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Arnquist IJ, Avignone FT, Barabash AS, Barton CJ, Bertrand FE, Blalock E, Bos B, Busch M, Buuck M, Caldwell TS, Chan YD, Christofferson CD, Chu PH, Clark ML, Cuesta C, Detwiler JA, Drobizhev A, Edwards TR, Edwins DW, Edzards F, Efremenko Y, Elliott SR, Gilliss T, Giovanetti GK, Green MP, Gruszko J, Guinn IS, Guiseppe VE, Haufe CR, Hegedus RJ, Henning R, Aguilar DH, Hoppe EW, Hostiuc A, Kim I, Kouzes RT, Lopez AM, López-Castaño JM, Martin EL, Martin RD, Massarczyk R, Meijer SJ, Mertens S, Myslik J, Oli TK, Othman G, Pettus W, Poon AWP, Radford DC, Rager J, Reine AL, Rielage K, Ruof NW, Saykı B, Schönert S, Stortini MJ, Tedeschi D, Varner RL, Vasilyev S, Wilkerson JF, Willers M, Wiseman C, Xu W, Yu CH, Zhu BX. α -event characterization and rejection in point-contact HPGe detectors. Eur Phys J C Part Fields 2022; 82:226. [PMID: 35310515 PMCID: PMC8921096 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10161-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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P-type point contact (PPC) HPGe detectors are a leading technology for rare event searches due to their excellent energy resolution, low thresholds, and multi-site event rejection capabilities. We have characterized a PPC detector's response to α particles incident on the sensitive passivated and p + surfaces, a previously poorly-understood source of background. The detector studied is identical to those in the Majorana Demonstrator experiment, a search for neutrinoless double-beta decay ( 0 ν β β ) in 76 Ge. α decays on most of the passivated surface exhibit significant energy loss due to charge trapping, with waveforms exhibiting a delayed charge recovery (DCR) signature caused by the slow collection of a fraction of the trapped charge. The DCR is found to be complementary to existing methods of α identification, reliably identifying α background events on the passivated surface of the detector. We demonstrate effective rejection of all surface α events (to within statistical uncertainty) with a loss of only 0.2% of bulk events by combining the DCR discriminator with previously-used methods. The DCR discriminator has been used to reduce the background rate in the 0 ν β β region of interest window by an order of magnitude in the Majorana Demonstrator and will be used in the upcoming LEGEND-200 experiment.
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- I. J. Arnquist
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 USA
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- National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute” Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, 117218 Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069 USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
- Present Address: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
- Present Address: Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, CIEMAT, 28040 Madrid Spain
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069 USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
- Present Address: Physik-Department, Technische Universität, 85748 Munich, Germany
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37916 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
- Present Address: Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723 USA
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- Physics Department, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267 USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 USA
- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354 USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37916 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 USA
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
- Present Address: Physik-Department, Technische Universität, 85748 Munich, Germany
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
- Universität Hamburg, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
- IU Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter, Bloomington, IN 47408 USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
- Present Address: Applied Research Associated, Raleigh, NC 27615 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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- Present Address: Physik-Department, Technische Universität, 85748 Munich, Germany
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, 141980 Russia
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
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- Present Address: Physik-Department, Technische Universität, 85748 Munich, Germany
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069 USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
- Present Address: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
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Yu CH, Alvis S, Arnquist I, Avignone F, Barabash A, Barton C, Bertrand F, Bode T, Brudanin V, Busch M, Buuck M, Caldwell T, Chan YD, Christofferson C, Chu PH, Cuesta C, Detwiler J, Dunagan C, Efremenko Y, Ejiri H, Elliott S, Gilliss T, Giovanetti G, Green M, Gruszko J, Guinn I, Guiseppe V, Haufe C, Hehn L, Henning R, Hoppe E, Howe M, Keeter K, Kidd M, Konovalov S, Kouzes R, Lopez A, Martin R, Massarczyk R, Meijer S, Mertens S, Myslik J, Othman G, Pettus W, Poon A, Radford D, Rager J, Reine A, Rielage K, Ruof N, Shanks B, Shirchenko M, Suriano A, Tedeschi D, Varner R, Vasilyev S, Vetter K, Vorren K, White B, Wilkerson J, Wiseman C, Xu W, Yakushev E, Yumatov V, Zhitnikov I, Zhu B. The Majorana Demonstrator Status and Preliminary Results. EPJ Web Conf 2018. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201817801006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The Majorana Collaboration is using an array of high-purity Ge detectors to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in 76Ge. Searches for neutrinoless double-beta decay are understood to be the only viable experimental method for testing the Majorana nature of the neutrino. Observation of this decay would imply violation of lepton number, that neutrinos are Majorana in nature, and provide information on the neutrino mass. The Majorana Demonstrator comprises 44.1 kg of p-type point-contact Ge detectors (29.7 kg enriched in 76Ge) surrounded by a low-background shield system. The experiment achieved a high efficiency of converting raw Ge material to detectors and an unprecedented detector energy resolution of 2.5 keV FWHM at Qββ. The Majorana collaboration began taking physics data in 2016. This paper summarizes key construction aspects of the Demonstrator and shows preliminary results from initial data.
