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1. The Impact of Helium Exposure on the PMTs of the SuperNEMO Experiment

Author: SuperNEMO Collaboration, Aguerre, X., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Bongrand, M., Bourgeois, Ch., Breton, D., Breier, R., Busto, J., Cerna, C., Ceschia, M., Chauveau, E., Chopra, A., Dawson, L., Duchesneau, D., Evans, J. J., Filosofov, D., Garrido, X., Girard-Carillo, C., Granjon, M., Hoballah, M., Hodák, R., Horner, G., Hussain, M. H., Islam, A., Jérémie, A., Jullian, S., Kaizer, J., Klimenko, A., Kochetov, O., Koňařík, F., Konovalov, S. I., Křižák, T., Kovalenko, S., Lahaie, A., Lang, K., Lemière, Y., Li, P., Maalmi, J., Macko, M., Mamedov, F., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Mendl, A., Morgan, B., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Palušová, V., Patrick, C., Pavicic, T., Perrot, F., Petro, M., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Pratt, S., Proga, M., Quinn, W. S., Ramachers, Y. A., Riddle, C. L., Rukhadze, N., Saakyan, R., Salazar, R., Sedgbeer, J., Shitov, Yu., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Smolnikov, A., Söldner-Rembold, S., Štekl, I., Suhonen, J., Tedjditi, H., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Tretyak, V. I., Tretyak, Vl. I., Turnbull, G., Umatov, V. I., Vereshchaka, Y., and Waters, D.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The performance of Hamamatsu 8" photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) of the type used in the SuperNEMO neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment (R5912-MOD), is investigated as a function of exposure to helium (He) gas. Two PMTs were monitored for over a year, one exposed to varying concentrations of He, and the other kept in standard atmospheric conditions as a control. Both PMTs were exposed to light signals generated by a Bi-207 radioactive source that provided consistent large input PMT signals similar to those that are typical of the SuperNEMO experiment. The energy resolution of PMT signals corresponding to 1 MeV energy scale determined from the Bi-207 decay spectrum, shows a negligible degradation with He exposure; however the rate of after-pulsing shows a clear increase with He exposure, which is modelled and compared to diffusion theory. A method for reconstructing the partial pressure of He within the PMT and a method for determining the He breakdown point, are introduced. The implications for long-term SuperNEMO operations are briefly discussed.
Published: 2025

2. Commissioning of the calorimeter of the SuperNEMO demonstrator

Author: Aguerre, X., Arya, R., Barabash, A., Basharina-Freshville, A., Bongrand, M., Bourgeois, Ch., Boursette, D., Breton, D., Breier, R., Busto, J., Calvez, S., Cerna, C., Ceschia, M., Chauveau, E., Dawson, L., Duchesneau, D., Evans, J., Filosofov, D. V., Girard-Carillo, C., Guillon, B., Granjon, M., Hoballah, M., Hodák, R., Horkley, J., Huber, A., Hussain, H., Jeremie, A., Jullian, S., Kaizer, J., Klimenko, A. A., Kochetov, O., Koňařík, F., Konovalov, S., Křižák, T., Lahaie, A., Lang, K., Lemière, Y., Li, E., Loaiza, P., Maalmi, J., Macko, M., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Mendl, A., Minotti, A., Morgan, B., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Palušová, V., Patrick, C., Pape, E., Perrot, F., Petro, M., Pin, A., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Pratt, S., Proga, M., Quinn, W., Rahimov, A. V., Ramachers, Y., Riddle, C., Rukhadze, N. I., Saakyan, R., Salazar, R., Sedgbeer, J., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Smolnikov, A. A., Söldner-Rembold, S., Štekl, I., Suhonen, J., Tedjditi, H., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Tretyak, V., Turnbull, G., Vereshchaka, Y., Waters, D., and Yumatov, V.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The SuperNEMO experiment is searching for neutrinoless double beta decay of \textsuperscript{82}Se, with the unique combination of a tracking detector and a segmented calorimeter. This feature allows to detect the two electrons emitted in the decay and measure their individual energy and angular distribution. The SuperNEMO calorimeter consists of 712 plastic scintillator blocks readout by large PMTs. After the construction of the demonstrator calorimeter underground, we have performed its first commissioning using $\gamma$-particles from calibration sources or from the ambient radioactive background. This article presents the quality assurance tests of the SuperNEMO demonstrator calorimeter and its first time and energy calibrations, with the associated methods.
Published: 2024

3. Probing Earth's Missing Potassium using the Unique Antimatter Signature of Geoneutrinos

Author: Consortium, LiquidO, Cabrera, A., Chen, M., Mantovani, F., Serafini, A., Strati, V., Apilluelo, J., Asquith, L., Beney, J. L., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bongrand, M., Bourgeois, C., Breton, D., Briere, M., Busto, J., Cadiou, A., Calvo, E., Chaumat, V., Chauveau, E., Cattermole, B. J., Chimenti, P., Delafosse, C., de Kerret, H., Dusini, S., Earle, A., Frigerio-Martins, C., Galán, J., García, J. A., Gazzini, R., Gibson-Foster, A., Gallas, A., Girard-Carillo, C., Griffith, W. C., Haddad, F., Hartnell, J., Hourlier, A., Hull, G., Irastorza, I. G., Koch, L., Laniéce, P., Du, J. F. Le, Lefebvre, C., Lefevre, F., Legrand, F., Loaiza, P., Lock, J. A., Luzón, G., Maalmi, J., Marquet, C., Martínez, M., Mathon, B., Ménard, L., Navas-Nicolás, D., Nunokawa, H., Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., Obolensky, M., Palomares, C., Pillot, P., Porter, J. C. C., Pravikoff, M. S., Ramarijaona, H., Roche, M., Rosier, P., Roskovec, B., Sarsa, M. L., Schoppmann, S., Shorrock, W., Simard, L., Steiger, H. Th. J., Stocco, D., Stutzmann, J. S., Suekane, F., Tunc, A., Verdier, M. -A., Verdugo, A., Viaud, B., Wakely, S. M., Weber, A., and Yermia, F.
Subjects: Physics - Geophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The formation of the Earth remains an epoch with mysterious puzzles extending to our still incomplete understanding of the planet's potential origin and bulk composition. Direct confirmation of the Earth's internal heat engine was accomplished by the successful observation of geoneutrinos originating from uranium (U) and thorium (Th) progenies, manifestations of the planet's natural radioactivity dominated by potassium (40K) and the decay chains of uranium (238U) and thorium (232Th). This radiogenic energy output is critical to planetary dynamics and must be accurately measured for a complete understanding of the overall heat budget and thermal history of the Earth. Detecting geoneutrinos remains the only direct probe to do so and constitutes a challenging objective in modern neutrino physics. In particular, the intriguing potassium geoneutrinos have never been observed and thus far have been considered impractical to measure. We propose here a novel approach for potassium geoneutrino detection using the unique antimatter signature of antineutrinos to reduce the otherwise overwhelming backgrounds to observing this rarest signal. The proposed detection framework relies on the innovative LiquidO detection technique to enable positron (e+) identification and antineutrino interactions with ideal isotope targets identified here for the first time. We also provide the complete experimental methodology to yield the first potassium geoneutrino discovery.
Published: 2023

4. Gate tunable terahertz cyclotron emission from two-dimensional Dirac fermions

Author: Benhamou-Bui, B., Consejo, C., Krishtopenko, S. S., Szoła, M., Maussang, K., Ruffenach, S., Chauveau, E., Benlemqwanssa, S., Bray, C., Baudry, X., Ballet, P., Morozov, S. V., Gavrilenko, V. I., Mikhailov, N. N., Dvoretskii, S. A., Jouault, B., Torres, J., and Teppe, F.
Subjects: Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics, Condensed Matter - Materials Science
Abstract: Two-dimensional Dirac fermions in HgTe quantum wells close to the topological phase transition can generate significant cyclotron emission that is magnetic field tunable in the Terahertz (THz) frequency range. Due to their relativistic-like dynamics, their cyclotron mass is strongly dependent on their electron concentration in the quantum well, providing a second tunability lever and paving the way for a gate-tunable, permanent-magnet Landau laser. In this work, we demonstrate the proof-of-concept of such a back-gate tunable THz cyclotron emitter at fixed magnetic field. The emission frequency detected at 1.5 Tesla is centered on 2.2 THz and can already be electrically tuned over 250 GHz. With an optimized gate and a realistic permanent magnet of 1.0 Tesla, we estimate that the cyclotron emission could be continuously and rapidly tunable by the gate bias between 1 and 3 THz, that is to say on the less covered part of the THz gap., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures
Published: 2023
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5. TRITIUM - A Quasi Real-Time Low Activity Tritium Monitor for Water

Author: Azevedo C.D.R., Baeza A., Brás M., Cámara T., Cerna C., Chauveau E., Gil J.M., Corbacho J.A., Delgado V., Díaz J., Domange J., Marquet C., Macko M., Martínez-Roig M., Moreno A., Piquemal F., Rodríguez A., Rodríguez J., Roldían, C., Veloso J.F.C.A., and Yahlali N.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: Tritium is released abundantly to the environment by nuclear power plants (NPP), as a product of neutron capture by hydrogen and deuterium. In normal running conditions, released cooling waters may contain levels of tritium close to or even larger than the maximum authorised limit for human consumption (drinking and irrigation). The European Council Directive 2013/51/Euratom requires a maximum level of tritium in water for human consumption lower than 100 Bq=L. Current monitoring of tritium activity in water by liquid scintillating method takes about two days and can only be carried out in a dedicated laboratory. This system is not appropriate for real time monitoring. At present, there exists no available detector device with enough sensitivity to monitor waters for human consumption with high enough sensitivity. The goal of the TRITIUM project is to build a tritium monitor capable to measure tritium activities with detection limit close to 100Bq=L, using instrumentation technique developed in recent years for Nuclear and Particle Physics, such as scintillating fibres and silicon photomultipliers (SiPM). In this paper the current status of the TRITIUM project is presented and he results of first prototypes are discussed. A detector system based on scintillating fibers read out either photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) or silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) arrays is under development and will be installed in the vicinity of Almaraz nuclear power plant (Cáceres, Spain) by the fourth term of 2019.
Published: 2020
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6. Characterization of a radiation detector based on opaque water-based liquid scintillator

Author: Apilluelo, J., Asquith, L., Bannister, E.F., Beney, J.L., de La Bernardie, X., Bezerra, T.J.C., Bongrand, M., Bourgeois, C., Boutalha, H., Breton, D., Briere, M., Cabrera, A., Cadiou, A., Calvo, E., Chaumat, V., Chauveau, E., Cattermole, B.J., Chen, M., Chimenti, P., Ċornet, T., Cowen, D.F., Delafosse, C., Dusini, S., Earle, A., Frigerio-Martins, C., Galán, J., Gallas, A., García, J.A., Gazzini, R., Gibson-Foster, A., Girard-Carillo, C., Griffith, W.C., Gómez-Cadenas, J.J., Guittière, M., Haddad, F., Hartnell, J., Holin, A., Hull, G., Irastorza, I.G., Jovanovic, I., Koch, L., Du, J.F. Le, Lefebvre, C., Lefevre, F., Legrand, F., Loaiza, P., Lock, J.A., Luzón, G., Maalmi, J., Malhado, J.P., Mantovani, F., Marquet, C., Martínez, M., Mathon, B., Navas-Nicolás, D., Nunokawa, H., Ochoa-Ricoux, J.P., Palomares, C., Petyt, D., Pillot, P., Porter, J.C.C., Pravikoff, M.S., Ramarijaona, H., Roche, M., Rosero, R., Rosier, P., Roskovec, B., Sarsa, M.L., Schoppmann, S., Serafini, A., Shepherd-Themistocleous, C., Shorrock, W., Simard, L., Soleti, S.R., Steiger, H.Th.J., Stocco, D., Strati, V., Stutzmann, J.S., Suekane, F., Tunc, A., Tuccori, N., Verdugo, A., Viaud, B., Wakely, S.M., Weber, A., Wendel, G., Wilhelm, A.S., Yeh, M., and Yermia, F.
Published: 2025
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7. Measurement of double-$\beta$ decay of $^{150}$Nd to the 0$^+_1$ excited state of $^{150}$Sm in NEMO-3

