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Arnquist I, Avalos N, Baxter D, Bertou X, Castelló-Mor N, Chavarria AE, Cuevas-Zepeda J, Dastgheibi-Fard A, De Dominicis C, Deligny O, Duarte-Campderros J, Estrada E, Gadola N, Gaïor R, Hossbach T, Iddir L, Kavanagh BJ, Kilminster B, Lantero-Barreda A, Lawson I, Lee S, Letessier-Selvon A, Loaiza P, Lopez-Virto A, McGuire KJ, Mitra P, Munagavalasa S, Norcini D, Paul S, Piers A, Privitera P, Robmann P, Scorza S, Settimo M, Smida R, Traina M, Vilar R, Warot G, Yajur R, Zopounidis JP. Search for Daily Modulation of MeV Dark Matter Signals with DAMIC-M. Phys Rev Lett 2024; 132:101006. [PMID: 38518351 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.101006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/24/2024]
Abstract
Dark matter (DM) particles with sufficiently large cross sections may scatter as they travel through Earth's bulk. The corresponding changes in the DM flux give rise to a characteristic daily modulation signal in detectors sensitive to DM-electron interactions. Here, we report results obtained from the first underground operation of the DAMIC-M prototype detector searching for such a signal from DM with MeV-scale mass. A model-independent analysis finds no modulation in the rate of 1 e^{-} events with sidereal period, where a DM signal would appear. We then use these data to place exclusion limits on DM in the mass range [0.53,2.7] MeV/c^{2} interacting with electrons via a dark photon mediator. Taking advantage of the time-dependent signal we improve by ∼2 orders of magnitude on our previous limit obtained from the total rate of 1 e^{-} events, using the same dataset. This daily modulation search represents the current strongest limit on DM-electron scattering via ultralight mediators for DM masses around 1 MeV/c^{2}.
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Affiliation(s)
- I Arnquist
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, Washington, USA
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- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNCUYO), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNCUYO), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
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- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
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- CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNCUYO), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
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- Universität Zürich Physik Institut, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, Washington, USA
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- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
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- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- Universität Zürich Physik Institut, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- Universität Zürich Physik Institut, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
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- CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
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- Universität Zürich Physik Institut, Zürich, Switzerland
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- LPSC LSM, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- SUBATECH, Nantes Université, IMT Atlantique, CNRS/IN2P3, Nantes, France
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
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- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- LPSC LSM, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
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Arnquist I, Avalos N, Baxter D, Bertou X, Castelló-Mor N, Chavarria AE, Cuevas-Zepeda J, Gutiérrez JC, Duarte-Campderros J, Dastgheibi-Fard A, Deligny O, De Dominicis C, Estrada E, Gadola N, Gaïor R, Hossbach T, Iddir L, Khalil L, Kilminster B, Lantero-Barreda A, Lawson I, Lee S, Letessier-Selvon A, Loaiza P, Lopez-Virto A, Matalon A, Munagavalasa S, McGuire KJ, Mitra P, Norcini D, Papadopoulos G, Paul S, Piers A, Privitera P, Ramanathan K, Robmann P, Settimo M, Smida R, Thomas R, Traina M, Vila I, Vilar R, Warot G, Yajur R, Zopounidis JP. First Constraints from DAMIC-M on Sub-GeV Dark-Matter Particles Interacting with Electrons. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 130:171003. [PMID: 37172255 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.171003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
Abstract
We report constraints on sub-GeV dark matter particles interacting with electrons from the first underground operation of DAMIC-M detectors. The search is performed with an integrated exposure of 85.23 g days, and exploits the subelectron charge resolution and low level of dark current of DAMIC-M charge-coupled devices (CCDs). Dark-matter-induced ionization signals above the detector dark current are searched for in CCD pixels with charge up to 7e^{-}. With this dataset we place limits on dark matter particles of mass between 0.53 and 1000 MeV/c^{2}, excluding unexplored regions of parameter space in the mass ranges [1.6,1000] MeV/c^{2} and [1.5,15.1] MeV/c^{2} for ultralight and heavy mediator interactions, respectively.
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- I Arnquist
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, Washington, USA
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- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNCUYO), San Carlos de Bariloche 8400, Argentina
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNCUYO), San Carlos de Bariloche 8400, Argentina
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- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria, Santander 39005, Spain
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria, Santander 39005, Spain
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- LPSC LSM, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble 38026, France
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- CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay 91405, France
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- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris 75005, France
- SUBATECH, Nantes Université, IMT Atlantique, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes 44300, France
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- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNCUYO), San Carlos de Bariloche 8400, Argentina
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- Universität Zürich Physik Institut, Zürich 8057, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris 75005, France
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, Washington, USA
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- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris 75005, France
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- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris 75005, France
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- Universität Zürich Physik Institut, Zürich 8057, Switzerland
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- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria, Santander 39005, Spain
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- SNOLAB, Lively, Ontario P341N2, Canada
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- Universität Zürich Physik Institut, Zürich 8057, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris 75005, France
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- CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay 91405, France
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- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria, Santander 39005, Spain
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris 75005, France
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris 75005, France
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris 75005, France
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Universität Zürich Physik Institut, Zürich 8057, Switzerland
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- SUBATECH, Nantes Université, IMT Atlantique, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes 44300, France
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris 75005, France
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- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria, Santander 39005, Spain
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- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria, Santander 39005, Spain
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- LPSC LSM, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble 38026, France
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and The Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Laboratoire de physique nucléaire et des hautes énergies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris 75005, France
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Balantekin AB, Band HR, Bass CD, Bergeron DE, Berish D, Bowden NS, Brodsky JP, Bryan CD, Classen T, Conant AJ, Deichert G, Diwan MV, Dolinski MJ, Erickson A, Foust BT, Gaison JK, Galindo-Uribarri A, Gilbert CE, Hackett BT, Hans S, Hansell AB, Heeger KM, Heffron B, Jaffe DE, Ji X, Jones DC, Kyzylova O, Lane CE, Langford TJ, LaRosa J, Littlejohn BR, Lu X, Maricic J, Mendenhall MP, Milincic R, Mitchell I, Mueller PE, Mumm HP, Napolitano J, Neilson R, Nikkel JA, Norcini D, Nour S, Palomino-Gallo JL, Pushin DA, Qian X, Romero-Romero E, Rosero R, Surukuchi PT, Tyra MA, Varner RL, White C, Wilhelmi J, Woolverton A, Yeh M, Zhang A, Zhang C, Zhang X. Nonfuel Antineutrino Contributions in the High Flux Isotope Reactor. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 101. [PMID: 33336123 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.101.054605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
Reactor neutrino experiments have seen major improvements in precision in recent years. With the experimental uncertainties becoming lower than those from theory, carefully considering all sources of ν ¯ e is important when making theoretical predictions. One source of ν ¯ e that is often neglected arises from the irradiation of the nonfuel materials in reactors. The ν ¯ e rates and energies from these sources vary widely based on the reactor type, configuration, and sampling stage during the reactor cycle and have to be carefully considered for each experiment independently. In this article, we present a formalism for selecting the possible ν ¯ e sources arising from the neutron captures on reactor and target materials. We apply this formalism to the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the ν ¯ e source for the the Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Measurement (PROSPECT) experiment. Overall, we observe that the nonfuel ν ¯ e contributions from HFIR to PROSPECT amount to 1% above the inverse beta decay threshold with a maximum contribution of 9% in the 1.8-2.0 MeV range. Nonfuel contributions can be particularly high for research reactors like HFIR because of the choice of structural and reflector material in addition to the intentional irradiation of target material for isotope production. We show that typical commercial pressurized water reactors fueled with low-enriched uranium will have significantly smaller nonfuel ν ¯ e contribution.
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- A B Balantekin
- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Physics, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY 13214, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
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- Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
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- Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
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- High Flux Isotope Reactor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA
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- Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
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- George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.,High Flux Isotope Reactor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA
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- High Flux Isotope Reactor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HA 96822, USA
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- Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HA 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HA 96822, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
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- Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- High Flux Isotope Reactor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA.,Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
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- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
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- Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
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Ashenfelter J, Balantekin AB, Band HR, Bass CD, Bergeron DE, Berish D, Bowden NS, Brodsky JP, Bryan CD, Cherwinka JJ, Classen T, Conant AJ, Cox AA, Davee D, Dean D, Deichert G, Diwan MV, Dolinski MJ, Erickson A, Febbraro M, Foust BT, Gaison JK, Galindo-Uribarri A, Gilbert CE, Gilje KE, Hackett BT, Hans S, Hansell AB, Heeger KM, Insler J, Jaffe DE, Ji X, Jones DC, Kyzylova O, Lane CE, Langford TJ, LaRosa J, Littlejohn BR, Lu X, Martinez Caicedo DA, Matta JT, McKeown RD, Mendenhall MP, Minock JM, Mueller PE, Mumm HP, Napolitano J, Neilson R, Nikkel JA, Norcini D, Nour S, Pushin DA, Qian X, Romero-Romero E, Rosero R, Sarenac D, Surukuchi PT, Telles AB, Tyra MA, Varner RL, Viren B, White C, Wilhelmi J, Wise T, Yeh M, Yen YR, Zhang A, Zhang C, Zhang X. Measurement of the Antineutrino Spectrum from ^{235}U Fission at HFIR with PROSPECT. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:251801. [PMID: 31347897 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.251801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2018] [Revised: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
This Letter reports the first measurement of the ^{235}U ν[over ¯]_{e} energy spectrum by PROSPECT, the Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum experiment, operating 7.9 m from the 85 MW_{th} highly enriched uranium (HEU) High Flux Isotope Reactor. With a surface-based, segmented detector, PROSPECT has observed 31678±304(stat) ν[over ¯]_{e}-induced inverse beta decays, the largest sample from HEU fission to date, 99% of which are attributed to ^{235}U. Despite broad agreement, comparison of the Huber ^{235}U model to the measured spectrum produces a χ^{2}/ndf=51.4/31, driven primarily by deviations in two localized energy regions. The measured ^{235}U spectrum shape is consistent with a deviation relative to prediction equal in size to that observed at low-enriched uranium power reactors in the ν[over ¯]_{e} energy region of 5-7 MeV.
