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1. The Double Chooz antineutrino detectors

Author

Double Chooz Collaboration, de Kerret, H., Abe, Y., Aberle, C., Abrahão, T., Ahijado, J. M., Akiri, T., Alarcón, J. M., Alba, J., Almazan, H., Anjos, J. C. dos, Appel, S., Ardellier, F., Barabanov, I., Barriere, J. C., Baussan, E., Baxter, A., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bertoli, W., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blanco, C., Bleurvacq, N., Blucher, E., Bonet, H., Bongrand, M., Bowden, N. S, Brugière, T., Buck, C., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Calvo, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cazaux, S., Cela, J. M., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. J., Charon, P., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M, Cormon, S., Corpace, O., Courty, B., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Cribier, M., Crum, K., Cuadrado, S., Cucoanes, A., D'Agostino, M., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dazeley, S., Dierckxsens, M., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dorigo, F., Dracos, M., Durand, V., Efremekov, Y., Elnimr, M., Etenko, A., Falk, E., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fernández-Bedoya, C., Francia, D., Franco, D., Fischer, V., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Garcia, F., Garcia, J., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Givaudan, A., Göger-Neff, M., Gomez, H., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J., Gramlich, B., Greiner, D., Guertin, A., Guillon, B., Habib, S. M., Haddad, Y., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Hartnell, J., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hellwig, D., Hervé, S., Hofacker, R., Horton-Smith, G., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jänner, K., Jiménez, S., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kaether, F., Kale, K., Kalousis, L., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaneda, M., Kaplan, D. M., Karakac, M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., Kibe, Y., Kirchner, T., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kutter, T., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Langbrandtner, C., Lasserre, T., Lastoria, C., Latron, L., Leonardo, C., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Marie, F., Martinez, J. J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., McKee, D., Meigner, F., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Meyer, J. P., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Millot, J. F., Minotti, A., Mirones, V., Miyata, H., Mueller, Th. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Navas-Nicolás, D., Nikitenko, Y., Novella, P., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Onillon, A., Oralbaev, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Peeters, S. J. M., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Pronost, G., Puras, J. C., Quéval, R., Ramirez, J. L., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Reissfelder, M., Remoto, A., Reyna, D., Rodriguez, I., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Rudolf, N., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schwan, U., Scola, L., Settimo, M., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, M. A., Sharankova, R., Sibille, V., Sida, J. L., Sinev, V., Shrestha, D., Skorokhvatov, M., Soldin, P., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Starzynski, P., Stock, M. R., Stokes, L. F. F., Strait, M., Stüken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Sun, Z., Svoboda, R., Tabata, H., Tamura, N., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Toral, F., Toups, M., Thi, H. Trinh, Valdivia, F., Valdiviesso, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Verdugo, A., Veyssiere, C., Viaud, B., Vignaud, D., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Wiebusch, C., White, B., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Wurtz, J., Yang, G., Yáñez, J., Yermia, F., and Zbiri, K.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

This article describes the setup and performance of the near and far detectors in the Double Chooz experiment. The electron antineutrinos of the Chooz nuclear power plant were measured in two identically designed detectors with different average baselines of about 400 m and 1050 m from the two reactor cores. Over many years of data taking the neutrino signals were extracted from interactions in the detectors with the goal of measuring a fundamental parameter in the context of neutrino oscillation, the mixing angle {\theta}13. The central part of the Double Chooz detectors was a main detector comprising four cylindrical volumes filled with organic liquids. From the inside towards the outside there were volumes containing gadolinium-loaded scintillator, gadolinium-free scintillator, a buffer oil and, optically separated, another liquid scintillator acting as veto system. Above this main detector an additional outer veto system using plastic scintillator strips was installed. The technologies developed in Double Chooz were inspiration for several other antineutrino detectors in the field. The detector design allowed implementation of efficient background rejection techniques including use of pulse shape information provided by the data acquisition system. The Double Chooz detectors featured remarkable stability, in particular for the detected photons, as well as high radiopurity of the detector components., Comment: 49 pages, 29 figures

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2022
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2. Extensive study of the quality of fission yields from experiment, evaluation and GEF for antineutrino studies and applications

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Schmidt, K. -H., Estienne, M., Fallot, M., Cormon, S., Cucoanes, A., Jurado, B., Kern, K., Schmitt, Ch., and Shiba, T.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The understanding of the antineutrino production in fission and the theoretical calculation of their energy spectra in different types of fission reactors rely on the application of the summation method, where the individual contributions from the different radioactive nuclides that undergo a beta decay are estimated and summed up. The most accurate estimation of the independent fission-product yields is essential to this calculation. We have coupled for the first time the predictions of the general fission model GEF for the fission yields to fission-product beta-decay data in a summation calculation of reactor antineutrino energy spectra. The first comparisons performed between the spectra from GEF and those obtained with the evaluated nuclear databases exhibited large discrepancies that highlighted the exigency of the modelisation of the antineutrino spectra and showing their usefulness in the evaluation of nuclear data. Additional constraints for the GEF model were thus needed in order to reach the level of accuracy required. The quality of different sources of information on the fission yields has been investigated with GEF, and the benefit of a combined analysis is demonstrated. The quality of fission yields emerging from different experimental techniques has been analyzed and indications for shortcomings of mass yields for some of the studied fissioning systems were provided. The combination of a careful study of the independent isotopic yields and the adjunction of the LOHENGRIN fission-yield data as additional constraints led to a substantially improved agreement between the antineutrino spectra computed with GEF and with the evaluated data. The comparison of inverse beta-decay yields computed with GEF with those measured by the Daya Bay experiment shows the excellent level of predictiveness of the GEF model for the fundamental or applied antineutrino physics., Comment: 88 pages, 100 figures

Published
2020

3. Updated Summation Model: An Improved Agreement with the Daya Bay Antineutrino Fluxes

Author

Estienne, M., Fallot, M., Algora, A., Briz-Monago, J., Bui, V. M., Cormon, S., Gelletly, W., Giot, L., Guadilla, V., Jordan, D., Meur, L. Le, Porta, A., Rice, S., Rubio, B., Taín, J. L., Valencia, E., Zakari-Issoufou, A. -A., SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, de Nantes, Université, de Nantes, Institut Mines-Telecom, Nantes, France, IFIC, Valencia, Spain, Research, Institute of Nuclear, Debrecen, Hungary, Physics, Department of, Surrey, University of, Guildford, and UK

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

A new summation method model of the reactor antineutrino energy spectrum is presented. It is updated with the most recent evaluated decay databases and with our Total Absorption Gamma-ray Spectroscopy measurements performed during the last decade. For the first time the spectral measurements from the Daya Bay experiment are compared with the detected antineutrino energy spectrum computed with the updated summation method without any renormalisation. The results exhibit a better agreement than is obtained with the Huber-Mueller model in the 2 to 5 MeV range, the region which dominates the detected flux. An unexpected systematic trend is found that the detected antineutrino flux computed with the summation model decreases with the inclusion of more Pandemonium free data. The detected flux obtained now lies only 1.9% above that detected in the Daya Bay experiment, a value that may be reduced with forthcoming new Pandemonium free data leaving less and less room to the reactor anomaly. Eventually, the new predictions of individual antineutrino spectra for the $^{235}$U, $^{239}$Pu, $^{241}$Pu and $^{238}$U are used to compute the dependence of the reactor antineutrino spectral shape on the fission fractions., Comment: 12 pages, 4 figures

Published
2019
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4. The Double Chooz antineutrino detectors

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de Kerret, H., Abe, Y., Aberle, C., Abrahão, T., Ahijado, J. M., Akiri, T., Alarcón, J. M., Alba, J., Almazan, H., dos Anjos, J. C., Appel, S., Ardellier, F., Barabanov, I., Barriere, J. C., Baussan, E., Baxter, A., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bertoli, W., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blanco, C., Bleurvacq, N., Blucher, E., Bonet, H., Bongrand, M., Bowden, N. S, Brugière, T., Buck, C., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Calvo, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cazaux, S., Cela, J. M., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. J., Charon, P., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M, Cormon, S., Corpace, O., Courty, B., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Cribier, M., Crum, K., Cuadrado, S., Cucoanes, A., D’Agostino, M., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dazeley, S., Dierckxsens, M., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dorigo, F., Dracos, M., Durand, V., Efremeko, Y., Elnimr, M., Etenko, A., Falk, E., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fernández-Bedoya, C., Francia, D., Franco, D., Fischer, V., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Garcia, F., Garcia, J., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Givaudan, A., Göger-Neff, M., Gomez, H., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J., Gramlich, B., Greiner, D., Guertin, A., Guillon, B., Habib, S. M., Haddad, Y., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Hartnell, J., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hellwig, D., Hervé, S., Hofacker, R., Horton-Smith, G., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jänner, K., Jiménez, S., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kaether, F., Kale, K., Kalousis, L., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaneda, M., Kaplan, D. M., Karakac, M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., Kibe, Y., Kirchner, T., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kutter, T., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Langbrandtner, C., Lasserre, T., Lastoria, C., Latron, L., Leonardo, C., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima, Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Marie, F., Martinez, J. J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., McKee, D., Meigner, F., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Meyer, J. P., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Millot, J. F., Minotti, A., Mirones, V., Miyata, H., Mueller, Th. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Navas-Nicolás, D., Nikitenko, Y., Novella, P., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Onillon, A., Oralbaev, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Peeters, S. J. M., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Pronost, G., Puras, J. C., Quéval, R., Ramirez, J. L., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Reissfelder, M., Remoto, A., Reyna, D., Rodriguez, I., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Rudolf, N., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schwan, U., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Scola, L., Settimo, M., Shaevitz, M. A., Sharankova, R., Sibille, V., Sida, J.-L., Sinev, V., Shrestha, D., Skorokhvatov, M., Soldin, P., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Starzynski, P., Stock, M. R., Stokes, L. F. F., Strait, M., Stüken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Sun, Z., Svoboda, R., Tabata, H., Tamura, N., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Toral, F., Toups, M., Thi, H. Trinh, Valdivia, F., Valdiviesso, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Verdugo, A., Veyssiere, C., Viaud, B., Vignaud, D., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Wiebusch, C., White, B., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Wurtz, J., Yang, G., Yáñez, J., Yermia, F., and Zbiri, K.

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2022
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5. Antineutrino emission and gamma background characteristics from a thermal research reactor

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Bui, V. M., Giot, L., Fallot, M., Communeau, V., Cormon, S., Estienne, M., Lenoir, M., Peuvrel, N., Shiba, T., Cucoanes, A. S., Elnimr, M., Martino, J., Onillon, A., Porta, A., Pronost, G., Remoto, A., Thiolliere, N., Yermia, F., and Zakari-Issoufou, A. -A.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

The detailed understanding of the antineutrino emission from research reactors is mandatory for any high sensitivity experiments either for fundamental or applied neutrino physics, as well as a good control of the gamma and neutron backgrounds induced by the reactor operation. In this article, the antineutrino emission associated to a thermal research reactor: the OSIRIS reactor located in Saclay, France, is computed in a first part. The calculation is performed with the summation method, which sums all the contributions of the beta decay branches of the fission products, coupled for the first time with a complete core model of the OSIRIS reactor core. The MCNP Utility for Reactor Evolution code was used, allowing to take into account the contributions of all beta decayers in-core. This calculation is representative of the isotopic contributions to the antineutrino flux which can be found at research reactors with a standard 19.75\% enrichment in $^{235}$U. In addition, the required off-equilibrium corrections to be applied to converted antineutrino energy spectra of uranium and plutonium isotopes are provided. In a second part, the gamma energy spectrum emitted at the core level is provided and could be used as an input in the simulation of any reactor antineutrino detector installed at such research facilities. Furthermore, a simulation of the core surrounded by the pool and the concrete shielding of the reactor has been developed in order to propagate the emitted gamma rays and neutrons from the core. The origin of these gamma rays and neutrons is discussed and the associated energy spectrum of the photons transported after the concrete walls is displayed., Comment: 14 pages, 11 figures, Data in Appendix A and B (13 pages)