Author: Collaboration, NEMO-3, Aguerre, X., Arnold, R., Augier, C., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Blondel, S., Blot, S., Bongrand, M., Breier, R., Brudanin, V., Busto, J., Bystryakov, A., Caffrey, A. J., Cerna, C., Cesar, J. P., Ceschia, M., Chauveau, E., Chopra, A., Dawson, L., Duchesneau, D., Durand, D., Evans, J. J., Flack, R., Franchini, P., Garrido, X., Girard-Carillo, C., Guillon, B., Guzowski, P., Hoballah, M., Hodák, R., Hubert, P., Hussain, M. H., Jullian, S., Klimentko, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Koňařík, F., Křižák, T., Lalanne, D., Lang, K., Lemière, Y., Li, P., Loaiza, P., Lutter, G., Macko, M., Mamedov, F., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Minotti, A., Morgan, B., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Nowacki, F., Ohsumi, H., Oliviéro, G., Palušová, V., Patrick, C., Perrot, F., Petro, M., Pin, A., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Pratt, S., Přidal, P., Quinn, W. S., Ramachers, Y. A., Remoto, A., Reyss, J. L., Riddle, C. L., Rukhadze, E., Saakyan, R., Salamatin, A., Salazar, R., Sarazin, X., Sedgbeer, J., Shitov, Yu., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Smetana, A., Smolnikov, A., Söldner-Rembold, S., Štekl, I., Suhonen, J., Szklarz, G., Tedjditi, H., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Tretyak, V. I., Umatov, V. I., Vanushin, I., Vereshchaka, Y., Vorobel, V., Waters, D., and Xie, F.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The NEMO-3 results for the double-$\beta$ decay of $^{150}$Nd to the 0$^+_1$ and 2$^+_1$ excited states of $^{150}$Sm are reported. The data recorded during 5.25 yr with 36.6 g of the isotope $^{150}$Nd are used in the analysis. For the first time, the signal of the $2\nu\beta\beta$ transition to the 0$^+_1$ excited state is detected with a statistical significance exceeding 5$\sigma$. The half-life is measured to be $T_{1/2}^{2\nu\beta\beta}(0^+_1) = \left[ 1.11 ^{+0.19}_{-0.14} \,\left(\mbox{stat}\right) ^{+0.17}_{-0.15}\, \left(\mbox{syst}\right) \right] \times10^{20}\,\mbox{yr}$. The limits are set on the $2\nu\beta\beta$ decay to the 2$^+_1$ level and on the $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay to the 0$^+_1$ and 2$^+_1$ levels of $^{150}$Sm., Comment: Minor corrections
Published: 2022

8. Development of a real-time tritium-in-water monitor

Author: Azevedo, C. D. R., Baeza, A., Chauveau, E., Corbacho, J. A., Díaz, J., Domange, J., Marquet, C., Martínez-Roig, M., Piquemal, F., Prado, D., Veloso, J. F. C. A., and Yahlali, N.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: In this paper, we report the development and performance of a detector module envisaging a tritium-in-water real-time activity monitor. The monitor is based on modular detection units whose number can be chosen according to the required sensitivity. The full system is being designed to achieve a \emph{Minimum Detectable Activity} (\emph{MDA}) of 100\,Bq/L of tritium-in-water activity which is the limit established by the E.U. Council Directive 2013/51/Euratom for water intended for human consumption. The same system can be used as a real-time pre-alert system for nuclear power plant regarding tritium-in water environmental surveillance. The first detector module was characterized, commissioned and installed immediately after the discharge channel of the Arrocampo dam (Almaraz nuclear power plant, Spain) on the Tagus river. Due to the high sensitivity of the single detection modules, the system requires radioactive background mitigation techniques through the use of active and passive shielding. We have extrapolated a \emph{MDA} of 3.6\,kBq/L for a single module being this value limited by the cosmic background. The obtained value for a single module is already compatible with a real-time environmental surveillance and pre-alert system. Further optimization of the single-module sensitivity will imply the reduction of the number of modules and the cost of the detector system., Comment: 10 pages, 16 figures
Published: 2022

9. 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
Published: 2022
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10. Measurement of the distribution of $^{207}$Bi depositions on calibration sources for SuperNEMO

Author: Arnold, R., Augier, C., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Birdsall, E., Blondel, S., Bongrand, M., Boursette, D., Breier, R., Brudanin, V., Busto, J., Calvez, S., Cerna, C., Cesar, J. P., Ceschia, M., Chapon, A., Chauveau, E., Chopra, A., Dawson, L., De Capua, S., Duchesneau, D., Durand, D., Eurin, G., Evans, J. J., Filosofov, D., Flack, R., Franchini, P., Girard-Carillo, C., Gómez, H., Guillon, B., Guzowski, P., Hoballah, M., Hodák, R., Hussain, M. H., Jeremie, A., Jullian, S., Kaizer, J., Klimenko, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kovalenko, V., Lalanne, D., Lang, K., Lemière, Y., Noblet, T. Le, Liptak, Z., Liu, X. R., Loaiza, P., Macko, M., Macolino, C., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Minotti, A., Mora, Y., Morgan, B., Mott, J., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Nova, F., Nowacki, F., Ohsumi, H., Oliviéro, G., Pahlka, R. B., Palušová, V., Patrick, C., Perrot, F., Pin, A., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Proga, M., Quinn, W. S., Ramachers, Y. A., Remoto, A., Reyss, J. L., Saakyan, R., Salamatin, A., Salazar, R., Sarazin, X., Sedgbeer, J., Shitov, Yu., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Smolnikov, A., Söldner-Rembold, S., Štekl, I., Suhonen, J., Sutton, C. S., Szklarz, G., Tedjditi, H., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Torre, S., Tretyak, Vl. I., Tretyak, V. I., Umatov, V. I., Vilela, C., Vorobel, V., Waters, D., Xie, F., and Žemlička, J.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The SuperNEMO experiment will search for neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$), and study the Standard-Model double-beta decay process ($2\nu\beta\beta$). The SuperNEMO technology can measure the energy of each of the electrons produced in a double-beta ($\beta\beta$) decay, and can reconstruct the topology of their individual tracks. The study of the double-beta decay spectrum requires very accurate energy calibration to be carried out periodically. The SuperNEMO Demonstrator Module will be calibrated using 42 calibration sources, each consisting of a droplet of $^{207}$Bi within a frame assembly. The quality of these sources, which depends upon the entire $^{207}$Bi droplet being contained within the frame, is key for correctly calibrating SuperNEMO's energy response. In this paper, we present a novel method for precisely measuring the exact geometry of the deposition of $^{207}$Bi droplets within the frames, using Timepix pixel detectors. We studied 49 different sources and selected 42 high-quality sources with the most central source positioning., Comment: 16 pages, 12 figures, submitted to JINST, response to reviewer comments
Published: 2021
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11. Search for Periodic Modulations of the Rate of Double-Beta Decay of $^{100}$Mo in the NEMO-3 Detector

Author: Collaboration, NEMO-3, Arnold, R., Augier, C., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Blondel, S., Blot, S., Bongrand, M., Boursette, D., Breier, R., Brudanin, V., Busto, J., Caffrey, A. J., Calvez, S., Cerna, C., Cesar, J. P., Ceschia, M., Chapon, A., Chauveau, E., Chopra, A., Dawson, L., Duchesneau, D., Durand, D., Eurin, G., Evans, J. J., Fajt, L., Filosofov, D., Flack, R., Franchini, P., Garrido, X., Girard-Carillo, C., Gómez, H., Guillon, B., Guzowski, P., Hodák, R., Huber, A., Hubert, P., Hugon, C., Hussain, M. H., Jullian, S., Klimenko, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kovalenko, V., Lalanne, D., Lang, K., Lemière, Y., Noblet, T. Le, Liptak, Z., Liu, X. R., Loaiza, P., Lutter, G., Macko, M., Macolino, C., Mamedov, F., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Minotti, A., Morgan, B., Mott, J., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Nova, F., Nowacki, F., Ohsumi, H., Oliviéro, G., Pahlka, R. B., Palusova, V., Patrick, C., Perrot, F., Pin, A., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Přidal, P., Quinn, W. S., Ramachers, Y. A., Remoto, A., Reyss, J. L., Riddle, C. L., Rukhadze, E., Saakyan, R., Salamatin, A., Salazar, R., Sarazin, X., Sedgbeer, J., Shitov, Yu., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Smetana, A., Smolnikov, A., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soulé, B., Štekl, I., Suhonen, J., Sutton, C. S., Szklarz, G., Tedjditi, H., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Torre, S., Tretyak, Vl. I., Tretyak, V. I., Umatov, V. I., Vanushin, I., Vilela, C., Vorobel, V., Waters, D., and Xie, F.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: Double-beta decays of $^{100}$Mo from the 6.0195-year exposure of a 6.914 kg high-purity sample were recorded by the NEMO-3 experiment that searched for neutrinoless double-beta decays. These ultra-rare transitions to $^{100}$Ru have a half-life of approximately $7\times10^{18}$ years, and have been used to conduct the first ever search for periodic variations of this decay mode. The Lomb-Scargle periodogram technique, and its error-weighted extension, were employed to look for periodic modulations of the half-life. Monte Carlo modeling was used to study the modulation sensitivity of the data over a broad range of amplitudes and frequencies. Data show no evidence of modulations with amplitude greater than 2.5% in the frequency range of $0.33225\,{\rm y^{-1}}$ to $365.25\,{\rm y^{-1}}$.
Published: 2020

12. Search for Signatures of Sterile Neutrinos with Double Chooz

Author: The Double Chooz Collaboration, Abrahão, T., Almazan, H., Anjos, J. C. dos, Appel, S., Barriere, J. C., Bekman, I., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blucher, E., Brugière, T., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Cerrada, M., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Corpace, O., Dawson, J. V., Djurcic, Z., Etenko, A., Furuta, H., Gil-Botella, I., Givaudan, A., Gomez, H., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodman, M. C., Hara, T., Haser, J., Hellwig, D., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kale, K., Kaneda, M., Karakac, M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Lastoria, C., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Maeda, J., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Minotti, A., Navas-Nicolás, D., Novella, P., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Onillon, A., Oralbaev, A., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Scola, L., Sharankova, R., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Soldin, P., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L. F. F., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Veyssiere, C., Viaud, B., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Wiebusch, C., Yang, G., and Yermia, F.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, 62F03 (Primary), 62P35, 65C60 (Secondary)
Abstract: We present a search for signatures of neutrino mixing of electron anti-neutrinos with additional hypothetical sterile neutrino flavors using the Double Chooz experiment. The search is based on data from 5 years of operation of Double Chooz, including 2 years in the two-detector configuration. The analysis is based on a profile likelihood, i.e.\ comparing the data to the model prediction of disappearance in a data-to-data comparison of the two respective detectors. The analysis is optimized for a model of three active and one sterile neutrino. It is sensitive in the typical mass range $5 \cdot 10^{-3} $ eV$^2 \lesssim \Delta m^2_{41} \lesssim 3\cdot 10^{-1} $ eV$^2$ for mixing angles down to $\sin^2 2\theta_{14} \gtrsim 0.02$. No significant disappearance additionally to the conventional disappearance related to $\theta_{13} $ is observed and correspondingly exclusion bounds on the sterile mixing parameter $\theta_{14} $ as function of $ \Delta m^2_{41} $ are obtained., Comment: accepted for publication by EPJC
Published: 2020
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13. Reactor Rate Modulation oscillation analysis with two detectors in Double Chooz

Author: Double Chooz Collaboration, Abrahão, T., Almazan, H., Anjos, J. C. dos, Appel, S., Bekman, I., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blucher, E., Brugière, T., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Cerrada, M., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Dawson, J. V., Djurcic, Z., Etenko, A., Furuta, H., Gil-Botella, I., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodman, M. C., Hara, T., Hellwig, D., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kale, K., Kaneda, M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Lastoria, C., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Maeda, J., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Minotti, A., Navas-Nicolás, D., Novella, P., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Onillon, A., Oralbaev, A., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Sharankova, R., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Soldin, P., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L. F. F., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Viaud, B., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Wiebusch, C., Yang, G., and Yermia, F.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: A $\theta_{13}$ oscillation analysis based on the observed antineutrino rates at the Double Chooz far and near detectors for different reactor power conditions is presented. This approach provides a so far unique simultaneous determination of $\theta_{13}$ and the total background rates without relying on any assumptions on the specific background contributions. The analysis comprises 865 days of data collected in both detectors with at least one reactor in operation. The oscillation results are enhanced by the use of 24.06 days (12.74 days) of reactor-off data in the far (near) detector. The analysis considers the \nue interactions up to a visible energy of 8.5 MeV, using the events at higher energies to build a cosmogenic background model considering fast-neutrons interactions and $^{9}$Li decays. The background-model-independent determination of the mixing angle yields sin$^2(2\theta_{13})=0.094\pm0.017$, being the best-fit total background rates fully consistent with the cosmogenic background model. A second oscillation analysis is also performed constraining the total background rates to the cosmogenic background estimates. While the central value is not significantly modified due to the consistency between the reactor-off data and the background estimates, the addition of the background model reduces the uncertainty on $\theta_{13}$ to 0.015. Along with the oscillation results, the normalization of the anti-neutrino rate is measured with a precision of 0.86\%, reducing the 1.43\% uncertainty associated to the expectation.
Published: 2020
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14. Measurement of the double-β1501+150 decay of β1501+150Nd to the 0β1501+150 excited state of β1501+150Sm in NEMO-3

