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Experiment Neutrino-4 and restrictions for sterile neutrino

The experiment "Neutrino-4" started in 2014 on a model, then it was continued on a full-scale detector, and now, has provided the measurement result on dependence of the flux and spectrum of reactor antineutrinos on the distance of 6 - 12…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-17 A. P. Serebrov , V. G. Ivochkin , R. M. Samoilov , A. K. Fomin , A. O. Polyushkin , V. G. Zinoviev , P. V. Neustroev , V. L. Golovtsov , A. V. Chernyj , O. M. Zherebtsov , M. E. Chaikovskii , V. P. Martemyanov , V. G. Tarasenkov , V. I. Aleshin , A. L. Petelin , A. L. Izhutov , A. A. Tuzov , S. A. Sazontov , M. O. Gromov , V. V. Afanasiev , M. E. Zaytsev , D. K. Ryazanov

First MINOS+ Data and New Results from MINOS

Following a 7-year run with the MINOS experiment from 2005 to 2012, the MINOS+ long-baseline neutrino experiment started operations in September 2013. Utilizing the MINOS Near and Far Detectors at Fermilab and northern Minnesota,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Alexandre Sousa

The Scattering and Neutrino Detector at the LHC

SND@LHC is a compact and stand-alone experiment to perform measurements with neutrinos produced at the LHC in a hitherto unexplored pseudo-rapidity region of 7.2 < {\eta} < 8.4, complementary to all the other experiments at the LHC. The…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-08-02 A. Iuliano

Neutrino Oscillation Experiments for Precise Measurements of Oscillation Parameters and Search for numu->nue Appearance and CP Violation

The possibility of making a low cost, very intense high energy proton source at the Brookhaven Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS) along with the forthcoming new large underground detectors at either the National Underground Science…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Beavis

Neutral-current background induced by atmospheric neutrinos at large liquid-scintillator detectors: II. Methodology for in situ measurements

Future large liquid-scintillator (LS) detectors are competitive with and complementary to the water-Cherenkov detectors on the searches for diffuse supernova neutrino background and nucleon decay. In a companion paper, we have performed a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-03-17 Jie Cheng , Yu-Feng Li , Hao-Qi Lu , Liang-Jian Wen

Reactor Antineutrino Oscillations and Geoneutrinos in SNO+

SNO+ is a multipurpose liquid-scintillator neutrino detector located 2 km underground at SNOLAB, Canada. Three large nuclear reactors at baselines of 240-350 km allow a precise measurement of the neutrino oscillation parameter $\Delta…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-04-08 William Parker

A new investigation of electron neutrino appearance oscillations with improved sensitivity in the MiniBooNE+ experiment

We propose the addition of scintillator to the existing MiniBooNE detector to allow a test of the neutral-current/charged-current (NC/CC) nature of the MiniBooNE low-energy excess. Scintillator will enable the reconstruction of 2.2 MeV…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-10-03 R. Dharmapalan , S. Habib , C. Jiang , I. Stancu , Z. Djurcic , R. A. Johnson , A. Wickremasinghe , G. Karagiorgi , M. H. Shaevitz , B. C. Brown , F. G. Garcia , R. Ford , W. Marsh , C. D. Moore , D. Perevalov , C. C. Polly , J. Grange , J. Mousseau , B. Osmanov , H. Ray , R. Cooper , R. Tayloe , R. Thornton , G. T. Garvey , W. Huelsnitz , W. C. Louis , C. Mauger , G. B. Mills , Z. Pavlovic , R. Van de Water , D. H. White , R. Imlay , M. Tzanov , B. P. Roe , A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo , T. Katori , P. Nienaber

Recent probes of standard and non-standard neutrino physics with nuclei

We review standard and non-standard neutrino physics probes that are based on nuclear measurements. We pay special attention on the discussion of prospects to extract new physics at prominent rare event measurements looking for…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-11-28 D. K. Papoulias , T. S. Kosmas , Y. Kuno

Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering: Terrestrial and astrophysical applications

Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE$\nu$NS) is a process in which neutrinos scatter on a nucleus which acts as a single particle. Though the total cross section is large by neutrino standards, CE$\nu$NS has long proven…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-04-07 M. Abdullah , H. Abele , D. Akimov , G. Angloher , D. Aristizabal-Sierra , C. Augier , A. B. Balantekin , L. Balogh , P. S. Barbeau , L. Baudis , A. L. Baxter , C. Beaufort , G. Beaulieu , V. Belov , A. Bento , L. Berge , I. A. Bernardi , J. Billard , A. Bolozdynya , A. Bonhomme , G. Bres , J-. L. Bret , A. Broniatowski , A. Brossard , C. Buck , M. Cadeddu , M. Calvo , L. Canonica , F. Cappella , L. Cardani , N. Casali , A. Cazes , R. Cerulli , D. Chaize , C. Chang , M. Chapellier , L. Chaplinsky , G. Chemin , R. Chen , I. Colantoni , J. Colas , P. Coloma , E. C. Corcoran , S. Crawford , A. Cruciani , A. Dastgheibi Fard , M. De Jesus , P. de Marcillac , V. De Romeri , G. del Castello , M. del GalloRoccagiovine , D. Delicato , M. Demarteau , Y. Deng , J. B. Dent , P. B. Denton , K. Dering , A. Doblhammer , F. Dordei , S. Dorer , L. Dumoulin , D. Dunford , B. Dutta , A. Erhart , O. Exshaw , S. Ferriol , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , J. B. Filippini , L . J. Flores , J. A. Formaggio , M. Friedl , S. Fuard , F. Gao , A. Garai , E. A. Garces , J. Gascon , J. Gehrlein , G. Gerbier , V. M. Ghete , I. Giomataris , G. Giroux , A. Giuliani , C. Giunti , P. Gorel , C. Goupy , J. Goupy , C. Goy , M. P. Green , M. Gros , C. Guerin , V. Guidi , O. Guillaudin , E. Guy , C. Ha , D. Hauff , J. Hakenmuller , P. M. Harrington , S. Hedges , S. T. Heine , S. Hertel , M. Heusch , C. Hoarau , M. Hoferichter , E. W. Hoppe , Z. Hong , S. Horiuchi , P. Huber , J. C. Ianigro , N. Jachowicz , E. Jericha , Y. Jin , J. P. Johnston , A. Juillard , I. Katsioulas , S. Kazarcev , M. Kaznacheeva , F. Kelly , K. J. Kelly , D. Kim , A. Kinast , L. Klinkenberg , H. Kluck , P. Knights , Y. J. Ko , T. S. Kosmas , L. Kwon , J. Lamblin , R. F. Lang , A. Langenkamper , S. Langrock , T. Lasserre , H. Lattaud , P. Lautridou , H. S. Lee , B. G. Lenardo , D. Lhuillier , M. Li , S. C. Li , Y. F. Li , Z. Li , M. Lindner , J. Liu , D. Loomba , A. Lubashevskiy , P. A. N. Machado , M. Mancuso , W. Maneschg , D. M. Markoff , S. Marnieros , R. Martin , R. D. Martin , B. Mauri , D. W. Mayer , A. Mazzolari , E. Mazzucato , J. Menendez , J. Minet , O. G. Miranda , D. Misiak , J. -P. Mols , A. Monfardini , F. Mounier , J. F. Muraz , T. Neep , R. Neilson , J. Newby , J. L. Newstead , H. Neyrial , K. Ni , K. Nikolopoulos , C. Nones , D. Norcini , V. Pandey , P. O'Brien , C. A. J. O'Hare , L. Oberauer , W. Oliver , E. Olivieri , A. Onillon , C. Oriol , T. Ortmann , R. Owen , K. J. Palladino , D. K. Papoulias , J. C. Park , D. S. Parno , P. K. Patel , L. Pattavina , E. Peinado , E. Perbet , L. Peters , F. Petricca , H. D. Pinckney , M. -C. Piro , D. Ponomarev , D. Poda , W. Potzel , F. Probst , F. Pucci , F. Rarbi , R. Rapp , H. Ray , J. -S. Real , F. Reindl , G. C. Rich , J. S. Ricol , T. Rink , T. Redon , R. Rogly , A. Robert , J. Rothe , S. Rozov , I. Rozova , T. Salagnac , E. Sanchez Garcia , G. Sanchez Garcia , O. Sanders , V. Sanglard , D. Santos , Y. Sarkis , V. Savu , G. Savvidis , I. Savvidis , N. Schermer , J. Schieck , B. Schmidt , S. Schonert , K. Scholberg , A. Schwenk , C. Schwertner , L. Scola , Ye. Shevchik , S. Shin , V. Sibille , I. M. Shoemaker , D. P. Snowden-Ifft , T. Soldner , G. Soum , N. J. C. Spooner , J. Stachurska , L. Stodolsky , R. Strauss , L. E. Strigari , A. Stutz , B. D. Suh , J. Suhonen , Z. Tabrizi , V. Takhistov , A. Thompson , C. Tomei , M. Tortola , M. Tripathi , L. Vagneron , J. W. F. Valle , K. v. Mirbach , W. Van De Pontseele , M. Vignati , M. Vivier , F. Vazquez de Sola Fernandez , F. Vezzu , M. Vidal , V. Wagner , J. W. Walker , R. Ward , A. Wex , L. Winslow , H. T. Wong , M. H. Wood , J. Xu , L. Yang , E. Yakushev , M. Zampaolo , J. Zettlemoyer , Y. Y. Zhang , D. Zinatulina

Evidence of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering with COHERENT's Germanium Array

We report the first detection of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) on natural germanium, measured at the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The Ge-Mini detector of the COHERENT collaboration…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-12-25 S. Adamski , M. Ahn , P. S. Barbeau , V. Belov , I. Bernardi , C. Bock , A. Bolozdynya , R. Bouabid , J. Browning , B. Cabrera-Palmer , N. Cedarblade-Jones , A. I. Colón Rivera , E. Conley , V. da Silva , J. Daughhetee , J. Detwiler , K. Ding , M. R. Durand , Y. Efremenko , S. R. Elliott , A. Erlandson , L. Fabris , A. Galindo-Uribarri , M. P. Green , J. Hakenmüller , M. R. Heath , S. Hedges , H. Jeong , B. A. Johnson , T. Johnson , H. Jones , A. Khromov , D. Kim , A. Konovalov , E. Kozlova , A. Kumpan , O. Kyzylova , Y. Lee , G. Li , L. Li , J. M. Link , J. Liu , M. Luxnat , A. Major , K. Mann , D. M. Markoff , J. Mattingly , J. Moye , P. E. Mueller , J. Newby , N. Ogoi , J. O'Reilly , D. S. Parno , D. Pérez-Loureiro , D. Pershey , C. G. Prior , J. Queen , R. Rapp , H. Ray , O. Razuvaeva , D. Reyna , G. C. Rich , D. Rudik , J. Runge , D. J. Salvat , J. Sander , K. Scholberg , A. Shakirov , G. Simakov , W. M. Snow , V. Sosnovtsev , M. Stringer , T. Subedi , B. Suh , B. Sur , R. Tayloe , K. Tellez-Giron-Flores , Y. -T. Tsai , E. E. van Nieuwenhuizen , C. J. Virtue , G. Visser , K. Walkup , E. M. Ward , T. Wongjirad , Y. Yang , J. Yoo , C. -H. Yu , A. Zaalishvili

The ESSnuSB-plus (ESSnuSB+) Project: Status and Prospects

The ESSnuSB is a design study for a long-baseline neutrino experiment to precisely measure the CP violation in the leptonic sector, at the second neutrino oscillation maximum, using a beam driven by the uniquely powerful ESS linear…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-01-23 George Fanourakis

