Proposal for an Electron Antineutrino Disappearance Search Using High-Rate 8Li Production and Decay
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Author(s)
Bungau, Adriana
Adelmann, A.
Alonso, Jose Ramon
Barletta, William A.
Barlow, R. J.
Bartoszek, L.
Calabretta, L.
Calanna, Alessandra
Campo, Daniel
Conrad, Janet
Date Issued
October 2012
Journal
Physical Review Letters
Publisher
American Physical Society
Citation
Bungau, A. et al. “Proposal for an Electron Antineutrino Disappearance Search Using High-Rate ^{8}Li Production and Decay.” Physical Review Letters 109.14 (2012). © 2012 American Physical Society
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Abstract
This paper introduces an experimental probe of the sterile neutrino with a novel, high-intensity source of electron antineutrinos from the production and subsequent decay of [superscript 8]Li. When paired with an existing ~1 kton scintillator-based detector, this (E[subscript v])=6.4 MeV source opens a wide range of possible searches for beyond standard model physics via studies of the inverse beta decay interaction ν̅[subscript e]+p→[superscript +]+n. In particular, the experimental design described here has unprecedented sensitivity to ν[subscript e] disappearance at Δm[superscript 2]~1 eV[superscript 2] and features the ability to distinguish between the existence of zero, one, and two sterile neutrinos.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science
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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.141802