Author: Aguerre, X., Arnold, R., Augier, C., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Blondel, S., Blot, S., Bongrand, M., Breier, R., Brudanin, V., Busto, J., Bystryakov, A., Caffrey, A. J., Cerna, C., Cesar, J. P., Ceschia, M., Chauveau, E., Chopra, A., Dawson, L., Duchesneau, D., Durand, D., Evans, J. J., Flack, R., Franchini, P., Garrido, X., Girard-Carillo, C., Guillon, B., Guzowski, P., Hoballah, M., Hodák, R., Hubert, P., Hussain, M. H., Jullian, S., Klimenko, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Koňařík, F., Křižák, T., Lalanne, D., Lang, K., Lemière, Y., Li, P., Loaiza, P., Lutter, G., Macko, M., Mamedov, F., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Minotti, A., Morgan, B., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Nowacki, F., Ohsumi, H., Oliviéro, G., Palušová, V., Patrick, C., Perrot, F., Petro, M., Pin, A., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Pratt, S., Přidal, P., Quinn, W. S., Ramachers, Y. A., Remoto, A., Reyss, J. L., Riddle, C. L., Rukhadze, E., Saakyan, R., Salamatin, A., Salazar, R., Sarazin, X., Sedgbeer, J., Shitov, Yu., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Smetana, A., Smolnikov, A., Söldner-Rembold, S., Štekl, I., Suhonen, J., Szklarz, G., Tedjditi, H., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Tretyak, V. I., Tretyak, V. I., Umatov, V. I., Vanushin, I., Vereshchaka, Y., Vorobel, V., Waters, D., and Xie, F.
Published: 2023
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15. Simulation results on a real-time in water tritium monitor

Author: Azevedo, C. D. R., Baeza, A., Chauveau, E., Corbacho, J. A., Díaz, J., Domange, J., Marquet, C., Martínez-Roig, M., Piquemal, F., Veloso, J. F. C. A., and Yahlali, N.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: In this work we present simulation results for a modular tritium in-water real-time monitor. The system allows for scalability in order to achieve the required sensitivity. The modules are composed by 340 uncladed scintillating fibers immersed in water and 2 photosensors for light readout. Light yield and Birks' coefficient uncertainties for low energy beta particles is discussed. A study of the detection efficiency according to the fiber length is presented. Discussion on the system requirements and background mitigation for a device with sensitivity of 100\,Bq/L, required to comply with the European directive 2013/51/Euratom, is presented. Due to the low energetic beta emission from tritium a detection efficiency close to 3.3\% was calculated for a single 2\,mm round fiber.
Published: 2020
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16. Search for the double-beta decay of 82Se to the excited states of 82Kr with NEMO-3

Author: Arnold, The NEMO-3 collaboration R., Augier, C., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Blondel, S., Blot, S., Bongrand, M., Boursette, D., Breier, R., Brudanin, V., Busto, J., Caffrey, A. J., Calvez, S., Cascella, M., Cerna, C., Cesar, J. P., Chapon, A., Chauveau, E., Chopra, A., Dawson, L., Duchesneau, D., Durand, D., Egorov, V., Eurin, G., Evans, J. J., Fajt, L., Filosofov, D., Flack, R., Garrido, X., Girard-Carillo, C., Gómez, H., Guillon, B., Guzowski, P., Hodak, R., Huber, A., Hubert, P., Hugon, C., Jullian, S., Klimenko, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kovalenko, V., Lalanne, D., Lang, K., Lemière, Y., Noblet, T. Le, Liptak, Z., Liu, X. R., Loaiza, P., Lutter, G., Macko, M., Macolino, C., Mamedov, F., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Minotti, A., Morgan, B., Mott, J., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Nova, F., Nowacki, F., Ohsumi, H., Oliviéro, G., Pahlka, R. B., Palusova, V., Patrick, C., Perrot, F., Pin, A., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Přidal, P., Ramachers, Y. A., Remoto, A., Reyss, J. L., Richards, B., Riddle, C. L., Rukhadze, E., Saakyan, R., Salazar, R., Sarazin, X., Sedgbeer, J., Shitov, Yu., Simard, L., Simkovic, F., Smetana, A., Smolek, K., Smolnikov, A., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soulé, B., Štekl, I., Suhonen, J., Sutton, C. S., Szklarz, G., Tedjditi, H., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Torre, S., Tretyak, Vl. I., Tretyak, V. I., Umatov, V. I., Vanushin, I., Vilela, C., Vorobela, V., Waters, D., Xie, F., and Žukauskas, A.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The double-beta decay of 82Se to the 0+1 excited state of 82Kr has been studied with the NEMO-3 detector using 0.93 kg of enriched 82Se measured for 4.75 y, corresponding to an exposure of 4.42 kg y. A dedicated analysis to reconstruct the gamma-rays has been performed to search for events in the 2e2g channel. No evidence of a 2nbb decay to the 0+1 state has been observed and a limit of T2n 1/2(82Se; 0+gs -> 0+1) > 1.3 1021 y at 90% CL has been set. Concerning the 0nbb decay to the 0+1 state, a limit for this decay has been obtained with T0n 1/2(82Se; 0+g s -> 0+1) > 2.3 1022 y at 90% CL, independently from the 2nbb decay process. These results are obtained for the first time with a tracko-calo detector, reconstructing every particle in the final state.
Published: 2020
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17. Neutrino Physics with an Opaque Detector

Author: Cabrera, A., Abusleme, A., Anjos, J. dos, Bezerra, T. J. C., Bongrand, M., Bourgeois, C., Breton, D., Buck, C., Busto, J., Calvo, E., Chauveau, E., Chen, M., Chimenti, P., Corso, F. Dal, De Conto, G., Dusini, S., Fiorentini, G., Martins, C. Frigerio, Givaudan, A., Govoni, P., Gramlich, B., Grassi, M., Han, Y., Hartnell, J., Hugon, C., Jiménez, S., de Kerret, H., Nevé, A. Le, Loaiza, P., Maalmi, J., Mantovani, F., Manzanillas, L., Marquet, C., Martino, J., Navas-Nicolás, D., Nunokawa, H., Obolensky, M., Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., Ortona, G., Palomares, C., Pessina, F., Pin, A., Porter, J. C. C., Pravikoff, M. S., Roche, M., Roskovec, B., Roy, N., Santos, C., Schoppmann, S., Serafini, A., Simard, L., Sisti, M., Stanco, L., Strati, V., Stutzmann, J. -S., Suekane, F., Verdugo, A., Viaud, B., Volpe, C., Vrignon, C., Wagner, S., and Yermia, F.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: In 1956 Reines & Cowan discovered the neutrino using a liquid scintillator detector. The neutrinos interacted with the scintillator, producing light that propagated across transparent volumes to surrounding photo-sensors. This approach has remained one of the most widespread and successful neutrino detection technologies used since. This article introduces a concept that breaks with the conventional paradigm of transparency by confining and collecting light near its creation point with an opaque scintillator and a dense array of optical fibres. This technique, called LiquidO, can provide high-resolution imaging to enable efficient identification of individual particles event-by-event. A natural affinity for adding dopants at high concentrations is provided by the use of an opaque medium. With these and other capabilities, the potential of our detector concept to unlock opportunities in neutrino physics is presented here, alongside the results of the first experimental validation., Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures
Published: 2019
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18. Phase separation dynamics of gluten protein mixtures

Author: Banc, A., Pincemaille, J., Costanzo, S., Chauveau, E., Appavou, M. s., Morel, M. H., Menut, P., and Ramos, L.
Subjects: Condensed Matter - Soft Condensed Matter
Abstract: We investigate by time-resolved Synchrotron ultra-small X-ray scattering the dynamics of liquid-liquid phase-separation (LLPS) of gluten protein suspensions following a temperature quench. Samples at a fixed concentration (237 mg/ml) but with different protein compositions are investigated. In our experimental conditions, we show that fluid viscoelastic samples depleted in polymeric glutenin phase-separate following a spinodal decomposition process. We quantitatively probe the late stage coarsening that results from a competition between thermodynamics that speeds up the coarsening rate as the quench depth increases, and transport that slows downs the rate. For even deeper quenches, the even higher viscoelasticity of the continuous phase leads to a "quasi" arrested phase separation. Anomalous phase-separation dynamics is by contrast measured for a gel sample rich in glutenin, due to elastic constraints. This work illustrates the role of viscoelasticity in the dynamics of LLPS in protein dispersions., Comment: accepted for publication in Soft Matter
Published: 2019
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19. Detailed studies of $^{100}$Mo two-neutrino double beta decay in NEMO-3

Author: Collaboration, NEMO-3, Arnold, R., Augier, C., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Blondel, S., Blot, S., Bongrand, M., Boursette, D., Brudanin, V., Busto, J., Caffrey, A. J., Calvez, S., Cascella, M., Cerna, C., Cesar, J. P., Chapon, A., Chauveau, E., Chopra, A., Dawson, L., Duchesneau, D., Durand, D., Dvornický, R., Egorov, V., Eurin, G., Evans, J. J., Fajt, L., Filosofov, D., Flack, R., Garrido, X., Girard-Carillo, C., Gómez, H., Guillon, B., Guzowski, P., Hodák, R., Huber, A., Hubert, P., Hugon, C., Jullian, S., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kovalenko, V., Lalanne, D., Lang, K., Lemière, Y., Noblet, T. Le, Liptak, Z., Liu, X. R., Loaiza, P., Lutter, G., Macko, M., Macolino, C., Mamedov, F., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Minotti, A., Morgan, B., Mott, J., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Nova, F., Nowacki, F., Ohsumi, H., Oliviéro, G., Pahlka, R. B., Patrick, C., Perrot, F., Pin, A., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Přidal, P., Ramachers, Y. A., Remoto, A., Reyss, J. L., Riddle, C. L., Rukhadze, E., Saakyan, R., Salamatin, A., Salazar, R., Sarazin, X., Sedgbeer, J., Shitov, Yu., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Smetana, A., Smolek, K., Smolnikov, A., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soulé, B., Štekl, I., Suhonen, J., Sutton, C. S., Szklarz, G., Tedjditi, H., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Torre, S., Tretyak, Vl. I., Tretyak, V. I., Umatov, V. I., Vanushin, I., Vilela, C., Vorobel, V., Waters, D., Xie, F., and Žukauskas, A.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The full data set of the NEMO-3 experiment has been used to measure the half-life of the two-neutrino double beta decay of $^{100}$Mo to the ground state of $^{100}$Ru, $T_{1/2} = \left[ 6.81 \pm 0.01\,\left(\mbox{stat}\right) ^{+0.38}_{-0.40}\,\left(\mbox{syst}\right) \right] \times10^{18}$ y. The two-electron energy sum, single electron energy spectra and distribution of the angle between the electrons are presented with an unprecedented statistics of $5\times10^5$ events and a signal-to-background ratio of ~80. Clear evidence for the Single State Dominance model is found for this nuclear transition. Limits on Majoron emitting neutrinoless double beta decay modes with spectral indices of n=2,3,7, as well as constraints on Lorentz invariance violation and on the bosonic neutrino contribution to the two-neutrino double beta decay mode are obtained., Comment: 11 pages, 9 figures
Published: 2019
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20. TRITIUM - A Real-Time Tritium Monitor System for Water Quality Surveillance

Author: Azevedo, C. D. R., Baeza, A., Bras, M., Camara, T., Cerna, C., Chauveau, E., Gil, J. M., Corbacho, J. A., Delgado, V., Díaz, J., Domange, J., Marquet, C., Martínez-Roig, M., Moreno, A., Piquemal, F., Rodríguez, A., Rodríguez, J., Roldan, C., Veloso, J. F. C. A., and Yahlali, N.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: In this work the development results of the TRITIUM project is presented. The main objective of the project is the construction of a near real-time monitor for low activity tritium in water, aimed at in-situ surveillance and radiological protection of river water in the vicinity of nuclear power plants. The European Council Directive 2013/51/Euratom requires that the maximum level of tritium in water for human consumption to be lower than 100 Bq/L. Tritium levels in the cooling water of nuclear power plants in normal operation are much higher than the levels caused by the natural and cosmogenic components, and may easily surmount the limit required by the Directive. The current liquid-scintillation measuring systems in environmental radioactivity laboratories are sensitive to such low levels, but they are not suitable for real-time monitoring. Moreover, there is no currently available device with enough sensitivity and monitoring capabilities that could be used for surveillance of the cooling water of nuclear power plants. A detector system based on scintillation fibers read out by photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) or silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) arrays is under development for in-water tritium measurement. This detector will be installed in the vicinity of Almaraz nuclear power plant (Spain) in Spring 2019. An overview of the project development and the results of first prototypes are presented., Comment: 6 pages, 11 figures, IEEE NSS-MIC Conf Record 2018
Published: 2019
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21. Final results on $^\textbf{82}$Se double beta decay to the ground state of $^\textbf{82}$Kr from the NEMO-3 experiment