Published
2016

7. Total Absorption Spectroscopy Study of $^{92}$Rb Decay: A Major Contributor to Reactor Antineutrino Spectrum Shape

Author

Zakari-Issoufou, A. -A., Fallot, M., Porta, A., Algora, A., Tain, J. L., Valencia, E., Rice, S., Bui, V. M, Cormon, S., Estienne, M., Agramunt, J., Äystö, J., Bowry, M., Briz, J. A., Caballero-Folch, R., Cano-Ott, D., Cucoanes, A., Elomaa, V. -V., Eronen, T., Estévez, E., Farrelly, G. F., Garcia, A. R., Gelletly, W., Gomez-Hornillos, M. B, Gorlychev, V., Hakala, J., Jokinen, A., Jordan, M. D., Kankainen, A., Karvonen, P., Kolhinen, V. S., Kondev, F. G, Martinez, T., Mendoza, E., Molina, F., Moore, I., Perez-Cerdán, A. B., Podolyák, Zs., Penttilä, H., Regan, P. H., Reponen, M., Rissanen, J., Rubio, B., Shiba, T., Sonzogni, A. A., Weber, C., and collaboration, IGISOL

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The antineutrino spectra measured in recent experiments at reactors are inconsistent with calculations based on the conversion of integral beta spectra recorded at the ILL reactor. $^{92}$Rb makes the dominant contribution to the reactor spectrum in the 5-8 MeV range but its decay properties are in question. We have studied $^{92}$Rb decay with total absorption spectroscopy. Previously unobserved beta feeding was seen in the 4.5-5.5 region and the GS to GS feeding was found to be 87.5(25)%. The impact on the reactor antineutrino spectra calculated with the summation method is shown and discussed., Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures

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2015
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8. Total Absorption Spectroscopy of Fission Fragments Relevant for Reactor Physics and Nuclear Structure and Astrophysics

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Estienne Magali, Guadilla V., Fallot M., Algora A., Taín J. L., Porta A., Giot L., Briz J. A., Bui V. M., Cormon S., Jordan D., Le Meur L., Rice S., Valencia E., Zakari-Issoufou A.-A., Agramunt J., Äystö J., Cucoanes A., Eronen T., Fraile L. M., Ganioglu E., Gelletly W., Gorelov D., Hakala J., Jokinen A., Kankainen A., Kolhinen V., Koponen J., Lebois M., Martinez T., Monserrate M., Montaner-Pizá A., Moore I., Nácher E., Orrigo S. E. A., Penttilä H., Péru S., Pohjalainen I., Reinikainen J., Reponen M., Rinta-Antila S., Rubio B., Rytkönen K., Shiba T., Sonnenschein V., Sonzogni A. A., Vedia V., Voss A., and Wilson J. N.

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

The accurate determination of reactor antineutrino spectra remains a very hot research topic, where new questions have emerged in recent years. Indeed, after the “reactor anomaly” – a deficit of measured antineutrinos at short baseline reactor experiments with respect to spectral predictions – the three international reactor neutrino experiments Double Chooz, Daya Bay and Reno have evidenced spectral distortions in their measurements with respect to the same spectral predictions. This puzzle is called the “shape anomaly”. Recently summation calculations of reactor antineutrino spectra based on the use of nuclear data have obtained the best agreement to date with the reactor neutrino flux measurements at the level of 2% thanks to a decade of Total Absorption Gamma-ray Spectroscopy (TAGS) measurements at the radioactive beam facility of the University of Jyväskylä in two experimental campaigns. A selection of the results obtained so far is presented.

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2023
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9. New antineutrino energy spectra predictions from the summation of beta decay branches of the fission products

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Fallot, M., Cormon, S., Estienne, M., Algora, A., Bui, V. M., Cucoanes, A., Elnimr, M., Giot, L., Jordan, D., Martino, J., Onillon, A., Porta, A., Pronost, G., Remoto, A., Taín, J. L., Yermia, F., and Zakari-Issoufou, A. -A.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

In this paper, we study the impact of the inclusion of the recently measured beta decay properties of the $^{102;104;105;106;107}$Tc, $^{105}$Mo, and $^{101}$Nb nuclei in an updated calculation of the antineutrino energy spectra of the four fissible isotopes $^{235, 238}$U, and $^{239,241}$Pu. These actinides are the main contributors to the fission processes in Pressurized Water Reactors. The beta feeding probabilities of the above-mentioned Tc, Mo and Nb isotopes have been found to play a major role in the $\gamma$ component of the decay heat of $^{239}$Pu, solving a large part of the $\gamma$ discrepancy in the 4 to 3000\,s range. They have been measured using the Total Absorption Technique (TAS), avoiding the Pandemonium effect. The calculations are performed using the information available nowadays in the nuclear databases, summing all the contributions of the beta decay branches of the fission products. Our results provide a new prediction of the antineutrino energy spectra of $^{235}$U, $^{239,241}$Pu and in particular of $^{238}$U for which no measurement has been published yet. We conclude that new TAS measurements are mandatory to improve the reliability of the predicted spectra., Comment: 10 pages, 2 figures

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2012
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10. Indication for the disappearance of reactor electron antineutrinos in the Double Chooz experiment