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Affiliation(s)
- J Ashenfelter
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Physics, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, New York 13214, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
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- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- High Flux Isotope Reactor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physical Sciences Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- High Flux Isotope Reactor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916, USA
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916, USA
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
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- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
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- Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
| | - P T Surukuchi
- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
| | - A B Telles
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
| | - M A Tyra
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
| | - R L Varner
- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
| | - C White
- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
| | - J Wilhelmi
- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
| | - T Wise
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
| | - A Zhang
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
| | - C Zhang
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
| | - X Zhang
- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
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Ashenfelter J, Balantekin AB, Baldenegro C, Band HR, Bass CD, Bergeron DE, Berish D, Bignell LJ, Bowden NS, Bricco J, Brodsky JP, Bryan CD, Bykadorova Telles A, Cherwinka JJ, Classen T, Commeford K, Conant AJ, Cox AA, Davee D, Dean D, Deichert G, Diwan MV, Dolinski MJ, Erickson A, Febbraro M, Foust BT, Gaison JK, Galindo-Uribarri A, Gilbert CE, Gilje KE, Glenn A, Goddard BW, Hackett BT, Han K, Hans S, Hansell AB, Heeger KM, Heffron B, Insler J, Jaffe DE, Ji X, Jones DC, Koehler K, Kyzylova O, Lane CE, Langford TJ, LaRosa J, Littlejohn BR, Lopez F, Lu X, Martinez Caicedo DA, Matta JT, McKeown RD, Mendenhall MP, Miller HJ, Minock JM, Mueller PE, Mumm HP, Napolitano J, Neilson R, Nikkel JA, Norcini D, Nour S, Pushin DA, Qian X, Romero-Romero E, Rosero R, Sarenac D, Seilhan BS, Sharma R, Surukuchi PT, Trinh C, Tyra MA, Varner RL, Viren B, Wagner JM, Wang W, White B, White C, Wilhelmi J, Wise T, Yao H, Yeh M, Yen YR, Zhang A, Zhang C, Zhang X, Zhao M. First Search for Short-Baseline Neutrino Oscillations at HFIR with PROSPECT. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 121:251802. [PMID: 30608854 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.251802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
This Letter reports the first scientific results from the observation of antineutrinos emitted by fission products of ^{235}U at the High Flux Isotope Reactor. PROSPECT, the Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment, consists of a segmented 4 ton ^{6}Li-doped liquid scintillator detector covering a baseline range of 7-9 m from the reactor and operating under less than 1 m water equivalent overburden. Data collected during 33 live days of reactor operation at a nominal power of 85 MW yield a detection of 25 461±283 (stat) inverse beta decays. Observation of reactor antineutrinos can be achieved in PROSPECT at 5σ statistical significance within 2 h of on-surface reactor-on data taking. A reactor model independent analysis of the inverse beta decay prompt energy spectrum as a function of baseline constrains significant portions of the previously allowed sterile neutrino oscillation parameter space at 95% confidence level and disfavors the best fit of the reactor antineutrino anomaly at 2.2σ confidence level.
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Affiliation(s)
- J Ashenfelter
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
| | - A B Balantekin
- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
| | - C Baldenegro
- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
| | - C D Bass
- Department of Physics, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, New York 13214, USA
| | - D E Bergeron
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
| | - D Berish
- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
| | - L J Bignell
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
| | - N S Bowden
- Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
| | - J Bricco
- Physical Sciences Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
| | - J P Brodsky
- Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
| | - C D Bryan
- High Flux Isotope Reactor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
| | - A Bykadorova Telles
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
| | - J J Cherwinka
- Physical Sciences Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
| | - T Classen
- Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
| | - K Commeford
- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
| | - A J Conant
- George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- High Flux Isotope Reactor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
| | - M J Dolinski
- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
| | - B T Foust
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
| | - J K Gaison
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
| | - A Glenn
- Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
| | - K Han
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
| | - S Hans
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
| | - K M Heeger
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
| | - J Insler
- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Physical Sciences Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
| | - D A Martinez Caicedo
- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
| | - J T Matta
- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
| | - R D McKeown
- Department of Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
| | - J Napolitano
- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
| | - R Neilson
- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
| | - J A Nikkel
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
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- Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
| | - E Romero-Romero
- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
| | - J M Wagner
- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
| | - W Wang
- Department of Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
| | - B White
- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
| | - C White
- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
| | - J Wilhelmi
- Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
| | - T Wise
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
| | - A Zhang
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
| | - C Zhang
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
| | - X Zhang
- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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