Author: Collaboration, NEMO-3, Arnold, R., Augier, C., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Blondel, S., Blot, S., Bongrand, M., Boursette, D., Brudanin, V., Busto, J., Caffrey, A. J., Calvez, S., Cascella, M., Cerna, C., Cesar, J. P., Chapon, A., Chauveau, E., Chopra, A., Dawson, L., Duchesneau, D., Durand, D., Egorov, V., Eurin, G., Evans, J. J., Fajt, L., Filosofov, D., Flack, R., Garrido, X., Gómez, H., Guillon, B., Guzowski, P., Hodák, R., Huber, A., Hubert, P., Hugon, C., Jullian, S., Klimenko, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kovalenko, V., Lalanne, D., Lang, K., Lemière, Y., Noblet, T. Le, Liptak, Z., Liu, X. R., Loaiza, P., Lutter, G., Macolino, C., Mamedov, F., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Morgan, B., Mott, J., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Nova, F., Nowacki, F., Ohsumi, H., Pahlka, R. B., Patrick, C., Perrot, F., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Přidal, P., Ramachers, Y. A., Remoto, A., Reyss, J. L., Riddle, C. L., Rukhadze, E., Rukhadze, N. I., Saakyan, R., Salazar, R., Sarazin, X., Shitov, Yu., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Smetana, A., Smolek, K., Smolnikov, A., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soulé, B., Štekl, I., Suhonen, J., Sutton, C. S., Szklarz, G., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Torre, S., Tretyak, Vl. I., Tretyak, V. I., Umatov, V. I., Vanushin, I., Vilela, C., Vorobel, V., Waters, D., Xie, F., and Žukauskas, A.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Using data from the NEMO-3 experiment, we have measured the two-neutrino double beta decay ($2\nu\beta\beta$) half-life of $^{82}$Se as $T_{1/2}^{2\nu} = \left[ 9.39 \pm 0.17\,\left(\mbox{stat}\right) \pm 0.58\,\left(\mbox{syst}\right)\right] \times 10^{19}$ y under the single-state dominance hypothesis for this nuclear transition. The corresponding nuclear matrix element is $\left|M^{2\nu}\right| = 0.0498 \pm 0.0016$. In addition, a search for neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) using 0.93 kg of $^{82}$Se observed for a total of 5.25 y has been conducted and no evidence for a signal has been found. The resulting half-life limit of $T_{1/2}^{0\nu} > 2.5 \times 10^{23} \,\mbox{y} \,(90\%\,\mbox{C.L.})$ for the light neutrino exchange mechanism leads to a constraint on the effective Majorana neutrino mass of $\langle m_{\nu} \rangle < \left(1.2 - 3.0\right) \,\mbox{eV}$, where the range reflects $0\nu\beta\beta$ nuclear matrix element values from different calculations. Furthermore, constraints on lepton number violating parameters for other $0\nu\beta\beta$ mechanisms, such as right-handed currents, majoron emission and R-parity violating supersymmetry modes have been set., Comment: 14 pages, 10 figures
Published: 2018

22. Yields and production rates of cosmogenic $^9$Li and $^8$He measured with the Double Chooz near and far detectors

Author: de Kerret, H., Abrahão, T., Almazan, H., Anjos, J. C. dos, Appel, S., Barriere, J. C., Bekman, I., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blucher, E., Brugière, T., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Cerrada, M., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Corpace, O., Dawson, J. V., Djurcic, Z., Etenko, A., Franco, D., Furuta, H., Gil-Botella, I., Givaudan, A., Gomez, H., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodman, M. C., Hara, T., Haser, J., Hellwig, D., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kale, K., Kaneda, M., Karakac, M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Lastoria, C., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Maeda, J., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Navas-Nicolás, D., Novella, P., Nunokawa, H., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Onillon, A., Oralbaev, A., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Settimo, M., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Scola, L., Sharankova, R., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Soldin, P., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L. F. F., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Tonazzo, A., Veyssiere, C., Viaud, B., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Wiebusch, C., Wurm, M., Yang, G., and Yermia, F.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The yields and production rates of the radioisotopes $^9$Li and $^8$He created by cosmic muon spallation on $^{12}$C, have been measured by the two detectors of the Double Chooz experiment. The identical detectors are located at separate sites and depths, which means they are subject to different muon spectra. The near (far) detector has an overburden of $\sim$120 m.w.e. ($\sim$300 m.w.e.) corresponding to a mean muon energy of $32.1\pm2.0\,\mathrm{GeV}$ ($63.7\pm5.5\,\mathrm{GeV}$). Comparing the data to a detailed simulation of the $^9$Li and $^8$He decays, the contribution of the $^8$He radioisotope at both detectors is found to be compatible with zero. The observed $^9$Li yields in the near and far detectors are $5.51\pm0.51$ and $7.90\pm0.51$, respectively, in units of $10^{-8}\mu ^{-1} \mathrm{g^{-1} cm^{2} }$. The shallow overburdens of the near and far detectors give a unique insight when combined with measurements by KamLAND and Borexino to give the first multi--experiment, data driven relationship between the $^9$Li yield and the mean muon energy according to the power law $Y = Y_0( / 1\,\mathrm{GeV})^{\overline{\alpha}}$, giving $\overline{\alpha}=0.72\pm0.06$ and $Y_0=(0.43\pm0.11)\times 10^{-8}\mu ^{-1} \mathrm{g^{-1} cm^{2}}$. This relationship gives future liquid scintillator based experiments the ability to predict their cosmogenic $^9$Li background rates., Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures
Published: 2018
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23. Novel event classification based on spectral analysis of scintillation waveforms in Double Chooz

Author: Abrahão, T., Almazan, H., Anjos, J. C. dos, Appel, S., Bekman, I., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blucher, E., Brugière, T., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Camilleri, L., Cerrada, M., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Corpace, O., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Dawson, J. V., Djurcic, Z., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., Franco, D., Furuta, H., Gil-Botella, I., Givaudan, A., Gómez, H., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodman, M., Hara, T., Haser, J., Hellwig, D., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kale, K., Kampmann, P., Kaneda, M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C., Lasserre, T., Lastoria, C., Lhuillier, D., Lima, H., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Maeda, J., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Minotti, A., Navas-Nicolás, D., Novella, P., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Onillon, A., Oralbaev, A., Palomares, C., Pepe, I., Pronost, G., Reinhold, B., Santorelli, R., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Settimo, M., Sharankova, R., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Soldin, P., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L. F. F., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Tonazzo, A., Veyssiere, C., Viaud, B., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Wiebusch, C., Yang, G., and Yermia, F.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: Liquid scintillators are a common choice for neutrino physics experiments, but their capabilities to perform background rejection by scintillation pulse shape discrimination is generally limited in large detectors. This paper describes a novel approach for a pulse shape based event classification developed in the context of the Double Chooz reactor antineutrino experiment. Unlike previous implementations, this method uses the Fourier power spectra of the scintillation pulse shapes to obtain event-wise information. A classification variable built from spectral information was able to achieve an unprecedented performance, despite the lack of optimization at the detector design level. Several examples of event classification are provided, ranging from differentiation between the detector volumes and an efficient rejection of instrumental light noise, to some sensitivity to the particle type, such as stopping muons, ortho-positronium formation, alpha particles as well as electrons and positrons. In combination with other techniques the method is expected to allow for a versatile and more efficient background rejection in the future, especially if detector optimization is taken into account at the design level., Comment: 27 pages, 14 figures
Published: 2017
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24. Calorimeter development for the SuperNEMO double beta decay experiment

Author: Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Blot, S., Bongrand, M., Bourgeois, Ch., Breton, D., Brudanin, V., Burešovà, H., Busto, J., Caffrey, A. J., Calvez, S., Cascella, M., Cerna, C., Cesar, J. P., Chauveau, E., Chopra, A., Claverie, G., De Capua, S., Delalee, F., Duchesneau, D., Egorov, V., Eurin, G., Evans, J. J., Fajt, L., Filosofov, D., Flack, R., Garrido, X., Gómez, H., Guillon, B., Guzowski, P., Hodák, R., Holý, K., Huber, A., Hugon, C., Jeremie, A., Jullian, S., Kauer, M., Klimenko, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kovalenko, V., Lang, K., Lemière, Y., Noblet, T. Le, Liptak, Z., Liu, X. R., Loaiza, P., Lutter, G., Maalmi, J., Macko, M., Mamedov, F., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Moreau, I., Morgan, B., Mott, J., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Nova, F., Ohsumi, H., Pahlka, R. B., Pater, J. R., Perrot, F., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Přidal, P., Ramachers, Y. A., Rebii, A., Remoto, A., Richards, B., Ricol, J. S., Riddle, C. L., Rukhadze, E., Saakyan, R., Salazar, R., Sarazin, X., Sedgbeer, J., Shitov, Yu., Šimkovic, F., Simard, L., Smetana, A., Smolek, K., Smolnikov, A., Snow, S., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soulé, B., Špavorová, M., Štekl, I., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Torre, S., Tretyak, Vl. I., Tretyak, V. I., Umatov, V. I., Vilela, C., Vorobel, V., Waters, D., and Žukauskas, A.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: SuperNEMO is a double-$\beta$ decay experiment, which will employ the successful tracker-calorimeter technique used in the recently completed NEMO-3 experiment. SuperNEMO will implement 100 kg of double-$\beta$ decay isotope, reaching a sensitivity to the neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) half-life of the order of $10^{26}$ yr, corresponding to a Majorana neutrino mass of 50-100 meV. One of the main goals and challenges of the SuperNEMO detector development programme has been to reach a calorimeter energy resolution, $\Delta$E/E, around 3%/$sqrt(E)$(MeV) $\sigma$, or 7%/$sqrt(E)$(MeV) FWHM (full width at half maximum), using a calorimeter composed of large volume plastic scintillator blocks coupled to photomultiplier tubes. We describe the R\&D programme and the final design of the SuperNEMO calorimeter that has met this challenging goal.
Published: 2017
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25. Search for neutrinoless quadruple-$\beta$ decay of $^{150}$Nd with the NEMO-3 detector

Author: Arnold, R., Augier, C., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Blondel, S., Blot, S., Bongrand, M., Boursette, D., Brudanin, V., Busto, J., Caffrey, A. J., Calvez, S., Cascella, M., Cerna, C., Cesar, J. P., Chapon, A., Chauveau, E., Chopra, A., Dawson, L., Duchesneau, D., Durand, D., Egorov, V., Eurin, G., Evans, J. J., Fajt, L., Filosofov, D., Flack, R., Garrido, X., Gómez, H., Guillon, B., Guzowski, P., Hodák, R., Huber, A., Hubert, P., Hugon, C., Jullian, S., Klimenko, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kovalenko, V., Lalanne, D., Lang, K., Lemière, Y., Noblet, T. Le, Liptak, Z., Liu, X. R., Loaiza, P., Lutter, G., Macko, M., Macolino, C., Mamedov, F., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Morgan, B., Mott, J., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Nova, F., Nowacki, F., Ohsumi, H., Patrick, C., Pahlka, R. B., Perrot, F., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Přidal, P., Ramachers, Y. A., Remoto, A., Reyss, J. L., Riddle, C. L., Rukhadze, E., Saakyan, R., Salazar, R., Sarazin, X., Shitov, Yu., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Smetana, A., Smolek, K., Smolnikov, A., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soulé, B., Štefánik, D., Štekl, I., Suhonen, J., Sutton, C. S., Szklarz, G., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Torre, S., Tretyak, Vl. I., Tretyak, V. I., Umatov, V. I., Vanushin, I., Vilela, C., Vorobel, V., Waters, D., Xie, F., and Žukauskas, A.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: We report the results of a first experimental search for lepton number violation by four units in the neutrinoless quadruple-$\beta$ decay of $^{150}$Nd using a total exposure of $0.19$ kg$\cdot$y recorded with the NEMO-3 detector at the Modane Underground Laboratory (LSM). We find no evidence of this decay and set lower limits on the half-life in the range $T_{1/2}>(1.1-3.2)\times10^{21}$ y at the $90\%$ CL, depending on the model used for the kinematic distributions of the emitted electrons., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures
Published: 2017
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26. The BiPo-3 detector for the measurement of ultra low natural radioactivities of thin materials