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Abe, Y., Aberle, C., Akiri, T., Anjos, J. C. dos, Ardellier, F., Barbosa, A. F., Baxter, A., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, L., Blucher, E., Bongrand, M., Bowden, N. S., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. -J., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Cormon, S., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Cribier, M., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A., D'Agostino, M. V., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dazeley, S., Dierckxsens, M., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Durand, V., Efremenko, Y., Elnimr, M., Endo, Y., Etenko, A., Falk, E., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Franco, D., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gama, R., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J. TM., Greiner, D., Guillon, B., Haag, N., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Hartnell, J., Haruna, T., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hayakawa, T., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Jones, C. L., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Keefer, G., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Kibe, Y., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Langbrandtner, C., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., Liu, Y., López-Castanõ, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., McKee, D., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Milzstajn, A., Miyata, H., Motta, D., Mueller, Th. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Peeters, S. J. M., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Potzel, W., Queval, R., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Remoto, A., Reyna, D., Röhling, M., Roth, S., Rubin, H. A., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Schwan, U., Schwetz, T., Shaevitz, M. H., Shrestha, D., Sida, J-L., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Strait, M., Stüken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Sun, Z., Svoboda, R., Tabata, H., Tamura, N., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Toups, M., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Veyssiere, C., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., White, B., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Yanovitch, E., Yermia, F., Zbiri, K., and Zimmer, V.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The Double Chooz Experiment presents an indication of reactor electron antineutrino disappearance consistent with neutrino oscillations. A ratio of 0.944 $\pm$ 0.016 (stat) $\pm$ 0.040 (syst) observed to predicted events was obtained in 101 days of running at the Chooz Nuclear Power Plant in France, with two 4.25 GW$_{th}$ reactors. The results were obtained from a single 10 m$^3$ fiducial volume detector located 1050 m from the two reactor cores. The reactor antineutrino flux prediction used the Bugey4 measurement as an anchor point. The deficit can be interpreted as an indication of a non-zero value of the still unmeasured neutrino mixing parameter \sang. Analyzing both the rate of the prompt positrons and their energy spectrum we find \sang = 0.086 $\pm$ 0.041 (stat) $\pm$ 0.030 (syst), or, at 90% CL, 0.015 $<$ \sang $\ <$ 0.16., Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, (new version after PRL referee's comments)

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2011
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11. Improved Predictions of Reactor Antineutrino Spectra

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Mueller, Th. A., Lhuillier, D., Fallot, M., Letourneau, A., Cormon, S., Fechner, M., Giot, L., Lasserre, T., Martino, J., Mention, G., Porta, A., and Yermia, F.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

We report new calculations of reactor antineutrino spectra including the latest information from nuclear databases and a detailed error budget. The first part of this work is the so-called ab initio approach where the total antineutrino spectrum is built from the sum of all beta-branches of all fission products predicted by an evolution code. Systematic effects and missing information in nuclear databases lead to final relative uncertainties in the 10 to 20% range. A prediction of the antineutrino spectrum associated with the fission of 238U is given based on this ab initio method. For the dominant isotopes 235U and 239Pu, we developed a more accurate approach combining information from nuclear databases and reference electron spectra associated with the fission of 235U, 239Pu and 241Pu, measured at ILL in the 80's. We show how the anchor point of the measured total beta-spectra can be used to suppress the uncertainty in nuclear databases while taking advantage of all the information they contain. We provide new reference antineutrino spectra for 235U, 239Pu and 241Pu isotopes in the 2-8 MeV range. While the shapes of the spectra and their uncertainties are comparable to that of the previous analysis of the ILL data, the normalization is shifted by about +3% on average. In the perspective of the re-analysis of past experiments and direct use of these results by upcoming oscillation experiments, we discuss the various sources of errors and their correlations as well as the corrections induced by off equilibrium effects., Comment: 17 pages, 12 figures. Submitted to Phys. Rev. C

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2011
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14. Summation Calculations for Reactor Antineutrino Spectra, Decay Heat and Delayed Neutron Fractions Involving New TAGS Data and Evaluated Databases

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Estienne M., Fallot M., Giot L., Guadilla-Gomez V., Le Meur L., Porta A., Algora A., Taìn J. -L., Briz J. A., Agramunt J., Äystö J., Cormon S., Cucoanes A., Eronen T., Fraile L. M., Ganogliu E., Gelletly W., Gorelov D., Hakala J., Jokinen A., Jordan M. D., Kankainen A., Kolhinen V. S., Koponen J., Lebois M., Martinez T., Monserrate M., Montaner-Pizá A., Moore I., Nácher E., Orrigo S. E. A., Penttilä H., Pohjalainen I., Reinikainen J., Reponen M., Rinta-Antila S., Rytkönen K., Rubio B., Shiba T., Sonnenschein V., Sonzogni A. A., Valencia E., Vedia V., Voss A., Weber C., Wilson J. N., and Zakari-Issoufou A. -A.

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Three observables of interest for present and future reactors depend on the β decay properties of the fission products: antineutrinos from reactors, the reactor decay heat and delayed neutron emission. In these proceedings, we present new results from summation calculations of the first two quantities quoted above, performed with evolved independent yields coupled with fission product decay data, from various nuclear data bases or models. New TAGS results from the latest experiment of the TAGS collaboration at the JYFL facility of Jyväskylä will be displayed as well as their impact on the antineutrino spectra and the decay heat associated to fission pulses of the main actinides.

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2019
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15. Total absorption spectroscopy of fission fragments relevant for reactor antineutrino spectra

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Fallot M., Porta A., Meur L. Le, Briz J.A., Zakari-Issoufou A.-A., Guadilla V., Algora A., Taìn J.-L., Valencia E., Rice S., Bui V.M., Cormon S., Estienne M., Agramunt J., Äystö J., Batist L., Bowry M., Caballero-Folch R., Cano-Ott D., Cucoanes A., Elomaa V.-V., Eronen T., Estévez E., Farrelly G.F., Fraile L.M., Fleming M., Ganogliu E., Garcia A.R., Gelletly W., Gomez-Hornillos M.B., Gorelov D., Gorlychev V., Hakala J., Jokinen A., Jordan M.D., Kankainen A., Karvonen P., Kolhinen V.S., Kondev F.G., Koponen J., Lebois M., Martinez T., Mason P., Mendoza E., Molina F., Monserrate M., Montaner-Pizá A., Moore I., Nácher E., Orrigo S.E.A., Penttilä H., Perez A., Podolyák Zs., Pohjalainen I., Regan P.H., Reinikainen J., Reponen M., Rinta-Antila S., Rissanen J., Rubio B., Shiba T., Sonnenschein V., Sonzogni A.A., Sublet J.-C., Vedia V., Voss A., Weber C., and Wilson J.N.