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Wavelength-band tuning was easily achieved in this work by depositing various metallic nanoparticles (NPs) on silicon p-n junction photodiodes (PDs). The normalization spectrum of the PDs deposited with gold (Au) NPs reveals a high-wavelength pass characteristic; the PDs with silver (Ag) NPs coating behave as a low-wavelength pass, and the PDs with Au/Ag bimetallic NPs appear as a band-wavelength pass PD with a full width at half maximum of 450 ∼ 630 nm. The issue of wavelength-band tuning is due to the different plasmonic resonance wavelengths associated with various metallic NPs. The extinction plot shows the Au NPs have a longer resonant wavelength of about 545 nm, leading to the incident light with a wavelength near or longer than 545 nm scattered by the Au NPs, hence a high-wavelength pass PD. The PDs with Ag NPs, due to the Ag NPs, exhibit a short resonant wavelength of 430 nm, and the short-wavelength incident light is absorbed near the silicon (Si) surface, where the Ag NPs is atop it. The shorter-wavelength incident light is enhanced by the plasmonic resonance of Ag NPs, making a low-wavelength PD. The Au/Ag NPs presents a resonant wavelength of 500 nm between the Au and Ag NPs. For the incident light with a wavelength close to 500 nm, a constructive interference causes a substantial increase in the local electromagnetic field, hence leading to a band-wavelength pass PD.
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- J D Hwang
- Department of Electrophysics, National Chiayi University, No. 300 Syuefu Rd., Chiayi City 60004, Taiwan, People's Republic of China
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Aharmim B, Ahmed SN, Amsbaugh JF, Anthony AE, Banar J, Barros N, Beier EW, Bellerive A, Beltran B, Bergevin M, Biller SD, Boudjemline K, Boulay MG, Bowles TJ, Browne MC, Bullard TV, Burritt TH, Cai B, Chan YD, Chauhan D, Chen M, Cleveland BT, Cox-Mobrand GA, Currat CA, Dai X, Deng H, Detwiler J, DiMarco M, Doe PJ, Doucas G, Drouin PL, Duba CA, Duncan FA, Dunford M, Earle ED, Elliott SR, Evans HC, Ewan GT, Farine J, Fergani H, Fleurot F, Ford RJ, Formaggio JA, Fowler MM, Gagnon N, Germani JV, Goldschmidt A, Goon JTM, Graham K, Guillian E, Habib S, Hahn RL, Hallin AL, Hallman ED, Hamian AA, Harper GC, Harvey PJ, Hazama R, Heeger KM, Heintzelman WJ, Heise J, Helmer RL, Henning R, Hime A, Howard C, Howe MA, Huang M, Jagam P, Jamieson B, Jelley NA, Keeter KJ, Klein JR, Kormos LL, Kos M, Krüger A, Kraus C, Krauss CB, Kutter T, Kyba CCM, Lange R, Law J, Lawson IT, Lesko KT, Leslie JR, Loach JC, MacLellan R, Majerus S, Mak HB, Maneira J, Martin R, McBryde K, McCauley N, McDonald AB, McGee S, Mifflin C, Miller GG, Miller ML, Monreal B, Monroe J, Morissette B, Myers A, Nickel BG, Noble AJ, Oblath NS, O'Keeffe HM, Ollerhead RW, Gann GDO, Oser SM, Ott RA, Peeters SJM, Poon AWP, Prior G, Reitzner SD, Rielage K, Robertson BC, Robertson RGH, Rollin E, Schwendener MH, Secrest JA, Seibert SR, Simard O, Simpson JJ, Sinclair L, Skensved P, Smith MWE, Steiger TD, Stonehill LC, Tesić G, Thornewell PM, Tolich N, Tsui T, Tunnell CD, Van Wechel T, Van Berg R, VanDevender BA, Virtue CJ, Walker TJ, Wall BL, Waller D, Tseung HWC, Wendland J, West N, Wilhelmy JB, Wilkerson JF, Wilson JR, Wouters JM, Wright A, Yeh M, Zhang F, Zuber K. Independent measurement of the total active 8B solar neutrino flux using an array of 3He proportional counters at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. Phys Rev Lett 2008; 101:111301. [PMID: 18851271 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.101.111301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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: 06/05/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) used an array of 3He proportional counters to measure the rate of neutral-current interactions in heavy water and precisely determined the total active (nu_x) 8B solar neutrino flux. This technique is independent of previous methods employed by SNO. The total flux is found to be 5.54_-0.31;+0.33(stat)-0.34+0.36(syst)x10(6) cm(-2) s(-1), in agreement with previous measurements and standard solar models. A global analysis of solar and reactor neutrino results yields Deltam2=7.59_-0.21;+0.19x10(-5) eV2 and theta=34.4_-1.2;+1.3 degrees. The uncertainty on the mixing angle has been reduced from SNO's previous results.
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- B Aharmim
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada
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Araki T, Enomoto S, Furuno K, Gando Y, Ichimura K, Ikeda H, Inoue K, Kishimoto Y, Koga M, Koseki Y, Maeda T, Mitsui T, Motoki M, Nakajima K, Nakamura K, Ogawa H, Ogawa M, Owada K, Ricol JS, Shimizu I, Shirai J, Suekane F, Suzuki A, Tada K, Takeuchi S, Tamae K, Tsuda Y, Watanabe H, Busenitz J, Classen T, Djurcic Z, Keefer G, Leonard DS, Piepke A, Yakushev E, Berger BE, Chan YD, Decowski MP, Dwyer DA, Freedman SJ, Fujikawa BK, Goldman J, Gray F, Heeger KM, Hsu L, Lesko KT, Luk KB, Murayama H, O'Donnell T, Poon AWP, Steiner HM, Winslow LA, Jillings C, Mauger C, McKeown RD, Vogel P, Zhang C, Lane CE, Miletic T, Guillian G, Learned JG, Maricic J, Matsuno S, Pakvasa S, Horton-Smith GA, Dazeley S, Hatakeyama S, Rojas A, Svoboda R, Dieterle BD, Detwiler J, Gratta G, Ishii K, Tolich N, Uchida Y, Batygov M, Bugg W, Efremenko Y, Kamyshkov Y, Kozlov A, Nakamura Y, Karwowski HJ, Markoff DM, Rohm RM, Tornow W, Wendell R, Chen MJ, Wang YF, Piquemal F. Search for the invisible decay of neutrons with KamLAND. Phys Rev Lett 2006; 96:101802. [PMID: 16605724 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.101802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2005] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The Kamioka Liquid scintillator Anti-Neutrino Detector is used in a search for single neutron or two-neutron intranuclear disappearance that would produce holes in the -shell energy level of (12)C nuclei. Such holes could be created as a result of nucleon decay into invisible modes (inv), e.g., n--> 3v or nn--> 2v. The deexcitation of the corresponding daughter nucleus results in a sequence of space and time-correlated events observable in the liquid scintillator detector. We report on new limits for one- and two-neutron disappearance: tau(n--> inv) > 5.8 x 10(29) years and tau (nn--> inv) > 1.4 x 10(30) years at 90% C.L. These results represent an improvement of factors of approximately 3 and >10(4) and over previous experiments.
