , A. A. Janelidze , A. V. Korenkova , N. A. Kotelnikov , S. Yu. Markov , V. V. Selin , Z. N. Shakirov , A. A. Zamyatina , S. B. Zlokazov

First ultracold neutrons produced at TRIUMF

We installed a source for ultracold neutrons at a new, dedicated spallation target at TRIUMF. The source was originally developed in Japan and uses a superfluid-helium converter cooled to 0.9$\,$K. During an extensive test campaign in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-03-06 S. Ahmed , E. Altiere , T. Andalib , B. Bell , C. P. Bidinosti , E. Cudmore , M. Das , C. A. Davis , B. Franke , M. Gericke , P. Giampa , P. Gnyp , S. Hansen-Romu , K. Hatanaka , T. Hayamizu , B. Jamieson , D. Jones , S. Kawasaki , T. Kikawa , M. Kitaguchi , W. Klassen , A. Konaka , E. Korkmaz , F. Kuchler , M. Lang , L. Lee , T. Lindner , K. W. Madison , Y. Makida , J. Mammei , R. Mammei , J. W. Martin , R. Matsumiya , E. Miller , K. Mishima , T. Momose , T. Okamura , S. Page , R. Picker , E. Pierre , W. D. Ramsay , L. Rebenitsch , F. Rehm , W. Schreyer , H. M. Shimizu , S. Sidhu , A. Sikora , J. Smith , I. Tanihata , B. Thorsteinson , S. Vanbergen , W. T. H. van Oers , Y. X. Watanabe

Neutrino Factory R&D

Elegant experiments are being carried out, or are in preparation, to improve the precision with which the solar and atmospheric neutrino-oscillation parameters are known, and to attempt to make a first measurement of the small mixing angle…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-01-05 K. Long