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

The accurate determination of reactor antineutrino spectra remains a very active research topic for which new methods of study have emerged in recent years. Indeed, following the long-recognized reactor anomaly (measured antineutrino deficit in short baseline reactor experiments when compared with spectral predictions), the three international reactor neutrino experiments Double Chooz, Daya Bay and Reno have recently demonstrated the existence of spectral distortions in their measurements with respect to the same predictions. These spectral predictions were obtained through the conversion of integral beta-energy spectra obtained at the ILL research reactor. Several studies have shown that the underlying nuclear physics required for the conversion of these spectra into antineutrino spectra is not totally understood. An alternative to such converted spectra is a complementary approach that consists of determining the antineutrino spectrum by means of the measurement and processing of nuclear data. The beta properties of some key fission products suffer from the pandemonium effect which can be circumvented by the use of the Total Absorption Gamma-ray Spectroscopy technique (TAGS). The two main contributors to the Pressurized Water Reactor antineutrino spectrum in the region where the spectral distortion has been observed are 92Rb and 142Cs, which have been measured at the radioactive beam facility of the University of Jyväskylä in two TAGS experiments. We present the results of the analysis of the TAGS measurements of the β-decay properties of 92Rb along with preliminary results on 142Cs and report on the measurements already performed.

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2017
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16. Total Absorption Spectroscopy of Fission Fragments Relevant for Reactor Antineutrino Spectra and Decay Heat Calculations

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Porta A., Zakari-Issoufou A.-A., Fallot M., Algora A., Tain J.L., Valencia E., Rice S., Bui V.M., Cormon S., Estienne M., Agramunt J., Äystö J., Bowry M., Briz J.A., Caballero-Folch R., Cano-Ott D., Cucouanes A., Elomaa V.-V., Eronen T., Estévez E., Farrelly G.F., Garcia A.R., Gelletly W., Gomez-Hornillos M.B, Gorlychev V., Hakala J., Jokinen A., Jordan M.D., Kankainen A., Karvonen P., Kolhinen V.S., Kondev F.G., Martinez T., Mendoza E., Molina F., Moore I., Perez-Cerdán A. B., Podolyák Zs., Penttilä H., Regan P.H., Reponen M., Rissanen J., Rubio B., Shiba T., Sonzogni A.A., and Weber C.

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Beta decay of fission products is at the origin of decay heat and antineutrino emission in nuclear reactors. Decay heat represents about 7% of the reactor power during operation and strongly impacts reactor safety. Reactor antineutrino detection is used in several fundamental neutrino physics experiments and it can also be used for reactor monitoring and non-proliferation purposes. 92,93Rb are two fission products of importance in reactor antineutrino spectra and decay heat, but their β-decay properties are not well known. New measurements of 92,93Rb β-decay properties have been performed at the IGISOL facility (Jyväskylä, Finland) using Total Absorption Spectroscopy (TAS). TAS is complementary to techniques based on Germanium detectors. It implies the use of a calorimeter to measure the total gamma intensity de-exciting each level in the daughter nucleus providing a direct measurement of the beta feeding. In these proceedings we present preliminary results for 93Rb, our measured beta feedings for 92Rb and we show the impact of these results on reactor antineutrino spectra and decay heat calculations.

Published
2016
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17. Impact of the Most Recent Total Absorption Gamma-ray Spectroscopy Data for Fission Fragments on Reactor Antineutrino Spectra and Comparison with the Daya Bay Results

Author

Estienne, M., primary, Fallot, M., additional, Algora, A., additional, Briz-Monago, J., additional, Bui, V.M., additional, Cormon, S., additional, Gelletly, W., additional, Giot, L., additional, Guadilla, V., additional, Jordan, D., additional, Meur, L. Le, additional, Porta, A., additional, Rice, S., additional, Rubio, B., additional, Taín, J. L., additional, Valencia, E., additional, and Zakari-Issoufou, A.-A., additional

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2020
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18. Impact of Most Recent Total Absorption Gamma-ray Spectroscopy Data of Fission Fragments on Reactor Antineutrino Spectra and Comparison with the Daya Bay Results

Author

Estienne, Magali, Fallot, Muriel, Algora, A., Briz-Monago, J., Bui, V.M., Cormon, S., Gelletly, W., Giot, Lydie, victor, guadilla, Le Meur, Loïc, Porta, Amanda, Rubio, B., Taín, J.L., Valencia, E., Zakari-Issoufou, Abdoul-Aziz, Laboratoire de physique subatomique et des technologies associées (SUBATECH), Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques (UN UFR ST), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (IFIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC)-Universitat de València (UV), Department of Physics, and University of Surrey (UNIS)

Subjects
[SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

International audience

Published
2019

19. Contribution of recently measured nuclear data to reactor antineutrino energy spectra predictions

Author

Fallot M., Cormon S., Estienne M., Algora A., Bui V.M., Cucoanes A., Elnimr M., Giot L., Jordan D., Martino J., Onillon A., Porta A., Pronost G., Remoto A., Taín J.L., Yermia F., and Zakari-Issoufou A.-A.

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

This paper attempts to summarize the actual problematic of reactor antineutrino energy spectra in the frame of fundamental and applied neutrino physics. Nuclear physics is an important ingredient of reactor antineutrino experiments. These experiments are motivated by neutrino oscillations, i.e. the measure of the θ13 mixing angle. In 2011, after a new computation of the reactor antineutrino energy spectra, based on the conversion of integral data of the beta spectra from 235U, and 239;241Pu, a deficit of reactor antineutrinos measured by short baseline experiments was pointed out. This is called the “reactor anomaly”, a new puzzle in the neutrino physics area. Since then, numerous new experimental neutrino projects have emerged. In parallel, computations of the antineutrino spectra independant from the ILL data would be desirable. One possibility is the use of the summation method, summing all the contributions of the fission product beta decay branches that can be found in nuclear databases. Studies have shown that in order to obtain reliable summation antineutrino energy spectra, new nuclear physics measurements of selected fission product beta decay properties are required. In these proceedings, we will present the computation methods of reactor antineutrino energy spectra and the impact of recent beta decay measurements on summation method spectra. The link of these nuclear physics studies with short baseline line oscillation search will be drawn and new neutrino physics projects at research reactors will be briefly presented.