Author: Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Birdsall, E., Blondel, S., Blot, S., Bongrand, M., Boursette, D., Brudanin, V., Busto, J., Caffrey, A. J., Calvez, S., Cascella, M., Cebrián, S., Cerna, C., Cesar, J. P, Chauveau, E., Chopra, A., Dafní, T., De Capua, S., Duchesneau, D., Durand, D., Egorov, V., Eurin, G., Evans, J. J., Fajt, L., Filosofov, D., Flack, R., Garrido, X., Gómez, H., Guillon, B., Guzowski, P., Holý, K., Hodák, R., Huber, A., Hugon, C., Iguaz, F. J., Irastorza, I. G., Jeremie, A., Jullian, S., Kauer, M., Klimenko, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kovalenko, V., Lang, K., Lemière, Y., Noblet, T. Le, Liptak, Z., Liu, X. R., Loaiza, P., Lutter, G., Luzón, G., Macko, M., Mamedov, F., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Morgan, B., Mott, J., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Nova, F., Ohsumi, H., de Solórzano, G. Oliviéro A. Ortiz, Pahlka, R. B., Pater, J., Perrot, F., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Přidal, P., Ramachers, Y. A., Remoto, A., Richards, B., Riddle, C. L., Rukhadze, E., Saakyan, R., Salazar, R., Sarazin, X., Shitov, Yu., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Smetana, A., Smolek, K., Smolnikov, A., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soulé, B., Štekl, I., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Torre, S., Tretyak, Vl. I., Tretyak, V. I., Umatov, V. I., Vilela, C., Vorobel, V., Waters, D., and Žukauskas, A.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The BiPo-3 detector, running in the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (Laboratorio Subterr\'aneo de Canfranc, LSC, Spain) since 2013, is a low-radioactivity detector dedicated to measuring ultra low natural radionuclide contaminations of $^{208}$Tl ($^{232}$Th chain) and $^{214}$Bi ($^{238}$U chain) in thin materials. The total sensitive surface area of the detector is 3.6 m$^2$. The detector has been developed to measure radiopurity of the selenium double $\beta$-decay source foils of the SuperNEMO experiment. In this paper the design and performance of the detector, and results of the background measurements in $^{208}$Tl and $^{214}$Bi, are presented, and validation of the BiPo-3 measurement with a calibrated aluminium foil is discussed. Results of the $^{208}$Tl and $^{214}$Bi activity measurements of the first enriched $^{82}$Se foils of the double $\beta$-decay SuperNEMO experiment are reported. The sensitivity of the BiPo-3 detector for the measurement of the SuperNEMO $^{82}$Se foils is $\mathcal{A}$($^{208}$Tl) $<2$ $\mu$Bq/kg (90\% C.L.) and $\mathcal{A}$($^{214}$Bi) $<140$ $\mu$Bq/kg (90\% C.L.) after 6 months of measurement., Comment: 37 pages, 29 figures
Published: 2017
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27. Cosmic-muon characterization and annual modulation measurement with Double Chooz detectors

Author: Abrahão, T., Almazan, H., Anjos, J. C. dos, Appel, S., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blucher, E., Brugière, T., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Corpace, O., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Dawson, J. V., Dhooghe, J., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., Franco, D., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Givaudan, A., Gögger-Neff, M., Gómez, H., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodman, M., Hara, T., Haser, J., Hellwig, D., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kale, K., Kampmann, P., Kaneda, M., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C., Laserre, T., Lastoria, C., Lhuillier, D., Lima, H., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Maeda, J., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Minotti, A., Nagasaka, Y., Navas-Nicolás, D., Novella, P., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Onillon, A., Oralbaev, A., Palomares, C., Pepe, I., Pronost, G., Reinhold, B., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Sharankova, R., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Soiron, M., Soldin, P., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L. F. F., Strait, M., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, B., Tonazzo, A., Veyssiere, C., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Wiebusch, C., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: A study on cosmic muons has been performed for the two identical near and far neutrino detectors of the Double Chooz experiment, placed at $\sim$120 and $\sim$300 m.w.e. underground respectively, including the corresponding simulations using the MUSIC simulation package. This characterization has allowed to measure the muon flux reaching both detectors to be (3.64 $\pm$ 0.04) $\times$ 10$^{-4}$ cm$^{-2}$s$^{-1}$ for the near detector and (7.00 $\pm$ 0.05) $\times$ 10$^{-5}$ cm$^{-2}$s$^{-1}$ for the far one. The seasonal modulation of the signal has also been studied observing a positive correlation with the atmospheric temperature, leading to an effective temperature coefficient of $\alpha_{T}$ = 0.212 $\pm$ 0.024 and 0.355 $\pm$ 0.019 for the near and far detectors respectively. These measurements, in good agreement with expectations based on theoretical models, represent one of the first measurements of this coefficient in shallow depth installations., Comment: 20 pages, 11 figures
Published: 2016
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28. Status Report (22th J-PARC PAC): Searching for a Sterile Neutrino at J-PARC MLF (E56, JSNS2)

Author: Harada, M., Hasegawa, S., Kasugai, Y., Meigo, S., Sakai, K., Sakamoto, S., Suzuya, K., Maruyama, T., Monjushiro, S., Nishikawa, K., Taira, M., Iwata, S., Kawasaki, T., Niiyama, M., Ajimura, S., Hiraiwa, T., Nakano, T., Nomachi, M., Shima, T., Sugaya, Y., Bezerra, T. J. C., Chauveau, E., Furuta, H., Hino, Y., Suekane, F., Stancu, I., Yeh, M., Toki, W., Ray, H., Garvey, G. T., Mauger, C., Louis, W. C., Mills, G. B., Van de Water, R., Iwai, E., Jordan, J., and Spitz, J.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The JSNS$^2$ (J-PARC E56) experiment aims to search for a sterile neutrino at the J-PARC Materials and Life Sciences Experimental Facility (MLF). After the submission of a proposal to the J-PARC PAC, Stage-1 approval was granted to the JSNS$^2$ experiment on April 2015.This approval followed a series of background measurements which were performed in 2014. Recently, funding (the grant-in-aid for scientific research (S)) in Japan for building one 25~ton fiducial volume detector module was approved for the experiment. Therefore, we aim to start the experiment with one detector in JFY2018-2019. We are now working to produce precise cost estimates and schedule for construction, noting that most of the detector components can be produced within one year from the date of order. This will be reported at the next PAC meeting. In parallel to the detector construction schedule, JSNS$^2$ will submit a Technical Design report (TDR) to obtain the Stage-2 approval from the J-PARC PAC.The recent progress of the R$\&$D efforts towards this TDR are shown in this report. In particular, the R$\&$D status of the liquid scintillator, cosmic ray veto system, and software are shown. We have performed a test-experiment using 1.6~L of liquid scintillator at the 3rd floor of the MLF building in order to determine the identities of non-neutrino background particles coming to this detector location during the proton bunch. This is the so-called "MLF 2015AU0001" experiment. We briefly show preliminary results from this test-experiment.
Published: 2016

29. Measurement of the $2\nu\beta\beta$ Decay Half-Life and Search for the $0\nu\beta\beta$ Decay of $^{116}$Cd with the NEMO-3 Detector

Author: Collaboration, NEMO-3, Arnold, R., Augier, C., Baker, J. D., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Blondel, S., Blot, S., Bongrand, M., Boursette, D., Brudanin, V., Busto, J., Caffrey, A. J., Calvez, S., Cascella, M., Cerna, C., Cesar, J. P., Chapon, A., Chauveau, E., Chopra, A., Duchesneau, D., Durand, D., Egorov, V., Eurin, G., Evans, J. J., Fajt, L., Filosofov, D., Flack, R., Garrido, X., Gómez, H., Guillon, B., Guzowski, P., Hodák, R., Huber, A., Hubert, P., Hugon, C., Jullian, S., Klimenko, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kovalenko, V., Lalanne, D., Lang, K., Lemière, Y., Noblet, T. Le, Liptak, Z., Loaiza, P., Lutter, G., Macko, M., Macolino, C., Mamedov, F., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Morgan, B., Mott, J., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Nova, F., Nowacki, F., Ohsumi, H., Pahlka, R. B., Perrot, F., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Přidal, P., Ramachers, Y. A., Remoto, A., Reyss, J. L., Richards, B., Riddle, C. L., Rukhadze, E., Saakyan, R., Salazar, R., Sarazin, X., Shitov, Yu., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Smetana, A., Smolek, K., Smolnikov, A., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soulé, B., Štekl, I., Suhonen, J., Sutton, C. S., Szklarz, G., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Torre, S., Tretyak, Vl. I., Tretyak, V. I., Umatov, V. I., Vanushin, I., Vilela, C., Vorobel, V., Waters, D., and Žukauskas, A.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The NEMO-3 experiment measured the half-life of the $2\nu\beta\beta$ decay and searched for the $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay of $^{116}$Cd. Using $410$ g of $^{116}$Cd installed in the detector with an exposure of $5.26$ y, ($4968\pm74$) events corresponding to the $2\nu\beta\beta$ decay of $^{116}$Cd to the ground state of $^{116}$Sn have been observed with a signal to background ratio of about $12$. The half-life of the $2\nu\beta\beta$ decay has been measured to be $ T_{1/2}^{2\nu}=[2.74\pm0.04\mbox{(stat.)}\pm0.18\mbox{(syst.)}]\times10^{19}$ y. No events have been observed above the expected background while searching for $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay. The corresponding limit on the half-life is determined to be $T_{1/2}^{0\nu} \ge 1.0 \times 10^{23}$ y at the $90$ % C.L. which corresponds to an upper limit on the effective Majorana neutrino mass of $\langle m_{\nu} \rangle \le 1.4-2.5$ eV depending on the nuclear matrix elements considered. Limits on other mechanisms generating $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay such as the exchange of R-parity violating supersymmetric particles, right-handed currents and majoron emission are also obtained.
Published: 2016
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30. Measurement of the 2$\nu\beta\beta$ decay half-life of $^{150}$Nd and a search for 0$\nu\beta\beta$ decay processes with the full exposure from the NEMO-3 detector

Author: Collaboration, NEMO-3, Arnold, R., Augier, C., Baker, J. D., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Blondel, S., Blot, S., Bongrand, M., Brudanin, V., Busto, J., Caffrey, A. J., Calvez, S., Cascell, M., Cerna, C., Cesar, J. P., Chapon, A., Chauveau, E., Chopra, A., Duchesneau, D., Durand, D., Egorov, V., Eurin, G., Evans, J. J., Fajt, L., Filosofov, D., Flack, R., Garrido, X., Gòmez, H., Guillon, B., Guzowski, P., Hodák, R., Huber, A., Hubert, P., Hugon, C., Jullian, S., Klimenko, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kovalenko, V., Lalanne, D., Lang, K., Lemière, Y., Noblet, T. Le, Liptak, Z., Liu, X. R., Loaiza, P., Lutter, G., Mamedov, F., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Morgan, B., Mott, J., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Nova, F., Nowacki, F., Ohsumi, H., Pahlka, R. B., Perrot, F., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Přidal, P., Ramachers, Y. A., Remoto, A., Reyss, J. L., Richards, B., Riddle, C. L., Rukhadze, E., Saakyan, R., Salazar, R., Sarazin, X., Shitov, Yu., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Smetana, A., Smolek, K., Smolnikov, A., Soldner-Rembold, S., Soulé, B., Štekl, I., Suhonen, J., Sutton, C. S., Szklarz, G., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Torre, S., Tretyak, Vl. I., Tretyak, V. I., Umatov, V. I., Vanushin, I., Vilela, C., Vorobel, V., Waters, D., and Žukauskas, A.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: We present results from a search for neutrinoless double-$\beta$ ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay using 36.6 g of the isotope $^{150}$Nd with data corresponding to a live time of 5.25 y recorded with the NEMO-3 detector. We construct a complete background model for this isotope, including a measurement of the two-neutrino double-$\beta$ decay half-life of $T^{2\nu}_{1/2}=$[9.34 $\pm$ 0.22 (stat.) $^{+0.62}_{-0.60}$ (syst.)]$\times 10^{18}$ y for the ground state transition, which represents the most precise result to date for this isotope. We perform a multivariate analysis to search for \zeronu decays in order to improve the sensitivity and, in the case of observation, disentangle the possible underlying decay mechanisms. As no evidence for \zeronu decay is observed, we derive lower limits on half-lives for several mechanisms involving physics beyond the Standard Model. The observed lower limit, assuming light Majorana neutrino exchange mediates the decay, is $T^{0\nu}_{1/2} >$ 2.0 $\times 10^{22}$ y at the 90% C.L., corresponding to an upper limit on the effective neutrino mass of $\langle m_{\nu} \rangle$ $<$ 1.6 - 5.3 eV.., Comment: 18 pages, 11 figures, Final journal version after peer review
Published: 2016
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31. Characterization of the Spontaneous Light Emission of the PMTs used in the Double Chooz Experiment

Author: Double Chooz collaboration, Abe, Y., Abrahão, T., Almazan, H., Alt, C., Appel, S., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blucher, E., Brugière, T., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Calvo, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A. S., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., de Kerret, H., Dhooghe, J., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Anjos, J. C. dos, Dracos, M., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gomez, H., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Haag, N., Hara, T., Haser, J., Hellwig, D., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jiménez, S., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaneda, M., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Minotti, A., Nagasaka, Y., Navas-Nicolás, D., Novella, P., Nunokawa, H., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Porta, A., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Schilithz, A. C., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, M. H., Sharankova, R., Shrestha, D., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Soiron, M., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L. F. F., Strait, M., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Valdiviesso, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Veyssiere, C., Vivier, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Wagner, S., Walsh, N., Watanabe, H., Wiebusch, C., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: During the commissioning of the first of the two detectors of the Double Chooz experiment, an unexpected and dominant background caused by the emission of light inside the optical volume has been observed. A specific study of the ensemble of phenomena called "Light Noise" has been carried out in-situ, and in an external laboratory, in order to characterize the signals and to identify the possible processes underlying the effect. Some mechanisms of instrumental noise originating from the PMTs were identified and it has been found that the leading one arises from the light emission localized on the photomultiplier base and produced by the combined effect of heat and high voltage across the transparent epoxy resin covering the electric components. The correlation of the rate and the amplitude of the signal with the temperature has been observed. For the first detector in operation the induced background has been mitigated using online and offline analysis selections based on timing and light pattern of the signals, while a modification of the photomultiplier assembly has been implemented for the second detector in order to blacken the PMT bases., Comment: 24 pages, 24 figures. Minor revision to be published in the Journal of Instrumentation (JINST), Corresponding author: R. Santorelli
Published: 2016
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32. Measurement of the double-beta decay half-life and search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of $^{48}{\rm Ca}$ with the NEMO-3 detector

Author: Collaboration, NEMO-3, Arnold, R., Augier, C., Bakalyarov, A. M., Baker, J. D., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Blondel, S., Blot, S., Bongrand, M., Brudanin, V., Busto, J., Caffrey, A. J., Calvez, S., Cascella, M., Cerna, C., Cesar, J. P., Chapon, A., Chauveau, E., Chopra, A., Duchesneau, D., Durand, D., Egorov, V., Eurin, G., Evans, J. J., Fajt, L., Filosofov, D., Flack, R., Garrido, X., Gómez, H., Guillon, B., Guzowski, P., Hodák, R., Huber, A., Hubert, P., Hugon, C., Jullian, S., Klimenko, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kovalenko, V., Lalanne, D., Lang, K., Lebedev, V. I., Lemière, Y., Noblet, T. Le, Liptak, Z., Liu, X. R., Loaiza, P., Lutter, G., Mamedov, F., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Morgan, B., Mott, J., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Nova, F., Nowacki, F., Ohsumi, H., Pahlka, R. B., Perrot, F., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Přidal, P., Ramachers, Y. A., Remoto, A., Reyss, J. L., Richards, B., Riddle, C. L., Rukhadze, E., Rukhadze, N. I., Saakyan, R., Salazar, R., Sarazin, X., Shitov, Yu., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Smetana, A., Smolek, K., Smolnikov, A., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soulé, B., Štekl, I., Suhonen, J., Sutton, C. S., Szklarz, G., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Torre, S., Tretyak, Vl. I., Tretyak, V. I., Umatov, V. I., Vanushin, I., Vilela, C., Vorobel, V., Waters, D., Zhukov, S. V., and Žukauskas, A.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The NEMO-3 experiment at the Modane Underground Laboratory has investigated the double-$\beta$ decay of $^{48}{\rm Ca}$. Using $5.25$ yr of data recorded with a $6.99\,{\rm g}$ sample of $^{48}{\rm Ca}$, approximately $150$ double-$\beta$ decay candidate events have been selected with a signal-to-background ratio greater than $3$. The half-life for the two-neutrino double-$\beta$ decay of $^{48}{\rm Ca}$ has been measured to be $T^{2\nu}_{1/2}\,=\,[6.4\, ^{+0.7}_{-0.6}{\rm (stat.)} \, ^{+1.2}_{-0.9}{\rm (syst.)}] \times 10^{19}\,{\rm yr}$. A search for neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay of $^{48}{\rm Ca}$ yields a null result and a corresponding lower limit on the half-life is found to be $T^{0\nu}_{1/2} > 2.0 \times 10^{22}\,{\rm yr}$ at $90\%$ confidence level, translating into an upper limit on the effective Majorana neutrino mass of $< m_{\beta\beta} > < 6.0 - 26$ ${\rm eV}$, with the range reflecting different nuclear matrix element calculations. Limits are also set on models involving Majoron emission and right-handed currents., Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables. Final journal version after peer review
Published: 2016
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33. Status Report for the 21th J-PARC PAC : Searching for a Sterile Neutrino at J-PARC MLF (J-PARC E56, JSNS2)

Author: Harada, M., Hasegawa, S., Kasugai, Y., Meigo, S., Sakai, K., Sakamoto, S., Suzuya, K., Iwai, E., Maruyama, T., Monjushiro, S., Nishikawa, K., Taira, M., Niiyama, M., Ajimura, S., Hiraiwa, T., Nakano, T., Nomachi, M., Shima, T., Bezerra, T. J. C., Chauveau, E., Furuta, H., Suekane, F., Stancu, I., Yeh, M., Toki, W., Ray, H., Garvey, G. T., Mauger, C., Louis, W. C., Mills, G. B., Van de Water, R., and Spitz, J.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The JSNS2 (J-PARC E56) experiment aims to search for sterile neutrinos at the J-PARC Materials and Life Sciences Experimental Facility (MLF).After the submission of a proposal to the J-PARC PAC, stage-1 approval was granted to the JSNS2 experiment. The approval followed a series of background measurements which were performed in 2014. Subsequent for stage-1 approval, the JSNS2 collaboration has made continuous efforts to write a Technical Design Report (TDR).This TDR will include two major items as discussed in the previous status report for the 20th J-PARC PAC: (1) A realistic detector location (2) Well understood and realistic detector performance using simulation studies, primarily in consideration of fast neutron rejection. Since August we have been in discussions with MLF staff regarding an appropriate detector location. We are also in the process of setting up a Monte Carlo (MC) simulation framework in order to study detector's performance in realistic conditions. In addition, we have pursued hardware R&D work for the liquid scintillator (LS) and to improve the dynamic range of the 10" photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). The LS R&D works includes Cherenkov studies inside the LS, and a Pulse Shape Discrimination (PSD) study with a test-beam, performed at Tohoku University. We also estimate the PSD performance of a full-sized detector using a detailed MC simulation. In this status report, we describe progress on this work.
Published: 2016

34. Muon capture on light isotopes in Double Chooz

Author: Double Chooz collaboration, Abe, Y., Abrahão, T., Almazan, H., Alt, C., Appel, S., Barriere, J. C., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blucher, E., Brugière, T., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A. S., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., de Kerret, H., Dhooghe, J., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Anjos, J. C. dos, Dracos, M., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gomez, H., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Haag, N., Hara, T., Haser, J., Hellwig, D., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaneda, M., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Minotti, A., Nagasaka, Y., Navas-Nicolás, D., Novella, P., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Porta, A., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Schilithz, A. C., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, M. H., Sharankova, R., Shrestha, D., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Soiron, M., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L. F. F., Strait, M., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Valdiviesso, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Veyssiere, C., Vivier, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Wagner, S., Walsh, N., Watanabe, H., Wiebusch, C., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: Using the Double Chooz detector, designed to measure the neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{13}$, the products of $\mu^-$ capture on $^{12}$C, $^{13}$C, $^{14}$N and $^{16}$O have been measured. Over a period of 489.5 days, $2.3\times10^6$ stopping cosmic $\mu^-$ have been collected, of which $1.8\times10^5$ captured on carbon, nitrogen, or oxygen nuclei in the inner detector scintillator or acrylic vessels. The resulting isotopes were tagged using prompt neutron emission (when applicable), the subsequent beta decays, and, in some cases, $\beta$-delayed neutrons. The most precise measurement of the rate of $^{12}\mathrm C(\mu^-,\nu)^{12}\mathrm B$ to date is reported: $6.57^{+0.11}_{-0.21}\times10^{3}\,\mathrm s^{-1}$, or $(17.35^{+0.35}_{-0.59})\%$ of nuclear captures. By tagging excited states emitting gammas, the ground state transition rate to $^{12}$B has been determined to be $5.68^{+0.14}_{-0.23}\times10^3\,\mathrm s^{-1}$. The heretofore unobserved reactions $^{12}\mathrm C(\mu^-,\nu\alpha)^{8}\mathrm{Li}$, $^{13}\mathrm C(\mu^-,\nu\mathrm n\alpha)^{8}\mathrm{Li}$, and $^{13}\mathrm C(\mu^-,\nu\mathrm n)^{12}\mathrm B$ are measured. Further, a population of $\beta$n decays following stopping muons is identified with $5.5\sigma$ significance. Statistics limit our ability to identify these decays definitively. Assuming negligible production of $^{8}$He, the reaction $^{13}\mathrm C(\mu^-,\nu\alpha)^{9}\mathrm{Li}$ is found to be present at the $2.7\sigma$ level. Limits are set on a variety of other processes., Comment: 21 pages, 14 figures. Minor revisions. Corresponding author: M. Strait
Published: 2015
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35. Measurement of $\theta_{13}$ in Double Chooz using neutron captures on hydrogen with novel background rejection techniques

Author: Abe, Y., Appel, S., Abrahão, T., Almazan, H., Alt, C., Anjos, J. C. dos, Barriere, J. C., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blucher, E., Brugière, T., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Collin, A. P., Conrad, J. M., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A. S., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dhooghe, J., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gomez, H., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Haag, N., Hara, T., Haser, J., Hellwig, D., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaneda, M., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Minotti, A., Nagasaka, Y., Navas-Nicolás, D., Novella, P., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Porta, A., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Schilithz, A. C., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, M. H., Sharankova, R., Shrestha, D., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Soiron, M., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L. F. F., Strait, M., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Valdiviesso, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Veyssiere, C., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Walsh, N., Watanabe, H., Wiebusch, C., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The Double Chooz collaboration presents a measurement of the neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{13}$ using reactor $\overline{\nu}_{e}$ observed via the inverse beta decay reaction in which the neutron is captured on hydrogen. This measurement is based on 462.72 live days data, approximately twice as much data as in the previous such analysis, collected with a detector positioned at an average distance of 1050m from two reactor cores. Several novel techniques have been developed to achieve significant reductions of the backgrounds and systematic uncertainties. Accidental coincidences, the dominant background in this analysis, are suppressed by more than an order of magnitude with respect to our previous publication by a multi-variate analysis. These improvements demonstrate the capability of precise measurement of reactor $\overline{\nu}_{e}$ without gadolinium loading. Spectral distortions from the $\overline{\nu}_{e}$ reactor flux predictions previously reported with the neutron capture on gadolinium events are confirmed in the independent data sample presented here. A value of $\sin^{2}2\theta_{13} = 0.095^{+0.038}_{-0.039}$(stat+syst) is obtained from a fit to the observed event rate as a function of the reactor power, a method insensitive to the energy spectrum shape. A simultaneous fit of the hydrogen capture events and of the gadolinium capture events yields a measurement of $\sin^{2}2\theta_{13} = 0.088\pm0.033$(stat+syst).
Published: 2015
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36. Status Report for the 20th J-PARC PAC : A Search for Sterile Neutrino at J-PARC MLF (J-PARC E56, JSNS2)

Author: Harada, M., Hasegawa, S., Kasugai, Y., Meigo, S., Sakai, K., Sakamoto, S., Suzuya, K., Iwai, E., Maruyama, T., Monjushiro, S., Nishikawa, K., Taira, M., Niiyama, M., Ajimura, S., Hiraiwa, T., Nakano, T., Nomachi, M., Shima, T., Bezerra, T. J. C., Chauveau, E., Furuta, H., Suekane, F., Stancu, I., Yeh, M., Ray, H., Garvey, G. T., Mauger, C., Louis, W. C., Mills, G. B., Van de Water, R., and Spitz, J.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: On April 2015, the J-PARC E56 (JSNS2: J-PARC Sterile Neutrino Search using neutrinos from J-PARC Spallation Neutron Source) experiment officially obtained stage-1 approval from J-PARC. We have since started to perform liquid scintillator R&D for improving energy resolution and fast neutron rejection. Also, we are studying Avalanche Photo-Diodes (SiPM) inside the liquid scintillator. In addition to the R&D work, a background measurement for the proton beam bunch timing using a small liquid scintillator volume was planned, and the safety discussions for the measurement have been done. This report describes the status of the R&D work and the background measurements, in addition to the milestones required before stage-2 approval., Comment: 20th J-PARC PAC status report
Published: 2015

