Reactor antineutrino oscillations at Super-Kamiokande
SuperKamiokande (SK) doped with gadolinium has the capability to efficiently identify electron-antineutrinos through inverse beta-decay. Given the size of SK and the number of nuclear reactors in its vicinity, we argue that SK can observe the oscillations of reactor antineutrinos driven by the so-ca...
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| description | SuperKamiokande (SK) doped with gadolinium has the capability to efficiently identify electron-antineutrinos through inverse beta-decay. Given the size of SK and the number of nuclear reactors in its vicinity, we argue that SK can observe the oscillations of reactor antineutrinos driven by the so-called solar mass-squared difference Δm212. After only one year of data taking, we estimate that SK can measure Δm212 with enough precision to help inform the current small tension between existing results from KamLAND and solar neutrino experiments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e9327050e4494b6c93afdc2384587b0f2022-12-21T18:40:22ZengElsevierPhysics Letters B0370-26932020-10-01809135751Reactor antineutrino oscillations at Super-KamiokandeAndré de Gouvêa0Ivan Martinez-Soler1Northwestern University, Department of Physics & Astronomy, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USANorthwestern University, Department of Physics & Astronomy, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA; Theory Department, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, USA; Colegio de Física Fundamental e Interdisciplinaria de las Américas (COFI), 254 Norzagaray street, San Juan, 00901, Puerto Rico; Corresponding author.SuperKamiokande (SK) doped with gadolinium has the capability to efficiently identify electron-antineutrinos through inverse beta-decay. Given the size of SK and the number of nuclear reactors in its vicinity, we argue that SK can observe the oscillations of reactor antineutrinos driven by the so-called solar mass-squared difference Δm212. After only one year of data taking, we estimate that SK can measure Δm212 with enough precision to help inform the current small tension between existing results from KamLAND and solar neutrino experiments.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269320305542 |
| spellingShingle | André de Gouvêa Ivan Martinez-Soler Reactor antineutrino oscillations at Super-Kamiokande Physics Letters B |
| title | Reactor antineutrino oscillations at Super-Kamiokande |
| title_full | Reactor antineutrino oscillations at Super-Kamiokande |
| title_fullStr | Reactor antineutrino oscillations at Super-Kamiokande |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reactor antineutrino oscillations at Super-Kamiokande |
| title_short | Reactor antineutrino oscillations at Super-Kamiokande |
| title_sort | reactor antineutrino oscillations at super kamiokande |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269320305542 |
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