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2013
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20. Updated Summation Model: An Improved Agreement with the Daya Bay Antineutrino Fluxes

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Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Estienne, M., Fallot, M., Algora, Alejandro, Briz, José Antonio, Bui, V.M., Cormon, S., Gelletly, W., Giot, L., Guadilla, V., Jordan, D., Le Meur, L., Porta, A., Rice, S., Rubio, Berta, Tain, José Luis, Valencia, E., Zakari-Issoufou, A.A., Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Estienne, M., Fallot, M., Algora, Alejandro, Briz, José Antonio, Bui, V.M., Cormon, S., Gelletly, W., Giot, L., Guadilla, V., Jordan, D., Le Meur, L., Porta, A., Rice, S., Rubio, Berta, Tain, José Luis, Valencia, E., and Zakari-Issoufou, A.A.

Abstract

A new summation method model of the reactor antineutrino energy spectrum is presented. It is updated with the most recent evaluated decay databases and with our total absorption gamma-ray spectroscopy measurements performed during the last decade. For the first time, the spectral measurements from the Daya Bay experiment are compared with the antineutrino energy spectrum computed with the updated summation method without any renormalization. The results exhibit a better agreement than is obtained with the Huber-Mueller model in the 2-5 MeV range, the region that dominates the detected flux. A systematic trend is found in which the antineutrino flux computed with the summation model decreases with the inclusion of more pandemonium-free data. The calculated flux obtained now lies only 1.9% above that detected in the Daya Bay experiment, a value that may be reduced with forthcoming new pandemonium-free data, leaving less room for a reactor anomaly. Eventually, the new predictions of individual antineutrino spectra for the U235, Pu239, Pu241, and U238 are used to compute the dependence of the reactor antineutrino spectral shape on the fission fractions.

Published
2019

21. Updated Summation Model: An Improved Agreement with the Daya Bay Antineutrino Fluxes

Author

Estienne, M., primary, Fallot, M., additional, Algora, A., additional, Briz-Monago, J., additional, Bui, V. M., additional, Cormon, S., additional, Gelletly, W., additional, Giot, L., additional, Guadilla, V., additional, Jordan, D., additional, Le Meur, L., additional, Porta, A., additional, Rice, S., additional, Rubio, B., additional, Taín, J. L., additional, Valencia, E., additional, and Zakari-Issoufou, A.-A., additional

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2019
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22. Total absorption spectroscopy study of $^{92}$Rb decay: a major contributor to reactor antineutrino flux

Author

Zakari-Issoufou, A. -A., Fallot, Muriel, Porta, Amanda, Algora, A., Tain, J. L., Valencia, E., Rice, S., Bui, Van Minh, Cormon, S., Estienne, Magali, Agramunt, J., Äystö, J., Bowry, M., Briz, J. A., Caballero-Folch, R., Cano-Ott, D., Cucoanes, A., Elomaa, V. -V., Eronen, T., Estévez, E., Farrelly, G. F., Garcia, A. R., Gelletly, W., Gomez-Hornillos, M. B, Gorlychev, V., Hakala, J., Jokinen, A., Jordan, M. D., Kankainen, A., Karvonen, P., Kolhinen, V. S., Kondev, F. G, Martinez, T., Mendoza, E., Molina, F., Moore, I., Perez, A., Podolyák, Zs., Penttilä, H., Regan, P. H., Reponen, M., Rissanen, J., Rubio, B., Shiba, T., Sonzogni, A. A., Weber, C., Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes (SUBATECH), Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and IGISOL

Subjects
[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]
Abstract

6 pages, 3 figures; International audience; The antineutrino spectra measured in recent experiments at reactors are inconsistent with calculations based on the conversion of integral beta spectra recorded at the ILL reactor. $^{92}$Rb makes the dominant contribution to the reactor spectrum in the 5-8 MeV range but its decay properties are in question. We have studied $^{92}$Rb decay with total absorption spectroscopy. Previously unobserved beta feeding was seen in the 4.5-5.5 region and the GS to GS feeding was found to be 87.5(25)%. The impact on the reactor antineutrino spectra calculated with the summation method is shown and discussed.

Published
2015

24. Total Absorption Spectroscopy of Fission Fragments Relevant for Reactor Antineutrino Spectra Determination

Author

Briz, J.A., primary, Zakari-Issoufou, A.-A., additional, Fallot, M., additional, Porta, A., additional, Algora, A., additional, Tain, J.L., additional, Valencia, E., additional, Rice, S., additional, Guadilla, V., additional, Agramunt, J., additional, Äystö, J., additional, Bowry, M., additional, Bui, V.M., additional, Caballero-Folch, R., additional, Cano-Ott, D., additional, Cormon, S., additional, Cucoanes, A., additional, Eloma, V., additional, Eronen, T., additional, Estévez, E., additional, Estienne, M., additional, Farrelly, G.F., additional, Fraile, L.M., additional, Ganioglu, E., additional, Garcia, A., additional, Gelletly, W., additional, Gomez-Hornillos, M.B., additional, Gorlychev, V., additional, Hakala, J., additional, Jokinen, A., additional, Jordan, M.D., additional, Kankainen, A., additional, Kondev, F.G., additional, Lebois, M., additional, Martinez, T., additional, Mendoza, E., additional, Molina, F., additional, Montaner, A., additional, Moore, I., additional, Nácher, E., additional, Orrigo, S., additional, Penttilä, H., additional, Pérez, A.B., additional, Podolyak, Zs., additional, Regan, P.H., additional, Rissanen, J., additional, Rubio, B., additional, Shiba, T., additional, Sonzogni, A., additional, Vedia, V., additional, Weber, C., additional, and Wilson, J., additional

