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A new method for an improved anti-neutrino energy reconstruction with charged-current interactions in next-generation detectors

We propose and validate a method of anti-neutrino energy reconstruction for charged-current meson-less interactions on composite fully active targets containing hydrogen (such as hydrocarbon scintillator), which is largely free of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-05-13 L. Munteanu , S. Suvorov , S. Dolan , D. Sgalaberna , S. Bolognesi , S. Manly , G. Yang , C. Giganti , K. Iwamoto , C. Jesús-Valls

Observation of Neutrons with a Gadolinium Doped Water Cerenkov Detector

Spontaneous and induced fission in Special Nuclear Material (SNM) such as 235U and 239Pu results in the emission of neutrons and high energy gamma-rays. The multiplicities of and time correlations between these particles are both powerful…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-08-05 S. Dazeley , A. Bernstein , N. S. Bowden , R. Svoboda

Practical use of reactor anti-neutrinos for nuclear safeguard in Vietnam

One of the most abundant man-made sources of low energy (few~MeVs) neutrinos, reactor neutrino, is not only useful for studying neutrino properties, but it is also used in practical applications. In this study, we investigate the practical…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-09-09 Son Cao , T. V. Ngoc , N. T. Hong Van , P. T. Quyen

A new hybrid gadolinium nanoparticles-loaded polymeric material for neutron detection in rare event searches

Experiments aimed at direct searches for WIMP dark matter require highly effective reduction of backgrounds and control of any residual radioactive contamination. In particular, neutrons interacting with atomic nuclei represent an important…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-10-15 20k Collaboration , F. Acerbi , P. Adhikari , P. Agnes , I. Ahmad , S. Albergo , I. F. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , P. Amaudruz , M. Angiolilli , E. Aprile , R. Ardito , M. Atzori Corona , D. J. Auty , M. Ave , I. C. Avetisov , O. Azzolini , H. O. Back , Z. Balmforth , A. Barrado Olmedo , P. Barrillon , G. Batignani , P. Bhowmick , V. Bocci , W. Bonivento , B. Bottino , M. G. Boulay , A. Buchowicz , S. Bussino , J. Busto , M. Cadeddu , M. Cadoni , R. Calabrese , V. Camillo , A. Caminata , N. Canci , A. Capra , M. Caravati , M. Cárdenas-Montes , N. Cargioli , M. Carlini , A. Castellani , P. Castello , P. Cavalcante , D. Cavallo , S. Cebrian , J. Cela Ruiz , S. Chashin , A. Chepurnov , L. Cifarelli , D. Cintas , M. Citterio , B. Cleveland , Y. Coadou , V. Cocco , D. Colaiuda , E. Conde Vilda , L. Consiglio , B. S. Costa , M. Czubak , S. D'Auria , M. D. Da Rocha Rolo , G. Darbo , S. Davini , S. De Cecco , G. De Guido , G. Dellacasa , A. V. Derbin , A. Devoto , F. Di Capua , A. Di Ludovico , L. Di Noto , P. Di Stefano , L. K. Dias , D. Díaz Mairena , X. Ding , C. Dionisi , G. Dolganov , F. Dordei , V. Dronik , A. Elersich , E. Ellingwood , T. Erjavec , M. Fernandez Diaz , A. Ficorella , G. Fiorillo , P. Franchini , D. Franco , H. Frandini Gatti , E. Frolov , F. Gabriele , D. Gahan , C. Galbiati , G. Galinski , G. Gallina , M. Garbini , P. Garcia Abia , A. Gawdzik , A. Gendotti , A. Ghisi , G. K. Giovanetti , V. Goicoechea Casanueva , A. Gola , L. Grandi , G. Grauso , G. Grilli di Cortona , A. Grobov , M. Gromov , M. Guerzoni , M. Gulino , C. Guo , B. R. Hackett , A. Hallin , A. Hamer , M. Haranczyk , B. Harrop , T. Hessel , S. Hill , S. Horikawa , J. Hu , F. Hubaut , J. Hucker , T. Hugues , E. V. Hungerford , A. Ianni , V. Ippolito , A. Jamil , C. Jillings , R. Keloth , N. Kemmerich , A. Kemp , C. L. Kendziora , M. Kimura , K. Kondo , G. Korga , L. Kotsiopoulou , S. Koulosousas , A. Kubankin , M. Kuss , M. Kuzniak , M. Kuzwa , M. La Commara , M. Lai , E. Le Guirriec , E. Leason , A. Leoni , L. Lidey , M. Lissia , L. Luzzi , O. Lychagina , O. Macfadyen , I. N. Machulin , S. Manecki , I. Manthos , L. Mapelli , A. Marasciulli , S. M. Mari , C. Mariani , J. Maricic , A. Marini , M. Martinez , C. J. Martoff , G. Matteucci , K. Mavrokoridis , A. B. McDonald , J. Mclaughlin , S. Merzi , A. Messina , R. Milincic , S. Minutoli , A. Mitra , A. Moharana , S. Moioli , J. Monroe , E. Moretti , M. Morrocchi , T. Mroz , V. N. Muratova , M. Murphy , M. Murra , C. Muscas , P. Musico , R. Nania , M. Nessi , G. Nieradka , K. Nikolopoulos , E. Nikoloudaki , J. Nowak , K. Olchanski , A. Oleinik , V. Oleynikov , P. Organtini , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , M. Pallavicini , L. Pandola , E. Pantic , E. Paoloni , D. Papi , G. Pastuszak , G. Paternoster , D. Peddis , P. A. Pegoraro , K. Pelczar , L. A. Pellegrini , R. Perez , F. Perotti , V. Pesudo , S. I. Piacentini , N. Pino , G. Plante , A. Pocar , M. Poehlmann , S. Pordes , P. Pralavorio , D. Price , S. Puglia , M. Queiroga Bazetto , F. Ragusa , Y. Ramachers , A. Ramirez , S. Ravinthiran , M. Razeti , A. L. Renshaw , M. Rescigno , F. Retiere , L. P. Rignanese , A. Rivetti , A. Roberts , C. Roberts , G. Rogers , L. Romero , M. Rossi , A. Rubbia , D. Rudik , M. Sabia , S. Sadashivajois , P. Salomone , O. Samoylov , E. Sandford , S. Sanfilippo , D. Santone , R. Santorelli , E. M. Santos , C. Savarese , E. Scapparone , G. Schillaci , F. G. Schuckman , G. Scioli , D. A. Semenov , A. Sheshukov , M. Simeone , P. Skensved , M. D. Skorokhvatov , S. Slimani , O. Smirnov , T. Smirnova , B. Smith , A. Sotnikov , F. Spadoni , M. Spangenberg , R. Stefanizzi , A. Steri , V. Stornelli , S. Stracka , S. Sulis , A. Sung , C. Sunny , Y. Suvorov , A. M. Szelc , O. Taborda , R. Tartaglia , A. Taylor , J. Taylor , S. Tedesco , G. Testera , K. Thieme , A. Thompson , A. Tonazzo , S. Torres-Lara , S. Tosi , A. Tricomi , E. V. Unzhakov , T. J. Vallivilayil , M. Van Uffelen , L. Velazquez-Fernandez , T. Viant , S. Vicini , S. Viel , A. Vishneva , R. B. Vogelaar , J. Vossebeld , B. Vyas , M. Wada , M. B. Walczak , H. Wang , Y. Wang , S. Westerdale , L. Williams , R. Wojaczynski , M. M. Wojcik , M. Wojcik , T. Wright , Y. Xie , C. Yang , J. Yin , A. Zabihi , P. Zakhary , A. Zani , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu , A. Zichichi , G. Zuzel , M. P. Zykova