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- T Araki
- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Araki T, Enomoto S, Furuno K, Gando Y, Ichimura K, Ikeda H, Inoue K, Kishimoto Y, Koga M, Koseki Y, Maeda T, Mitsui T, Motoki M, Nakajima K, Ogawa H, Ogawa M, Owada K, Ricol JS, Shimizu I, Shirai J, Suekane F, Suzuki A, Tada K, Takeuchi S, Tamae K, Tsuda Y, Watanabe H, Busenitz J, Classen T, Djurcic Z, Keefer G, Leonard D, Piepke A, Yakushev E, Berger BE, Chan YD, Decowski MP, Dwyer DA, Freedman SJ, Fujikawa BK, Goldman J, Gray F, Heeger KM, Hsu L, Lesko KT, Luk KB, Murayama H, O'Donnell T, Poon AWP, Steiner HM, Winslow LA, Mauger C, McKeown RD, Vogel P, Lane CE, Miletic T, Guillian G, Learned JG, Maricic J, Matsuno S, Pakvasa S, Horton-Smith GA, Dazeley S, Hatakeyama S, Rojas A, Svoboda R, Dieterle BD, Detwiler J, Gratta G, Ishii K, Tolich N, Uchida Y, Batygov M, Bugg W, Efremenko Y, Kamyshkov Y, Kozlov A, Nakamura Y, Karwowski HJ, Markoff DM, Nakamura K, Rohm RM, Tornow W, Wendell R, Chen MJ, Wang YF, Piquemal F. Experimental investigation of geologically produced antineutrinos with KamLAND. Nature 2005; 436:499-503. [PMID: 16049478 DOI: 10.1038/nature03980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 296] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2005] [Accepted: 07/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The detection of electron antineutrinos produced by natural radioactivity in the Earth could yield important geophysical information. The Kamioka liquid scintillator antineutrino detector (KamLAND) has the sensitivity to detect electron antineutrinos produced by the decay of 238U and 232Th within the Earth. Earth composition models suggest that the radiogenic power from these isotope decays is 16 TW, approximately half of the total measured heat dissipation rate from the Earth. Here we present results from a search for geoneutrinos with KamLAND. Assuming a Th/U mass concentration ratio of 3.9, the 90 per cent confidence interval for the total number of geoneutrinos detected is 4.5 to 54.2. This result is consistent with the central value of 19 predicted by geophysical models. Although our present data have limited statistical power, they nevertheless provide by direct means an upper limit (60 TW) for the radiogenic power of U and Th in the Earth, a quantity that is currently poorly constrained.
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- T Araki
- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Araki T, Eguchi K, Enomoto S, Furuno K, Ichimura K, Ikeda H, Inoue K, Ishihara K, Iwamoto T, Kawashima T, Kishimoto Y, Koga M, Koseki Y, Maeda T, Mitsui T, Motoki M, Nakajima K, Ogawa H, Owada K, Ricol JS, Shimizu I, Shirai J, Suekane F, Suzuki A, Tada K, Tajima O, Tamae K, Tsuda Y, Watanabe H, Busenitz J, Classen T, Djurcic Z, Keefer G, McKinny K, Mei DM, Piepke A, Yakushev E, Berger BE, Chan YD, Decowski MP, Dwyer DA, Freedman SJ, Fu Y, Fujikawa BK, Goldman J, Gray F, Heeger KM, Lesko KT, Luk KB, Murayama H, Poon AWP, Steiner HM, Winslow LA, Horton-Smith GA, Mauger C, McKeown RD, Vogel P, Lane CE, Miletic T, Gorham PW, Guillian G, Learned JG, Maricic J, Matsuno S, Pakvasa S, Dazeley S, Hatakeyama S, Rojas A, Svoboda R, Dieterle BD, Detwiler J, Gratta G, Ishii K, Tolich N, Uchida Y, Batygov M, Bugg W, Efremenko Y, Kamyshkov Y, Kozlov A, Nakamura Y, Gould CR, Karwowski HJ, Markoff DM, Messimore JA, Nakamura K, Rohm RM, Tornow W, Wendell R, Young AR, Chen MJ, Wang YF, Piquemal F. Measurement of neutrino oscillation with KamLAND: evidence of spectral distortion. Phys Rev Lett 2005; 94:081801. [PMID: 15783875 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.94.081801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We present results of a study of neutrino oscillation based on a 766 ton/year exposure of KamLAND to reactor antineutrinos. We observe 258 nu (e) candidate events with energies above 3.4 MeV compared to 365.2+/-23.7 events expected in the absence of neutrino oscillation. Accounting for 17.8+/-7.3 expected background events, the statistical significance for reactor nu (e) disappearance is 99.998%. The observed energy spectrum disagrees with the expected spectral shape in the absence of neutrino oscillation at 99.6% significance and prefers the distortion expected from nu (e) oscillation effects. A two-neutrino oscillation analysis of the KamLAND data gives Deltam(2)=7.9(+0.6)(-0.5)x10(-5) eV(2). A global analysis of data from KamLAND and solar-neutrino experiments yields Deltam(2)=7.9(+0.6)(-0.5)x10(-5) eV(2) and tan((2)theta=0.40(+0.10)(-0.07), the most precise determination to date.
