PROSPECT - A Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment at Short Baselines

Ashenfelter, J.; Balantekin, A. B.; Band, H. R.; Barclay, Glen St. J.; Bass, C.D.; Bowden, N. S.; Bryan, C. D.; Cherwinka, J. J.; Chu, Ran; Classen, T.; Davee, D.; Dean, D. J.; Deichert, G.; Diwan, M.; Dolinski, M. J.; Dolph, J.; Dwyer, D. A.; Efremenko, Y. V.; Fan, Saijun; Galindo‐Uribarri, A.; Gilje, Karin; Glenn, A.; Green, M.; Han, K.; Hans, S.; Heeger, K.M.; Heffron, B.; Hu, Li-Xiang; Huber, Patrick; Jaffe, D. E.; Kamyshkov, Y.; Kettell, S.; Lane, C. E.; Langford, T.; Littlejohn, B. R.; Martinez, D.; McKeown, R. D.; Mendenhall, M. P.; Morrell, Sean R.; Mueller, P. E.; Mumm, H. P.; Napolitano, J.; Nico, J. S.; Norcini, D.; Pushin, D. A.; Qian, Xiaohui; Romero, Enrique Pérez; Rosero, R.; Seilhan, B.; Sharma, R.; Surukuchi, P. T.; Thompson, Scott J.; Varner, R. L.; Viren, B.; Wang, W.; White, B. R.; White, C.; Wilhelmi, J.; Williams, C.; Williams, Robert E.; Wise, T.; Yao, Haifeng; Yeh, M.; Zaitseva, Natalia; Zhang, C.; Zhang, X.

doi:10.48550/arxiv.1309.7647

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“…• ν e disappearance with an associated effective mixing angle sin 2 2ϑ ee > 0.02 should be observed. This is with reach of proposed short-baseline νe disappearance experiments [425,426].…”

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confidence: 77%

A facility to Search for Hidden Particles at the CERN SPS: the SHiP physics case

Alekhin,

Altmannshofer,

Asaka

et al. 2015

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This paper describes the physics case for a new fixed target facility at CERN SPS. The SHiP (Search for Hidden Particles) experiment is intended to hunt for new physics in the largely unexplored domain of very weakly interacting particles with masses below the Fermi scale, inaccessible to the LHC experiments, and to study tau neutrino physics. The same proton beam setup can be used later to look for decays of tau-leptons with lepton flavour number non-conservation, τ → 3µ and to search for weakly-interacting sub-GeV dark matter candidates. We discuss the evidence for physics beyond the Standard Model and describe interactions between new particles and four different portals -scalars, vectors, fermions or axion-like particles. We discuss motivations for different models, manifesting themselves via these interactions, and how they can be probed with the SHiP experiment and present several case studies. The prospects to search for relatively light SUSY and composite particles at SHiP are also discussed. We demonstrate that the SHiP experiment has a unique potential to discover new physics and can directly probe a number of solutions of beyond the Standard Model puzzles, such as neutrino masses, baryon asymmetry of the Universe, dark matter, and inflation.

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Section: Ev-scale Seesawsupporting

confidence: 77%

A facility to Search for Hidden Particles at the CERN SPS: the SHiP physics case

Alekhin,

Altmannshofer,

Asaka

et al. 2015

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261

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“…The PROSPECT experiment proposes to search for disappearance of reactor ν e from the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory [20]. This reactor uses a compact (∼0.5 m diameter) 85 MW highly-enriched uranium core.…”

Section: Sterile Neutrinosmentioning

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Oscillations at low energies

Dwyer

Ludhová

2015

Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings

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A concise summary of the "Oscillation at low energies" parallel session at the 2014 Neutrino Oscillation Workshop is provided. Plans to use man-made neutrinos and antineutrinos to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy, search for sterile neutrinos, and to observe coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering were discussed. Potential measurements of solar neutrinos, supernova neutrinos, and geoneutrinos are also summarized.

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“…HFIR runs for 41% of the year allowing for in-depth studies of cosmogenic backgrounds during reactor-off periods. The PROSPECT experiment has been planned in phases [8]. This has several benefits as it will be able to address experimental situations in a timely manner, to mitigate any risks that arise, to provide systematic controls and increased physics reach, and allow flexibility in response to results from Phase I.…”

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Sensitivity and Discovery Potential of the PROSPECT Experiment

Gilje

2015

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Measurements of the reactor antineutrino flux and spectrum compared to model predictions have revealed an apparent deficit in the interaction rates of reactor antineutrinos and an unexpected spectral deviation. PROSPECT, the Precision Reactor Oscillation Spectrum measurement, is designed to make a precision measurement of the antineutrino spectrum from a research reactor and search for signs of an eV-scale sterile neutrino. PROSPECT will be located at the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and make use of a Highly Enriched Uranium reactor for a measurement of the pure U-235 antineutrino spectrum. An absolute measurement of this spectrum will constrain reactor models and improve our understanding of the reactor antineutrino spectrum. Additionally, the planned 3-ton lithium-doped liquid scintillator detector is ideally suited to perform a search for sterile neutrinos. This talk will focus on the sensitivity and discovery potential of PROSPECT and the detector design to achieve these goals.

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PROSPECT - A Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment at Short Baselines

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A facility to Search for Hidden Particles at the CERN SPS: the SHiP physics case

A facility to Search for Hidden Particles at the CERN SPS: the SHiP physics case

Oscillations at low energies

Sensitivity and Discovery Potential of the PROSPECT Experiment

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