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1. The Double Chooz antineutrino detectors

Author: Double Chooz Collaboration, de Kerret, H., Abe, Y., Aberle, C., Abrahão, T., Ahijado, J. M., Akiri, T., Alarcón, J. M., Alba, J., Almazan, H., Anjos, J. C. dos, Appel, S., Ardellier, F., Barabanov, I., Barriere, J. C., Baussan, E., Baxter, A., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bertoli, W., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blanco, C., Bleurvacq, N., Blucher, E., Bonet, H., Bongrand, M., Bowden, N. S, Brugière, T., Buck, C., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Calvo, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cazaux, S., Cela, J. M., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. J., Charon, P., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M, Cormon, S., Corpace, O., Courty, B., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Cribier, M., Crum, K., Cuadrado, S., Cucoanes, A., D'Agostino, M., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dazeley, S., Dierckxsens, M., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dorigo, F., Dracos, M., Durand, V., Efremekov, Y., Elnimr, M., Etenko, A., Falk, E., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fernández-Bedoya, C., Francia, D., Franco, D., Fischer, V., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Garcia, F., Garcia, J., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Givaudan, A., Göger-Neff, M., Gomez, H., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J., Gramlich, B., Greiner, D., Guertin, A., Guillon, B., Habib, S. M., Haddad, Y., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Hartnell, J., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hellwig, D., Hervé, S., Hofacker, R., Horton-Smith, G., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jänner, K., Jiménez, S., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kaether, F., Kale, K., Kalousis, L., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaneda, M., Kaplan, D. M., Karakac, M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., Kibe, Y., Kirchner, T., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kutter, T., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Langbrandtner, C., Lasserre, T., Lastoria, C., Latron, L., Leonardo, C., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Marie, F., Martinez, J. J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., McKee, D., Meigner, F., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Meyer, J. P., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Millot, J. F., Minotti, A., Mirones, V., Miyata, H., Mueller, Th. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Navas-Nicolás, D., Nikitenko, Y., Novella, P., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Onillon, A., Oralbaev, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Peeters, S. J. M., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Pronost, G., Puras, J. C., Quéval, R., Ramirez, J. L., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Reissfelder, M., Remoto, A., Reyna, D., Rodriguez, I., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Rudolf, N., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schwan, U., Scola, L., Settimo, M., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, M. A., Sharankova, R., Sibille, V., Sida, J. L., Sinev, V., Shrestha, D., Skorokhvatov, M., Soldin, P., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Starzynski, P., Stock, M. R., Stokes, L. F. F., Strait, M., Stüken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Sun, Z., Svoboda, R., Tabata, H., Tamura, N., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Toral, F., Toups, M., Thi, H. Trinh, Valdivia, F., Valdiviesso, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Verdugo, A., Veyssiere, C., Viaud, B., Vignaud, D., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Wiebusch, C., White, B., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Wurtz, J., Yang, G., Yáñez, J., Yermia, F., and Zbiri, K.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: This article describes the setup and performance of the near and far detectors in the Double Chooz experiment. The electron antineutrinos of the Chooz nuclear power plant were measured in two identically designed detectors with different average baselines of about 400 m and 1050 m from the two reactor cores. Over many years of data taking the neutrino signals were extracted from interactions in the detectors with the goal of measuring a fundamental parameter in the context of neutrino oscillation, the mixing angle {\theta}13. The central part of the Double Chooz detectors was a main detector comprising four cylindrical volumes filled with organic liquids. From the inside towards the outside there were volumes containing gadolinium-loaded scintillator, gadolinium-free scintillator, a buffer oil and, optically separated, another liquid scintillator acting as veto system. Above this main detector an additional outer veto system using plastic scintillator strips was installed. The technologies developed in Double Chooz were inspiration for several other antineutrino detectors in the field. The detector design allowed implementation of efficient background rejection techniques including use of pulse shape information provided by the data acquisition system. The Double Chooz detectors featured remarkable stability, in particular for the detected photons, as well as high radiopurity of the detector components., Comment: 49 pages, 29 figures
Published: 2022
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2. The Double Chooz antineutrino detectors

Author: de Kerret, H., Abe, Y., Aberle, C., Abrahão, T., Ahijado, J. M., Akiri, T., Alarcón, J. M., Alba, J., Almazan, H., dos Anjos, J. C., Appel, S., Ardellier, F., Barabanov, I., Barriere, J. C., Baussan, E., Baxter, A., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bertoli, W., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukov, L., Blanco, C., Bleurvacq, N., Blucher, E., Bonet, H., Bongrand, M., Bowden, N. S, Brugière, T., Buck, C., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Calvo, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cazaux, S., Cela, J. M., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. J., Charon, P., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M, Cormon, S., Corpace, O., Courty, B., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Cribier, M., Crum, K., Cuadrado, S., Cucoanes, A., D’Agostino, M., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dazeley, S., Dierckxsens, M., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dorigo, F., Dracos, M., Durand, V., Efremeko, Y., Elnimr, M., Etenko, A., Falk, E., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fernández-Bedoya, C., Francia, D., Franco, D., Fischer, V., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Garcia, F., Garcia, J., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Givaudan, A., Göger-Neff, M., Gomez, H., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J., Gramlich, B., Greiner, D., Guertin, A., Guillon, B., Habib, S. M., Haddad, Y., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Hartnell, J., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hellwig, D., Hervé, S., Hofacker, R., Horton-Smith, G., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jänner, K., Jiménez, S., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Kaether, F., Kale, K., Kalousis, L., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaneda, M., Kaplan, D. M., Karakac, M., Kawasaki, T., Kemp, E., Kibe, Y., Kirchner, T., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kutter, T., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Langbrandtner, C., Lasserre, T., Lastoria, C., Latron, L., Leonardo, C., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima, Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Marie, F., Martinez, J. J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., McKee, D., Meigner, F., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Meyer, J. P., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Millot, J. F., Minotti, A., Mirones, V., Miyata, H., Mueller, Th. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Navas-Nicolás, D., Nikitenko, Y., Novella, P., Oberauer, L., Obolensky, M., Onillon, A., Oralbaev, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Peeters, S. J. M., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Pronost, G., Puras, J. C., Quéval, R., Ramirez, J. L., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Reissfelder, M., Remoto, A., Reyna, D., Rodriguez, I., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Rudolf, N., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schwan, U., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Scola, L., Settimo, M., Shaevitz, M. A., Sharankova, R., Sibille, V., Sida, J.-L., Sinev, V., Shrestha, D., Skorokhvatov, M., Soldin, P., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Starzynski, P., Stock, M. R., Stokes, L. F. F., Strait, M., Stüken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Sun, Z., Svoboda, R., Tabata, H., Tamura, N., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Toral, F., Toups, M., Thi, H. Trinh, Valdivia, F., Valdiviesso, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Verdugo, A., Veyssiere, C., Viaud, B., Vignaud, D., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Wiebusch, C., White, B., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Wurtz, J., Yang, G., Yáñez, J., Yermia, F., and Zbiri, K.
Published: 2022
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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. First Measurement of \theta_13 from Delayed Neutron Capture on Hydrogen in the Double Chooz Experiment

Author: Double Chooz Collaboration, Abe, Y., Aberle, C., Anjos, J. C. dos, Barriere, J. C., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, L., Blucher, E., Bowden, N. S., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. -J., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dazeley, S., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Durand, V., Ebert, J., Efremenko, Y., Elnimr, M., Erickson, A., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gama, R., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J. TM., Greiner, D., Haag, N., Habib, S., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hayakawa, T., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Jones, C. L., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Keefer, G., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Langbrandtner, C., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., McKee, D., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Meyer, M., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Miyata, H., Mueller, Th. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Potzel, W., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Remoto, A., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Schwetz, T., Shaevitz, M. H., Shimojima, S., Shrestha, D., Sida, J-L., 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., Toups, M., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Valdiviesso, G., Veyssiere, C., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., White, B., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The Double Chooz experiment has determined the value of the neutrino oscillation parameter $\theta_{13}$ from an analysis of inverse beta decay interactions with neutron capture on hydrogen. This analysis uses a three times larger fiducial volume than the standard Double Chooz assessment, which is restricted to a region doped with gadolinium (Gd), yielding an exposure of 113.1 GW-ton-years. The data sample used in this analysis is distinct from that of the Gd analysis, and the systematic uncertainties are also largely independent, with some exceptions, such as the reactor neutrino flux prediction. A combined rate- and energy-dependent fit finds $\sin^2 2\theta_{13}=0.097\pm 0.034(stat.) \pm 0.034 (syst.)$, excluding the no-oscillation hypothesis at 2.0 \sigma. This result is consistent with previous measurements of $\sin^2 2\theta_{13}$., Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures; published version
Published: 2013
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10. Direct Measurement of Backgrounds using Reactor-Off Data in Double Chooz

Author: Abe, Y., Aberle, C., Anjos, J. C. dos, Barriere, J. C., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, L., Blucher, E., Bowden, N. S., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. -J., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Crespo-Anadon, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A., D'Agostino, M. V., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dazeley, S., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Durand, V., Ebert, J., Efremenko, Y., Elnimr, M., Erickson, A., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gama, R., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J. TM., Greiner, D., Haag, N., Habib, S., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hayakawa, T., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Jones, C. L., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Keefer, G., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Kibe, Y., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Langbrandtner, C., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., Lopez-Castano, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., McKee, D., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Meyer, M., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Miyata, H., Mueller, Th. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Potzel, W., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Remoto, A., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Schwetz, T., Shaevitz, M. H., Shimojima, S., Shrestha, D., Sida, J-L., 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., Toups, M., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Valdiviesso, G., Veyssiere, C., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., White, B., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Double Chooz is unique among modern reactor-based neutrino experiments studying $\bar \nu_e$ disappearance in that data can be collected with all reactors off. In this paper, we present data from 7.53 days of reactor-off running. Applying the same selection criteria as used in the Double Chooz reactor-on oscillation analysis, a measured background rate of 1.0$\pm$0.4 events/day is obtained. The background model for accidentals, cosmogenic $\beta$-$n$-emitting isotopes, fast neutrons from cosmic muons, and stopped-$\mu$ decays used in the oscillation analysis is demonstrated to be correct within the uncertainties. Kinematic distributions of the events, which are dominantly cosmic-ray-produced correlated-background events, are provided. The background rates are scaled to the shielding depths of two other reactor-based oscillation experiments, Daya Bay and RENO., Comment: V2 has corrections to affiliations
Published: 2012
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11. First Test of Lorentz Violation with a Reactor-based Antineutrino Experiment

Author: Double Chooz Collaboration, Abe, Y., Aberle, C., Anjos, J. C. dos, Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, L., Blucher, E., Bowden, N. S., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. -J., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A., D'Agostino, M. V., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dazeley, S., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Durand, V., Ebert, J., Efremenko, Y., Elnimr, M., Erickson, A., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gama, R., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J. TM., Greiner, D., Haag, N., Habib, S., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hayakawa, T., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Jones, C. L., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Katori, T., Kawasaki, T., Keefer, G., 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., McKee, D., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Meyer, M., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Miyata, H., Mueller, Th. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Potzel, W., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Remoto, A., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Schwetz, T., Shaevitz, M. H., Shrestha, D., Sida, J. -L., 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., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Toups, M., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Valdiviesso, G., Veyssiere, C., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., White, B., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Yanovitch, E., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: We present a search for Lorentz violation with 8249 candidate electron antineutrino events taken by the Double Chooz experiment in 227.9 live days of running. This analysis, featuring a search for a sidereal time dependence of the events, is the first test of Lorentz invariance using a reactor-based antineutrino source. No sidereal variation is present in the data and the disappearance results are consistent with sidereal time independent oscillations. Under the Standard-Model Extension (SME), we set the first limits on fourteen Lorentz violating coefficients associated with transitions between electron and tau flavor, and set two competitive limits associated with transitions between electron and muon flavor., Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures; (new version after referee's comments)
Published: 2012
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12. Reactor electron antineutrino disappearance in the Double Chooz experiment

Author: Abe, Y., Aberle, C., Anjos, J. C. dos, Barriere, J. C., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, L., Blucher, E., Bowden, N. S., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. -J., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A., D'Agostino, M. V., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dazeley, S., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Durand, V., Ebert, J., Efremenko, Y., Elnimr, M., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Franco, D., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gama, R., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Goger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J. TM., Greiner, D., Haag, N., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hayakawa, T., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Jones, C. L., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Keefer, G., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Kibe, Y., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Langbrandtner, C., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., López-Castanõ, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., McKee, D., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Miyata, H., Mueller, Th. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Potzel, W., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Remoto, A., Rohling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schonert, S., Schoppmann, S., Schwetz, T., Shaevitz, M. H., Shimojima, S., Shrestha, D., Sida, J. -L., 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., Toups, M., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Valdiviesso, G., Veyssiere, C., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., White, B., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The Double Chooz experiment has observed 8,249 candidate electron antineutrino events in 227.93 live days with 33.71 GW-ton-years (reactor power x detector mass x livetime) exposure using a 10.3 cubic meter fiducial volume detector located at 1050 m from the reactor cores of the Chooz nuclear power plant in France. The expectation in case of theta13 = 0 is 8,937 events. The deficit is interpreted as evidence of electron antineutrino disappearance. From a rate plus spectral shape analysis we find sin^2 2{\theta}13 = 0.109 \pm 0.030(stat) \pm 0.025(syst). The data exclude the no-oscillation hypothesis at 99.8% CL (2.9{\sigma})., Comment: Modified for PRD referees
Published: 2012
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13. Indication for the disappearance of reactor electron antineutrinos in the Double Chooz experiment