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- T Araki
- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Aalseth C, Anderson D, Arthur R, Avignone F, Baktash C, Ball T, Barabash A, Bertrand F, Brodzinski R, Brudanin V, Bugg W, Champagne A, Chan YD, Cianciolo T, Collar J, Creswick R, Descovich M, Di Marco M, Doe P, Dunham G, Efremenko Y, Egerov V, Ejiri H, Elliott S, Emanuel A, Fallon P, Farach H, Gaitskell R, Gehman V, Grzywacz R, Hallin A, Hazma R, Henning R, Hime A, Hossbach T, Jordan D, Kazkaz K, Kephart J, King G, Kochetov O, Konovalov S, Kouzes R, Lesko K, Luke P, Luzum M, Macchiavelli A, McDonald A, Mei D, Miley H, Mills G, Mokhtarani A, Nomachi M, Orrell J, Palms J, Poon A, Radford D, Reeves J, Robertson R, Runkle R, Rykaczewski K, Saburov K, Sandukovsky Y, Sonnenschein A, Tornow W, Tull C, van de Water R, Vanushin I, Vetter K, Warner R, Wilkerson J, Wouters J, Young A, Yumatov V. The proposed Majorana 76Ge double-beta decay experiment. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2004.11.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ahmed SN, Anthony AE, Beier EW, Bellerive A, Biller SD, Boger J, Boulay MG, Bowler MG, Bowles TJ, Brice SJ, Bullard TV, Chan YD, Chen M, Chen X, Cleveland BT, Cox GA, Dai X, Dalnoki-Veress F, Doe PJ, Dosanjh RS, Doucas G, Dragowsky MR, Duba CA, Duncan FA, Dunford M, Dunmore JA, Earle ED, Elliott SR, Evans HC, Ewan GT, Farine J, Fergani H, Fleurot F, Formaggio JA, Fowler MM, Frame K, Fulsom BG, Gagnon N, Graham K, Grant DR, Hahn RL, Hall JC, Hallin AL, Hallman ED, Hamer AS, Handler WB, Hargrove CK, Harvey PJ, Hazama R, Heeger KM, Heintzelman WJ, Heise J, Helmer RL, Hemingway RJ, Hime A, Howe MA, Jagam P, Jelley NA, Klein JR, Kos MS, Krumins AV, Kutter T, Kyba CCM, Labranche H, Lange R, Law J, Lawson IT, Lesko KT, Leslie JR, Levine I, Luoma S, MacLellan R, Majerus S, Mak HB, Maneira J, Marino AD, McCauley N, McDonald AB, McGee S, McGregor G, Mifflin C, Miknaitis KKS, Miller GG, Moffat BA, Nally CW, Nickel BG, Noble AJ, Norman EB, Oblath NS, Okada CE, Ollerhead RW, Orrell JL, Oser SM, Ouellet C, Peeters SJM, Poon AWP, Robertson BC, Robertson RGH, Rollin E, Rosendahl SSE, Rusu VL, Schwendener MH, Simard O, Simpson JJ, Sims CJ, Sinclair D, Skensved P, Smith MWE, Starinsky N, Stokstad RG, Stonehill LC, Tafirout R, Takeuchi Y, Tesić G, Thomson M, Thorman M, Van Berg R, Van de Water RG, Virtue CJ, Wall BL, Waller D, Waltham CE, Tseung HWC, Wark DL, West N, Wilhelmy JB, Wilkerson JF, Wilson JR, Wouters JM, Yeh M, Zuber K. Measurement of the total active 8B solar neutrino flux at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory with enhanced neutral current sensitivity. Phys Rev Lett 2004; 92:181301. [PMID: 15169480 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.181301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory has precisely determined the total active (nu(x)) 8B solar neutrino flux without assumptions about the energy dependence of the nu(e) survival probability. The measurements were made with dissolved NaCl in heavy water to enhance the sensitivity and signature for neutral-current interactions. The flux is found to be 5.21 +/- 0.27(stat)+/-0.38(syst) x 10(6) cm(-2) s(-1), in agreement with previous measurements and standard solar models. A global analysis of these and other solar and reactor neutrino results yields Deltam(2)=7.1(+1.2)(-0.6) x 10(-5) eV(2) and theta=32.5(+2.4)(-2.3) degrees. Maximal mixing is rejected at the equivalent of 5.4 standard deviations.
