Thursday, July 11, 2013

1307.2859 (K. M. Heeger et al.)

Multiple Detectors for a Short-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Search Near
Reactors
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K. M. Heeger, B. R. Littlejohn, H. P. Mumm
Reactor antineutrino experiments have the ability to search for neutrino oscillations independent of reactor flux predictions using a relative measurement of the neutrino flux and spectrum across a range of baselines. The range of accessible oscillation parameters are determined by the baselines of the detector arrangement. We examine the sensitivity of short-baseline experiments with more than one detector and discuss the optimization of a second, far detector. The extended reach in baselines of a 2-detector experiment will improve sensitivity to short-baseline neutrino oscillations while also increasing the ability to distinguish between 3+1 mixing and other non-standard models.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1307.2859

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