Author: Abe, Y., Aberle, C., Akiri, T., Anjos, J. C. dos, Ardellier, F., Barbosa, A. F., Baxter, A., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, L., Blucher, E., Bongrand, M., Bowden, N. S., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. -J., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Cormon, S., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Cribier, M., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A., D'Agostino, M. V., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dazeley, S., Dierckxsens, M., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Durand, V., Efremenko, Y., Elnimr, M., Endo, Y., Etenko, A., Falk, E., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Franco, D., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gama, R., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J. TM., Greiner, D., Guillon, B., Haag, N., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Hartnell, J., Haruna, T., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hayakawa, T., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Jones, C. L., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Keefer, G., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Kibe, Y., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Langbrandtner, C., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr, H. P., Lindner, M., Liu, Y., López-Castanõ, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., McKee, D., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Milzstajn, A., Miyata, H., Motta, D., Mueller, Th. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Peeters, S. J. M., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Potzel, W., Queval, R., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Remoto, A., Reyna, D., Röhling, M., Roth, S., Rubin, H. A., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Schwan, U., Schwetz, T., Shaevitz, M. H., Shrestha, D., Sida, J-L., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Strait, M., Stüken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Sun, Z., Svoboda, R., Tabata, H., Tamura, N., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Toups, M., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Veyssiere, C., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., White, B., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Yanovitch, E., Yermia, F., Zbiri, K., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The Double Chooz Experiment presents an indication of reactor electron antineutrino disappearance consistent with neutrino oscillations. A ratio of 0.944 $\pm$ 0.016 (stat) $\pm$ 0.040 (syst) observed to predicted events was obtained in 101 days of running at the Chooz Nuclear Power Plant in France, with two 4.25 GW$_{th}$ reactors. The results were obtained from a single 10 m$^3$ fiducial volume detector located 1050 m from the two reactor cores. The reactor antineutrino flux prediction used the Bugey4 measurement as an anchor point. The deficit can be interpreted as an indication of a non-zero value of the still unmeasured neutrino mixing parameter \sang. Analyzing both the rate of the prompt positrons and their energy spectrum we find \sang = 0.086 $\pm$ 0.041 (stat) $\pm$ 0.030 (syst), or, at 90% CL, 0.015 $<$ \sang $\ <$ 0.16., Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, (new version after PRL referee's comments)
Published: 2011
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14. Statistics of an Unstable Barotropic Jet from a Cumulant Expansion

Author: Marston, J. B., Conover, E., and Schneider, Tapio
Subjects: Physics - Fluid Dynamics, Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics, Nonlinear Sciences - Chaotic Dynamics, Physics - Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, Physics - Computational Physics
Abstract: Low-order equal-time statistics of a barotropic flow on a rotating sphere are investigated. The flow is driven by linear relaxation toward an unstable zonal jet. For relatively short relaxation times, the flow is dominated by critical-layer waves. For sufficiently long relaxation times, the flow is turbulent. Statistics obtained from a second-order cumulant expansion are compared to those accumulated in direct numerical simulations, revealing the strengths and limitations of the expansion for different relaxation times., Comment: 23 pages, 8 figures. Version to appear in J. Atmos. Sci
Published: 2007
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15. Reactor antineutrino detection in Double Chooz experiment: Techniques for background reduction

Author: Carr, R., Conover, E., Hourlier, A., Kitazawa, M., Lopez-Castaño, J.M., Pronost, G., Roncin, R., Sharankova, R., Stokes, L.F.F., and Wurm, M.
Published: 2016
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16. Precision muon reconstruction in Double Chooz

Author: Abe, Y., dos Anjos, J.C., 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., 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, H.P., Jr., 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., Trinh Thi, H.H., 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.
Published: 2014
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17. Erratum to: Improved measurements of the neutrino mixing angle θ 13 with the Double Chooz detector

Author: Abe, Y., dos Anjos, J. C., 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., Trinh Thi, H. H., Valdiviesso, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Veyssiere, C., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Walsh, N., Watanabe, H., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yermia, F., Zimmer, V., and The Double Chooz collaboration
Published: 2015
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18. Statistics of an unstable barotropic jet from a cumulant expansion

Author: Marston, J.B., Conover, E., and Schneider, Tapio
Subjects: Air jets -- Properties, Atmospheric circulation -- Observations, Turbulence -- Observations, Atmospheric research, Earth sciences, Science and technology
Abstract: Low-order equal-time statistics of a barotropic flow on a rotating sphere are investigated. The flow is driven by linear relaxation toward an unstable zonal jet. For relatively short relaxation times, the flow is dominated by critical-layer waves. For sufficiently long relaxation times, the flow is turbulent. Statistics obtained from a second-order cumulant expansion are compared to those accumulated in direct numerical simulations, revealing the strengths and limitations of the expansion for different relaxation times.
Published: 2008

19. Birth Outcomes in Women Who Have Taken Hydroxycholoroquine During Pregnancy: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Author: Chambers, Christina D., Johnson, Diana L., Xu, Ronghui, Luo, Yunjun, Felix, Robert, Fine, Minh, Lessard, Chloe, Adam, Margaret P., Braddock, Stephen R., Robinson, Luther K., Burke, Leah, Jones, Kenneth Lyons, Quinn, D., Stallman, C., Kao, K., Bertrand, K., Brochu, J., Lavigne, S., Conover, E., and Cole, P.
Subjects: ACQUISITION of data methodology, CONFIDENCE intervals, PREGNANT women, INTERVIEWING, PREGNANCY outcomes, MEDICAL records, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, ODDS ratio, STATISTICAL sampling, LONGITUDINAL method
Abstract: Objective: Findings from previous small studies have been reassuring regarding the safety of treatment with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) during pregnancy. In one recent study, it was demonstrated that the frequency of major birth defects was increased in women who had received HCQ at a dose of ≥400 mg/day during pregnancy. This study was undertaken to examine pregnancy outcomes among women following the use of HCQ. Methods: The study cohort comprised pregnant women who were prospectively enrolled in the MotherToBaby/Organization of Teratology Information Specialists Autoimmune Diseases in Pregnancy Study and were receiving treatment with HCQ. For the control groups, disease‐matched women without HCQ exposure and healthy women were randomly selected from the same source, with subject matching using a 1:1 ratio. Data were collected through interviews, medical records, and dysmorphology examinations. Pregnancy outcome measures included the presence or absence of major and minor birth defects, rates of spontaneous abortion, rates of preterm delivery, and infant growth measures. Results: Between 2004 and 2018, 837 pregnant women met the criteria for study inclusion, including 279 women exposed to HCQ during pregnancy and 279 women in each unexposed control group. Sixty pregnant women (7.2%) were lost to follow‐up. Among the women with live births, major birth defects occurred as a pregnancy outcome in 20 (8.6%) of 232 women with HCQ exposure in the first trimester, compared to 19 (7.4%) of 256 disease‐matched unexposed controls (odds ratio [OR] 1.18, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 0.61–2.26) and 13 (5.4%) of 239 healthy controls (adjusted OR 0.76, 95% CI 0.28–2.05). Risks did not differ in women who were receiving an HCQ dose of ≥400 mg/day. No pattern of birth defects was identified. There were no differences in the rates of spontaneous abortion or preterm delivery between groups. Occurrence of infant growth deficiencies did not differ in the HCQ‐exposed group compared to the disease‐matched unexposed control group, except in the infant's head circumference at birth (adjusted OR 1.85, 95% CI 1.07–3.20). Conclusion: In this study, there was no evidence of an increased risk of structural birth defects or other adverse outcomes among women receiving HCQ during pregnancy, with the exception of infant head circumference at birth. For pregnant women being treated with HCQ, these findings are reassuring. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2022
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20. Characterization of the spontaneous light emission of the PMTs used in the Double Chooz experiment

Author: Abe, Y, Abrahao, T, Alt, C, Appel, S, Bekman, I, Bergevin, M, Bezerra, T, Bezrukov, L, Blucher, E, Brugiere, T, Buck, C, Busenitz, J, Cabrera, A, Calvo, E, Camilleri, L, Carr, R, Cerrada, M, Chauveau, E, Chimenti, P, Collin, A, Conover, E, Conrad, J, Crespo-Anadon, J, Crum, K, Cucoanes, A, Damon, E, Dawson, J, De Kerret, H, Dhooghe, J, Dietrich, D, Djurcic, Z, Dos Anjos, J, Dracos, M, Etenko, A, Fallot, M, Felde, J, Fernandes, S, Fischer, V, Franco, D, Franke, M, Furuta, H, Gil-Botella, I, Giot, L, Goger-Neff, M, Gomez, H, Gonzalez, L, Goodenough, L, Goodman, M, Haag, N, Hara, T, Haser, J, Hellwig, D, Hofmann, M, Horton-Smith, G, Hourlier, A, Ishitsuka, M, Jimenez, S, Jochum, J, Jollet, C, Kaether, F, Kalousis, L, Kamyshkov, Y, Kaneda, M, Kaplan, D, Kawasaki, T, Kemp, E, Kryn, D, Kuze, M, Lachenmaier, T, Lane, C, Lasserre, T, Letourneau, A, Lhuillier, D, Lima, H, Lindner, M, Lopez-Castano, J, Losecco, J, 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-Nicolas, D, Novella, P, Nunokawa, H, Obolensky, M, Onillon, A, Osborn, A, Palomares, C, Pepe, I, Perasso, S, Porta, A, Pronost, G, Reichenbacher, J, Reinhold, B, Rohling, M, Roncin, R, Rybolt, B, Sakamoto, Y, Santorelli, R, Schilithz, A, Schonert, S, Schoppmann, S, Shaevitz, M, Sharankova, R, Shrestha, D, Sibille, V, Sinev, V, Skorokhvatov, M, Smith, E, Soiron, M, Spitz, J, Stahl, A, Stancu, I, Stokes, L, Strait, M, Suekane, F, Sukhotin, S, Sumiyoshi, T, Sun, Y, Svoboda, R, Terao, K, Tonazzo, A, Thi, H, Valdiviesso, G, Vassilopoulos, N, Verdugo, A, Veyssiere, C, Vivier, M, Von Feilitzsch, F, Wagner, S, Walsh, N, Watanabe, H, Wiebusch, C, Wurm, M, Yang, G, Yermia, F, Zimmer, V, Abe Y., Abrahao T., Alt C., Appel S., Bekman I., Bergevin M., Bezerra T. J. C., Bezrukov L., Blucher E., Brugiere 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-Anadon J. I., Crum K., Cucoanes A. S., Damon E., Dawson J. V., De Kerret H., Dhooghe J., Dietrich D., Djurcic Z., Dos Anjos J. C., Dracos M., Etenko A., Fallot M., Felde J., Fernandes S. M., Fischer V., Franco D., Franke M., Furuta H., Gil-Botella I., Giot L., Goger-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., Jimenez 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 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., Navas-Nicolas D., Novella P., Nunokawa H., Obolensky M., Onillon A., Osborn A., Palomares C., Pepe I. M., Perasso S., Porta A., Pronost G., Reichenbacher J., Reinhold B., Rohling M., Roncin R., Rybolt B., Sakamoto Y., Santorelli R., Schilithz A. C., Schonert 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. T., Valdiviesso G., Vassilopoulos N., Verdugo A., Veyssiere C., Vivier M., Von Feilitzsch F., Wagner S., Walsh N., Watanabe H., Wiebusch C., Wurm M., Yang G., Yermia F., Zimmer V., Abe, Y, Abrahao, T, Alt, C, Appel, S, Bekman, I, Bergevin, M, Bezerra, T, Bezrukov, L, Blucher, E, Brugiere, T, Buck, C, Busenitz, J, Cabrera, A, Calvo, E, Camilleri, L, Carr, R, Cerrada, M, Chauveau, E, Chimenti, P, Collin, A, Conover, E, Conrad, J, Crespo-Anadon, J, Crum, K, Cucoanes, A, Damon, E, Dawson, J, De Kerret, H, Dhooghe, J, Dietrich, D, Djurcic, Z, Dos Anjos, J, Dracos, M, Etenko, A, Fallot, M, Felde, J, Fernandes, S, Fischer, V, Franco, D, Franke, M, Furuta, H, Gil-Botella, I, Giot, L, Goger-Neff, M, Gomez, H, Gonzalez, L, Goodenough, L, Goodman, M, Haag, N, Hara, T, Haser, J, Hellwig, D, Hofmann, M, Horton-Smith, G, Hourlier, A, Ishitsuka, M, Jimenez, S, Jochum, J, Jollet, C, Kaether, F, Kalousis, L, Kamyshkov, Y, Kaneda, M, Kaplan, D, Kawasaki, T, Kemp, E, Kryn, D, Kuze, M, Lachenmaier, T, Lane, C, Lasserre, T, Letourneau, A, Lhuillier, D, Lima, H, Lindner, M, Lopez-Castano, J, Losecco, J, 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-Nicolas, D, Novella, P, Nunokawa, H, Obolensky, M, Onillon, A, Osborn, A, Palomares, C, Pepe, I, Perasso, S, Porta, A, Pronost, G, Reichenbacher, J, Reinhold, B, Rohling, M, Roncin, R, Rybolt, B, Sakamoto, Y, Santorelli, R, Schilithz, A, Schonert, S, Schoppmann, S, Shaevitz, M, Sharankova, R, Shrestha, D, Sibille, V, Sinev, V, Skorokhvatov, M, Smith, E, Soiron, M, Spitz, J, Stahl, A, Stancu, I, Stokes, L, Strait, M, Suekane, F, Sukhotin, S, Sumiyoshi, T, Sun, Y, Svoboda, R, Terao, K, Tonazzo, A, Thi, H, Valdiviesso, G, Vassilopoulos, N, Verdugo, A, Veyssiere, C, Vivier, M, Von Feilitzsch, F, Wagner, S, Walsh, N, Watanabe, H, Wiebusch, C, Wurm, M, Yang, G, Yermia, F, Zimmer, V, Abe Y., Abrahao T., Alt C., Appel S., Bekman I., Bergevin M., Bezerra T. J. C., Bezrukov L., Blucher E., Brugiere 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-Anadon J. I., Crum K., Cucoanes A. S., Damon E., Dawson J. V., De Kerret H., Dhooghe J., Dietrich D., Djurcic Z., Dos Anjos J. C., Dracos M., Etenko A., Fallot M., Felde J., Fernandes S. M., Fischer V., Franco D., Franke M., Furuta H., Gil-Botella I., Giot L., Goger-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., Jimenez 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 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., Navas-Nicolas D., Novella P., Nunokawa H., Obolensky M., Onillon A., Osborn A., Palomares C., Pepe I. M., Perasso S., Porta A., Pronost G., Reichenbacher J., Reinhold B., Rohling M., Roncin R., Rybolt B., Sakamoto Y., Santorelli R., Schilithz A. C., Schonert 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. T., Valdiviesso G., Vassilopoulos N., Verdugo A., Veyssiere C., Vivier M., Von Feilitzsch F., Wagner S., Walsh N., Watanabe H., Wiebusch C., Wurm M., Yang G., Yermia F., and Zimmer V.
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.
Published: 2016