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- S N Ahmed
- Department of Physics, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6 Canada
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Ahmed SN, Anthony AE, Beier EW, Bellerive A, Biller SD, Boger J, Boulay MG, Bowler MG, Bowles TJ, Brice SJ, Bullard TV, Chan YD, Chen M, Chen X, Cleveland BT, Cox GA, Dai X, Dalnoki-Veress F, Doe PJ, Dosanjh RS, Doucas G, Dragowsky MR, Duba CA, Duncan FA, Dunford M, Dunmore JA, Earle ED, Elliott SR, Evans HC, Ewan GT, Farine J, Fergani H, Fleurot F, Formaggio JA, Fowler MM, Frame K, Frati W, Fulsom BG, Gagnon N, Graham K, Grant DR, Hahn RL, Hall JC, Hallin AL, Hallman ED, Hamer AS, Handler WB, Hargrove CK, Harvey PJ, Hazama R, Heeger KM, Heintzelman WJ, Heise J, Helmer RL, Hemingway RJ, Hime A, Howe MA, Jagam P, Jelley NA, Klein JR, Kos MS, Krumins AV, Kutter T, Kyba CCM, Labranche H, Lange R, Law J, Lawson IT, Lesko KT, Leslie JR, Levine I, Luoma S, MacLellan R, Majerus S, Mak HB, Maneira J, Marino AD, McCauley N, McDonald AB, McGee S, McGregor G, Mifflin C, Miknaitis KKS, Miller GG, Moffat BA, Nally CW, Neubauer MS, Nickel BG, Noble AJ, Norman EB, Oblath NS, Okada CE, Ollerhead RW, Orrell JL, Oser SM, Ouellet C, Peeters SJM, Poon AWP, Robertson BC, Robertson RGH, Rollin E, Rosendahl SSE, Rusu VL, Schwendener MH, Simard O, Simpson JJ, Sims CJ, Sinclair D, Skensved P, Smith MWE, Starinsky N, Stokstad RG, Stonehill LC, Tafirout R, Takeuchi Y, Tesić G, Thomson M, Thorman M, Van Berg R, Van de Water RG, Virtue CJ, Wall BL, Waller D, Waltham CE, Tseung HWC, Wark DL, West N, Wilhelmy JB, Wilkerson JF, Wilson JR, Wittich P, Wouters JM, Yeh M, Zuber K. Constraints on nucleon decay via invisible modes from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. Phys Rev Lett 2004; 92:102004. [PMID: 15089201 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.102004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Data from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory have been used to constrain the lifetime for nucleon decay to "invisible" modes, such as n-->3nu. The analysis was based on a search for gamma rays from the deexcitation of the residual nucleus that would result from the disappearance of either a proton or neutron from 16O. A limit of tau(inv)>2 x 10(29) yr is obtained at 90% confidence for either neutron- or proton-decay modes. This is about an order of magnitude more stringent than previous constraints on invisible proton-decay modes and 400 times more stringent than similar neutron modes.
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- S N Ahmed
- Department of Physics, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
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Eguchi K, Enomoto S, Furuno K, Ikeda H, Ikeda K, Inoue K, Ishihara K, Iwamoto T, Kawashima T, Kishimoto Y, Koga M, Koseki Y, Maeda T, Mitsui T, Motoki M, Nakajima K, Ogawa H, Owada K, Piquemal F, Shimizu I, Shirai J, Suekane F, Suzuki A, Tada K, Tajima O, Takayama T, Tamae K, Watanabe H, Busenitz J, Djurcic Z, McKinny K, Mei DM, Piepke A, Yakushev E, Berger BE, Chan YD, Decowski MP, Dwyer DA, Freedman SJ, Fu Y, Fujikawa BK, Goldman J, Heeger KM, Lesko KT, Luk KB, Murayama H, Nygren DR, Okada CE, Poon AWP, Steiner HM, Winslow LA, Horton-Smith GA, Mauger C, McKeown RD, Tipton B, Vogel P, Lane CE, Miletic T, Gorham PW, Guillian G, Learned JG, Maricic J, Matsuno S, Pakvasa S, Dazeley S, Hatakeyama S, Svoboda R, Dieterle BD, DiMauro M, Detwiler J, Gratta G, Ishii K, Tolich N, Uchida Y, Batygov M, Bugg W, Efremenko Y, Kamyshkov Y, Kozlov A, Nakamura Y, Gould CR, Karwowski HJ, Markoff DM, Messimore JA, Nakamura K, Rohm RM, Tornow W, Young AR, Chen MJ, Wang YF. High sensitivity search for nu;e's from the sun and other sources at KamLAND. Phys Rev Lett 2004; 92:071301. [PMID: 14995837 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.071301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Data corresponding to a KamLAND detector exposure of 0.28 kton yr has been used to search for nu;(e)'s in the energy range 8.3<E(nu;(e))<14.8 MeV. No candidates were found for an expected background of 1.1+/-0.4 events. This result can be used to obtain a limit on nu;(e) fluxes of any origin. Assuming that all nu;(e) flux has its origin in the Sun and has the characteristic 8B solar nu(e) energy spectrum, we obtain an upper limit of 3.7 x 10(2) cm(-2) s(-1) (90% C.L.) on the nu;(e) flux. We interpret this limit, corresponding to 2.8 x 10(-4) of the standard solar model 8B nu(e) flux, in the framework of spin-flavor precession and neutrino decay models.
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- K Eguchi
- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Hallin A, Beier E, Biller S, Boulay M, Bowler M, Bowles T, Brice S, Bullard T, Cameron J, Chan Y, Chen X, Chen M, Cleveland B, Cox G, Dai X, Dalnoki-Veress F, Doe P, Doucas G, Dragowsky M, Duba C, Duncan F, Dunford M, Dunmore J, Earle E, Elliott S, Evans H, Ewan G, Farine J, Fergani H, Formaggio J, Fowler M, Frame K, Frati W, Gagnon N, Graham K, Grant D, Hahn R, Hallman E, Hamer A, Handler W, Hargrove C, Harvey P, Hazama R, Heeger K, Heintzelman W, Heise J, Helmer R, Hime A, Howe M, Jagam P, Jelley N, Kazkaz K, Keener P, Klein J, Kutter T, Kyba C, Law J, Lawson I, Lesko K, Leslie J, Levine I, Luoma S, Majerus S, Mak H, Maneira J, Manor J, Marino A, McCauley N, McDonald A, McGregor G, Miller G, Nally C, Noble A, Norman E, Okada C, Orrell J, Oser S, Poon A, Robertson B, Robertson R, Rosendahl S, Rusu V, Schaffer K, Schwendener M, Simpson J, Sims C, Sinclair D, Skensved P, Smith M, Spreitzer T, Starinsky N, Stokstad R, Stonehill L, Tafirout R, Tagg N, Van Berg R, Van de Water R, Virtue C, Waltham C, Wark D, West N, Wilhelmy J, Wilkerson J, Wilson J, Wittich P, Wouters J, Yeh M. Neutral current and day night measurements from the pure D2O phase of SNO. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0920-5632(03)01298-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Eguchi K, Enomoto S, Furuno K, Goldman J, Hanada H, Ikeda H, Ikeda K, Inoue K, Ishihara K, Itoh W, Iwamoto T, Kawaguchi T, Kawashima T, Kinoshita H, Kishimoto Y, Koga M, Koseki Y, Maeda T, Mitsui T, Motoki M, Nakajima K, Nakajima M, Nakajima T, Ogawa H, Owada K, Sakabe T, Shimizu I, Shirai J, Suekane F, Suzuki A, Tada K, Tajima O, Takayama T, Tamae K, Watanabe H, Busenitz J, Djurcic Z, McKinny K, Mei DM, Piepke A, Yakushev E, Berger BE, Chan YD, Decowski MP, Dwyer DA, Freedman SJ, Fu Y, Fujikawa BK, Heeger KM, Lesko KT, Luk KB, Murayama H, Nygren DR, Okada CE, Poon AWP, Steiner HM, Winslow LA, Horton-Smith GA, McKeown RD, Ritter J, Tipton B, Vogel P, Lane CE, Miletic T, Gorham PW, Guillian G, Learned JG, Maricic J, Matsuno S, Pakvasa S, Dazeley S, Hatakeyama S, Murakami M, Svoboda RC, Dieterle BD, DiMauro M, Detwiler J, Gratta G, Ishii K, Tolich N, Uchida Y, Batygov M, Bugg W, Cohn H, Efremenko Y, Kamyshkov Y, Kozlov A, Nakamura Y, De Braeckeleer L, Gould CR, Karwowski HJ, Markoff DM, Messimore JA, Nakamura K, Rohm RM, Tornow W, Young AR, Wang YF. First results from KamLAND: evidence for reactor antineutrino disappearance. Phys Rev Lett 2003; 90:021802. [PMID: 12570536 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.90.021802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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KamLAND has measured the flux of nu;(e)'s from distant nuclear reactors. We find fewer nu;(e) events than expected from standard assumptions about nu;(e) propagation at the 99.95% C.L. In a 162 ton.yr exposure the ratio of the observed inverse beta-decay events to the expected number without nu;(e) disappearance is 0.611+/-0.085(stat)+/-0.041(syst) for nu;(e) energies >3.4 MeV. In the context of two-flavor neutrino oscillations with CPT invariance, all solutions to the solar neutrino problem except for the "large mixing angle" region are excluded.
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- K Eguchi
- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Ahmad QR, Allen RC, Andersen TC, Anglin JD, Barton JC, Beier EW, Bercovitch M, Bigu J, Biller SD, Black RA, Blevis I, Boardman RJ, Boger J, Bonvin E, Boulay MG, Bowler MG, Bowles TJ, Brice SJ, Browne MC, Bullard TV, Bühler G, Cameron J, Chan YD, Chen HH, Chen M, Chen X, Cleveland BT, Clifford ETH, Cowan JHM, Cowen DF, Cox GA, Dai X, Dalnoki-Veress F, Davidson WF, Doe PJ, Doucas G, Dragowsky MR, Duba CA, Duncan FA, Dunford M, Dunmore JA, Earle ED, Elliott SR, Evans HC, Ewan GT, Farine J, Fergani H, Ferraris AP, Ford RJ, Formaggio JA, Fowler MM, Frame K, Frank ED, Frati W, Gagnon N, Germani JV, Gil S, Graham K, Grant DR, Hahn RL, Hallin AL, Hallman ED, Hamer AS, Hamian AA, Handler WB, Haq RU, Hargrove CK, Harvey PJ, Hazama R, Heeger KM, Heintzelman WJ, Heise J, Helmer RL, Hepburn JD, Heron H, Hewett J, Hime A, Howe M, Hykawy JG, Isaac MCP, Jagam P, Jelley NA, Jillings C, Jonkmans G, Kazkaz K, Keener PT, Klein JR, Knox AB, Komar RJ, Kouzes R, Kutter T, Kyba CCM, Law J, Lawson IT, Lay M, Lee HW, Lesko KT, Leslie JR, Levine I, Locke W, Luoma S, Lyon J, Majerus S, Mak HB, Maneira J, Manor J, Marino AD, McCauley N, McDonald AB, McDonald DS, McFarlane K, McGregor G, Meijer Drees R, Mifflin C, Miller GG, Milton G, Moffat BA, Moorhead M, Nally CW, Neubauer MS, Newcomer FM, Ng HS, Noble AJ, Norman EB, Novikov VM, O'Neill M, Okada CE, Ollerhead RW, Omori M, Orrell JL, Oser SM, Poon AWP, Radcliffe TJ, Roberge A, Robertson BC, Robertson RGH, Rosendahl SSE, Rowley JK, Rusu VL, Saettler E, Schaffer KK, Schwendener MH, Schülke A, Seifert H, Shatkay M, Simpson JJ, Sims CJ, Sinclair D, Skensved P, Smith AR, Smith MWE, Spreitzer T, Starinsky N, Steiger TD, Stokstad RG, Stonehill LC, Storey RS, Sur B, Tafirout R, Tagg N, Tanner NW, Taplin RK, Thorman M, Thornewell PM, Trent PT, Tserkovnyak YI, Van Berg R, Van de Water RG, Virtue CJ, Waltham CE, Wang JX, Wark DL, West N, Wilhelmy JB, Wilkerson JF, Wilson JR, Wittich P, Wouters JM, Yeh M. Measurement of day and night neutrino energy spectra at SNO and constraints on neutrino mixing parameters. Phys Rev Lett 2002; 89:011302. [PMID: 12097026 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.89.011302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2002] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) has measured day and night solar neutrino energy spectra and rates. For charged current events, assuming an undistorted 8B spectrum, the night minus day rate is 14.0%+/-6.3%(+1.5%)(-1.4%) of the average rate. If the total flux of active neutrinos is additionally constrained to have no asymmetry, the nu(e) asymmetry is found to be 7.0%+/-4.9%(+1.3%)(-1.2%). A global solar neutrino analysis in terms of matter-enhanced oscillations of two active flavors strongly favors the large mixing angle solution.