Directionally Accelerated Detection of an Unknown Second Reactor with Antineutrinos for Mid-Field Nonproliferation Monitoring

When monitoring a reactor site for nuclear nonproliferation purposes, the presence of an unknown or hidden nuclear reactor could be obscured by the activities of a known reactor of much greater power nearby. Thus when monitoring reactor…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-09-13 D. L. Danielson , O. A. Akindele , M. Askins , M. Bergevin , A. Bernstein , J. Burns , A. Carroll , J. Coleman , R. Collins , C. Connor , D. F. Cowen , F. Dalnoki-Veress , S. Dazeley , M. V. Diwan , J. Duron , S. T. Dye , J. Eisch , A. Ezeribe , V. Fischer , R. Foster , K. Frankiewicz , C. Grant , J. Gribble , J. He , C. Holligan , G. Holt , W. Huang , I. Jovanovic , L. Kneale , L. Korkeila , V. A. Kudryavtsev , P. Kunkle , R. Lap Keung Mak , J. G. Learned , P. Lewis , V. A. Li , X. Liu , M. Malek , J. Maricic , C. Mauger , N. McCauley , C. Metelko , R. Mills , F. Muheim , A. St. J Murphy , M. Needham , K. Nishimura , G. D. Orebi Gann , S. M. Paling , T. Pershing , L. Pickard , B. Pinheiro , S. Quillin , S. Rogers , A. Scarff , Y. Schnellbach , P. R. Scovell , T. Shaw , V. Shebalin , G. D. Smith , M. B. Smy , N. Spooner , F. Sutanto , R. Svoboda , L. F. Thompson , C. Toth , M. R. Vagins , S. Ventura , M. J. Wetstein , M. Yeh

