Spectral Measurement of Electron Antineutrino Oscillation Amplitude and Frequency at Daya Bay

Autor: J. B. Jiao, M. Qi, S. R. Ely, R. T. Lei, H. Z. Huang, M. Bishai, D. W. Liu, Minfang Yeh, V. Pec, S. Hans, Yk Hor, S. J. Patton, W. Q. Gu, H. S. Chen, W. L. Zhong, B. Roskovec, F. H. Zhang, H. X. Huang, F. Li, Jiawen Zhang, Xin Heng Guo, K. M. Heeger, Yi Wei, K. V. Tsang, Miao He, Michael Kramer, Z. P. Zhang, Y. B. Liu, H. J. Jiang, H. Y. Wei, Huo Yan Chen, Igor Nemchenok, Zhijian Zhang, L. Zheng, R. Carr, Y. P. Cheng, J. K. Xia, Xingtao Huang, R. G. Wang, Wing-Hon Lai, D. M. Webber, Changgen Yang, Y. Zhang, Xubo Ma, Jinjuan Ren, Q. J. Li, J. Napolitano, F. P. An, B. Ren, X. C. Chen, Y. H. Zhang, X. L. Ji, P. Hinrichs, Liang Zhan, R. W. Hackenburg, Z. Wang, Zheng Wang, Jin Yu, L. Q. Ge, B. B. Shao, Y. H. Tam, X. Wang, Zhongyuan Zhou, J. J. Cherwinka, T. Kwok, Guey-Lin Lin, Chun S. J. Pun, Haoqi Lu, Dejun Li, B. Z. Hu, Simon Blyth, K. Lau, Tao Hu, Rupert Leitner, Yue Meng, Kam-Biu Luk, S. H. Kettell, C. Lu, J. L. Xu, X. P. Ji, Y. A. Gornushkin, S. K. Lin, R. L. Brown, Y. C. Zhang, M. Z. Wang, L. J. Hu, L. S. Littenberg, Zhi Ning, Ming Chung Chu, W. Hu, Lawrence Pinsky, L. Lebanowski, Y. Y. Ding, Liangjian Wen, Qingmin Zhang, B. R. Littlejohn, X. F. Du, Shaomin Chen, Jun Cao, A. B. Balantekin, Zeyuan Yu, Y. Xu, E. C. Huang, Li Zhou, N. Y. Wang, J. L. Sun, L. E. Piilonen, K. T. McDonald, L. Y. Wang, Guofu Cao, M. C. McFarlane, Dmitry V. Naumov, L. Kang, W. C. Lai, B. Viren, Vit Vorobel, Q. W. Zhao, Maxim Gonchar, Z. Isvan, Wei Li, S. Jetter, R. A. Johnson, L. H. Whitehead, Xiaoyuan Chen, X. N. Li, R. H.M. Tsang, Richard Rosero, Yanchu Wang, X. Q. Li, H. Liu, J. M. Link, J. P. Cummings, K. K. Kwan, Ilya Butorov, M. V. Diwan, E. Draeger, J. J. Ling, Zhiyong Zhang, C. A. Lewis, H. L. Zhuang, A. G. Olshevski, Y. Nakajima, M. W. Kwok, Wenjie Wang, Mengsu Yang, K. Whisnant, E. T. Worcester, J. de Arcos, S. Trentalange, Guisen Li, Honghan Gong, Z. Y. Deng, W. K. Ngai, Qingming Ma, H. K. Tanaka, Yu-leung Chan, Qinglong Wu, Siew Cheng Wong, Min-Xin Guan, X. Tang, Yi Chen, W. P. Wang, Jiaheng Zou, Tian Xue, C. White, C. H. Wang, D. E. Jaffe, G. Y. Yu, Yufeng Li, Y. K. Heng, W. R. Edwards, Y. S. Yeh, S. L. Zang, J. K. C. Leung, Y. H. Chang, Zhibing Li, G. X. Sun, X. C. Ruan, L. M. Hu, Chao Zhang, G. H. Han, S. H. Zhang, D. M. Xia, C. Chasman, Y. B. Hsiung, Lin Yang, O. D. Tsai, Jinmei Liu, Jing Zhao, X. Y. Ma, J. Y. Xu, I. Mitchell, Y. C. Tung, L. S. Wang, S. J. Chen, Jianglai Liu, Xin Qian, R. L. Hahn, Zhi-zhong Xing, J. Y. Fu, T. Wise, L. Z. Wang, F. Z. Qi, J. F. Chang, Jen-Chieh Peng, X. Xia, H. Themann, Guanghua Gong, Chi Lin, P. Jaffke, W. Beriguete, Yi-Fang Zhao, M. H. Ye, Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux, H. R. Band, H. Liang, Yixue Chen, N. Raper, C. E. Tull, G. Hussain, S. S. Liu, J. Lee, H. L. H. Wong, Y. X. Zhang, J. Xu, A. Leung, Y. C. Lin, J. Yan, R. D. McKeown, H. Y. Ngai, R. L. Gill, Patrick Huber, Bing-Lin Young, E. Naumova, D. A. Dwyer, H. M. Steiner, Y. Q. Ma
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Physical Review Letters. 112
ISSN: 1079-7114
0031-9007
Popis: A measurement of the energy dependence of antineutrino disappearance at the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment is reported. Electron antineutrinos ($\overline{\nu}_{e}$) from six $2.9$ GW$_{\rm th}$ reactors were detected with six detectors deployed in two near (effective baselines 512 m and 561 m) and one far (1579 m) underground experimental halls. Using 217 days of data, 41589 (203809 and 92912) antineutrino candidates were detected in the far hall (near halls). An improved measurement of the oscillation amplitude $\sin^{2}2\theta_{13} = 0.090^{+0.008}_{-0.009} $ and the first direct measurement of the $\overline{\nu}_{e}$ mass-squared difference $|\Delta m^{2}_{ee}|= (2.59_{-0.20}^{+0.19}) \times 10^{-3}\ {\rm eV}^2 $ is obtained using the observed $\overline{\nu}_{e}$ rates and energy spectra in a three-neutrino framework. This value of $|\Delta m^{2}_{ee}|$ is consistent with $|\Delta m^{2}_{\mu\mu}|$ measured by muon neutrino disappearance, supporting the three-flavor oscillation model.
Comment: As accepted for publication by Phys. Rev. Lett. including ancillary table
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