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- Q R Ahmad
- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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Ahmad QR, Allen RC, Andersen TC, D Anglin J, Barton JC, Beier EW, Bercovitch M, Bigu J, Biller SD, Black RA, Blevis I, Boardman RJ, Boger J, Bonvin E, Boulay MG, Bowler MG, Bowles TJ, Brice SJ, Browne MC, Bullard TV, Bühler G, Cameron J, Chan YD, Chen HH, Chen M, Chen X, Cleveland BT, Clifford ETH, Cowan JHM, Cowen DF, Cox GA, Dai X, Dalnoki-Veress F, Davidson WF, Doe PJ, Doucas G, Dragowsky MR, Duba CA, Duncan FA, Dunford M, Dunmore JA, Earle ED, Elliott SR, Evans HC, Ewan GT, Farine J, Fergani H, Ferraris AP, Ford RJ, Formaggio JA, Fowler MM, Frame K, Frank ED, Frati W, Gagnon N, Germani JV, Gil S, Graham K, Grant DR, Hahn RL, Hallin AL, Hallman ED, Hamer AS, Hamian AA, Handler WB, Haq RU, Hargrove CK, Harvey PJ, Hazama R, Heeger KM, Heintzelman WJ, Heise J, Helmer RL, Hepburn JD, Heron H, Hewett J, Hime A, Howe M, Hykawy JG, Isaac MCP, Jagam P, Jelley NA, Jillings C, Jonkmans G, Kazkaz K, Keener PT, Klein JR, Knox AB, Komar RJ, Kouzes R, Kutter T, Kyba CCM, Law J, Lawson IT, Lay M, Lee HW, Lesko KT, Leslie JR, Levine I, Locke W, Luoma S, Lyon J, Majerus S, Mak HB, Maneira J, Manor J, Marino AD, McCauley N, McDonald AB, McDonald DS, McFarlane K, McGregor G, Meijer Drees R, Mifflin C, Miller GG, Milton G, Moffat BA, Moorhead M, Nally CW, Neubauer MS, Newcomer FM, Ng HS, Noble AJ, Norman EB, Novikov VM, O'Neill M, Okada CE, Ollerhead RW, Omori M, Orrell JL, Oser SM, Poon AWP, Radcliffe TJ, Roberge A, Robertson BC, Robertson RGH, Rosendahl SSE, Rowley JK, Rusu VL, Saettler E, Schaffer KK, Schwendener MH, Schülke A, Seifert H, Shatkay M, Simpson JJ, Sims CJ, Sinclair D, Skensved P, Smith AR, Smith MWE, Spreitzer T, Starinsky N, Steiger TD, Stokstad RG, Stonehill LC, Storey RS, Sur B, Tafirout R, Tagg N, Tanner NW, Taplin RK, Thorman M, Thornewell PM, Trent PT, Tserkovnyak YI, Van Berg R, Van de Water RG, Virtue CJ, Waltham CE, Wang JX, Wark DL, West N, Wilhelmy JB, Wilkerson JF, Wilson JR, Wittich P, Wouters JM, Yeh M. Direct evidence for neutrino flavor transformation from neutral-current interactions in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. Phys Rev Lett 2002; 89:011301. [PMID: 12097025 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.89.011301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2002] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
Abstract
Observations of neutral-current nu interactions on deuterium in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory are reported. Using the neutral current (NC), elastic scattering, and charged current reactions and assuming the standard 8B shape, the nu(e) component of the 8B solar flux is phis(e) = 1.76(+0.05)(-0.05)(stat)(+0.09)(-0.09)(syst) x 10(6) cm(-2) s(-1) for a kinetic energy threshold of 5 MeV. The non-nu(e) component is phi(mu)(tau) = 3.41(+0.45)(-0.45)(stat)(+0.48)(-0.45)(syst) x 10(6) cm(-2) s(-1), 5.3sigma greater than zero, providing strong evidence for solar nu(e) flavor transformation. The total flux measured with the NC reaction is phi(NC) = 5.09(+0.44)(-0.43)(stat)(+0.46)(-0.43)(syst) x 10(6) cm(-2) s(-1), consistent with solar models.