Measurements of gamma ray, cosmic muon and residual neutron background fluxes for rare event search experiments at an underground laboratory

Ambient radiation background contributed by the penetrating cosmic ray particles and the radionuclides present in the rock materials have been measured at an underground laboratory located inside a mine at 555 m depth. The laboratory is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-14 Sayan Ghosh , Shubham Dutta , Naba Kumar Mondal , Satyajit Saha

Neutron background measurement for rare event search experiments in the YangYang Underground Laboratory

Several experiments have been conducted in the YangYang Underground Laboratory in the Republic of Korea such as the search for dark matter and the search for neutrinoless double-beta decay, which require an extremely low background event…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2021-02-16 Young Soo Yoon , Jungho Kim , Hyeonseo Park

Directional recoil detection for CEvNS measurements with light nuclei at the Spallation Neutron Source

The coherent elastic scattering of neutrinos on nuclei, also known as CEvNS, has been studied for several years by the COHERENT program of experiments using neutrinos from stopped-pion decays produced at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS).…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-24 Ciaran A. J. O'Hare , Anirudh Chandra Shekar , Chiara Lisotti , Michael Litke , Nityasa Mishra , Jayden L. Newstead , Louis E. Strigari , Sven E. Vahsen

Low energy neutron background in deep underground laboratories

The natural neutron background influences the maximum achievable sensitivity in most deep underground nuclear, astroparticle and double-beta decay physics experiments. Reliable neutron flux numbers are an important ingredient in the design…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-02-17 Andreas Best , Joachim Gorres , Matthias Junker , Karl-Ludwig Kratz , Matthias Laubenstein , Alexander Long , Stefano Nisi , Karl Smith , Michael Wiescher

The Cosmic Neutrino Background is within Reach of Future Neutrino Telescopes

The cosmic neutrino background (C$\nu$B) can be boosted to high energies due to scatterings with energetic cosmic rays (CRs) across cosmological scales. Previous calculations focused on neutral current incoherent and coherent elastic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-01-16 Gonzalo Herrera , Shunsaku Horiuchi , Xiaolin Qi , Ian M. Shoemaker

Solar Neutrinos in Cryogenic Detectors

Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE$\nu$NS) poses an irreducible background in the search for dark matter-nucleus elastic scatterings, which is commonly known as the neutrino floor. As direct dark matter search experiments keep…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-10-23 A. Bento , A. Bertolini , L. Canonica , S. Di Lorenzo , F. Dominsky , N. Ferreiro Iachellini , D. Fuchs , A. Garai , D. Hauff , A. Langenkämper , M. Mancuso , B. Mauri , F. Petricca , F. Pröbst , F. Pucci , L. Stodolsky

Neutron flux and spectrum in the Dresden Felsenkeller underground facility studied by moderated $^3$He counters

Ambient neutrons may cause significant background for underground experiments. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate their flux and energy spectrum in order to devise a proper shielding. Here, two sets of altogether ten moderated $^3$He…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-26 M. Grieger , T. Hensel , J. Agramunt , D. Bemmerer , D. Degering , I. Dillmann , L. M. Fraile , D. Jordan , U. Köster , M. Marta , S. E. Müller , T. Szücs , J. L. Taín , K. Zuber

Development of energy calibration and data analysis systems for the NUCLEUS experiment

Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) opens new approaches for the search of new physics beyond the Standard Model. The NUCLEUS experiment aims to use the intense antineutrino flux produced from nuclear reactor cores to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-02-07 Giorgio Del Castello

Neutrino Background Flux from Sources of Ultrahigh-Energy Cosmic-Ray Nuclei

Motivated by Pierre Auger Observatory results favoring a heavy nuclear composition for ultrahigh-energy (UHE) cosmic rays, we investigate implications for the cumulative neutrino background. The requirement that nuclei not be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-14 Kohta Murase , John F. Beacom