Observation of Geo-Neutrinos

Geo-neutrinos, electron anti-neutrinos produced in beta decays of naturally occurring radioactive isotopes in the Earth, are a unique direct probe of our planet's interior. We report the first observation at more than 3$\sigma$ C.L. of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 Borexino Collaboration

Nucleon-induced fission cross-sections of tantalum and separated tungsten isotopes and "compound nucleus" effect in intermediate energy region

Neutron- and proton-induced fission cross-sections of separated isotopes of tungsten (182W, 183W, 184W, and 186W) and 181Ta relative to 209Bi have been measured in the incident nucleon energy region 50 - 200 MeV using fission chambers based…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 A. N. Smirnov , O. I. Batenkov , V. P. Eismont , N. P. Filatov , J. Blomgren , H. Conde , A. V. Prokofiev , S. G. Mashnik

Measurements of neutrons produced by high-energy muons at the Boulby Underground Laboratory

We present the first measurements of the muon-induced neutron flux at the Boulby Underground Laboratory. The experiment was carried out with an 0.73 tonne liquid scintillator that also served as an anticoincidence system for the ZEPLIN-II…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 H. M. Araujo , J. Blockley , C. Bungau , M. J. Carson , H. Chagani , E. Daw , B. Edwards , C. Ghag , E. V. Korolkova , V. A. Kudryavtsev , P. K. Lightfoot , A. Lindote , I. Liubarsky , R. Luscher , P. Majewski , K. Mavrokoridis , J. E. McMillan , A. St. J. Murphy , S. M. Paling , J. Pinto da Cunha , R. M. Preece , M. Robinson , N. J. T. Smith , P. F. Smith , N. J. C. Spooner , T. J. Sumner , R. J. Walker , H. Wang , J. White

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

Observation of Reactor Antineutrinos with a Rapidly-Deployable Surface-Level Detector

We deployed a small, 80kg, antineutrino detector based on solid plastic scintillator, called MiniCHANDLER for nearly three months at a distance of 25m from a 2.9GW thermal power reactor core at the North Anna Nuclear Generating Station. We…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-03-18 Alireza Haghighat , Patrick Huber , Shengchao Li , Jonathan M. Link , Camillo Mariani , Jaewon Park , Tulasi Subedi

Conceptual Study of an ``Anti-Tagged'' Experiment Searching for muon-neutrino --> electron-neutrino Oscillation

We study the conceptual feasibility of a high energy, ``short baseline'', zero background experiment to search for muon-neutrino --> electron-neutrino oscillations and fully covering the area where the LSND experiment claims evidence. The…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Ludovici , P. Zucchelli

Independent Measurement of Theta13 via Neutron Capture on Hydrogen at Daya Bay

A new measurement of the $\theta_{13}$ mixing angle has been obtained at the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment via the detection of inverse beta decays tagged by neutron capture on hydrogen. The antineutrino events for hydrogen capture…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-10-08 Daya Bay Collaboration , F. P. An , A. B. Balantekin , H. R. Band , W. Beriguete , M. Bishai , S. Blyth , I. Butorov , G. F. Cao , J. Cao , Y. L. Chan , J. F. Chang , L. C. Chang , Y. Chang , C. Chasman , H. Chen , Q. Y. Chen , S. M. Chen , X. Chen , X. Chen , Y. X. Chen , Y. Chen , Y. P. Cheng , J. J. Cherwinka , M. C. Chu , J. P. Cummings , J. de Arcos , Z. Y. Deng , Y. Y. Ding , M. V. Diwan , E. Draeger , X. F. Du , D. A. Dwyer , W. R. Edwards , S. R. Ely , J. Y. Fu , L. Q. Ge , R. Gill , M. Gonchar , G. H. Gong , H. Gong , W. Q. Gu , M. Y. Guan , X. H. Guo , R. W. Hackenburg , G. H. Han , S. Hans , M. He , K. M. Heeger , Y. K. Heng , P. Hinrichs , Y. K. Hor , Y. B. Hsiung , B. Z. Hu , L. M. Hu , L. J. Hu , T. Hu , W. Hu , E. C. Huang , H. Huang , X. T. Huang , P. Huber , G. Hussain , Z. Isvan , D. E. Jaffe , P. Jaffke , K. L. Jen , S. Jetter , X. P. Ji , X. L. Ji , H. J. Jiang , J. B. Jiao , R. A. Johnson , L. Kang , S. H. Kettell , M. Kramer , K. K. Kwan , M. W. Kwok , T. Kwok , W. C. Lai , 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 , 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 , Y. C. 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 , Y. B. Liu , C. Lu , H. Q. Lu , K. -B. Luk , Q. M. Ma , X. Y. Ma , X. B. Ma , Y. Q. Ma , K. T. McDonald , M. C. McFarlane , R. D. McKeown , Y. Meng , I. Mitchell , J. Monari Kebwaro , Y. Nakajima , J. Napolitano , D. Naumov , E. Naumova , I. Nemchenok , 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 , Y. H. Tam , X. Tang , H. Themann , K. V. Tsang , R. H. M. Tsang , C. E. Tull , Y. C. Tung , B. Viren , V. Vorobel , C. H. Wang , L. S. Wang , L. Y. 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 , D. M. Webber , H. Y. Wei , Y. D. 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. C. Yang , L. Yang , M. S. Yang , M. T. Yang , M. Ye , M. Yeh , Y. S. Yeh , B. L. Young , G. Y. Yu , J. Y. Yu , Z. Y. Yu , S. L. Zang , B. Zeng , L. Zhan , C. Zhang , F. H. Zhang , J. W. Zhang , Q. M. Zhang , Q. Zhang , S. H. Zhang , Y. C. Zhang , Y. M. Zhang , Y. H. Zhang , Y. X. Zhang , Z. J. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , Z. P. Zhang , J. Zhao , Q. W. Zhao , Y. Zhao , Y. B. Zhao , L. Zheng , W. L. Zhong , L. Zhou , Z. Y. Zhou , H. L. Zhuang , J. H. Zou