21. The Correlation Between Asthma Control and Psychological Health in Pediatric Severe Asthma

Author: Giancola, L., primary, Griffiths, D., additional, Welsh, K., additional, MacGlashing, K., additional, Thayer, C., additional, Conover, E., additional, Baxi, S., additional, and Gaffin, J., additional
Published: 2019
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22. Precision muon reconstruction in Double Chooz

Author: Abe, Y, Dos Anjos, J, Barriere, J, Baussan, E, Bekman, I, Bergevin, M, Bezerra, T, Bezrukov, L, Blucher, E, Buck, C, Busenitz, J, Cabrera, A, Caden, E, Camilleri, L, Carr, R, Cerrada, M, Chang, P, Chauveau, E, Chimenti, P, Collin, A, Conover, E, Conrad, J, Crespo-Anadon, J, Crum, K, Cucoanes, A, Damon, E, Dawson, J, Dhooghe, J, Dietrich, D, Djurcic, Z, Dracos, M, Elnimr, M, Etenko, A, Fallot, M, Von Feilitzsch, F, Felde, J, Fernandes, S, Fischer, V, Franco, D, Franke, M, Furuta, H, Gil-Botella, I, Giot, L, Goger-Neff, M, Gonzalez, L, Goodenough, L, Goodman, M, Grant, C, Haag, N, Hara, T, Haser, J, Hofmann, M, Horton-Smith, G, Hourlier, A, Ishitsuka, M, Jochum, J, Jollet, C, Kaether, F, Kalousis, L, Kamyshkov, Y, Kaplan, D, Kawasaki, T, Kemp, E, De Kerret, H, Kryn, D, Kuze, M, Lachenmaier, T, Lane, C, Lasserre, T, Letourneau, A, Lhuillier, D, Lima, J, Lindner, M, Lopez-Castano, J, Losecco, J, 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, 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, Schonert, S, Schoppmann, S, Shaevitz, M, Sharankova, R, Shimojima, S, Shrestha, D, Sibille, V, Sinev, V, Skorokhvatov, M, Smith, E, Spitz, J, Stahl, A, Stancu, I, Stokes, L, Strait, M, Stuken, A, Suekane, F, Sukhotin, S, Sumiyoshi, T, Sun, Y, Svoboda, R, Terao, K, Tonazzo, A, Trinh Thi, H, Valdiviesso, G, Vassilopoulos, N, Veyssiere, C, Vivier, M, Wagner, S, Walsh, N, Watanabe, H, Wiebusch, C, Winslow, L, Wurm, M, Yang, G, Yermia, F, Zimmer, V, Abe Y., Dos Anjos J. C., 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., 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., Trinh Thi H. H., Valdiviesso G., Vassilopoulos N., Veyssiere C., Vivier M., Wagner S., Walsh N., Watanabe H., Wiebusch C., Winslow L., Wurm M., Yang G., Yermia F., Zimmer V., Abe, Y, Dos Anjos, J, Barriere, J, Baussan, E, Bekman, I, Bergevin, M, Bezerra, T, Bezrukov, L, Blucher, E, Buck, C, Busenitz, J, Cabrera, A, Caden, E, Camilleri, L, Carr, R, Cerrada, M, Chang, P, Chauveau, E, Chimenti, P, Collin, A, Conover, E, Conrad, J, Crespo-Anadon, J, Crum, K, Cucoanes, A, Damon, E, Dawson, J, Dhooghe, J, Dietrich, D, Djurcic, Z, Dracos, M, Elnimr, M, Etenko, A, Fallot, M, Von Feilitzsch, F, Felde, J, Fernandes, S, Fischer, V, Franco, D, Franke, M, Furuta, H, Gil-Botella, I, Giot, L, Goger-Neff, M, Gonzalez, L, Goodenough, L, Goodman, M, Grant, C, Haag, N, Hara, T, Haser, J, Hofmann, M, Horton-Smith, G, Hourlier, A, Ishitsuka, M, Jochum, J, Jollet, C, Kaether, F, Kalousis, L, Kamyshkov, Y, Kaplan, D, Kawasaki, T, Kemp, E, De Kerret, H, Kryn, D, Kuze, M, Lachenmaier, T, Lane, C, Lasserre, T, Letourneau, A, Lhuillier, D, Lima, J, Lindner, M, Lopez-Castano, J, Losecco, J, 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, 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, Schonert, S, Schoppmann, S, Shaevitz, M, Sharankova, R, Shimojima, S, Shrestha, D, Sibille, V, Sinev, V, Skorokhvatov, M, Smith, E, Spitz, J, Stahl, A, Stancu, I, Stokes, L, Strait, M, Stuken, A, Suekane, F, Sukhotin, S, Sumiyoshi, T, Sun, Y, Svoboda, R, Terao, K, Tonazzo, A, Trinh Thi, H, Valdiviesso, G, Vassilopoulos, N, Veyssiere, C, Vivier, M, Wagner, S, Walsh, N, Watanabe, H, Wiebusch, C, Winslow, L, Wurm, M, Yang, G, Yermia, F, Zimmer, V, Abe Y., Dos Anjos J. C., 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., 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., Trinh Thi H. H., 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.
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 the 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 ~40mm in each transverse dimension. High quality muon reconstruction is an important tool for reducing the impact of the cosmogenic isotope background in Double Chooz. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.
Published: 2014

23. Improved measurements of the neutrino mixing angle Ɵ13 with the double chooz detector

Author: Abe, Y, dos Anjos, J, Barriere, J, Baussan, E, Bekman, I, Bergevin, M, Bezerra, T, Bezrukov, L, Blucher, E, Buck, C, Busenitz, J, Cabrera, A, Caden, E, Camilleri, L, Carr, R, Cerrada, M, Chang, P, Chauveau, E, Chimenti, P, Collin, A, Conover, E, Conrad, J, Crespo-Anadon, J, Crum, K, Cucoanes, A, Damon, E, Dawson, J, Dhooghe, J, Dietrich, D, Djurcic, Z, Dracos, M, Elnimr, M, Etenko, A, Fallot, M, von Feilitzsch, F, Felde, J, Fernandes, S, Fischer, V, Franco, D, Franke, M, Furuta, H, Gil-Botella, I, Giot, L, Goger-Neff, M, Gonzalez, L, Goodenough, L, Goodman, M, Grant, C, Haag, N, Hara, T, Haser, J, Hofmann, M, Horton-Smith, G, Hourlier, A, Ishitsuka, M, Jochum, J, Jollet, C, Kaether, F, Kalousis, L, Kamyshkov, Y, Kaplan, D, Kawasaki, T, Kemp, E, de Kerret, H, Kryn, D, Kuze, M, Lachenmaier, T, Lane, C, Lasserre, T, Letourneau, A, Lhuillier, D, Lima, H, Lindner, M, Lopez-Castano, J, Losecco, J, 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, 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, Schonert, S, Schoppmann, S, Shaevitz, M, Sharankova, R, Shimojima, S, Shrestha, D, Sibille, V, Sinev, V, Skorokhvatov, M, Smith, E, Spitz, J, Stahl, A, Stancu, I, Stokes, L, Strait, M, Stuken, A, Suekane, F, Sukhotin, S, Sumiyoshi, T, Sun, Y, Svoboda, R, Terao, K, Tonazzo, A, Trinh Thi, H, Valdiviesso, G, Vassilopoulos, N, Veyssiere, C, Vivier, M, Wagner, S, Walsh, N, Watanabe, H, Wiebusch, C, Winslow, L, Wurm, M, Yang, G, Yermia, F, Zimmer, V, Abe Y., dos Anjos J. C., 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 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., Trinh Thi H. H., Valdiviesso G., Vassilopoulos N., Veyssiere C., Vivier M., Wagner S., Walsh N., Watanabe H., Wiebusch C., Winslow L., Wurm M., Yang G., Yermia F., Zimmer V., Abe, Y, dos Anjos, J, Barriere, J, Baussan, E, Bekman, I, Bergevin, M, Bezerra, T, Bezrukov, L, Blucher, E, Buck, C, Busenitz, J, Cabrera, A, Caden, E, Camilleri, L, Carr, R, Cerrada, M, Chang, P, Chauveau, E, Chimenti, P, Collin, A, Conover, E, Conrad, J, Crespo-Anadon, J, Crum, K, Cucoanes, A, Damon, E, Dawson, J, Dhooghe, J, Dietrich, D, Djurcic, Z, Dracos, M, Elnimr, M, Etenko, A, Fallot, M, von Feilitzsch, F, Felde, J, Fernandes, S, Fischer, V, Franco, D, Franke, M, Furuta, H, Gil-Botella, I, Giot, L, Goger-Neff, M, Gonzalez, L, Goodenough, L, Goodman, M, Grant, C, Haag, N, Hara, T, Haser, J, Hofmann, M, Horton-Smith, G, Hourlier, A, Ishitsuka, M, Jochum, J, Jollet, C, Kaether, F, Kalousis, L, Kamyshkov, Y, Kaplan, D, Kawasaki, T, Kemp, E, de Kerret, H, Kryn, D, Kuze, M, Lachenmaier, T, Lane, C, Lasserre, T, Letourneau, A, Lhuillier, D, Lima, H, Lindner, M, Lopez-Castano, J, Losecco, J, 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, 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, Schonert, S, Schoppmann, S, Shaevitz, M, Sharankova, R, Shimojima, S, Shrestha, D, Sibille, V, Sinev, V, Skorokhvatov, M, Smith, E, Spitz, J, Stahl, A, Stancu, I, Stokes, L, Strait, M, Stuken, A, Suekane, F, Sukhotin, S, Sumiyoshi, T, Sun, Y, Svoboda, R, Terao, K, Tonazzo, A, Trinh Thi, H, Valdiviesso, G, Vassilopoulos, N, Veyssiere, C, Vivier, M, Wagner, S, Walsh, N, Watanabe, H, Wiebusch, C, Winslow, L, Wurm, M, Yang, G, Yermia, F, Zimmer, V, Abe Y., dos Anjos J. C., 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 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., Trinh Thi H. H., 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.
Abstract: The Double Chooz experiment presents improved measurements of the neutrino mixing angle Ɵ13 using the data collected in 467.90 live days from a detector positioned at an average distance of 1050m 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 (Formula Presented.) signal has increased. The value of Ɵ13 is measured to be sin22Ɵ13 = 0.090-0.029+0.032 from a fit to the observed energy spectrum. Deviations from the reactor (Formula Presented.) prediction observed above a prompt signal energy of 4MeV and possible explanations are also reported. A consistent value of Ɵ13 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 Ɵ13 measurement despite the observed distortion.
Published: 2014

24. First measurement of θ13 from delayed neutron capture on hydrogen in the Double Chooz experiment

Author: Abe, Y., Aberle, C., dos Anjos, J.C., Barriere, J.C., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bezerra, T.J.C., Bezrukhov, L., Blucher, E., Bowden, N.S., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P.-J., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A.P., Conover, E., Conrad, J.M., Crespo-Anadón, J.I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A., Damon, E., Dawson, J.V., Dazeley, S., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Durand, V., Ebert, J., Efremenko, Y., Elnimr, M., Erickson, A., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S.M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, A.J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gama, R., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L.F.G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M.C., Goon, J.TM., Greiner, D., Haag, N., Habib, S., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hartmann, F.X., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hayakawa, T., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G.A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Jones, C.L., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L.N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D.M., Kawasaki, T., Keefer, G., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C.E., Langbrandtner, C., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima Jr., H.P., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J.M., LoSecco, J.M., Lubsandorzhiev, B.K., Lucht, S., McKee, D., Maeda, J., Maesano, C.N., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Meyer, M., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Miyata, H., Mueller, Th.A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Pepe, I.M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Potzel, W., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Remoto, A., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Schwetz, T., Shaevitz, M.H., Shimojima, S., Shrestha, D., Sida, J.-L., 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., Toups, M., Trinh Thi, H.H., Valdiviesso, G., Veyssiere, C., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., White, B., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Published: 2013
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25. Background-independent measurement of θ13 in Double Chooz

