The search for sterile neutrinos with SOX-Borexino

K. Altenmüller; M. Agostini; S. Appel; G. Bellini; J. Benziger; N. Berton; D. Bick; G. Bonfini; D. Bravo; B. Caccianiga; F. Calaprice; A. Caminata; P. Cavalcante; A. Chepurnov; M. Cribier; D. D’Angelo; S. Davini; A. Derbin; L. di Noto; I. Drachnev; M. Durero; A. Empl; A. Etenko; S. Farinon; V. Fischer; K. Fomenko; D. Franco; F. Gabriele; J. Gaffiot; C. Galbiati; C. Ghiano; M. Giammarchi; M. Göger-Neff; A. Goretti; M. Gromov; C. Hagner; Th. Houdy; E. Hungerford; Aldo Ianni; Andrea Ianni; N. Jonqures; M. Kaiser; V. Kobychev; D. Korablev; G. Korga; D. Kryn; T. Lachenmaier; T. Lasserre; M. Laubenstein; B. Lehnert; J. Link; E. Litvinovich; F. Lombardi; P. Lombardi; L. Ludhova; G. Lukyanchenko; I. Machulin; W. Maneschg; S. Marcocci; J. Maricic; G. Mention; E. Meroni; M. Meyer; L. Miramonti; M. Misiaszek; M. Montuschi; V. Muratova; R. Musenich; B. Neumair; L. Oberauer; M. Obolensky; F. Ortica; L. Pagani; M. Pallavicini; L. Papp; L. Perasso; A. Pocar; G. Ranucci; A. Razeto; A. Re; R. Roncin; A. Romani; N. Rossi; S. Schönert; L. Scola; D. Semenov; H. Simgen; M. Skorokhvatov; O. Smirnov; A. Sotnikov; S. Sukhotin; Y. Suvorov; R. Tartaglia; G. Testera; M. Toropova; E. Unzhakov; C. Veyssière; M. Vivier; R. B. Vogelaar; F. von Feilitzsch; H. Wang; J. Winter; M. Wojcik; M. Wurm; Z. Yokley; O. Zaimidoroga; S. Zavatarelli; K. Zuber; G. Zuzel

doi:10.1134/S106377881610001X

The search for sterile neutrinos with SOX-Borexino

Authors: Altenmüller K.¹, Agostini M.¹, Appel S.¹, Bellini G.², Benziger J.³, Berton N.⁴, Bick D.⁵, Bonfini G.⁶, Bravo D.⁷, Caccianiga B.², Calaprice F.⁷^,8, Caminata A.², Cavalcante P.⁶, Chepurnov A.⁹, Cribier M.⁴, D’Angelo D.², Davini S.⁸, Derbin A.¹⁰, di Noto L.², Drachnev I.⁸, Durero M.⁴, Empl A.¹¹, Etenko A.¹²^,13, Farinon S.², Fischer V.⁴, Fomenko K.¹⁴, Franco D.¹⁵, Gabriele F.⁶, Gaffiot J.⁴, Galbiati C.⁷, Ghiano C.⁶, Giammarchi M.², Göger-Neff M.¹, Goretti A.⁷, Gromov M.⁹, Hagner C.⁵, Houdy T.⁴, Hungerford E.¹¹, Ianni A.⁶, Ianni A.⁷, Jonqures N.⁴, Kaiser M.⁵, Kobychev V.¹⁶, Korablev D.¹⁴, Korga G.¹¹, Kryn D.¹⁵, Lachenmaier T.¹⁷, Lasserre T.⁴, Laubenstein M.⁶, Lehnert B.¹¹, Link J.⁷, Litvinovich E.¹²^,13, Lombardi F.⁶, Lombardi P.², Ludhova L.², Lukyanchenko G.¹², Machulin I.¹²^,13, Maneschg W.¹⁸, Marcocci S.²^,8, Maricic J.¹⁹, Mention G.⁴, Meroni E.², Meyer M.⁵, Miramonti L.², Misiaszek M.⁶^,20, Montuschi M.⁶, Muratova V.¹⁰, Musenich R.², Neumair B.¹, Oberauer L.¹, Obolensky M.¹⁵, Ortica F.²¹, Pagani L.², Pallavicini M.², Papp L.¹, Perasso L.², Pocar A.⁷, Ranucci G.², Razeto A.⁶, Re A.², Roncin R.⁶, Romani A.²¹, Rossi N.⁶, Schönert S.¹, Scola L.⁴, Semenov D.¹⁰, Simgen H.¹⁸, Skorokhvatov M.¹²^,13, Smirnov O.¹⁴, Sotnikov A.¹⁴, Sukhotin S.¹², Suvorov Y.⁶^,12^,22, Tartaglia R.⁶, Testera G.², Toropova M.¹², Unzhakov E.¹⁰, Veyssière C.⁴, Vivier M.⁴, Vogelaar R.B.⁷, von Feilitzsch F.¹, Wang H.²², Winter J.²³, Wojcik M.²⁰, Wurm M.²³, Yokley Z.⁷, Zaimidoroga O.¹⁴, Zavatarelli S.², Zuber K.¹¹, Zuzel G.²⁰
Affiliations:
1. Physik-Department and Excellence Cluster Universe
2. Dipartimento di Fisica
3. Chemical Engineering Department
4. Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
5. Institut für Experimentalphysik
6. INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
7. Physics Department
8. Gran Sasso Science Institute (INFN)
9. Moscow State University Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics
10. St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
11. Department of Physics
12. NRC Kurchatov Institute
13. National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
14. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
15. APC
16. Kiev Institute for Nuclear Research
17. Kepler Center for Astro and Particle Physics
18. Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
19. Department of Physics and Astronomy
20. M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics
21. Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie
22. Physics and Astronomy Department
23. Institut für Physik
Issue: Vol 79, No 11-12 (2016)
Pages: 1481-1484
Section: Interaction of Plasmas, Particle Beams, and Radiation with Matter
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-7788/article/view/191203
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S106377881610001X
ID: 191203

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The aim of the SOX-Borexino project is to verify or falsify the existence of eV-scale sterile neutrinos. The existence of sterile neutrinos is suspected because of several anomalies, which were observed in previous experiments. A ~3.7 PBq electron antineutrino source made of ¹⁴⁴Ce will be installed below the Borexino detector at LNGS, Italy, to search for short-baseline oscillations of active-to-sterile neutrinos within the detector volume. Source delivery and beginning of data acquisition is planned for end of 2016, preliminary results are expected already in 2017.

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astroparticle physics, particle physics, sterile neutrinos, Borexino

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