A plastic scintillator array for reactor based anti-neutrino studies

Indian Scintillator Matrix for Reactor Anti-Neutrinos (ISMRAN), a plastic scintillator array (10$\times$10), is being constructed for the purpose of electron anti-neutrino ($\overline\nuup_{e}$) detection for reactor monitoring…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-12-07 D. Mulmule , S. P. Behera , P. K. Netrakanti , D. K. Mishra , V. K. S. Kashyap , V. Jha , L. M. Pant , B. K. Nayak , A. Saxena

Neutron capture and the antineutrino yield from nuclear reactors

We identify a new, flux-dependent correction to the antineutrino spectrum as produced in nuclear reactors. The abundance of certain nuclides, whose decay chains produce antineutrinos above the threshold for inverse beta decay, has a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-03-30 Patrick Huber , Patrick Jaffke

Experimental Parameters for a Reactor Antineutrino Experiment at Very Short Baselines

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

Detecting non-relativistic cosmic neutrinos by capture on tritium: phenomenology and physics potential

We study the physics potential of the detection of the Cosmic Neutrino Background via neutrino capture on tritium, taking the proposed PTOLEMY experiment as a case study. With the projected energy resolution of $\Delta \sim$ 0.15 eV, the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-13 Andrew J. Long , Cecilia Lunardini , Eray Sabancilar

Detector optimization to reduce the cosmogenic neutron backgrounds in the TAO experiment

Short-baseline reactor antineutrino experiments with shallow overburden usually have large cosmogenic neutron backgrounds. The Taishan Antineutrino Observatory (TAO) is a ton-level liquid scintillator detector located at about 30 m from a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-10-05 Ruhui Li , Guofu Cao , Jun Cao , Yichen Li , Yifang Wang , Zhimin Wang , Liang Zhan

Search for neutrinos from transient sources with the ANTARES telescope and optical follow-up observations

The ANTARES telescope has the opportunity to detect transient neutrino sources, such as gamma-ray bursts, core-collapse supernovae, flares of active nuclei... To enhance the sensitivity to these sources, we have developed a new detection…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 D. Dornic , S. Basa , J. Brunner , I. Al Samarai , J. Busto , A. Klotz , S. Escoffier , V. Bertin , B. Vallage , B. Gendre , A. Mazure , M. Boer

Improving position resolution of neutron detectors with ultra-thin B4C foils

A new technique for detection of slow neutrons with gaseous detectors using ultra-thin layers with 10B atoms is presented. The reaction between a thermal neutron and a 10B atom releases 2 secondary particles, namely a 7Li ion and an alpha…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-04-06 N. F. V. Duarte , J. S. Marcos , A. Antognini , C. Klauser , S. A. Felix , C. M. B. Monteiro , F. D. Amaro

Electron-Positron to Nucleon-Antinucleon Pair at Threshold and Proton Form Factor

The reactions of electron-positron to nucleon-antinucleon pair at energy threshold are studied in a non-perturbative quark model. The puzzling experimental result that the ratio of the cross section of electron-positron to proton-antiproton…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-07-03 Y. Yan , K. Khosonthongkee , C. Kobdaj , P. Suebka