Author: Abe, Y., Dos Anjos, J. C., 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., 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., Lopez-Castano, 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., Zimmer, V., Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA), APC - Neutrinos, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes (SUBATECH), Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Double-CHOOZ, Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Abe, Y, Dos Anjos, J, Barriere, J, Baussan, E, Bekman, I, Bergevin, M, Bezerra, T, Bezrukov, L, Blucher, E, Buck, C, Busenitz, J, Cabrera, A, Caden, E, Camilleri, L, Carr, R, Cerrada, M, Chang, P, Chauveau, E, Chimenti, P, Collin, A, Conover, E, Conrad, J, Crespo-Anadon, J, Crum, K, Cucoanes, A, Damon, E, Dawson, J, Dietrich, D, Djurcic, Z, Dracos, M, Elnimr, M, Etenko, A, Fallot, M, Von Feilitzsch, F, Felde, J, Fernandes, S, Fischer, V, Franco, D, Franke, M, Furuta, H, Gil-Botella, I, Giot, L, Goger-Neff, M, Gonzalez, L, Goodenough, L, Goodman, M, Grant, C, Haag, N, Hara, T, Haser, J, Hofmann, M, Horton-Smith, G, Hourlier, A, Ishitsuka, M, Jochum, J, Jollet, C, Kaether, F, Kalousis, L, Kamyshkov, Y, Kaplan, D, Kawasaki, T, Kemp, E, De Kerret, H, Konno, T, Kryn, D, Kuze, M, Lachenmaier, T, Lane, C, Lasserre, T, Letourneau, A, Lhuillier, D, Lima, H, Lindner, M, Lopez-Castano, J, Losecco, J, 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, Nakajima, K, Nikitenko, Y, Novella, P, Obolensky, M, Oberauer, L, Onillon, A, Osborn, A, Palomares, C, Pepe, I, Perasso, S, Pfahler, P, Porta, A, Pronost, G, Reichenbacher, J, Reinhold, B, Rohling, M, Roncin, R, Roth, S, Rybolt, B, Sakamoto, Y, Santorelli, R, Sato, F, Schilithz, A, Schonert, S, Schoppmann, S, Shaevitz, M, Sharankova, R, Shimojima, S, Sibille, V, Sinev, V, Skorokhvatov, M, Smith, E, Spitz, J, Stahl, A, Stancu, I, Stokes, L, Strait, M, Stuken, A, Suekane, F, Sukhotin, S, Sumiyoshi, T, Sun, Y, Svoboda, R, Terao, K, Tonazzo, A, Trinh Thi, H, Valdiviesso, G, Vassilopoulos, N, Veyssiere, C, Vivier, M, Wagner, S, Watanabe, H, Wiebusch, C, Winslow, L, Wurm, M, Yang, G, Yermia, F, Zimmer, V, Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes), and Double Chooz Collaboration
Subjects: [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], neutrino oscillation, neutrino mixing, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: Physics letters / B 735, 51-56 (2014). doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2014.04.045, Published by Elsevier, Amsterdam
Published: 2014

26. Economic and survival burden of dysphagia among inpatients in the United States

Author: Patel, D A, primary, Krishnaswami, S, additional, Steger, E, additional, Conover, E, additional, Vaezi, M F, additional, Ciucci, M R, additional, and Francis, D O, additional
Published: 2017
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27. Erratum: Improved measurements of the neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{13}$ with the Double Chooz detector (vol 10, 086, 2014)

Author: Abe, Y., Anjos, J. C., 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, Muriel, Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, Lydie, Goeger-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., Kerret, H., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima, H. P., Lindner, M., Lopez-Castao, 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., Roehling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Schilithz, A. C., Schoenert, 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., Stueken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Trinh Thi, H. H., Valdiviesso, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Veyssiere, C., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Walsh, N., Watanabe, H., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yermia, F., Zimmer, V., Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF), Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen University (RWTH), Universite de Californie, Tohoku University [Sendai], Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, University of Alabama [Tuscaloosa] (UA), Department of Physics - Drexel University, Drexel University, Columbia University [New York], Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas [Madrid] (CIEMAT), Kansas State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes (SUBATECH), Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Tübingen, Argonne National Laboratory [Lemont] (ANL), Department of Physics and Astronomy [Tuscaloosa), Technische Universität Munchen - Université Technique de Munich [Munich, Allemagne] (TUM), University of Maryland [Baltimore], Universidade Estadual de Campinas = University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Virginia Tech [Blacksburg], AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département de Physique Nucléaire (ex SPhN) (DPHN), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Kobe University, University of Hawai‘i [Mānoa] (UHM), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPhP), Hiroshima Institute of Technology, Département d'Ingénierie des Systèmes (ex SIS) (DIS), Johannes Gutenberg - Universität Mainz = Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), RWTH Aachen University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPP), Johannes Gutenberg - Universität Mainz (JGU), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA), Technische Universität München [München] (TUM), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), and Johannes Gutenberg - University of Mainz (JGU)
Subjects: [PHYS]Physics [physics], [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]
Abstract: International audience; The Double Chooz experiment presents improved measurements of the neutrino mixing angle θ13 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 ν¯¯¯e signal has increased. The value of θ13 is measured to be sin2 2θ13 = 0.090+ 0.032− 0.029 from a fit to the observed energy spectrum. Deviations from the reactor ν¯¯¯e prediction observed above a prompt signal energy of 4 MeV and possible explanations are also reported. A consistent value of θ13 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 θ13 measurement despite the observed distortion.
Published: 2015

28. Characterization of the spontaneous light emission of the PMTs used in the Double Chooz experiment

Author: Center for Neutrino Physics, Physics, Abe, Y., Abrahao, T., Almazan, H., Alt, C., Appel, S., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, Leonid B., Blucher, E., Brugiere, T., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Calvo, E., Camilleri, Leslie, Carr, Rachel E., Cerrada, M., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, Janet M., Crespo-Anadon, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A. S., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., de Kerret, H., Dhooghe, J., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Zelimir, dos Anjos, J. C., Dracos, M., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Goger-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, Glenn 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, Tobias, Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima, H. P., Lindner, M., Lopez-Castano, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Mariani, Camillo, Maricic, Jelena, 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., Roehling, M., Roncin, R., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Schilithz, A. C., Schoenert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, Marjorie Hansen, Sharankova, R., Shrestha, D., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, Mikhail D., Smith, E., Soiron, M., Spitz, Joshua, Stahl, A., Stancu, Ion, Stokes, Lee F. F., Strait, M., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Thi, H. H. T., Valdiviesso, G. A., Vassilopoulos, N., Verdugo, A., Veyssiere, C., Vivier, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Wagner, S., Walsh, N., Watanabe, H., Wiebusch, C., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yermia, F., Zimmer, V., Center for Neutrino Physics, Physics, Abe, Y., Abrahao, T., Almazan, H., Alt, C., Appel, S., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, Leonid B., Blucher, E., Brugiere, T., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Calvo, E., Camilleri, Leslie, Carr, Rachel E., Cerrada, M., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, Janet M., Crespo-Anadon, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A. S., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., de Kerret, H., Dhooghe, J., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Zelimir, dos Anjos, J. C., Dracos, M., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Goger-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, Glenn 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, Tobias, Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima, H. P., Lindner, M., Lopez-Castano, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Mariani, Camillo, Maricic, Jelena, 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., Roehling, M., Roncin, R., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Schilithz, A. C., Schoenert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, Marjorie Hansen, Sharankova, R., Shrestha, D., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, Mikhail D., Smith, E., Soiron, M., Spitz, Joshua, Stahl, A., Stancu, Ion, Stokes, Lee F. F., Strait, M., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Thi, H. H. T., Valdiviesso, G. A., Vassilopoulos, N., Verdugo, A., Veyssiere, C., Vivier, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Wagner, S., Walsh, N., Watanabe, H., Wiebusch, C., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Published: 2016

29. Characterization of the spontaneous light emission of the PMTs used in the Double Chooz experiment

Author: Abe, Y., primary, Abrahão, T., additional, Alt, C., additional, Appel, S., additional, Bekman, I., additional, Bergevin, M., additional, Bezerra, T.J.C., additional, Bezrukov, L., additional, Blucher, E., additional, Brugière, T., additional, Buck, C., additional, Busenitz, J., additional, Cabrera, A., additional, Calvo, E., additional, Camilleri, L., additional, Carr, R., additional, Cerrada, M., additional, Chauveau, E., additional, Chimenti, P., additional, Collin, A.P., additional, Conover, E., additional, Conrad, J.M., additional, Crespo-Anadón, J.I., additional, Crum, K., additional, Cucoanes, A.S., additional, Damon, E., additional, Dawson, J.V., additional, de Kerret, H., additional, Dhooghe, J., additional, Dietrich, D., additional, Djurcic, Z., additional, Anjos, J.C. dos, additional, Dracos, M., additional, Etenko, A., additional, Fallot, M., additional, Felde, J., additional, Fernandes, S.M., additional, Fischer, V., additional, Franco, D., additional, Franke, M., additional, Furuta, H., additional, Gil-Botella, I., additional, Giot, L., additional, Göger-Neff, M., additional, Gomez, H., additional, Gonzalez, L.F.G., additional, Goodenough, L., additional, Goodman, M.C., additional, Haag, N., additional, Hara, T., additional, Haser, J., additional, Hellwig, D., additional, Hofmann, M., additional, Horton-Smith, G.A., additional, Hourlier, A., additional, Ishitsuka, M., additional, Jiménez, S., additional, Jochum, J., additional, Jollet, C., additional, Kaether, F., additional, Kalousis, L.N., additional, Kamyshkov, Y., additional, Kaneda, M., additional, Kaplan, D.M., additional, Kawasaki, T., additional, Kemp, E., additional, Kryn, D., additional, Kuze, M., additional, Lachenmaier, T., additional, Lane, C.E., additional, Lasserre, T., additional, Letourneau, A., additional, Lhuillier, D., additional, Jr., H.P. Lima, additional, Lindner, M., additional, López-Castaño, J.M., additional, LoSecco, J.M., additional, Lubsandorzhiev, B., additional, Lucht, S., additional, Maeda, J., additional, Mariani, C., additional, Maricic, J., additional, Martino, J., additional, Matsubara, T., additional, Mention, G., additional, Meregaglia, A., additional, Miletic, T., additional, Minotti, A., additional, Nagasaka, Y., additional, Navas-Nicolás, D., additional, Novella, P., additional, Nunokawa, H., additional, Obolensky, M., additional, Onillon, A., additional, Osborn, A., additional, Palomares, C., additional, Pepe, I.M., additional, Perasso, S., additional, Porta, A., additional, Pronost, G., additional, Reichenbacher, J., additional, Reinhold, B., additional, Röhling, M., additional, Roncin, R., additional, Rybolt, B., additional, Sakamoto, Y., additional, Santorelli, R., additional, Schilithz, A.C., additional, Schönert, S., additional, Schoppmann, S., additional, Shaevitz, M.H., additional, Sharankova, R., additional, Shrestha, D., additional, Sibille, V., additional, Sinev, V., additional, Skorokhvatov, M., additional, Smith, E., additional, Soiron, M., additional, Spitz, J., additional, Stahl, A., additional, Stancu, I., additional, Stokes, L.F.F., additional, Strait, M., additional, Suekane, F., additional, Sukhotin, S., additional, Sumiyoshi, T., additional, Sun, Y., additional, Svoboda, R., additional, Terao, K., additional, Tonazzo, A., additional, Thi, H.H. Trinh, additional, Valdiviesso, G., additional, Vassilopoulos, N., additional, Verdugo, A., additional, Veyssiere, C., additional, Vivier, M., additional, Feilitzsch, F. von, additional, Wagner, S., additional, Walsh, N., additional, Watanabe, H., additional, Wiebusch, C., additional, Wurm, M., additional, Yang, G., additional, Yermia, F., additional, and Zimmer, V., additional
Published: 2016
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30. First Measurement of ��_13 from Delayed Neutron Capture on Hydrogen in the Double Chooz Experiment

Author: Double Chooz Collaboration, Abe, Y., Aberle, C., Anjos, J. C. dos, Barriere, J. C., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, L., Blucher, E., Bowden, N. S., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. -J., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Crespo-Anad��n, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dazeley, S., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Durand, V., Ebert, J., Efremenko, Y., Elnimr, M., Erickson, A., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gama, R., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., G��ger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J. TM., Greiner, D., Haag, N., Habib, S., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hayakawa, T., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Jones, C. L., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Keefer, G., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Langbrandtner, C., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima, H. P., Lindner, M., L��pez-Casta��o, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., McKee, D., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Meyer, M., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Miyata, H., Mueller, Th. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Potzel, W., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Remoto, A., R��hling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Sch��nert, S., Schoppmann, S., Schwetz, T., Shaevitz, M. H., Shimojima, S., Shrestha, D., Sida, J-L., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L. F. F., Strait, M., St��ken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Toups, M., Thi, H. H. Trinh, Valdiviesso, G., Veyssiere, C., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., White, B., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), FOS: Physical sciences
Abstract: The Double Chooz experiment has determined the value of the neutrino oscillation parameter $��_{13}$ from an analysis of inverse beta decay interactions with neutron capture on hydrogen. This analysis uses a three times larger fiducial volume than the standard Double Chooz assessment, which is restricted to a region doped with gadolinium (Gd), yielding an exposure of 113.1 GW-ton-years. The data sample used in this analysis is distinct from that of the Gd analysis, and the systematic uncertainties are also largely independent, with some exceptions, such as the reactor neutrino flux prediction. A combined rate- and energy-dependent fit finds $\sin^2 2��_{13}=0.097\pm 0.034(stat.) \pm 0.034 (syst.)$, excluding the no-oscillation hypothesis at 2.0 ��. This result is consistent with previous measurements of $\sin^2 2��_{13}$., 6 pages, 2 figures; published version
Published: 2013
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31. First Measurement of theta_13 from Delayed Neutron Capture on Hydrogen in the Double Chooz Experiment

Author: Double Chooz Collaboration, D., Abe, Y., Aberle, C., Anjos, J., Barriere, J., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bezerra, T., Bezrukhov, L., Blucher, E., Bowden, N., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A., Conover, E., Conrad, J., Crespo-Anadón, J., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A., Damon, E., Dawson, J., Dazeley, S., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Durand, V., Ebert, J., Efremenko, Y., Elnimr, M., Erickson, A., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, A., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gama, R., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M., Goon, J., Greiner, D., Haag, N., Habib, S., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hartmann, F., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hayakawa, T., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Jones, C., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D., Kawasaki, T., Keefer, G., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C., Langbrandtner, C., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima, H., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J., LoSecco, J., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lucht, S., McKee, D., Maeda, J., Maesano, C., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Meyer, M., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Miyata, H., Mueller, T., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Pepe, I., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Potzel, W., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Remoto, A., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Schwetz, T., Shaevitz, M., Shimojima, S., Shrestha, D., Sida, J., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Stokes, L., Strait, M., Stüken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Toups, M., Thi, H., Valdiviesso, G., Veyssiere, C., Wagner , S., Watanabe, H., White, B., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Yermia, F., Zimmer, V., APC - Neutrinos, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes (SUBATECH), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Double-CHOOZ, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], High Energy Physics - Experiment, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]
Abstract: The Double Chooz experiment has determined the value of the neutrino oscillation parameter $\theta_{13}$ from an analysis of inverse beta decay interactions with neutron capture on hydrogen. This analysis uses a three times larger fiducial volume than the standard Double Chooz assessment, which is restricted to a region doped with gadolinium (Gd), yielding an exposure of 113.1 GW-ton-years. The data sample used in this analysis is distinct from that of the Gd analysis, and the systematic uncertainties are also largely independent, with some exceptions, such as the reactor neutrino flux prediction. A combined rate- and energy-dependent fit finds $\sin^2 2\theta_{13}=0.097\pm 0.034(stat.) \pm 0.034 (syst.)$, excluding the no-oscillation hypothesis at 2.0 \sigma. This result is consistent with previous measurements of $\sin^2 2\theta_{13}$., Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures; published version
Published: 2013

32. Economic and survival burden of dysphagia among inpatients in the United States.

Author: Patel, D. A., Krishnaswami, S., Steger, E., Conover, E., Vaezi, M. F., Ciucci, M. R., and Francis, D. O.
Subjects: DEGLUTITION disorders, DISEASE prevalence, MEDICAL care costs, HOSPITAL admission & discharge, DIAGNOSIS
Abstract: The inpatient burden of dysphagia has primarily been evaluated in patients with stroke. It is unclear whether dysphagia, irrespective of cause, is associated with worse clinical outcomes and higher costs compared to inpatients with similar demographic, hospital, and clinical characteristics without dysphagia. The aim of this study is to assess how a dysphagia diagnosis affects length of hospital stay (LOS), costs, discharge disposition, and inhospital mortality among adult US inpatients. Annual and overall dysphagia prevalence, LOS, hospital charges, inpatient care costs, discharge disposition, and in-hospital mortality were measured using the AHRQ Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) National Inpatient Sample (2009-2013). Patients aged 45 years or older with =180 days of stay in hospital with and without dysphagia were included. Multivariable survey regression methods with propensity weighting were used to assess associations between dysphagia and different outcomes. Overall, 2.7 of 88 million (3.0%) adult US inpatients had a dysphagia diagnosis (50.2% male, 72.4% white, 74.6% age 65-90 years) and prevalence increased from 408,035 (2.5% of admissions) in 2009 to 656,655 (3.3%) in 2013. After inverse probability of treatment weighting adjustment, mean hospital LOS in patients with dysphagia was 8.8 days (95% CI 8.66-8.90) compared to 5.0 days (95% CI 4.97-5.05) in the non-dysphagia group (P < 0.001). Total inpatient costs were a mean $6,243 higher among those with dysphagia diagnoses ($19,244 vs. 13,001, P < 0.001). Patients with dysphagia were 33.2% more likely to be transferred to post-acute care facility (71.9% vs. 38.7%, P < 0.001) with an adjusted OR of 2.8 (95% CI 2.73-2.81, P < 0.001). Compared to non-cases, adult patients with dysphagia were 1.7 times more likely to die in the hospital (95% CI 1.67-1.74). Dysphagia affects 3.0% of all adult US inpatients (aged 45-90 years) and is associated with a significantly longer hospital length of stay, higher inpatient costs, a higher likelihood of discharge to post-acute care facility, and inpatient mortality when compared to those with similar patient, hospital size, and clinical characteristics without dysphagia. Dysphagia has a substantial health and cost burden on the US healthcare system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2018
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33. Indication of reactor electron antineutrinos disappearance in the Double Chooz experiment

Author: Abe, Y., Aberle, C., Akiri, T., Dos Anjos, J. C., Ardellier, F., Barbosa, A. F., Baxter, A., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, L., Blucher, E., Bongrand, M., Bowden, N. S., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P.-J., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, J. M., Cormon, S., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Cribier, M., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A., D'Agostino, M. V., Damon, E., Dawson, J.V., Dazeley, S., Dierckxsens, M., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Durand, V., Efremenko, Y., Elnimr, M., Endo, Y., Etenko, A., Falk, E., Fallot, Muriel, Fechner, M., Von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Franco, D., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gama, R., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, Lydie, Göger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J. Tm., Greiner, D., Guillon, B., Haag, N., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Hartnell, J., Haruna, T., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hayakawa, T., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G. A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Jones, C. L., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Keefer, G., Kemp, E., De Kerret, H., Kibe, Y., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C. E., Langbrandtner, C., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima, H. P., Lindner, M., Liu, Yehan, López-Castanõ, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., Mckee, D., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Milzstajn, A., Miyata, H., Motta, D., Mueller, Th. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Peeters, S. J. M., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Potzel, W., Queval, R., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Remoto, A., Reyna, D., Röhling, M., Roth, S., Rubin, H. A., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Schwan, U., Schwetz, T., Shaevitz, M. H., Shrestha, D., Sida, J.-L., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, M., Smith, E., Spitz, J., Stahl, A., Stancu, I., Strait, M., Stüken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Sun, Z., Svoboda, R., Tabata, H., Tamura, N., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Toups, M., Trinh Thi, H. H., Veyssiere, C., Vignaud, D., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., White, B., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Yanovitch, E., Yermia, Frédéric, Zbiri, K., Zimmer, V., AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, APC - Neutrinos, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes (SUBATECH), Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA), and Double-CHOOZ
Subjects: [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Neutrino mass and mixing, Neutrino interactions, muon, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Neutrino, Neutrino scattering, pion, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], cosmic ray detectors, and other elementary particle detectors
Abstract: 7 pages, 3 figures, see paper for full list of authors; The Double Chooz experiment presents an indication of reactor electron antineutrino disappearance consistent with neutrino oscillations. An observed-to-predicted ratio of events of 0.944±0.016(stat)±0.040(syst) was obtained in 101 days of running at the Chooz nuclear power plant in France, with two 4.25GWth reactors. The results were obtained from a single 10m3 fiducial volume detector located 1050 m from the two reactor cores. The reactor antineutrino flux prediction used the Bugey4 flux measurement after correction for differences in core composition. The deficit can be interpreted as an indication of a nonzero value of the still unmeasured neutrino mixing parameter sin⁡22θ13. Analyzing both the rate of the prompt positrons and their energy spectrum, we find sin⁡22θ13=0.086±0.041(stat)±0.030(syst), or, at 90% C.L., 0.017
Published: 2012

34. Einstein's milestones

Author: Conover, E., primary
Published: 2015
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35. Improved measurements of the neutrino mixing angle theta(13) with the Double Chooz detector

Author: Abe, Y., dos Anjos, J. C., Barriere, J. C., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, Leonid B., Blucher, E., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, Leslie, Carr, Rachel E., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. J., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, Janet M., Crespo-Anadon, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A. S., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dhooghe, J., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Zelimir, 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, Glenn 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, Tobias, Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima, H. P., Jr., Lindner, M., Lopez-Castano, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Mariani, Camillo, Maricic, Jelena, 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., Roehling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Schilithz, A. C., Schoenert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, Marjorie Hansen, Sharankova, R., Shimojima, S., Shrestha, D., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, Mikhail D., Smith, E., Spitz, Joshua, Stahl, A., Stancu, Ion, Stokes, Lee 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. A., Vassilopoulos, N., Veyssiere, C., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Walsh, N., Watanabe, H., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yermia, F., Zimmer, V., Abe, Y., dos Anjos, J. C., Barriere, J. C., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, Leonid B., Blucher, E., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, Leslie, Carr, Rachel E., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. J., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, Janet M., Crespo-Anadon, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A. S., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dhooghe, J., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Zelimir, 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, Glenn 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, Tobias, Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima, H. P., Jr., Lindner, M., Lopez-Castano, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Mariani, Camillo, Maricic, Jelena, 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., Roehling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Schilithz, A. C., Schoenert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, Marjorie Hansen, Sharankova, R., Shimojima, S., Shrestha, D., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, Mikhail D., Smith, E., Spitz, Joshua, Stahl, A., Stancu, Ion, Stokes, Lee 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. A., 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.
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 1050m 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 (nu) over bar (e) signal has increased. The value of theta(13) is measured to be sin(2)2 theta(13) = 0.090(-0.029)(+0.032) from a fit to the observed energy spectrum. Deviations from the reactor (nu) over bar (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.
Published: 2014
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36. Improved measurements of the neutrino mixing angle theta(13) with the Double Chooz detector

Author: Center for Neutrino Physics, Abe, Y., dos Anjos, J. C., Barriere, J. C., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, Leonid B., Blucher, E., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, Leslie, Carr, Rachel E., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. J., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, Janet M., Crespo-Anadon, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A. S., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dhooghe, J., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Zelimir, 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, Glenn 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, Tobias, Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima, H. P., Jr., Lindner, M., Lopez-Castano, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Mariani, Camillo, Maricic, Jelena, 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., Roehling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Schilithz, A. C., Schoenert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, Marjorie Hansen, Sharankova, R., Shimojima, S., Shrestha, D., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, Mikhail D., Smith, E., Spitz, Joshua, Stahl, A., Stancu, Ion, Stokes, Lee 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. A., Vassilopoulos, N., Veyssiere, C., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Walsh, N., Watanabe, H., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yermia, F., Zimmer, V., Center for Neutrino Physics, Abe, Y., dos Anjos, J. C., Barriere, J. C., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, Leonid B., Blucher, E., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, Leslie, Carr, Rachel E., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. J., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, Janet M., Crespo-Anadon, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A. S., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dhooghe, J., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Zelimir, 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, Glenn 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, Tobias, Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima, H. P., Jr., Lindner, M., Lopez-Castano, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Mariani, Camillo, Maricic, Jelena, 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., Roehling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Schilithz, A. C., Schoenert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, Marjorie Hansen, Sharankova, R., Shimojima, S., Shrestha, D., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, Mikhail D., Smith, E., Spitz, Joshua, Stahl, A., Stancu, Ion, Stokes, Lee 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. A., 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.
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 1050m 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 (nu) over bar (e) signal has increased. The value of theta(13) is measured to be sin(2)2 theta(13) = 0.090(-0.029)(+0.032) from a fit to the observed energy spectrum. Deviations from the reactor (nu) over bar (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.
Published: 2014

37. Ortho-positronium observation in the Double Chooz experiment

Author: Center for Neutrino Physics, Abe, Y., dos Anjos, J. C., Barriere, J. C., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, Leonid B., Blucher, E., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, Leslie, Carr, Rachel E., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. J., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, Janet M., Crespo-Anadon, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A. S., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dhooghe, J., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Zelimir, 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, Glenn 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, Tobias, Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima, H. P., Jr., Lindner, M., Lopez-Castano, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Mariani, Camillo, Maricic, Jelena, 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., Roehling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Schilithz, A. C., Schoenert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, Marjorie Hansen, Sharankova, R., Shimojima, S., Shrestha, D., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, Mikhail D., Smith, E., Spitz, Joshua, Stahl, A., Stancu, Ion, Stokes, Lee 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. A., Vassilopoulos, N., Veyssiere, C., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Walsh, N., Watanabe, H., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yermia, F., Zimmer, V., Center for Neutrino Physics, Abe, Y., dos Anjos, J. C., Barriere, J. C., Baussan, E., Bekman, I., Bergevin, M., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, Leonid B., Blucher, E., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, Leslie, Carr, Rachel E., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. J., Chauveau, E., Chimenti, P., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, Janet M., Crespo-Anadon, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A. S., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dhooghe, J., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Zelimir, 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, Glenn 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, Tobias, Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima, H. P., Jr., Lindner, M., Lopez-Castano, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., Maeda, J., Mariani, Camillo, Maricic, Jelena, 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., Roehling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Schilithz, A. C., Schoenert, S., Schoppmann, S., Shaevitz, Marjorie Hansen, Sharankova, R., Shimojima, S., Shrestha, D., Sibille, V., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, Mikhail D., Smith, E., Spitz, Joshua, Stahl, A., Stancu, Ion, Stokes, Lee 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. A., 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.
Abstract: The Double Chooz experiment measures the neutrino mixing angle theta(13) by detecting reactor (nu) over bar (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 orthopositronium (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 +/- 12 % (sys.) +/- 5 % (stat.) and 3.68 ns +/- 0.17 ns (sys.) +/- 0.15 ns (stat.) respectively, in agreement with the results obtained with a dedicated positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy setup.
Published: 2014