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2016
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25. Indication of reactor electron antineutrinos disappearance in the Double Chooz experiment

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Abe, Y., Aberle, C., Akiri, T., Dos Anjos, J. C., Ardellier, F., Barbosa, A. F., Baxter, A., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, L., Blucher, E., Bongrand, M., Bowden, N. S., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P.-J., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Cormon, S., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Cribier, M., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A., D'Agostino, M. V., Damon, E., Dawson, J.V., Dazeley, S., Dierckxsens, M., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Durand, V., Efremenko, Y., Elnimr, M., Endo, Y., Etenko, A., Falk, E., Fallot, Muriel, Fechner, M., Von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Franco, D., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gama, R., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, Lydie, Göger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J. Tm., Greiner, D., Guillon, B., Haag, N., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Hartnell, J., Haruna, T., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hayakawa, T., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Jones, C. L., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Keefer, G., Kemp, E., De Kerret, H., Kibe, Y., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Langbrandtner, C., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima, H. P., Lindner, M., Liu, Yehan, López-Castanõ, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., Mckee, D., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Milzstajn, A., Miyata, H., Motta, D., Mueller, Th. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Peeters, S. J. M., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Potzel, W., Queval, R., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Remoto, A., Reyna, D., Röhling, M., Roth, S., Rubin, H. A., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Schwan, U., Schwetz, T., Shaevitz, M. H., Shrestha, D., Sida, J.-L., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Strait, M., Stüken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Sun, Z., Svoboda, R., Tabata, H., Tamura, N., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Toups, M., Trinh Thi, H. H., Veyssiere, C., Vignaud, D., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., White, B., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Yanovitch, E., Yermia, Frédéric, Zbiri, K., Zimmer, V., AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, APC - Neutrinos, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes (SUBATECH), Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA), and Double-CHOOZ

Subjects
[PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Neutrino mass and mixing, Neutrino interactions, muon, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Neutrino, Neutrino scattering, pion, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], cosmic ray detectors, and other elementary particle detectors
Abstract

7 pages, 3 figures, see paper for full list of authors; The Double Chooz experiment presents an indication of reactor electron antineutrino disappearance consistent with neutrino oscillations. An observed-to-predicted ratio of events of 0.944±0.016(stat)±0.040(syst) was obtained in 101 days of running at the Chooz nuclear power plant in France, with two 4.25GWth reactors. The results were obtained from a single 10m3 fiducial volume detector located 1050 m from the two reactor cores. The reactor antineutrino flux prediction used the Bugey4 flux measurement after correction for differences in core composition. The deficit can be interpreted as an indication of a nonzero value of the still unmeasured neutrino mixing parameter sin⁡22θ13. Analyzing both the rate of the prompt positrons and their energy spectrum, we find sin⁡22θ13=0.086±0.041(stat)±0.030(syst), or, at 90% C.L., 0.017

Published
2012

26. Towards reactor monitoring with antineutrinos

Author

Guillon, B., Cormon, S., Cribier, M., Fallot, Muriel, Giot, Lydie, Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Martino, J., Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes (SUBATECH), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes), APC - Neutrinos, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), and Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

International audience

Published
2007

27. New Antineutrino Energy Spectra Predictions from the Summation of Beta Decay Branches of the Fission Products

Author

Fallot, M., primary, Cormon, S., additional, Estienne, M., additional, Algora, A., additional, Bui, V. M., additional, Cucoanes, A., additional, Elnimr, M., additional, Giot, L., additional, Jordan, D., additional, Martino, J., additional, Onillon, A., additional, Porta, A., additional, Pronost, G., additional, Remoto, A., additional, Taín, J. L., additional, Yermia, F., additional, and Zakari-Issoufou, A.-A., additional

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2012
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29. Improved predictions of reactor antineutrino spectra

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Mueller, Th. A., primary, Lhuillier, D., additional, Fallot, M., additional, Letourneau, A., additional, Cormon, S., additional, Fechner, M., additional, Giot, L., additional, Lasserre, T., additional, Martino, J., additional, Mention, G., additional, Porta, A., additional, and Yermia, F., additional

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2011
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30. Volatile elements production rates in a proton-irradiated molten lead-bismuth target

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Tall, Y., primary, Cormon, S., additional, Fallot, M., additional, Foucher, Y., additional, Guertin, A., additional, Kirchner, T., additional, Zanini, L., additional, Andersson, M., additional, Berg, K., additional, Frånberg, H., additional, Gröschel, F., additional, Manfrin, E., additional, Wagner, W., additional, Wohlmuther, M., additional, Everaerts, P., additional, Köster, U., additional, Ravn, H., additional, Noah Messomo, E., additional, Jost, C., additional, and Kojima, Y., additional

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2007
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31. Towards reactor neutrino applied physics

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Fallot, M., primary, Cormon, S., additional, Cribier, M., additional, Giot, L., additional, Guillon, B., additional, Lasserre, T., additional, Letourneau, A., additional, Lhuillier, D., additional, and Martino, J., additional

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2007
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32. Double Chooz: A Search for the neutrino mixing angle theta(13)

