Creation of neutrino laboratory for carrying out experiment on search for a sterile neutrino at the SM-3 reactor
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: To check the existence of a sterile neutrino, a neutrino laboratory aimed at searching reactor antineutrino oscillations is created at the SM-3 reactor. A prototype of a neutrino detector with a scintillator volume of 400 L is moved at distances 6–11 m from the core of the reactor. Background conditions are measured. It is shown that the cosmic rays background is the main problem in the experiment. The prospects of the search for reactor antineutrino oscillations at short distances are discussed.
Source: Technical Physics
Authors: A. P. Serebrov, V. G. Ivochkin, R. M. Samoilov, A. K. Fomin, V. G. Zinov’ev, P. V. Neustroev, V. L. Golovtsov, N. V. Gruzinskii, V. A. Solovei, A. V. Chernyi, O. M. Zherebtsov, V. P. Martem’yanov, V. G. Tsinoev, V. G. Tarasenkov, V. I. Aleshin, A. L. Petelin, S. V. Pavlov, A. L. Izhutov, S. A. Sazontov, D. K. Ryazanov, M. O. Gromov, V. V. Afanas’ev, L. N. Matrosov, M. Yu. Matrosova
Language: English
Topic: Neutrino Physics Research
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2204794015