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大亚湾电子反中微子消失的观测

高能物理 - 实验 2012-10-29 v2

摘要

大亚湾反应堆中微子实验以 5.2 个标准差的意义测量了中微子混合角 θ13\theta_{13} 的非零值。来自六个 2.9 GWth_{\rm th} 反应堆的反中微子被部署在两个近点(通量加权基线 470 m 和 576 m)和一个远点(1648 m)地下实验大厅的六个反中微子探测器中探测到。在 55 天的 43,000 吨-GW_{\rm th}-天活时间曝光中,在远厅(近厅)探测到 10416(80376)个电子反中微子候选事件。远厅观测到的反中微子数与预期数之比为 R=0.940±0.011(stat)±0.004(syst)R=0.940\pm 0.011({\rm stat}) \pm 0.004({\rm syst})。仅基于计数率的分析在三中微子框架下发现 sin22θ13=0.092±0.016(stat)±0.005(syst)\sin^22\theta_{13}=0.092\pm 0.016({\rm stat})\pm0.005({\rm syst})

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@article{arxiv.1203.1669,
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  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.1669},
  year   = {2012}
}

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5 figures. Version to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett