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Double Chooz collaboration (Abrahao, T. et al); Novella, P. |
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Novel event classification based on spectral analysis of scintillation waveforms in Double Chooz |
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Journal Article |
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2018 |
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Journal of Instrumentation |
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J. Instrum. |
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13 |
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P01031 - 26pp |
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Digital signal processing (DSP); Particle identification methods; Scintillators, scintillation and light emission processes (solid, gas and liquid scintillators); Neutrino detectors |
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Liquid scintillators are a common choice for neutrino physics experiments, but their capabilities to perform background rejection by scintillation pulse shape discrimination is generally limited in large detectors. This paper describes a novel approach for a pulse shape based event classification developed in the context of the Double Chooz reactor antineutrino experiment. Unlike previous implementations, this method uses the Fourier power spectra of the scintillation pulse shapes to obtain event-wise information. A classification variable built from spectral information was able to achieve an unprecedented performance, despite the lack of optimization at the detector design level. Several examples of event classification are provided, ranging from differentiation between the detector volumes and an efficient rejection of instrumental light noise, to some sensitivity to the particle type, such as stopping muons, ortho-positronium formation, alpha particles as well as electrons and positrons. In combination with other techniques the method is expected to allow for a versatile and more efficient background rejection in the future, especially if detector optimization is taken into account at the design level. |
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[Abrahao, T.; dos Anjos, J. C.; Lima, H.; Pepe, I.; Wagner, S.] Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, BR-22290180 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Email: stefan.wagner@apc.in2p3.fr |
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Iop Publishing Ltd |
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1748-0221 |
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WOS:000423783800003 |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3466 |
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Double Chooz collaboration (Abrahao, T. et al); Novella, P. |
| Title |
Reactor rate modulation oscillation analysis with two detectors in Double Chooz |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2021 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
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01 |
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1 |
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190 - 18pp |
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Neutrino Detectors and Telescopes (experiments); Oscillation |
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A theta (13) oscillation analysis based on the observed antineutrino rates at the Double Chooz far and near detectors for different reactor power conditions is presented. This approach provides a so far unique simultaneous determination of theta (13) and the total background rates without relying on any assumptions on the specific background contributions. The analysis comprises 865 days of data collected in both detectors with at least one reactor in operation. The oscillation results are enhanced by the use of 24.06 days (12.74 days) of reactor-off data in the far (near) detector. The analysis considers the nu <mml:mo stretchy=“true”><overbar></mml:mover>e interactions up to a visible energy of 8.5 MeV, using the events at higher energies to build a cosmogenic background model considering fast-neutrons interactions and Li-9 decays. The background-model-independent determination of the mixing angle yields sin(2)(2 theta (13)) = 0.094 0.017, being the best-fit total background rates fully consistent with the cosmogenic background model. A second oscillation analysis is also performed constraining the total background rates to the cosmogenic background estimates. While the central value is not significantly modified due to the consistency between the reactor-off data and the background estimates, the addition of the background model reduces the uncertainty on theta (13) to 0.015. Along with the oscillation results, the normalization of the anti-neutrino rate is measured with a precision of 0.86%, reducing the 1.43% uncertainty associated to the expectation. |
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[Bekman, I; Hellwig, D.; Soldin, P.; Stahl, A.; Wiebusch, C.] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Phys Inst 3, D-52056 Aachen, Germany, Email: navas@lal.in2p3.fr; |
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1029-8479 |
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WOS:000616730800002 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4728 |
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Double Chooz collaboration (Abrahao, T. et al); Novella, P. |
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Search for signatures of sterile neutrinos with Double Chooz |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2021 |
Publication |
European Physical Journal C |
Abbreviated Journal |
Eur. Phys. J. C |
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81 |
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8 |
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775 - 14pp |