38. Direct measurement of backgrounds using reactor-off data in Double Chooz

Author: Center for Neutrino Physics, Physics, Abe, Y., Aberle, C., dos Anjos, J. C., Barriere, J. C., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, Leonid B., Blucher, E., Bowden, N. S., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, Leslie, Carr, Rachel E., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. J., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, Janet M., Crespo-Anadon, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A. S., D'Agostino, M. V., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dazeley, S., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Zelimir, Dracos, M., Durand, V., Ebert, J., Efremenko, Y., Elnimr, M., Erickson, A., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gama, R., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Goger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J. T. M., Greiner, D., Haag, N., Habib, S., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hayakawa, T., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, Glenn A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Jones, C. L., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Keefer, G., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Kibe, Y., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, Tobias, Lane, C. E., Langbrandtner, C., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima, H. P., Lindner, M., Lopez-Castano, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., McKee, D., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, Camillo, Maricic, Jelena, Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Meyer, M., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Miyata, H., Mueller, T. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Potzel, W., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Remoto, A., Roehling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schoenert, S., Schoppmann, S., Schwetz, T., Shaevitz, Marjorie Hansen, Shimojima, S., Shrestha, D., Sida, J. L., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, Mikhail D., Smith, E., Spitz, Joshua, Stahl, A., Stancu, Ion, Stokes, Lee F. F., Strait, M., Stuken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Toups, M., Thi, H. H. T., Valdiviesso, G. A., Veyssiere, C., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., White, B., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Yermia, F., Zimmer, V., Double Chooz, Collaboration, Center for Neutrino Physics, Physics, Abe, Y., Aberle, C., dos Anjos, J. C., Barriere, J. C., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, Leonid B., Blucher, E., Bowden, N. S., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, Leslie, Carr, Rachel E., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. J., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, Janet M., Crespo-Anadon, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A. S., D'Agostino, M. V., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dazeley, S., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Zelimir, Dracos, M., Durand, V., Ebert, J., Efremenko, Y., Elnimr, M., Erickson, A., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S. M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gama, R., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Goger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J. T. M., Greiner, D., Haag, N., Habib, S., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hayakawa, T., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, Glenn A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Jones, C. L., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Keefer, G., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Kibe, Y., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, Tobias, Lane, C. E., Langbrandtner, C., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima, H. P., Lindner, M., Lopez-Castano, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., McKee, D., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, Camillo, Maricic, Jelena, Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Meyer, M., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Miyata, H., Mueller, T. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Potzel, W., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Remoto, A., Roehling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schoenert, S., Schoppmann, S., Schwetz, T., Shaevitz, Marjorie Hansen, Shimojima, S., Shrestha, D., Sida, J. L., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, Mikhail D., Smith, E., Spitz, Joshua, Stahl, A., Stancu, Ion, Stokes, Lee F. F., Strait, M., Stuken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Toups, M., Thi, H. H. T., Valdiviesso, G. A., Veyssiere, C., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., White, B., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Yermia, F., Zimmer, V., and Double Chooz, Collaboration
Abstract: Double Chooz is unique among modern reactor-based neutrino experiments studying (nu) over bar (e) disappearance in that data can be collected with all reactors off. In this paper, we present data from 7.53 days of reactor-off running. Applying the same selection criteria as used in the Double Chooz reactor-on oscillation analysis, a measured background rate of 1.0 +/- 0.4 events/day is obtained. The background model for accidentals, cosmogenic beta-n-emitting isotopes, fast neutrons from cosmic muons, and stopped-mu decays used in the oscillation analysis is demonstrated to be correct within the uncertainties. Kinematic distributions of the events, which are dominantly cosmic-ray-produced correlated-background events, are provided. The background rates are scaled to the shielding depths of two other reactor-based oscillation experiments, Daya Bay and RENO.
Published: 2013

39. First test of Lorentz violation with a reactor-based antineutrino experiment

Author: Center for Neutrino Physics, Physics, Abe, Y., Aberle, C., dos Anjos, J. C., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, Leonid B., Blucher, E., Bowden, N. S., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, Leslie, Carr, Rachel E., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. J., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, Janet M., Crespo-Anadon, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A. S., D'Agostino, M. V., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dazeley, S., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Zelimir, Dracos, M., Durand, V., Ebert, J., Efremenko, Y., Elnimr, M., Erickson, A., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gama, R., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Goger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J. T., Greiner, D., Haag, N., Habib, S., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hayakawa, T., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, Glenn A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Jones, C. L., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Katori, T., Kawasaki, T., Keefer, G., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, Tobias, Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima, H. P., Lindner, M., Lopez-Castano, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., McKee, D., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, Camillo, Maricic, Jelena, Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Meyer, M., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Miyata, H., Mueller, T. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Potzel, W., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Remoto, A., Roehling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schoenert, S., Schoppmann, S., Schwetz, T., Shaevitz, Marjorie Hansen, Shrestha, D., Sida, J. L., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, Mikhail D., Smith, E., Spitz, Joshua, Stahl, A., Stancu, Ion, Stokes, Lee F. F., Strait, M., Stuken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Toups, M., Thi, H. H. T., Valdiviesso, G. A., Veyssiere, C., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., White, B., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Yanovitch, E., Yermia, F., Zimmer, V., Double Chooz, Collaboration, Center for Neutrino Physics, Physics, Abe, Y., Aberle, C., dos Anjos, J. C., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, Leonid B., Blucher, E., Bowden, N. S., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, Leslie, Carr, Rachel E., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. J., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, Janet M., Crespo-Anadon, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A. S., D'Agostino, M. V., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dazeley, S., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Zelimir, Dracos, M., Durand, V., Ebert, J., Efremenko, Y., Elnimr, M., Erickson, A., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gama, R., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Goger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J. T., Greiner, D., Haag, N., Habib, S., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hayakawa, T., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, Glenn A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Jones, C. L., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Katori, T., Kawasaki, T., Keefer, G., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, Tobias, Lane, C. E., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima, H. P., Lindner, M., Lopez-Castano, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., McKee, D., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, Camillo, Maricic, Jelena, Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Meyer, M., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Miyata, H., Mueller, T. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Potzel, W., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Remoto, A., Roehling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schoenert, S., Schoppmann, S., Schwetz, T., Shaevitz, Marjorie Hansen, Shrestha, D., Sida, J. L., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, Mikhail D., Smith, E., Spitz, Joshua, Stahl, A., Stancu, Ion, Stokes, Lee F. F., Strait, M., Stuken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Toups, M., Thi, H. H. T., Valdiviesso, G. A., Veyssiere, C., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., White, B., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Yanovitch, E., Yermia, F., Zimmer, V., and Double Chooz, Collaboration
Abstract: We present a search for Lorentz violation with 8249 candidate electron antineutrino events taken by the Double Chooz experiment in 227.9 live days of running. This analysis, featuring a search for a sidereal time dependence of the events, is the first test of Lorentz invariance using a reactor-based antineutrino source. No sidereal variation is present in the data and the disappearance results are consistent with sidereal time independent oscillations. Under the Standard-Model Extension, we set the first limits on 14 Lorentz violating coefficients associated with transitions between electron and tau flavor, and set two competitive limits associated with transitions between electron and muon flavor.
Published: 2012

40. Reactor (nu)over-bar(e) disappearance in the Double Chooz experiment

Author: Center for Neutrino Physics, Physics, Abe, Y., Aberle, C., dos Anjos, J. C., Barriere, J. C., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, Leonid B., Blucher, E., Bowden, N. S., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, Leslie, Carr, Rachel E., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. J., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, Janet M., Crespo-Anadon, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A. S., D'Agostino, M. V., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dazeley, S., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Zelimir, Dracos, M., Durand, V., Ebert, J., Efremenko, Y., Elnimr, M., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Franco, D., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gama, R., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Goger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J. T. M., Greiner, D., Haag, N., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hayakawa, T., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, Glenn A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Jones, C. L., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Keefer, G., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Kibe, Y., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, Tobias, Lane, C. E., Langbrandtner, C., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima, H. P., Lindner, M., Lopez-Castano, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., McKee, D., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, Camillo, Maricic, Jelena, Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Miyata, H., Mueller, T. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Potzel, W., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Remoto, A., Roehling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schoenert, S., Schoppmann, S., Schwetz, T., Shaevitz, Marjorie Hansen, Shimojima, S., Shrestha, D., Sida, J. L., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, Mikhail D., Smith, E., Spitz, Joshua, Stahl, A., Stancu, Ion, Stokes, Lee F. F., Strait, M., Stuken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Toups, M., Thi, H. H. T., Valdiviesso, G. A., Veyssiere, C., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., White, B., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Yermia, F., Zimmer, V., Double Chooz, Collaboration, Center for Neutrino Physics, Physics, Abe, Y., Aberle, C., dos Anjos, J. C., Barriere, J. C., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bezerra, T. J. C., Bezrukhov, Leonid B., Blucher, E., Bowden, N. S., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, Leslie, Carr, Rachel E., Cerrada, M., Chang, P. J., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A. P., Conover, E., Conrad, Janet M., Crespo-Anadon, J. I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A. S., D'Agostino, M. V., Damon, E., Dawson, J. V., Dazeley, S., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Zelimir, Dracos, M., Durand, V., Ebert, J., Efremenko, Y., Elnimr, M., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Franco, D., Franke, A. J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gama, R., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Goger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L. F. G., Goodman, M. C., Goon, J. T. M., Greiner, D., Haag, N., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hartmann, F. X., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hayakawa, T., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, Glenn A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Jones, C. L., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L. N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D. M., Kawasaki, T., Keefer, G., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Kibe, Y., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, Tobias, Lane, C. E., Langbrandtner, C., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima, H. P., Lindner, M., Lopez-Castano, J. M., LoSecco, J. M., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lucht, S., McKee, D., Maeda, J., Maesano, C. N., Mariani, Camillo, Maricic, Jelena, Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Miyata, H., Mueller, T. A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Pepe, I. M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Potzel, W., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Remoto, A., Roehling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schoenert, S., Schoppmann, S., Schwetz, T., Shaevitz, Marjorie Hansen, Shimojima, S., Shrestha, D., Sida, J. L., Sinev, V., Skorokhvatov, Mikhail D., Smith, E., Spitz, Joshua, Stahl, A., Stancu, Ion, Stokes, Lee F. F., Strait, M., Stuken, A., Suekane, F., Sukhotin, S., Sumiyoshi, T., Sun, Y., Svoboda, R., Terao, K., Tonazzo, A., Toups, M., Thi, H. H. T., Valdiviesso, G. A., Veyssiere, C., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., White, B., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Yermia, F., Zimmer, V., and Double Chooz, Collaboration
Abstract: The Double Chooz experiment has observed 8249 candidate electron antineutrino events in 227.93 live days with 33.71 GW-ton-years (reactor power X detector mass X live time) exposure using a 10.3 m(3) fiducial volume detector located at 1050 m from the reactor cores of the Chooz nuclear power plant in France. The expectation in case of theta(13) = 0 is 8937 events. The deficit is interpreted as evidence of electron antineutrino disappearance. From a rate plus spectral shape analysis we find sin(2)2 theta(13) = 0.109 +/- 0.030(stat) +/- 0.025(syst). The data exclude the no-oscillation hypothesis at 99.8% CL (2.9 sigma).
Published: 2012

41. Statistics of an Unstable Barotropic Jet from a Cumulant Expansion

Author: Marston, J. B., Conover, E., Schneider, Tapio, Marston, J. B., Conover, E., and Schneider, Tapio
Abstract: Low-order equal-time statistics of a barotropic flow on a rotating sphere are investigated. The flow is driven by linear relaxation toward an unstable zonal jet. For relatively short relaxation times, the flow is dominated by critical-layer waves. For sufficiently long relaxation times, the flow is turbulent. Statistics obtained from a second-order cumulant expansion are compared to those accumulated in direct numerical simulations, revealing the strengths and limitations of the expansion for different relaxation times.
Published: 2008

42. LETTERS.

Author: ICKES, HAROLD L., CHAMBERS, R. L., SUTHERLAND, W. A., STROTZ, CHARLES, MURNANE, THOS. G., CONOVER, E. M., SPATZ, PRIVATE GEORGE E., STERNE, LEE, MUNROE, JOHN D., and JOHANSEN, GEORGE G.
Subjects: HELIUM, ATTACK on Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), 1941
Published: 1942

43. List of saddlery (1902-11-22)

Author: Conover, E. J., Conover, E. J., Conover, E. J., and Conover, E. J.
Abstract: List of six pieces of saddlery from the White House stables.
Published: 1902

