The Palo Verde reactor neutrino experiment A test for long baseline neutrino oscillations
1998; Elsevier BV; Volume: 40; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0146-6410(98)00033-7
ISSN1873-2224
AutoresF. Boehm, J. Hanson, H. Henrikson, D. Michael, В. М. Новіков, A. Piepke, P. Vogel, Shuo Yang, G. Gratta, L. S. Miller, D. Tracy, Y. F. Wang, J. Busenitz, J. Cornis, A. Vital, J. Wolf, M. Dugger, David Lawrence, B. G. Ritchie, S. Pittalwala, R. Wilferd, S. Young,
Tópico(s)Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
ResumoOur collaboration has installed a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Arizona. 12 tons of Gd loaded liquid scintillator, in a segmented detector, are used to search for νe ↔ νx oscillations at 740 m distance to three reactors. The anti-neutrino capture on the proton serves as detection reaction. The experiment is expected reach a sensitivity of Δm2 < 1.3 · 10−3eV2 and sin22θ < 0.1. Our range of sensitivity is tuned to test the νμ ↔ νe solution of the atmospheric neutrino anomaly.
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