This item is non-discoverable
Loading...
Non-discoverable
The PROSPECT physics program
Ashenfelter, J Balantekin, AB Band, HR Barclay, G Bass, CD Berish, D Bignell, L Bowden, NS Bowes, A Brodsky, JP
Ashenfelter, J
Balantekin, AB
Band, HR
Barclay, G
Bass, CD
Berish, D
Bignell, L
Bowden, NS
Bowes, A
Brodsky, JP
Citations
Altmetric:
Genre
Pre-print
Date
2016-10-17
Advisor
Committee member
Group
Department
Permanent link to this record
Collections
Research Projects
Organizational Units
Journal Issue
DOI
10.1088/0954-3899/43/11/113001
Abstract
© 2016 IOP Publishing Ltd. The precision reactor oscillation and spectrum experiment, PROSPECT, is designed to make a precise measurement of the antineutrino spectrum from a highly-enriched uranium reactor and probe eV-scale sterile neutrinos by searching for neutrino oscillations over a distance of several meters. PROSPECT is conceived as a 2-phase experiment utilizing segmented 6Li-doped liquid scintillator detectors for both efficient detection of reactor antineutrinos through the inverse beta decay reaction and excellent background discrimination. PROSPECT Phase I consists of a movable 3 ton antineutrino detector at distances of 7-12 m from the reactor core. It will probe the best-fit point of the disappearance experiments at 4σ in 1 year and the favored region of the sterile neutrino parameter space at in 3 years. With a second antineutrino detector at 15-19 m from the reactor, Phase II of PROSPECT can probe the entire allowed parameter space below 10 eV2 at 5σ in 3 additional years. The measurement of the reactor antineutrino spectrum and the search for short-baseline oscillations with PROSPECT will test the origin of the spectral deviations observed in recent experiments, search for sterile neutrinos, and conclusively address the hypothesis of sterile neutrinos as an explanation of the reactor anomaly.
Description
Citation
Citation to related work
IOP Publishing
Has part
Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
ADA compliance
For Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodation, including help with reading this content, please contact scholarshare@temple.edu