44. First measurement of θ13 from delayed neutron capture on hydrogen in the Double Chooz experiment

Author: Abe, Y., Aberle, C., dos Anjos, J.C., Barriere, J.C., Bergevin, M., Bernstein, A., Bezerra, T.J.C., Bezrukhov, L., Blucher, E., Bowden, N.S., Buck, C., Busenitz, J., Cabrera, A., Caden, E., Camilleri, L., Carr, R., Cerrada, M., Chang, P.-J., Chimenti, P., Classen, T., Collin, A.P., Conover, E., Conrad, J.M., Crespo-Anadón, J.I., Crum, K., Cucoanes, A., Damon, E., Dawson, J.V., Dazeley, S., Dietrich, D., Djurcic, Z., Dracos, M., Durand, V., Ebert, J., Efremenko, Y., Elnimr, M., Erickson, A., Etenko, A., Fallot, M., Fechner, M., von Feilitzsch, F., Felde, J., Fernandes, S.M., Fischer, V., Franco, D., Franke, A.J., Franke, M., Furuta, H., Gama, R., Gil-Botella, I., Giot, L., Göger-Neff, M., Gonzalez, L.F.G., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M.C., Goon, J.TM., Greiner, D., Haag, N., Habib, S., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hartmann, F.X., Haser, J., Hatzikoutelis, A., Hayakawa, T., Hofmann, M., Horton-Smith, G.A., Hourlier, A., Ishitsuka, M., Jochum, J., Jollet, C., Jones, C.L., Kaether, F., Kalousis, L.N., Kamyshkov, Y., Kaplan, D.M., Kawasaki, T., Keefer, G., Kemp, E., de Kerret, H., Konno, T., Kryn, D., Kuze, M., Lachenmaier, T., Lane, C.E., Langbrandtner, C., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Lima, H.P., Lindner, M., López-Castaño, J.M., LoSecco, J.M., Lubsandorzhiev, B.K., Lucht, S., McKee, D., Maeda, J., Maesano, C.N., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Martino, J., Matsubara, T., Mention, G., Meregaglia, A., Meyer, M., Miletic, T., Milincic, R., Miyata, H., Mueller, Th.A., Nagasaka, Y., Nakajima, K., Novella, P., Obolensky, M., Oberauer, L., Onillon, A., Osborn, A., Ostrovskiy, I., Palomares, C., Pepe, I.M., Perasso, S., Perrin, P., Pfahler, P., Porta, A., Potzel, W., Pronost, G., Reichenbacher, J., Reinhold, B., Remoto, A., Röhling, M., Roncin, R., Roth, S., Rybolt, B., Sakamoto, Y., Santorelli, R., Sato, F., Schönert, S., Schoppmann, S., Schwetz, T., Shaevitz, M.H., Shimojima, S., Shrestha, D., Sida, J.-L., 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., Toups, M., Trinh Thi, H.H., Valdiviesso, G., Veyssiere, C., Wagner, S., Watanabe, H., White, B., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Worcester, M., Wurm, M., Yermia, F., and Zimmer, V.
Subjects: High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract: The Double Chooz experiment has determined the value of the neutrino oscillation parameter θ13 from an analysis of inverse beta decay interactions with neutron capture on hydrogen. This analysis uses a three times larger fiducial volume than the standard Double Chooz assessment, which is restricted to a region doped with gadolinium (Gd), yielding an exposure of 113.1 GW-ton-years. The data sample used in this analysis is distinct from that of the Gd analysis, and the systematic uncertainties are also largely independent, with some exceptions, such as the reactor neutrino flux prediction. A combined rate- and energy-dependent fit finds sin22θ13=0.097±0.034 (stat.)±0.034 (syst.), excluding the no-oscillation hypothesis at 2.0σ. This result is consistent with previous measurements of sin22θ13.
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45. Improved measurements of the neutrino mixing angle theta(13) with the Double Chooz detector

Author: Abe, Y., Dos Anjos, J. C., 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., 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., Trinh Thi, H. H., Valdiviesso, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Veyssiere, C., Vivier, M., Wagner, S., Walsh, N., Watanabe, H., Wiebusch, C., Winslow, L., Wurm, M., Yang, G., Yermia, F., Zimmer, V., and Double Chooz Collaboration
Subjects: 7. Clean energy
Abstract: Journal of high energy physics : JHEP 2014(10), 086 (2014). doi:10.1007/JHEP10(2014)086, Published by SISSA [u.a.], Berlin

46. Muon capture on light isotopes measured with the Double Chooz detector

Author: A. Hourlier, L. B. Bezrukov, Eric Baussan, T. Brugière, S. M. Fernandes, J. Reichenbacher, A.V. Etenko, D. Hellwig, I. Stancu, L. Camilleri, T. Hara, C. Veyssiere, R. Carr, H. Furuta, G. Mention, Anatael Cabrera, J. C. dos Anjos, D. Shrestha, A. Onillon, M. H. Shaevitz, M. Vivier, J. M. LoSecco, C. Alt, Yoshio Abe, Anselmo Meregaglia, J. Spitz, H. Gomez, E. Conover, V. Zimmer, Amanda Porta, Marcos Cerrada, G. A. Horton-Smith, C. Mariani, H. P. Lima, H. de Kerret, G. Yang, J. Maeda, Josef Jochum, BayarJon Paul Lubsandorzhiev, A.C. Schilithz, I. Bekman, V. Sibille, S. Appel, I. Gil-Botella, N. Vassilopoulos, R. Roncin, J.V. Dawson, S. Perasso, L. Goodenough, Luis González, F. von Feilitzsch, J. Busenitz, R. Santorelli, J. M. López-Castaño, M. Kaneda, Muriel Fallot, B. Reinhold, A. Tonazzo, F. Yermia, Audrey Letourneau, Janet Conrad, E. Damon, E. Blucher, Y. Sakamoto, T. Miletic, Zelimir Djurcic, Matthew L Strait, T. Abrahão, Y. Kamyshkov, M. Franke, R. Svoboda, Masahiro Kuze, Florian Kaether, J. Felde, J. Dhooghe, G. Pronost, F. Suekane, M. Obolensky, L.F.F. Stokes, P. Novella, T. Sumiyoshi, D. Franco, J. Martino, David Lhuillier, V. V. Sinev, N. Walsh, E. Kemp, M. Röhling, Takeo Kawasaki, A. Minotti, I. M. Pepe, P. Chimenti, Lydie Giot, A. Stahl, Lothar Oberauer, T. Matsubara, M. Göger-Neff, R. Milincic, E. Chauveau, Cécile Jollet, S. Schönert, A. Osborn, Yasushi Nagasaka, Daniel M. Kaplan, Stefan Schoppmann, H. Almazan, C. E. Lane, Masaki Ishitsuka, J. Maricic, Tobias Lachenmaier, V. Fischer, Y. Sun, Stephen Robert Wagner, Marcos Dracos, M. Bergevin, S. V. Sukhotin, E. Smith, N. Haag, K. Crum, J. I. Crespo-Anadón, S. Lucht, R. Sharankova, Diana Navas-Nicolas, C. Palomares, Michael Hofmann, Christian Buck, L. N. Kalousis, T.J.C. Bezerra, D. Dietrich, Kazuhiro Terao, A. S. Cucoanes, Christopher Wiebusch, G. A. Valdiviesso, M. C. Goodman, J. Haser, M. D. Skorokhvatov, Michael Wurm, H. Watanabe, Thierry Lasserre, J. C. Barriere, D. Kryn, M. Soiron, H. H. Trinh Thi, Manfred Lindner, Antoine Collin, B. Rybolt, Abe, Y, Abrahao, T, Almazan, H, Alt, C, Appel, S, Barriere, J, Baussan, E, Bekman, I, Bergevin, M, Bezerra, T, Bezrukov, L, Blucher, E, Brugiere, T, Buck, C, Busenitz, J, Cabrera, A, Camilleri, L, Carr, R, Cerrada, M, Chauveau, E, Chimenti, P, Collin, A, Conover, E, Conrad, J, Crespo-Anadon, J, Crum, K, Cucoanes, A, Damon, E, Dawson, J, De Kerret, H, Dhooghe, J, Dietrich, D, Djurcic, Z, Dos Anjos, J, Dracos, M, Etenko, A, Fallot, M, Felde, J, Fernandes, S, Fischer, V, Franco, D, Franke, M, Furuta, H, Gil-Botella, I, Giot, L, Goger-Neff, M, Gomez, H, Gonzalez, L, Goodenough, L, Goodman, M, Haag, N, Hara, T, Haser, J, Hellwig, D, Hofmann, M, Horton-Smith, G, Hourlier, A, Ishitsuka, M, Jochum, J, Jollet, C, Kaether, F, Kalousis, L, Kamyshkov, Y, Kaneda, M, Kaplan, D, Kawasaki, T, Kemp, E, Kryn, D, Kuze, M, Lachenmaier, T, Lane, C, Lasserre, T, Letourneau, A, Lhuillier, D, Lima, H, Lindner, M, Lopez-Castano, J, Losecco, J, 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-Nicolas, D, Novella, P, Oberauer, L, Obolensky, M, Onillon, A, Osborn, A, Palomares, C, Pepe, I, Perasso, S, Porta, A, Pronost, G, Reichenbacher, J, Reinhold, B, Rohling, M, Roncin, R, Rybolt, B, Sakamoto, Y, Santorelli, R, Schilithz, A, Schonert, S, Schoppmann, S, Shaevitz, M, Sharankova, R, Shrestha, D, Sibille, V, Sinev, V, Skorokhvatov, M, Smith, E, Soiron, M, Spitz, J, Stahl, A, Stancu, I, Stokes, L, Strait, M, Suekane, F, Sukhotin, S, Sumiyoshi, T, Sun, Y, Svoboda, R, Terao, K, Tonazzo, A, Trinh Thi, H, 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, Semileptonic decay, Particle physics, education.field_of_study, Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Population, neutrino physic, 01 natural sciences, Muon capture, Nuclear physics, 13. Climate action, 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutron, Production (computer science), Neutrino, 010306 general physics, Ground state, education
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.
Published: 2016

47. Precision Muon Reconstruction in Double Chooz

Author: Stefan Schoppmann, Yuri Kamyshkov, P.-J. Chang, M. Obolensky, H. de Kerret, M. Vivier, Kazuhiro Terao, L. N. Kalousis, J. Maricic, Marcos Cerrada, N. Vassilopoulos, M. Elnimr, Christopher Wiebusch, C. Grant, S. Shimojima, M. D. Skorokhvatov, Michael Wurm, Cécile Jollet, B. Reinhold, H. Watanabe, V. Zimmer, G. A. Valdiviesso, BayarJon Paul Lubsandorzhiev, S. Perasso, G. A. Horton-Smith, M. C. Goodman, J.V. Dawson, A. S. Cucoanes, E. Blucher, A. Osborn, E. Chauveau, Daniel M. Kaplan, T. Miletic, Zelimir Djurcic, R. Milincic, R. Carr, R. Roncin, G. Yang, L. Goodenough, R. Santorelli, M. Kuze, Christian Buck, Ying Sun, B. Rybolt, E. Damon, V. Sibille, J. Reichenbacher, A. Tonazzo, D. Kryn, S. Roth, A.V. Etenko, Eric Baussan, P. Novella, Luis González, G. Pronost, D. Dietrich, Thierry Lasserre, J. M. LoSecco, M. Franke, A. Hourlier, Lydie Giot, Anselmo Meregaglia, T. Hara, J. Maeda, J. C. Barriere, I. M. Pepe, J. Martino, P. Chimenti, Tobias Lachenmaier, Y. Sakamoto, T.J.C. Bezerra, J. C. dos Anjos, G. Mention, S. Lucht, T. Matsubara, David Lhuillier, Marcos Dracos, I. Stancu, A.C. Schilithz, Yoshio Abe, Janet Conrad, J. M. López-Castaño, Lothar Oberauer, S. Schönert, S. M. Fernandes, H. Furuta, Anatael Cabrera, P. Pfahler, C. E. Lane, I. Bekman, Achim Stahl, R. Sharankova, S. V. Sukhotin, E. Smith, J. Dhooghe, L. B. Bezrukov, M. Röhling, Muriel Fallot, E. Caden, J. Haser, E. Conover, M. H. Shaevitz, A. Onillon, L. Camilleri, T. Kawasaki, A. Stüken, A. Minotti, C. Palomares, V. Fischer, N. Haag, M. Göger-Neff, Florian Kaether, C. Veyssiere, Michael Hofmann, J. Felde, D. Franco, V. V. Sinev, Masaki Ishitsuka, Audrey Letourneau, Lindley Winslow, Yasushi Nagasaka, E. Kemp, D. Shrestha, M. Bergevin, F. Suekane, L.F.F. Stokes, T. Sumiyoshi, K. Crum, J. I. Crespo-Anadón, Amanda Porta, J. Spitz, Y. Nikitenko, I. Gil-Botella, C. Mariani, Josef Jochum, F. Yermia, Matthew L Strait, Robert Svoboda, F. von Feilitzsch, H. P. Lima, J. Busenitz, Sebastian Wagner, Manfred Lindner, Antoine Collin, N. Walsh, H. H. Trinh Thi, Double Chooz Collaboration, Département d'Ingénierie des Systèmes (ex SIS) (DIS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Max-Planck-Institut, Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes (SUBATECH), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPP), Département de Physique Nucléaire (ex SPhN) (DPHN), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Double Chooz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Conrad, Janet Marie, Spitz, Joshua B., Terao, Kazuhiro, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Double-CHOOZ, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA), Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPhP), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Abe, Y, Dos Anjos, J, Barriere, J, Baussan, E, Bekman, I, Bergevin, M, Bezerra, T, Bezrukov, L, Blucher, E, Buck, C, Busenitz, J, Cabrera, A, Caden, E, Camilleri, L, Carr, R, Cerrada, M, Chang, P, Chauveau, E, Chimenti, P, Collin, A, Conover, E, Conrad, J, Crespo-Anadon, J, Crum, K, Cucoanes, A, Damon, E, Dawson, J, Dhooghe, J, Dietrich, D, Djurcic, Z, Dracos, M, Elnimr, M, Etenko, A, Fallot, M, Von Feilitzsch, F, Felde, J, Fernandes, S, Fischer, V, Franco, D, Franke, M, Furuta, H, Gil-Botella, I, Giot, L, Goger-Neff, M, Gonzalez, L, Goodenough, L, Goodman, M, Grant, C, Haag, N, Hara, T, Haser, J, Hofmann, M, Horton-Smith, G, Hourlier, A, Ishitsuka, M, Jochum, J, Jollet, C, Kaether, F, Kalousis, L, Kamyshkov, Y, Kaplan, D, Kawasaki, T, Kemp, E, De Kerret, H, Kryn, D, Kuze, M, Lachenmaier, T, Lane, C, Lasserre, T, Letourneau, A, Lhuillier, D, Lima, J, Lindner, M, Lopez-Castano, J, Losecco, J, 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, 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, Schonert, S, Schoppmann, S, Shaevitz, M, Sharankova, R, Shimojima, S, Shrestha, D, Sibille, V, Sinev, V, Skorokhvatov, M, Smith, E, Spitz, J, Stahl, A, Stancu, I, Stokes, L, Strait, M, Stuken, A, Suekane, F, Sukhotin, S, Sumiyoshi, T, Sun, Y, Svoboda, R, Terao, K, Tonazzo, A, Trinh Thi, H, 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: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, STRIPS, Double Chooz, Muon reconstruction, Neutrino detector, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], CHOOZ, Scintillator, High Energy Physics - Experiment, law.invention, NO, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), law, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Instrumentation, Image resolution, Physics, Muon, Detector, Reconstruction algorithm, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Physics::Accelerator Physics, 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., National Science Foundation (U.S.), United States. Department of Energy
Published: 2014

