Search for sterile neutrinos in the neutrino-4 experiment
- Autores: Serebrov A.P.1, Aleshin V.I.2, Petelin A.L.3, Izhutov A.L.3, Tuzov A.A.3, Sazontov S.A.3, Ryazanov D.K.4, Gromov M.O.3, Afanas’ev V.V.3, Zaitsev M.E.1,4, Tarasenkov V.G.2, Martem’yanov V.P.2, Ivochkin V.G.1, Samoilov R.M.1, Fomin A.K.1, Polyushkin A.O.1, Zinov’ev V.G.1, Neustroev P.V.1, Golovtsov V.L.1, Chernyi A.V.1, Zherebtsov O.M.1, Chaikovskii M.E.1
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Afiliações:
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
- National Research Center Kurchatov Institute
- State Scientific Center Research Institute of Atomic Reactors
- Dimitrovgrad Engineering and Technical Institute, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI
- Edição: Volume 105, Nº 6 (2017)
- Páginas: 347-351
- Seção: Fields, Particles, and Nuclei
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0021-3640/article/view/160188
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021364017060121
- ID: 160188
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Resumo
An experimental search for sterile neutrinos has been carried out at a neutrino facility based on the SM-3 nuclear reactor in Dimitrovgrad, Russia. The movable detector with passive shielding against the external radiation may be positioned at a distance varying between 6 and 12 m from the center of the reactor. The antineutrino flux has for the first time been measured using a movable detector placed close to the antineutrino source. The accuracy of the measurements is largely restricted by the cosmic background. The results of the measurements performed at small and large distances are analyzed in terms of the sterile-neutrino model parameters Δm142 and sin22θ14.
Sobre autores
A. Serebrov
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Autor responsável pela correspondência
Email: serebrov_ap@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Rússia, Gatchina, Leningrad region, 188300
V. Aleshin
National Research Center Kurchatov Institute
Email: serebrov_ap@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Rússia, Moscow, 123182
A. Petelin
State Scientific Center Research Institute of Atomic Reactors
Email: serebrov_ap@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Rússia, Dimitrovgrad, Ul’yanovsk region, 433510
A. Izhutov
State Scientific Center Research Institute of Atomic Reactors
Email: serebrov_ap@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Rússia, Dimitrovgrad, Ul’yanovsk region, 433510
A. Tuzov
State Scientific Center Research Institute of Atomic Reactors
Email: serebrov_ap@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Rússia, Dimitrovgrad, Ul’yanovsk region, 433510
S. Sazontov
State Scientific Center Research Institute of Atomic Reactors
Email: serebrov_ap@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Rússia, Dimitrovgrad, Ul’yanovsk region, 433510
D. Ryazanov
Dimitrovgrad Engineering and Technical Institute, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI
Email: serebrov_ap@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Rússia, Dimitrovgrad, Ul’yanovsk region, 433511
M. Gromov
State Scientific Center Research Institute of Atomic Reactors
Email: serebrov_ap@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Rússia, Dimitrovgrad, Ul’yanovsk region, 433510
V. Afanas’ev
State Scientific Center Research Institute of Atomic Reactors
Email: serebrov_ap@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Rússia, Dimitrovgrad, Ul’yanovsk region, 433510
M. Zaitsev
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute; Dimitrovgrad Engineering and Technical Institute, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI
Email: serebrov_ap@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Rússia, Gatchina, Leningrad region, 188300; Dimitrovgrad, Ul’yanovsk region, 433511
V. Tarasenkov
National Research Center Kurchatov Institute
Email: serebrov_ap@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Rússia, Moscow, 123182
V. Martem’yanov
National Research Center Kurchatov Institute
Email: serebrov_ap@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Rússia, Moscow, 123182
V. Ivochkin
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov_ap@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Rússia, Gatchina, Leningrad region, 188300
R. Samoilov
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov_ap@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Rússia, Gatchina, Leningrad region, 188300
A. Fomin
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov_ap@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Rússia, Gatchina, Leningrad region, 188300
A. Polyushkin
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov_ap@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Rússia, Gatchina, Leningrad region, 188300
V. Zinov’ev
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov_ap@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Rússia, Gatchina, Leningrad region, 188300
P. Neustroev
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov_ap@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Rússia, Gatchina, Leningrad region, 188300
V. Golovtsov
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov_ap@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Rússia, Gatchina, Leningrad region, 188300
A. Chernyi
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov_ap@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Rússia, Gatchina, Leningrad region, 188300
O. Zherebtsov
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov_ap@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Rússia, Gatchina, Leningrad region, 188300
M. Chaikovskii
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov_ap@pnpi.nrcki.ru
Rússia, Gatchina, Leningrad region, 188300
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