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- Q R Ahmad
- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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Ahmad QR, Allen RC, Andersen TC, Anglin JD, Bühler G, Barton JC, Beier EW, Bercovitch M, Bigu J, Biller S, Black RA, Blevis I, Boardman RJ, Boger J, Bonvin E, Boulay MG, Bowler MG, Bowles TJ, Brice SJ, Browne MC, Bullard TV, Burritt TH, Cameron K, Cameron J, Chan YD, Chen M, Chen HH, Chen X, Chon MC, Cleveland BT, Clifford ET, Cowan JH, Cowen DF, Cox GA, Dai Y, Dai X, Dalnoki-Veress F, Davidson WF, Doe PJ, Doucas G, Dragowsky MR, Duba CA, Duncan FA, Dunmore J, Earle ED, Elliott SR, Evans HC, Ewan GT, Farine J, Fergani H, Ferraris AP, Ford RJ, Fowler MM, Frame K, Frank ED, Frati W, Germani JV, Gil S, Goldschmidt A, Grant DR, Hahn RL, Hallin AL, Hallman ED, Hamer A, Hamian AA, Haq RU, Hargrove CK, Harvey PJ, Hazama R, Heaton R, Heeger KM, Heintzelman WJ, Heise J, Helmer RL, Hepburn JD, Heron H, Hewett J, Hime A, Howe M, Hykawy JG, Isaac MC, Jagam P, Jelley NA, Jillings C, Jonkmans G, Karn J, Keener PT, Kirch K, Klein JR, Knox AB, Komar RJ, Kouzes R, Kutter T, Kyba CC, Law J, Lawson IT, Lay M, Lee HW, Lesko KT, Leslie JR, Levine I, Locke W, Lowry MM, Luoma S, Lyon J, Majerus S, Mak HB, Marino AD, McCauley N, McDonald AB, McDonald DS, McFarlane K, McGregor G, McLatchie W, Meijer Drees R, Mes H, Mifflin C, Miller GG, Milton G, Moffat BA, Moorhead M, Nally CW, Neubauer MS, Newcomer FM, Ng HS, Noble AJ, Norman EB, Novikov VM, O'Neill M, Okada CE, Ollerhead RW, Omori M, Orrell JL, Oser SM, Poon AW, Radcliffe TJ, Roberge A, Robertson BC, Robertson RG, Rowley JK, Rusu VL, Saettler E, Schaffer KK, Schuelke A, Schwendener MH, Seifert H, Shatkay M, Simpson JJ, Sinclair D, Skensved P, Smith AR, Smith MW, Starinsky N, Steiger TD, Stokstad RG, Storey RS, Sur B, Tafirout R, Tagg N, Tanner NW, Taplin RK, Thorman M, Thornewell P, Trent PT, Tserkovnyak YI, Van Berg R, Van de Water RG, Virtue CJ, Waltham CE, Wang JX, Wark DL, West N, Wilhelmy JB, Wilkerson JF, Wilson J, Wittich P, Wouters JM, Yeh M. Measurement of the rate of nu(e) + d --> p + p + e(-) interactions produced by (8)B solar neutrinos at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. Phys Rev Lett 2001; 87:071301. [PMID: 11497878 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.87.071301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Solar neutrinos from (8)B decay have been detected at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory via the charged current (CC) reaction on deuterium and the elastic scattering (ES) of electrons. The flux of nu(e)'s is measured by the CC reaction rate to be straight phi(CC)(nu(e)) = 1.75 +/- 0.07(stat)(+0.12)(-0.11)(syst) +/- 0.05(theor) x 10(6) cm(-2) s(-1). Comparison of straight phi(CC)(nu(e)) to the Super-Kamiokande Collaboration's precision value of the flux inferred from the ES reaction yields a 3.3 sigma difference, assuming the systematic uncertainties are normally distributed, providing evidence of an active non- nu(e) component in the solar flux. The total flux of active 8B neutrinos is determined to be 5.44+/-0.99 x 10(6) cm(-2) s(-1).
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- Q R Ahmad
- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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Ejnisman R, Goldman ID, Pascholati PR, Oliveira RM, Norman EB, Zlimen I, Wietfeldt FE, Larimer RM, Chan YD, Lesko KT, García A. Cross sections for 45Sc(p,2n)44Ti and related reactions. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1996; 54:2047-2050. [PMID: 9971555 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.54.2047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Wietfeldt FE, Norman EB, Chan YD, García A, Haller EE, Hansen WL, Hindi MM, Larimer R, Lesko KT, Luke PN, Stokstad RG, Sur B, Zlimen I. Further studies on the evidence for a 17-keV neutrino in a 14C-doped germanium detector. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1995; 52:1028-1040. [PMID: 9970591 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.52.1028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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García A, Chan YD, Larimer RM, Lesko KT, Norman EB, Stokstad RG, Wietfeldt FE, Zlimen I, Moltz DM, Batchelder J, Ognibene TJ, Hindi MM. Electron-capture decay of 100Tc and the double- beta decay of 100Mo. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1993; 47:2910-2915. [PMID: 9968766 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.47.2910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Wiefeldt FE, Chan YD, García A, Larimer R, Lesko KT, Norman EB, Stokstad RG, Zlimen I. Search for a 17 keV neutrino in the electron-capture decay of 55Fe. Phys Rev Lett 1993; 70:1759-1762. [PMID: 10053379 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.70.1759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Sangster TC, Britt HC, Fields DJ, Hansen LF, Lanier RG, Namboodiri MN, Remington BA, Webb ML, Begemann-Blaich M, Blaich T, Fowler MM, Wilhelmy JB, Chan YD, Dacal A, Harmon A, Pouliot J, Stokstad RG, Kaufman S, Videbaek F, Fraenkel Z, Peilert G, Stöcker H, Greiner W, Botvina A, Mishustin IN. Intermediate mass fragment emission in Fe+Au collisions. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1992; 46:1404-1415. [PMID: 9968248 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.46.1404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Begemann-Blaich M, Blaich T, Fowler MM, Wilhelmy JB, Britt HC, Fields DJ, Hansen LF, Lanier RG, Massoletti DJ, Namboodiri MN, Remington BA, Sangster TC, Struble GL, Webb ML, Chan YD, Dacal A, Harmon A, Pouliot J, Stokstad RG, Kaufman S, Videbaek F, Fraenkel Z. Fission from Fe and Nb reactions with heavy targets at 50-100 MeV/nucleon. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1992; 45:677-688. [PMID: 9967803 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.45.677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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