48. Ortho-positronium observation in the Double Chooz experiment

Author: R. Milincic, Christian Buck, B. Rybolt, S. V. Sukhotin, A. Minotti, Ernesto Kemp, Cécile Jollet, D. Dietrich, M. Röhling, Matthew L Strait, N. Haag, G. Pronost, E. Damon, J. Martino, E. Caden, S. Lucht, A.V. Etenko, Masahiro Kuze, Eric Baussan, E. Chauveau, L. B. Bezrukov, Michael Wurm, H. Watanabe, M. Obolensky, Kazuhiro Terao, G. Mention, Christopher Wiebusch, G. A. Valdiviesso, P. Novella, R. Sharankova, Lydie Giot, L.N. Kalousis, S. Shimojima, Achim Stahl, Michael H. Shaevitz, M. Göger-Neff, Takeo Kawasaki, V. Zimmer, I. Stancu, K. Crum, Z. Djurcic, D. Lhuillier, M. Cerrada, P. Chimenti, V. Sinev, A. S. Cucoanes, G. A. Horton-Smith, M. Skorokhvatov, R. Carr, Bayarto Lubsandorzhiev, H. Furuta, A. Tonazzo, C. Mariani, Thierry Lasserre, A. Onillon, Josef Jochum, J. I. Crespo-Anadón, Y. Kamyshkov, J. Busenitz, L. Camilleri, C. Palomares, J. C. Barriere, J. Reichenbacher, Lindley Winslow, H. H. Trinh Thi, F. von Feilitzsch, Anatael Cabrera, Luis González, N. Vassilopoulos, J.V. Dawson, Yasushi Nagasaka, J. Dhooghe, E. Conover, R. Santorelli, T.J.C. Bezerra, V. Fischer, J. Haser, J. Maricic, M. Franke, M. Vivier, Stefan Schoppmann, I. M. Pepe, Eluned Smith, D. Kryn, T. Sumiyoshi, Y. Sakamoto, C. E. Lane, T. Miletic, A. Osborn, M. Ishitsuka, F. Suekane, F. Yermia, L.F.F. Stokes, Sebastian Wagner, Manfred Lindner, Antoine Collin, Y. Nikitenko, P. Pfahler, V. Sibille, T. Hara, Alain Letourneau, E. Blucher, N. Walsh, J. Maeda, L. Goodenough, S. M. Fernandes, I. Gil-Botella, L. Oberauer, C. Veyssiere, J. C. dos Anjos, Amanda Porta, Maury Goodman, Tobias Lachenmaier, Yoshio Abe, A. Hourlier, Daniel M. Kaplan, Janet Conrad, S. Perasso, Anselmo Meregaglia, H. de Kerret, R. Roncin, T. Matsubara, Ying Sun, B. Reinhold, Stefan Schönert, John M. LoSecco, M. Elnimr, Michael Hofmann, C. Grant, D. Shrestha, J. Spitz, M. Bergevin, Stefan Roth, A.C. Schilithz, I. Bekman, A. Stüken, P.-J. Chang, J. M. López-Castaño, Muriel Fallot, Florian Kaether, J. Felde, D. Franco, Robert Svoboda, H. P. Lima, M. Dracos, G. Yang, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes (SUBATECH), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPP), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Département de Physique Nucléaire (ex SPhN) (DPHN), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département d'Ingénierie des Systèmes (ex SIS) (DIS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Conrad, Janet, Spitz, Joshua B., Terao, K., Winslow, Lindley, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPhP), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Center for Neutrino Physics, Abe, Y, Dos Anjos, J, Barriere, J, Baussan, E, Bekman, I, Bergevin, M, Bezerra, T, Bezrukov, L, Blucher, E, Buck, C, Busenitz, J, Cabrera, A, Caden, E, Camilleri, L, Carr, R, Cerrada, M, Chang, P, Chauveau, E, Chimenti, P, Collin, A, Conover, E, Conrad, J, Crespo-Anado, J, Crum, K, Cucoanes, A, Damon, E, Dawson, J, Dhooghe, J, Dietrich, D, Djurcic, Z, Dracos, M, Elnimr, M, Etenko, A, Fallot, M, Von Feilitzsch, F, Felde, J, Fernandes, S, Fischer, V, Franco, D, Franke, M, Furuta, H, Gil-Botella, I, Giot, L, Goger-Neff, M, Gonzalez, L, Goodenough, L, Goodman, M, Grant, C, Haag, N, Hara, T, Haser, J, Hofmann, M, Horton-Smith, G, Hourlier, A, Ishitsuka, M, Jochum, J, Jollet, C, Kaether, F, Kalousis, L, Kamyshkov, Y, Kaplan, D, Kawasaki, T, Kemp, E, De Kerret, H, Kryn, D, Kuze, M, Lachenmaier, T, Lane, C, Lasserre, T, Letourneau, A, Lhuillier, D, Lima, H, Lindner, M, Lopez-Castano, J, Losecco, J, 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, 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, Schonert, S, Schoppmann, S, Shaevitz, M, Sharankova, R, Shimojima, S, Shrestha, D, Sibille, V, Sinev, V, Skorokhvatov, M, Smith, E, Spitz, J, Stahl, A, Stancu, I, Stokes, L, Strait, M, Stuken, A, Suekane, F, Sukhotin, S, Sumiyoshi, T, Sun, Y, Svoboda, R, Terao, K, Tonazzo, A, Thi, H, Valdiviesso, G, Vassilopoulos, N, Veyssiere, C, Vivier, M, Wagner, S, Walsh, N, Watanabe, H, Wiebusch, C, Winslow, L, Wurm, M, Yang, G, Yermia, F, Zimmera, V, Double Chooz Collaboration, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, and PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)
Subjects: Physics, Neutrino Detectors and Telescopes, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Neutrino Detectors and Telescope, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Electron, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Scintillator, CHOOZ, Particle identification, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Positronium, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Positron, Inverse beta decay, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract: The Double Chooz experiment measures the neutrino mixing angle θ13 by detecting reactor ν¯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% ± 12% (sys.) ± 5% (stat.) and 3.68ns ± 0.17ns (sys.) ± 0.15ns (stat.) respectively, in agreement with the results obtained with a dedicated positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy setup., National Science Foundation (U.S.), United States. Dept. of Energy
Published: 2014

49. Journal of High Energy Physics

Author: G. Mention, R. Svoboda, T. Kawasaki, P. Novella, J. Dhooghe, N. Vassilopoulos, Amanda Porta, D. Kryn, Zelimir Djurcic, N. Walsh, J. Reichenbacher, J. M. López-Castaño, H. de Kerret, H. H. Trinh Thi, R. Milincic, Yuri Kamyshkov, Muriel Fallot, J. Martino, A. Cucoanes, S. Shimojima, A.C. Schilithz, P.-J. Chang, A. Onillon, L. B. Bezrukov, I. Bekman, J.V. Dawson, G. A. Horton-Smith, M. Franke, Anatael Cabrera, R. Carr, A. Stüken, S. M. Fernandes, K. Crum, Florian Kaether, E. Blucher, J. I. Crespo-Anadón, Y. Nikitenko, T. Sumiyoshi, S. Perasso, A. Minotti, Alain Letourneau, J. Felde, D. Franco, Marcos Cerrada, M. Elnimr, V. V. Sinev, Eric Baussan, Marcos Dracos, David Lhuillier, Ernesto Kemp, L. Camilleri, E. Damon, R. Sharankova, V. Fischer, J. Maricic, Manfred Lindner, J. C. dos Anjos, Antoine Collin, D. Shrestha, M. Obolensky, R. Santorelli, Luis González, Cécile Jollet, B. Reinhold, E. Conover, M. Bergevin, Yoshio Abe, L. N. Kalousis, T.J.C. Bezerra, S. Lucht, S. Roth, J. M. LoSecco, Anselmo Meregaglia, J. Spitz, Lothar Oberauer, Daniel M. Kaplan, C. Palomares, A. Stahl, Y. Sakamoto, I. Gil-Botella, V. Zimmer, C. Grant, C. Veyssiere, Tobias Lachenmaier, V. Sibille, S. V. Sukhotin, E. Smith, H. P. Lima, A. Osborn, M. Kuze, N. Haag, Christian Buck, B. Rybolt, R. Roncin, J. C. Barriere, J. Busenitz, Ying Sun, C. Mariani, A. Hourlier, Lydie Giot, M. Röhling, Josef Jochum, Junpei Maeda, L. Goodenough, F. von Feilitzsch, D. Dietrich, Michael Hofmann, Stefan Wagner, Matthew L Strait, Janet Conrad, T. Hara, A. Tonazzo, M. Göger-Neff, Kazuhiro Terao, Christopher Wiebusch, Yasushi Nagasaka, G. A. Valdiviesso, S. Schönert, M. C. Goodman, T. Miletic, F. Yermia, I. M. Pepe, P. Chimenti, G. Pronost, P. Pfahler, C. E. Lane, T. Matsubara, E. Chauveau, M. H. Shaevitz, E. Caden, Masaki Ishitsuka, Lindley Winslow, Stefan Schoppmann, J. Haser, M. Vivier, M. D. Skorokhvatov, Michael Wurm, H. Watanabe, G. Yang, Bayarto Lubsandorzhiev, Thierry Lasserre, F. Suekane, L.F.F. Stokes, A.V. Etenko, I. Stancu, H. Furuta, Double Chooz Collaboration, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), APC - Neutrinos, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes (SUBATECH), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes), Double-CHOOZ, Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Abe, Y, dos Anjos, J, Barriere, J, Baussan, E, Bekman, I, Bergevin, M, Bezerra, T, Bezrukov, L, Blucher, E, Buck, C, Busenitz, J, Cabrera, A, Caden, E, Camilleri, L, Carr, R, Cerrada, M, Chang, P, Chauveau, E, Chimenti, P, Collin, A, Conover, E, Conrad, J, Crespo-Anadon, J, Crum, K, Cucoanes, A, Damon, E, Dawson, J, Dhooghe, J, Dietrich, D, Djurcic, Z, Dracos, M, Elnimr, M, Etenko, A, Fallot, M, von Feilitzsch, F, Felde, J, Fernandes, S, Fischer, V, Franco, D, Franke, M, Furuta, H, Gil-Botella, I, Giot, L, Goger-Neff, M, Gonzalez, L, Goodenough, L, Goodman, M, Grant, C, Haag, N, Hara, T, Haser, J, Hofmann, M, Horton-Smith, G, Hourlier, A, Ishitsuka, M, Jochum, J, Jollet, C, Kaether, F, Kalousis, L, Kamyshkov, Y, Kaplan, D, Kawasaki, T, Kemp, E, de Kerret, H, Kryn, D, Kuze, M, Lachenmaier, T, Lane, C, Lasserre, T, Letourneau, A, Lhuillier, D, Lima, H, Lindner, M, Lopez-Castano, J, Losecco, J, 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, 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, Schonert, S, Schoppmann, S, Shaevitz, M, Sharankova, R, Shimojima, S, Shrestha, D, Sibille, V, Sinev, V, Skorokhvatov, M, Smith, E, Spitz, J, Stahl, A, Stancu, I, Stokes, L, Strait, M, Stuken, A, Suekane, F, Sukhotin, S, Sumiyoshi, T, Sun, Y, Svoboda, R, Terao, K, Tonazzo, A, Trinh Thi, H, Valdiviesso, G, Vassilopoulos, N, Veyssiere, C, Vivier, M, Wagner, S, Walsh, N, Watanabe, H, Wiebusch, C, Winslow, L, Wurm, M, Yang, G, Yermia, F, Zimmer, V, Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), and Center for Neutrino Physics
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Neutrino Detectors and Telescope, FOS: Physical sciences, CHOOZ, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Experiment, Distortion, 0103 physical sciences, Energy spectrum, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], High Energy Physics, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010306 general physics, Mixing (physics), Physics, Neutrino Detectors and Telescopes, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Oscillation, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Detector, Function (mathematics), Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Neutrino, 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

50. Update on the developmental consequences of cannabis use during pregnancy and lactation.

Author: Grant KS, Conover E, and Chambers CD
Subjects: Breast Feeding, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Lactation, Pregnancy, Prospective Studies, Cannabis adverse effects, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects chemically induced
Abstract: There is a strong increase in prevalence trends for cannabis use during pregnancy and lactation as more states legalize use of this drug. Information on the teratogenic risk of cannabis is limited but some important themes can be gleaned. Studies have not found a unique phenotypic signature of prenatal exposure but an increased risk of congenital anomalies, particularly gastroschisis, has been reported. Changes in fetal growth have been described in some epidemiological studies but long-term patterns of physical growth appear unaffected. Prenatal exposure to cannabis is not generally associated with reductions in global IQ but specific cognitive skills, especially attention and memory, can be negatively impacted. Long-term impacts on psychological health include increased rates of depressive symptoms and anxiety as well as delinquency. Relatively little is known about the risk of maternal cannabis use during lactation but data suggest that infant exposure is relatively low compared to maternal exposure. As delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) levels increase to meet consumer demand and routes of exposure diversify, there is a strong need for prospective birth-cohort studies that collect biological samples to quantify exposure. Data from such studies will be critical to overcoming the weaknesses of past cannabis research and are essential to establishing reliable information on the risks of maternal use. Until that time, health care providers should be encouraged to talk about the risks and benefits associated with cannabis use during pregnancy and lactation with their patients, emphasizing that fetal and neonatal risks cannot be excluded at this time., (© 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
Published: 2020
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