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We present a search for signatures of neutrino mixing of electron anti-neutrinos with additional hypothetical sterile neutrino flavors using the Double Chooz experiment. The search is based on data from 5 years of operation of Double Chooz, including 2 years in the two-detector configuration. The analysis is based on a profile likelihood, i.e. comparing the data to the model prediction of disappearance in a data-to-data comparison of the two respective detectors. The analysis is optimized for a model of three active and one sterile neutrino. It is sensitive in the typical mass range 5 x 10(-3) eV(2) less than or similar to Delta m(41)(2) less than or similar to 3 x 10(-1) eV(2) for mixing angles downto sin(2) 2 theta(14) greater than or similar to 0.02. No significant disappearance additionally to the conventional disappearance related to theta(13) is observed and correspondingly exclusion bounds on the sterile mixing parameter theta(14) as a function of Delta m(41)(2) are obtained. |
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[Bekman, I; Hellwig, D.; Heuermann, L.; Soldin, P.; Stahl, A.; Wiebusch, C.] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Phys Inst 3, D-52056 Aachen, Germany, Email: wiebusch@physik.rwth-aachen.de |
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1434-6044 |
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WOS:000691009900001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4950 |
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Double Chooz collaboration (de Kerret, H. et al); Novella, P. |
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Yields and production rates of cosmogenic Li-9 and He-8 measured with the Double Chooz near and far detectors |
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Journal Article |
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2018 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
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11 |
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11 |
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053 - 20pp |
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Neutrino Detectors and Telescopes (experiments) |
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The yields and production rates of the radioisotopes Li-9 and He-8 created by cosmic muon spallation on C-12, have been measured by the two detectors of the Double Chooz experiment. The identical detectors are located at separate sites and depths, which means that they are subject to different muon spectra. The near (far) detector has an overburden of approximate to 120 m.w.e. (approximate to 300 m.w.e.) corresponding to a mean muon energy of 32.1 +/- 2.0 GeV (63.7 +/- 5.5 GeV). Comparing the data to a detailed simulation of the Li-9 and He-8 decays, the contribution of the He-8 radioisotope at both detectors is found to be compatible with zero. The observed Li-9 yields in the near and far detectors are 5.51 +/- 0.51 and 7.90 +/- 0.51, respectively, in units of 10(-8-1)g(-1)cm(2). The shallow overburdens of the near and far detectors give a unique insight when combined with measurements by KamLAND and Borexino to give the first multi-experiment, data driven relationship between the Li-9 yield and the mean muon energy according to the power law and Y-0 = (0.43 +/- 0.11) x 10(-8-1)g(-1)cm(2). This relationship gives future liquid scintillator based experiments the ability to predict their cosmogenic Li-9 background rates. |
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[Chimenti, P.] Univ Estadual Londrina, BR-86057970 Londrina, Brazil, Email: vsibille@mit.edu; |
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1029-8479 |
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WOS:000450197100001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3802 |
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Double Chooz collaboration (de Kerret, H. et al); Novella, P. |
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Double Chooz theta(13) measurement via total neutron capture detection |
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Journal Article |
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2020 |
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Nature Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
Nat. Phys. |
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16 |
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558-564 |
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Neutrinos were assumed to be massless particles until the discovery of the neutrino oscillation process. This phenomenon indicates that the neutrinos have non-zero masses and the mass eigenstates (nu(1), nu(2), nu(3)) are mixtures of their flavour eigenstates (nu(e), nu(mu), nu(tau)). The oscillations between different flavour eigenstates are described by three mixing angles (theta(12), theta(23), theta(13)), two differences of the squared neutrino masses of the nu(2)/nu(1) and nu(3)/nu(1) pairs and a charge conjugation parity symmetry violating phase delta(CP). The Double Chooz experiment, located near the Chooz Electricite de France reactors, measures the oscillation parameter theta(13) using reactor neutrinos. Here, the Double Chooz collaboration reports the measurement of the mixing angle theta(13) with the new total neutron capture detection technique from the full data set, yielding sin(2)(2 theta(13)) = 0.105 +/- 0.014. This measurement exploits the multidetector configuration, the isoflux baseline and data recorded when the reactors were switched off. In addition to the neutrino mixing angle measurement, Double Chooz provides a precise measurement of the reactor neutrino flux, given by the mean cross-section per fission <sigma(f)& rang; = (5.71 +/- 0.06) x 10(-43) cm(2) per fission, and reports an empirical model of the distortion in the reactor neutrino spectrum. The Double Chooz collaboration reports the neutrino oscillation parameter theta(13) from a measurement of the disappearance of reactor anti-electron neutrinos with the total neutron capture technique. |
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[de Kerret, H.; Cabrera, A.; Dawson, J., V; Givaudan, A.; Gomez, H.; Hourlier, A.; Karakac, M.; Kryn, D.; Lasserres, T.; Obolensky, M.; Onillon, A.; Suekane, F.; Wagner, S.] Sorbonne Paris Cite Univ, Observ Paris, CEA IRFU, APC,CNRS IN2P3, Paris, France, Email: christian.buck@mpi-hd.mpg.de; |
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WOS:000528019800001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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