37. Result of the search for neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay in $^{100}$Mo with the NEMO-3 experiment

Author: Arnold, R., Augier, C., Baker, J. D., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Blondel, S., Blot, S., Bongrand, M., Brudanin, V., Busto, J., Caffrey, A. J., Calvez, S., Cerna, C., Cesar, J. P., Chapon, A., Chauveau, E., Duchesneau, D., Durand, D., Egorov, V., Eurin, G., Evans, J. J., Fajt, L., Filosofov, D., Flack, R., Garrido, X., Gómez, H., Guillon, B., Guzowski, P., Hodák, R., Huber, A., Hubert, P., Hugon, C., Jullian, S., Klimenko, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kovalenko, V., Lalanne, D., Lang, K., Lemière, Y., Noblet, T. Le, Liptak, Z., Loaiza, P., Lutter, G., Mamedov, F., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Morgan, B., Mott, J., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Nova, F., Nowacki, F., Ohsumi, H., Pahlka, R. B., Perrot, F., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Přidal, P., Ramachers, Y. A., Remoto, A., Reyss, J. L., Richards, B., Riddle, C. L., Rukhadze, E., Saakyan, R., Sarazin, X., Shitov, Yu., Simard, L., Simkovic, F., Smetana, A., Smolek, K., Smolnikov, A., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soulé, B., Štekl, I., Suhonen, J., Sutton, C. S., Szklarz, G., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Torre, S., Tretyak, Vl. I., Tretyak, V. I., Umatov, V. I., Vanushin, I., Vilela, C., Vorobel, V., Waters, D., and Žukauskas, A.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The NEMO-3 detector, which had been operating in the Modane Underground Laboratory from 2003 to 2010, was designed to search for neutrinoless double $\beta$ ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay. We report final results of a search for $0\nu\beta\beta$ decays with $6.914$ kg of $^{100}$Mo using the entire NEMO-3 data set with a detector live time of $4.96$ yr, which corresponds to an exposure of 34.3 kg$\cdot$yr. We perform a detailed study of the expected background in the $0\nu\beta\beta$ signal region and find no evidence of $0\nu\beta\beta$ decays in the data. The level of observed background in the $0\nu\beta\beta$ signal region $[2.8-3.2]$ MeV is $0.44 \pm 0.13$ counts/yr/kg, and no events are observed in the interval $[3.2-10]$ MeV. We therefore derive a lower limit on the half-life of $0\nu\beta\beta$ decays in $^{100}$Mo of $T_{1/2}(0\nu\beta\beta)> 1.1 \times 10^{24}$ yr at the $90\%$ Confidence Level, under the hypothesis of light Majorana neutrino exchange. Depending on the model used for calculating nuclear matrix elements, the limit for the effective Majorana neutrino mass lies in the range $\langle m_{\nu} \rangle < 0.33$--$0.62$ eV. We also report constraints on other lepton-number violating mechanisms for $0\nu\beta\beta$ decays.
Published: 2015

38. Natural radionuclides as background sources in the Modane underground laboratory

Author: Palušová, V., Breier, R., Chauveau, E., Piquemal, F., and Povinec, P.P.
Published: 2020
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39. On-site Background Measurements for the J-PARC E56 Experiment: A Search for Sterile Neutrino at J-PARC MLF

Author: Ajimura, S., Bezerra, T. J. C., Chauveau, E., Enomoto, T., Furuta, H., Harada, M., Hasegawa, S., Hiraiwa, T., Igarashi, Y., Iwai, E., Maruyama, T., Meigo, S., Nakano, T., Niiyama, M., Nishikawa, K., Nomachi, M., Ohta, R., Sakai, H., Sakai, K., Sakamoto, S., Shima, T., Suekane, F., Suzuki, S. Y., Suzuya, K., and Tauchi, K.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The J-PARC E56 experiment aims to search for sterile neutrinos at the J-PARC Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF). In order to examine the feasibility of the experiment, we measured the background rates of different detector candidate sites, which are located at the third floor of the MLF, using a detector consisting of plastic scintillators with a fiducial mass of 500 kg. The result of the measurements is described in this article. The gammas and neutrons induced by the beam as well as the backgrounds from the cosmic rays were measured., Comment: submitted to PTEP. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1502.02255: Revision on 2015-April-22
Published: 2015
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40. Status Report (BKG measurement): A Search for Sterile Neutrino at J-PARC MLF

Author: Harada, M., Hasegawa, S., Kasugai, Y., Meigo, S., Sakai, K., Sakamoto, S., Suzuya, K., Iwai, E., Maruyama, T., Monjushiro, H., Nishikawa, K., Ohta, R., Taira, M., Niiyama, M., Ajimura, S., Hiraiwa, T., Nakano, T., Nomachi, M., Shima, T., Bezerra, T. J. C., Chauveau, E., Enomoto, T., Furuta, H., Sakai, H., Suekane, F., Stancu, I., Yeh, M., Ray, H., Garvey, G. T., Mauger, C., Louis, W. C., Mills, G. B., Van de Water, R., and Spitz, J.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: At the 17th J-PARC PAC, which was held on September 2013, we proposed the sterile neutrino search at J-PARC MLF. After reviewing the proposal, PAC recommended to have a background measurement at the detector's candidate site location in their report to investigate whether the background rates can be manageable for the real experiment or not. Therefore, we have performed the background measurements (MLF; 2013BU1301 test experiment) during the summer of 2014, also following the 18th J-PARC PAC recommendations, and the measurements results are described here.
Published: 2015

41. Ortho-positronium observation in the Double Chooz Experiment

Author: Abe, Y., Anjos, J. C. dos, Barriere, J. C., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blucher, E., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. -J., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Crespo-Anadon, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A. S., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dhooghe, J., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Elnimr, M., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Goger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Grant, C., Haag, N., Hara, T., Haser, J., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., Lopez-Castano, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Minotti, A., Nagasaka, Y., Nikitenko, Y., Novella, P., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Rohling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Schilithz, A. C., Schonert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, M. H., Sharankova, R., Shimojima, S., Shrestha, D., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L. F. F., Strait, M., Stuken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Valdiviesso, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Veyssiere, C., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Walsh, N., Watanabe, H., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The Double Chooz experiment measures the neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{13}$ by detecting reactor $\bar{\nu}_e$ via inverse beta decay. The positron-neutron space and time coincidence allows for a sizable background rejection, nonetheless liquid scintillator detectors would profit from a positron/electron discrimination, if feasible in large detector, to suppress the remaining background. Standard particle identification, based on particle dependent time profile of photon emission in liquid scintillator, can not be used given the identical mass of the two particles. However, the positron annihilation is sometimes delayed by the ortho-positronium (o-Ps) metastable state formation, which induces a pulse shape distortion that could be used for positron identification. In this paper we report on the first observation of positronium formation in a large liquid scintillator detector based on pulse shape analysis of single events. The o-Ps formation fraction and its lifetime were measured, finding the values of 44$\%$ $\pm$ 12$\%$ (sys.) $\pm$ 5$\%$ (stat.) and $3.68$ns $\pm$ 0.17ns (sys.) $\pm$ 0.15ns (stat.) respectively, in agreement with the results obtained with a dedicated positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy setup., Comment: 17 pages, 5 figures
Published: 2014
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42. Improved measurements of the neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{13}$ with the Double Chooz detector

Author: Abe, Y., Anjos, J. C. dos, Barriere, J. C., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blucher, E., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. -J., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A. S., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dhooghe, J., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Elnimr, M., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Grant, C., Haag, N., Hara, T., Haser, J., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Minotti, A., Nagasaka, Y., Nikitenko, Y., Novella, P., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Schilithz, A. C., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, M. H., Sharankova, R., Shimojima, S., Shrestha, D., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L. F. F., Strait, M., Stüken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Valdiviesso, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Veyssiere, C., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Walsh, N., Watanabe, H., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The Double Chooz experiment presents improved measurements of the neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{13}$ using the data collected in 467.90 live days from a detector positioned at an average distance of 1050 m from two reactor cores at the Chooz nuclear power plant. Several novel techniques have been developed to achieve significant reductions of the backgrounds and systematic uncertainties with respect to previous publications, whereas the efficiency of the $\bar\nu_{e}$ signal has increased. The value of $\theta_{13}$ is measured to be $\sin^{2}2\theta_{13} = 0.090 ^{+0.032}_{-0.029}$ from a fit to the observed energy spectrum. Deviations from the reactor $\bar\nu_{e}$ prediction observed above a prompt signal energy of 4 MeV and possible explanations are also reported. A consistent value of $\theta_{13}$ is obtained from a fit to the observed rate as a function of the reactor power independently of the spectrum shape and background estimation, demonstrating the robustness of the $\theta_{13}$ measurement despite the observed distortion., Comment: 44 pages, 25 figures. Figures 21 and 22 have been replaced (statistical error bars for bins above 8 MeV have become smaller). No other changes in the results of the paper; an Erratum submitted to JHEP
Published: 2014
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43. Precision Muon Reconstruction in Double Chooz

Author: Double Chooz collaboration, Abe, Y., Anjos, J. C. dos, Barriere, J. C., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blucher, E., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. -J., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Elnimr, M., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Grant, C., Haag, N., Hara, T., Haser, J., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., no, J. M. López-Casta, LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Minotti, A., Nagasaka, Y., Nikitenko, Y., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Schilithz, A. C., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, M. H., Sharankova, R., Shimojima, S., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L. F. F., Strait, M., Stüken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Valdiviesso, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Veyssiere, C., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: We describe a muon track reconstruction algorithm for the reactor anti-neutrino experiment Double Chooz. The Double Chooz detector consists of two optically isolated volumes of liquid scintillator viewed by PMTs, and an Outer Veto above these made of crossed scintillator strips. Muons are reconstructed by their Outer Veto hit positions along with timing information from the other two detector volumes. All muons are fit under the hypothesis that they are through-going and ultrarelativistic. If the energy depositions suggest that the muon may have stopped, the reconstruction fits also for this hypothesis and chooses between the two via the relative goodness-of-fit. In the ideal case of a through-going muon intersecting the center of the detector, the resolution is ~40 mm in each transverse dimension. High quality muon reconstruction is an important tool for reducing the impact of the cosmogenic isotope background in Double Chooz., Comment: 12 pages, 8 figures, submitted to Nuclear Instrumentation and Methods A. Author list corrected
Published: 2014
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44. Background-independent measurement of $\theta_{13}$ in Double Chooz

Author: Abe, Y., Anjos, J. C. dos, Barriere, J. C., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blucher, E., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. -J., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Elnimr, M., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Grant, C., Haag, N., Hara, T., Haser, J., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Minotti, A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Nikitenko, Y., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schilithz, A. C., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, M. H., Sharankova, R., Shimojima, S., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L. F. F., Strait, M., Stüken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Valdiviesso, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Veyssiere, C., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The oscillation results published by the Double Chooz collaboration in 2011 and 2012 rely on background models substantiated by reactor-on data. In this analysis, we present a background-model-independent measurement of the mixing angle $\theta_{13}$ by including 7.53 days of reactor-off data. A global fit of the observed neutrino rates for different reactor power conditions is performed, yielding a measurement of both $\theta_{13}$ and the total background rate. The results on the mixing angle are improved significantly by including the reactor-off data in the fit, as it provides a direct measurement of the total background rate. This reactor rate modulation analysis considers antineutrino candidates with neutron captures on both Gd and H, whose combination yields $\sin^2(2\theta_{13})=$ 0.102 $\pm$ 0.028(stat.) $\pm$ 0.033(syst.). The results presented in this study are fully consistent with the ones already published by Double Chooz, achieving a competitive precision. They provide, for the first time, a determination of $\theta_{13}$ that does not depend on a background model.
Published: 2014
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45. Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay of $^{100}$Mo with the NEMO-3 Detector