A search for neutrino emission from cores of Active Galactic Nuclei

The sources of the majority of the high-energy astrophysical neutrinos observed with the IceCube neutrino telescope at the South Pole are unknown. So far, only a gamma-ray blazar was compellingly associated with the emission of high-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-31 R. Abbasi , M. Ackermann , J. Adams , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , M. Ahrens , J. M. Alameddine , C. Alispach , A. A. Alves , N. M. Amin , K. Andeen , T. Anderson , G. Anton , C. Argüelles , Y. Ashida , S. Axani , X. Bai , A. Balagopal V. , A. Barbano , S. W. Barwick , B. Bastian , V. Basu , S. Baur , R. Bay , J. J. Beatty , K. -H. Becker , J. Becker Tjus , C. Bellenghi , S. BenZvi , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , D. Z. Besson , G. Binder , D. Bindig , E. Blaufuss , S. Blot , M. Boddenberg , F. Bontempo , J. Borowka , S. Böser , O. Botner , J. Böttcher , E. Bourbeau , F. Bradascio , J. Braun , B. Brinson , S. Bron , J. Brostean-Kaiser , S. Browne , A. Burgman , R. T. Burley , R. S. Busse , M. A. Campana , E. G. Carnie-Bronca , C. Chen , Z. Chen , D. Chirkin , K. Choi , B. A. Clark , K. Clark , L. Classen , A. Coleman , G. H. Collin , J. M. Conrad , P. Coppin , P. Correa , D. F. Cowen , R. Cross , C. Dappen , P. Dave , C. De Clercq , J. J. DeLaunay , D. Delgado López , H. Dembinski , K. Deoskar , A. Desai , P. Desiati , K. D. de Vries , G. de Wasseige , M. de With , T. DeYoung , A. Diaz , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , M. Dittmer , H. Dujmovic , M. Dunkman , M. A. DuVernois , E. Dvorak , T. Ehrhardt , P. Eller , R. Engel , H. Erpenbeck , J. Evans , P. A. Evenson , K. L. Fan , A. R. Fazely , A. Fedynitch , N. Feigl , S. Fiedlschuster , A. T. Fienberg , K. Filimonov , C. Finley , L. Fischer , D. Fox , A. Franckowiak , E. Friedman , A. Fritz , P. Fürst , T. K. Gaisser , J. Gallagher , E. Ganster , A. Garcia , S. Garrappa , L. Gerhardt , A. Ghadimi , C. Glaser , T. Glauch , T. Glüsenkamp , J. G. Gonzalez , S. Goswami , D. Grant , T. Grégoire , S. Griswold , C. Günther , P. Gutjahr , C. Haack , A. Hallgren , R. Halliday , L. Halve , F. Halzen , M. Ha Minh , K. Hanson , J. Hardin , A. A. Harnisch , A. Haungs , D. Hebecker , K. Helbing , F. Henningsen , E. C. Hettinger , S. Hickford , J. Hignight , C. Hill , G. C. Hill , K. D. Hoffman , R. Hoffmann , B. Hokanson-Fasig , K. Hoshina , F. Huang , M. Huber , T. Huber , K. Hultqvist , M. Hünnefeld , R. Hussain , K. Hymon , S. In , N. Iovine , A. Ishihara , M. Jansson , G. S. Japaridze , M. Jeong , M. Jin , B. J. P. Jones , D. Kang , W. Kang , X. Kang , A. Kappes , D. Kappesser , L. Kardum , T. Karg , M. Karl , A. Karle , U. Katz , M. Kauer , M. Kellermann , J. L. Kelley , A. Kheirandish , K. Kin , T. Kintscher , J. Kiryluk , S. R. Klein , R. Koirala , H. Kolanoski , T. Kontrimas , L. Köpke , C. Kopper , S. Kopper , D. J. Koskinen , P. Koundal , M. Kovacevich , M. Kowalski , T. Kozynets , E. Kun , N. Kurahashi , N. Lad , C. Lagunas Gualda , J. L. Lanfranchi , M. J. Larson , F. Lauber , J. P. Lazar , J. W. Lee , K. Leonard , A. Leszczyńska , Y. Li , M. Lincetto , Q. R. Liu , M. Liubarska , E. Lohfink , C. J. Lozano Mariscal , L. Lu , F. Lucarelli , A. Ludwig , W. Luszczak , Y. Lyu , W. Y. Ma , J. Madsen , K. B. M. Mahn , Y. Makino , S. Mancina , I. C. Mariş , I. Martinez-Soler , R. Maruyama , K. Mase , T. McElroy , F. McNally , J. V. Mead , K. Meagher , S. Mechbal , A. Medina , M. Meier , S. Meighen-Berger , J. Micallef , D. Mockler , T. Montaruli , R. W. Moore , R. Morse , M. Moulai , R. Naab , R. Nagai , U. Naumann , J. Necker , L. V. Nguyên , H. Niederhausen , M. U. Nisa , S. C. Nowicki , A. Obertacke Pollmann , M. Oehler , B. Oeyen , A. Olivas , E. O'Sullivan , H. Pandya , D. V. Pankova , N. Park , G. K. Parker , E. N. Paudel , L. Paul , C. Pérez de los Heros , L. Peters , J. Peterson , S. Philippen , S. Pieper , M. Pittermann , A. Pizzuto , M. Plum , Y. Popovych , A. Porcelli , M. Prado Rodriguez , P. B. Price , B. Pries , G. T. Przybylski , C. Raab , A. Raissi , M. Rameez , K. Rawlins , I. C. Rea , A. Rehman , P. Reichherzer , R. Reimann , G. Renzi , E. Resconi , S. Reusch , W. Rhode , M. Richman , B. Riedel , E. J. Roberts , S. Robertson , G. Roellinghoff , M. Rongen , C. Rott , T. Ruhe , D. Ryckbosch , D. Rysewyk Cantu , I. Safa , J. Saffer , S. E. Sanchez Herrera , A. Sandrock , J. Sandroos , M. Santander , S. Sarkar , S. Sarkar , K. Satalecka , M. Schaufel , H. Schieler , S. Schindler , T. Schmidt , A. Schneider , J. Schneider , F. G. Schröder , L. Schumacher , G. Schwefer , S. Sclafani , D. Seckel , S. Seunarine , A. Sharma , S. Shefali , M. Silva , B. Skrzypek , B. Smithers , R. Snihur , J. Soedingrekso , D. Soldin , C. Spannfellner , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , J. Stachurska , M. Stamatikos , T. Stanev , R. Stein , J. Stettner , A. Steuer , T. Stezelberger , T. Stürwald , T. Stuttard , G. W. Sullivan , I. Taboada , S. Ter-Antonyan , S. Tilav , F. Tischbein , K. Tollefson , C. Tönnis , S. Toscano , D. Tosi , A. Trettin , M. Tselengidou , C. F. Tung , A. Turcati , R. Turcotte , C. F. Turley , J. P. Twagirayezu , B. Ty , M. A. Unland Elorrieta , N. Valtonen-Mattila , J. Vandenbroucke , N. van Eijndhoven , D. Vannerom , J. van Santen , S. Verpoest , C. Walck , T. B. Watson , C. Weaver , P. Weigel , A. Weindl , M. J. Weiss , J. Weldert , C. Wendt , J. Werthebach , M. Weyrauch , N. Whitehorn , C. H. Wiebusch , D. R. Williams , M. Wolf , K. Woschnagg , G. Wrede , J. Wulff , X. W. Xu , J. P. Yanez , S. Yoshida , S. Yu , T. Yuan , Z. Zhang , P. Zhelnin

GEMMA experiment: three years of the search for the neutrino magnetic moment

The result of the 3-year neutrino magnetic moment measurement at the Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant with the GEMMA spectrometer is presented. Antineutrino-electron scattering is investigated. A high-purity germanium detector of 1.5 kg placed…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2010-11-26 A. G. Beda , V. B. Brudanin , E. V. Demidova , V. G. Egorov , D. V. Medvedev , M. V. Shirchenko , A. S. Starostin , Ts. Vylov