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Ardellier, F., Barabanov, I., Barriere, J. C., Beiel, F., Berridge, S., Bezrukov, Leonid B., Bernstein, A., Bolton, T., Bowden, N. S., Buck, Ch, Bugg, B., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Cattadori, C., Cazaux, S., Cerrada, M., Chevis, B., Cohn, H., Coleman, J., Cormon, S., Courty, B., Cucoanes, A., Cribier, M., Danilov, N., Dazeley, S., Vacri, A. Di, Efremenko, Y., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., Fernandez-Bedoya, C., Feilitzsch, F., Foucher, Y., Gabriel, T., Ghislain, P., Botella, I. Gil, Giurgiu, G., Goeger-Neff, M., Goodman, M., Greiner, D., Grieb, Ch, Guarino, V., Guertin, A., Guillouet, P., Hagner, C., Hampel, W., Handler, T., Hartmann, F. X., Horton-Smith, G., Huber, P., Jochum, J., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Kerret, H., Kirchner, T., Kopeikin, V., Kopp, Joachim, Kozlov, A., Kutter, T., Krylov, Yu S., Kryn, D., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C., Lasserre, T., Lendvai, C., Liu, Y., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lindner, M., Losecco, J., Machulin, I., Marie, F., Martino, J., Mckee, D., Mcneil, R., Meigner, F., Mention, G., Metcalf, W., Mikaelyan, L., Milsztajn, A., Meyer, J. P., Motta, D., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Palomares, C., Perrin, P., Potzel, W., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Reyna, D., Rolinec, M., Romero, L., Stefan Roth, Schonert, Stefan, Schwan, U., Schwetz, T., Scola, L., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stanton, N., Sukhotin, S., Svoboda, R., Tang, A., Tonazzo, A., Underwood, D., Valdivia, F. J., Vignaud, D., Vincent, D., Winter, W., Zbiri, K., Zimmermann, R., Département d'Astrophysique, de physique des Particules, de physique Nucléaire et de l'Instrumentation Associée (DAPNIA), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes (SUBATECH), Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Double-CHOOZ, Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, and PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)

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High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The Double Chooz Reactor Neutrino Experiment in France plans to quickly measure the neutrino mixing angle theta-13, or limit it to sin^2 2-theta_13 less than 0.025. The physics reach, experimental site, detector structures, scintillator, photodetection, electronics, calibration and simulations are described. The possibility of using Double Chooz to explore the possible use of a antineutrino detector for non-proliferation goals is also presented., Comment: Double Chooz Collaboration Description of planned reactor neutrino experiment. 162 pages, 106 figures, 113 authors from 24 institutions Revision fixes typos in simulation, electronics and photomultiplier chapters

33. Indication of reactor ν(e) disappearance in the Double Chooz experiment.

Author

Abe Y, Aberle C, Akiri T, dos Anjos JC, Ardellier F, Barbosa AF, Baxter A, Bergevin M, Bernstein A, Bezerra TJ, Bezrukhov L, Blucher E, Bongrand M, Bowden NS, Buck C, Busenitz J, Cabrera A, Caden E, Camilleri L, Carr R, Cerrada M, Chang PJ, Chimenti P, Classen T, Collin AP, Conover E, Conrad JM, Cormon S, Crespo-Anadón JI, Cribier M, Crum K, Cucoanes A, D'Agostino MV, Damon E, Dawson JV, Dazeley S, Dierckxsens M, Dietrich D, Djurcic Z, Dracos M, Durand V, Efremenko Y, Elnimr M, Endo Y, Etenko A, Falk E, Fallot M, Fechner M, von Feilitzsch F, Felde J, Fernandes SM, Franco D, Franke AJ, Franke M, Furuta H, Gama R, Gil-Botella I, Giot L, Göger-Neff M, Gonzalez LF, Goodman MC, Goon JT, Greiner D, Guillon B, Haag N, Hagner C, Hara T, Hartmann FX, Hartnell J, Haruna T, Haser J, Hatzikoutelis A, Hayakawa T, Hofmann M, Horton-Smith GA, Ishitsuka M, Jochum J, Jollet C, Jones CL, Kaether F, Kalousis L, Kamyshkov Y, Kaplan DM, Kawasaki T, Keefer G, Kemp E, de Kerret H, Kibe Y, Konno T, Kryn D, Kuze M, Lachenmaier T, Lane CE, Langbrandtner C, Lasserre T, Letourneau A, Lhuillier D, Lima HP Jr, Lindner M, Liu Y, López-Castanõ JM, LoSecco JM, Lubsandorzhiev BK, Lucht S, McKee D, Maeda J, Maesano CN, Mariani C, Maricic J, Martino J, Matsubara T, Mention G, Meregaglia A, Miletic T, Milincic R, Milzstajn A, Miyata H, Motta D, Mueller TA, Nagasaka Y, Nakajima K, Novella P, Obolensky M, Oberauer L, Onillon A, Osborn A, Ostrovskiy I, Palomares C, Peeters SJ, Pepe IM, Perasso S, Perrin P, Pfahler P, Porta A, Potzel W, Queval R, Reichenbacher J, Reinhold B, Remoto A, Reyna D, Röhling M, Roth S, Rubin HA, Sakamoto Y, Santorelli R, Sato F, Schönert S, Schoppmann S, Schwan U, Schwetz T, Shaevitz MH, Shrestha D, Sida JL, Sinev V, Skorokhvatov M, Smith E, Spitz J, Stahl A, Stancu I, Strait M, Stüken A, Suekane F, Sukhotin S, Sumiyoshi T, Sun Y, Sun Z, Svoboda R, Tabata H, Tamura N, Terao K, Tonazzo A, Toups M, Trinh Thi HH, Veyssiere C, Wagner S, Watanabe H, White B, Wiebusch C, Winslow L, Worcester M, Wurm M, Yanovitch E, Yermia F, Zbiri K, and Zimmer V

Abstract

The Double Chooz experiment presents an indication of reactor electron antineutrino disappearance consistent with neutrino oscillations. An observed-to-predicted ratio of events of 0.944±0.016(stat)±0.040(syst) was obtained in 101 days of running at the Chooz nuclear power plant in France, with two 4.25 GW(th) reactors. The results were obtained from a single 10 m(3) fiducial volume detector located 1050 m from the two reactor cores. The reactor antineutrino flux prediction used the Bugey4 flux measurement after correction for differences in core composition. The deficit can be interpreted as an indication of a nonzero value of the still unmeasured neutrino mixing parameter sin(2)2θ(13). Analyzing both the rate of the prompt positrons and their energy spectrum, we find sin(2)2θ(13)=0.086±0.041(stat)±0.030(syst), or, at 90% C.L., 0.017

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2012
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