Author: Collaboration, NEMO-3, Arnold, R., Augier, C., Baker, J. D., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Blondel, S., Blot, S., Bongrand, M., Brudanin, V., Busto, J., Caffrey, A. J., Cerna, C., Chapon, A., Chauveau, E., Duchesneau, D., Durand, D., Egorov, V., Eurin, G., Evans, J. J., Flack, R., Garrido, X., Gómez, H., Guillon, B., Guzowski, P., Hodák, R., Hubert, P., Hugon, C., Jullian, S., Klimenko, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kovalenko, V., Lalanne, D., Lang, K., Lemière, Y., Liptak, Z., Loaiza, P., Lutter, G., Mamedov, F., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Morgan, B., Mott, J., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Nova, F., Nowacki, F., Ohsumi, H., Pahlka, R. B., Perrot, F., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Ramachers, Y. A., Remoto, A., Reyss, J. L., Richards, B., Riddle, C. L., Rukhadze, E., Saakyan, R., Sarazin, X., Shitov, Yu., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Smetana, A., Smolek, K., Smolnikov, A., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soulé, B., Štekl, I., Suhonen, J., Sutton, C. S., Szklarz, G., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Torre, S., Tretyak, Vl. I., Tretyak, V. I., Umatov, V. I., Vanushin, I., Vilela, C., Vorobel, V., Waters, D., and Žukauskas, A.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: We report the results of a search for the neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay (0$\nu\beta\beta$) of $^{100}$Mo, using the NEMO-3 detector to reconstruct the full topology of the final state events. With an exposure of 34.7 kg.y, no evidence for the 0$\nu\beta\beta$ signal has been found, yielding a limit for the light Majorana neutrino mass mechanism of $T_{1/2}(0\nu\beta\beta)>1.1 \times 10^{24}$ years (90% C.L.) once both statistical and systematic uncertainties are taken into account. Depending on the Nuclear Matrix Elements this corresponds to an upper limit on the Majorana effective neutrino mass of $< m_{\nu} > < 0.3-0.9$ eV (90% C.L.). Constraints on other lepton number violating mechanisms of 0$\nu\beta\beta$ decays are also given. Searching for high-energy double electron events in all suitable sources of the detector, no event in the energy region [3.2-10] MeV is observed for an exposure of 47 kg.y.
Published: 2013
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46. Proposal: A Search for Sterile Neutrino at J-PARC Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility

Author: Harada, M., Hasegawa, S., Kasugai, Y., Meigo, S., Sakai, K., Sakamoto, S., Suzuya, K., Iwai, E., Maruyama, T., Nishikawa, K., Ohta, R., Niiyama, M., Ajimura, S., Hiraiwa, T., Nakano, T., Nomachi, M., Shima, T., Bezerra, T. J. C., Chauveau, E., Enomoto, T., Furuta, H., Sakai, H., Suekane, F., Yeh, M., Garvey, G. T., Louis, W. C., Mills, G. B., and Van de Water, R.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: We propose a definite search for sterile neutrinos at the J-PARC Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF). With the 3 GeV Rapid Cycling Synchrotron (RCS) and spallation neutron target, an intense neutrino beam from muon decay at rest (DAR) is available. Neutrinos come from \mu+ decay, and the oscillation to be searched for is (anti \nu \mu -> anti \nu e) which is detected by the inverse \beta decay interaction (anti \nu e + p -> e+ + n), followed by a gamma from neutron capture. The unique features of the proposed experiment, compared with the LSND and experiments using horn focused beams, are; (1) The pulsed beam with about 600 ns spill width from J-PARC RCS and muon long lifetime allow us to select neutrinos from \mu DAR only. (2) Due to nuclear absorption of \pi- and \mu-, neutrinos from \mu- decay are suppressed to about the $10^{-3}$ level. (3) Neutrino cross sections are well known. The inverse \beta decay cross section is known to be a few percent accuracy. (4) The neutrino energy can be calculated from positron energy by adding ~1.8 MeV. (5) The anti \nu \mu and \nu e fluxes have different and well defined spectra. This allows us to separate oscillated signals from those due to \mu- decay contamination. We propose to proceed with the oscillation search in steps since the region of \Delta m^2 to be searched can be anywhere between sub-eV^2 to several tens of eV^2. We start to examine the large \Delta m^2 region, which can be done with short baseline at first. At close distance to the MLF target gives a high neutrino flux, and allows us to use relatively small detector. If no definitive positive signal is found, a future option exists to cover small \Delta m^2 region. This needs a relatively long baseline and requires a large detector to compensate for the reduced neutrino flux.
Published: 2013

47. Measurement of the Double Beta Decay Half-life of 130Te with the NEMO-3 Detector

Author: Arnold, R., Augier, C., Baker, J., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Blondel, S., Bongrand, M., Broudin-Bay, G., Brudanin, V., Caffrey, A. J., Chapon, A., Chauveau, E., Durand, D., Egorov, V., Flack, R., Garrido, X., Grozier, J., Guillon, B., Hubert, Ph., Jackson, C. M., Jullian, S., Kauer, M., Klimenko, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kovalenko, V., Lalanne, D., Lamhamdi, T., Lang, K., Liptak, Z., Lutter, G., Mamedov, F., Marquet, Ch., Martin-Albo, J., Mauger, F., Mott, J., Nachab, A., Nemchenok, I., Nguyen, C. H., Nova, F., Novella, P., Ohsumi, H., Pahlka, R. B., Perrot, F., Piquemal, F., Reyss, J. L., Richards, B., Ricol, J. S., Saakyan, R., Sarazin, X., Shitov, Yu., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Smolnikov, A., Söldner-Rembold, S., Štekl, I., Suhonen, J., Sutton, C. S., Szklarz, G., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Torre, S., Tretyak, V. I., Umatov, V., Vála, L., Vanyushin, I., Vasiliev, V., Vorobel, V., Vylov, T., and Zukauskas, A.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: This Letter reports results from the NEMO-3 experiment based on an exposure of 1275 days with 661g of 130Te in the form of enriched and natural tellurium foils. The double beta decay rate of 130Te is found to be greater than zero with a significance of 7.7 standard deviations and the half-life is measured to be T1/2 = (7.0 +/- 0.9(stat) +/- 1.1(syst)) x 10^{20} yr. This represents the most precise measurement of this half-life yet published and the first real-time observation of this decay.
Published: 2011
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48. Probing New Physics Models of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay with SuperNEMO

Author: Arnold, R., Augier, C., Baker, J., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Bongrand, M., Brudanin, V., Caffrey, A. J., Cebrián, S., Chapon, A., Chauveau, E., Dafni, Th., Deppisch, F. F., Diaz, J., Durand, D., Egorov, V., Evans, J. J., Flack, R., Fushima, K-I., Irastorza, I. García, Garrido, X., Gómez, H., Guillon, B., Holin, A., Holy, K., Horkley, J. J., Hubert, Ph., Hugon, C., Iguaz, F. J., Ishihara, N., Jackson, C. M., Jullian, S., Kauer, M., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kovalenko, V., Lamhamdi, T., Lang, K., Lutter, G., Luzón, G., Mamedov, F., Marquet, Ch., Mauger, F., Monrabal, F., Nachab, A., Nasteva, I., Nemchenok, I., Nguyen, C. H., Nomachi, M., Nova, F., Ohsumi, H., Pahlka, R. B., Perrot, F., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P. P., Richards, B., Ricol, J. S., Riddle, C. L., Rodríguez, A., Saakyan, R., Sarazin, X., Sedgbeer, J. K., Serra, L., Shitov, Yu., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Söldner-Rembold, S., Štekl, I., Sutton, C. S., Tamagawa, Y., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Tretyak, V., Tretyak, Vl. I., Umatov, V. I., Vanyushin, I. A., Vasiliev, R., Vasiliev, V., Vorobel, V., Waters, D., Yahlali, N., and Žukauskas, A.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract: The possibility to probe new physics scenarios of light Majorana neutrino exchange and right-handed currents at the planned next generation neutrinoless double beta decay experiment SuperNEMO is discussed. Its ability to study different isotopes and track the outgoing electrons provides the means to discriminate different underlying mechanisms for the neutrinoless double beta decay by measuring the decay half-life and the electron angular and energy distributions., Comment: 17 pages, 14 figures, to be published in E.P.J. C
Published: 2010
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49. Results of the BiPo-1 prototype for radiopurity measurements for the SuperNEMO double beta decay source foils

Author: Argyriades, J., Arnold, R., Augier, C., Baker, J., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Bongrand, M., Bourgeois, C., Breton, D., Briére, M., Broudin-Bay, G., Brudanin, V. B., Caffrey, A. J., Cebrián, S., Chapon, A., Chauveau, E., Dafni, Th., Díaz, J., Durand, D., Egorov, V. G., Evans, J. J., Flack, R., Fushima, K-I., Irastorza, I. G., Garrido, X., Gómez, H., Guillon, B., Holin, A., Holy, K, Horkey, J. J., Hubert, P., Hugon, C., Iguaz, F. J., Ishihara, N., Jackson, C. M., Jenzer, S., Jullian, S., Kauer, M., Kochetov, O. I., Konovalov, S. I., Kovalenko, V., Lamhamdi, T., Lang, K., Lemiére, Y., Lutter, G., Luzón, G., Mamedov, F., Marquet, Ch., Mauger, F., Monrabal, F., Nachab, A., Nemchenok, I. B., Nguyen, C. H., Nomachi, M., Nova, F., Ohsumi, H., Pahlka, R. B., Perrot, F., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P. P., Richards, B., Ricol, J. S., Riddle, C. L., Rodríguez, A., Saakyan, R., Sarazin, X., Sedgbeer, J. K., Serra, L., Shitov, Yu. A., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Söldner-Rembold, S., Štekl, I., Sutton, C. S., Tamagawa, Y., Szklarz, G., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Tretyak, V., Tretyak, Vl. I., Umatov, V. I., Vála, L., Vanyushin, I. A., Vasiliev, R., Vasiliev, V. A., Vorobel, V., Waters, D., Yahali, N., and Žukauskas, A.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The development of BiPo detectors is dedicated to the measurement of extremely high radiopurity in $^{208}$Tl and $^{214}$Bi for the SuperNEMO double beta decay source foils. A modular prototype, called BiPo-1, with 0.8 $m^2$ of sensitive surface area, has been running in the Modane Underground Laboratory since February, 2008. The goal of BiPo-1 is to measure the different components of the background and in particular the surface radiopurity of the plastic scintillators that make up the detector. The first phase of data collection has been dedicated to the measurement of the radiopurity in $^{208}$Tl. After more than one year of background measurement, a surface activity of the scintillators of $\mathcal{A}$($^{208}$Tl) $=$ 1.5 $\mu$Bq/m$^2$ is reported here. Given this level of background, a larger BiPo detector having 12 m$^2$ of active surface area, is able to qualify the radiopurity of the SuperNEMO selenium double beta decay foils with the required sensitivity of $\mathcal{A}$($^{208}$Tl) $<$ 2 $\mu$Bq/kg (90% C.L.) with a six month measurement., Comment: 24 pages, submitted to N.I.M. A
Published: 2010
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50. Spectral modeling of scintillator for the NEMO-3 and SuperNEMO detectors

Author: Argyriades, J., Arnold, R., Augier, C., Baker, J., Barabash, A. S., Bongrand, M., Broudin-Bay, G., Brudanin, V. B., Caffrey, A. J., Cebrián, S., Chapon, A., Chauveau, E., Dafni, Th., Daraktchieva, Z., iaz, J. D, Durand, D., Egorov, V. G., Evans, J. J., Fatemi-Ghomi, N., Flack, R., Basharina-Freshville, A., Fushimi, K-I., Garrido, X., Gómez, H., Guillon, B., Holin, A., Holy, K., Horkey, J. J., Hubert, Ph., Hugon, C., Iguaz, F. J., Irastorza, I. G., Ishihara, N., Jackson, C. M., Jullian, S., Kanamaru, S., Kauer, M., Kochetov, O. I., Konovalov, S. I., Kovalenko, V. E., Lalanne, D., Lang, K., ere, Y. Lemi, Lutter, G., Luzón, G., Mamedov, F., Marquet, Ch., Martin-Albo, J., Mauger, F., Monrabal, F., Nachab, A., Nasteva, I., Nemchenok, I. B., Nguyen, C. H., Nova, F., Novella, P., Ohsumi, H., Pahlka, R. B., Perrot, F., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P. P., Richards, B., Ricol, J. S., Riddle, C. L., Rodriguez, A., Saakyan, R., Sarazin, X., Sedgbeer, J. K., Serra, L., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Shitov, Yu. A., Smolnikov, A. A., Soldner-Rembold, S., Štekl, I., Sugaya, Y., Sutton, C. S., Szklarz, G., Tamagawa, Y., Thomas, J., Thompson, R., Timkin, V. V., Tretyak, V. I., Tretyak, Vl. I., Umatov, V. I., ala, L. V, Vanyushin, I. A., Vasiliev, R., Vorobel, V., Vylov, Ts., Waters, D., Yahlali, N., and Žukauskas, A.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: We have constructed a GEANT4-based detailed software model of photon transport in plastic scintillator blocks and have used it to study the NEMO-3 and SuperNEMO calorimeters employed in experiments designed to search for neutrinoless double beta decay. We compare our simulations to measurements using conversion electrons from a calibration source of $\rm ^{207}Bi$ and show that the agreement is improved if wavelength-dependent properties of the calorimeter are taken into account. In this article, we briefly describe our modeling approach and results of our studies., Comment: 16 pages, 10 figures
Published: 2010
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