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Chinese Physics C> 2017, Vol. 41> Issue(1) : 013002 DOI: 10.1088/1674-1137/41/1/013002

Improved measurement of the reactor antineutrino flux and spectrum at Daya Bay

  • A new measurement of the reactor antineutrino flux and energy spectrum by the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment is reported. The antineutrinos were generated by six 2.9 GWth nuclear reactors and detected by eight antineutrino detectors deployed in two near (560 m and 600 m flux-weighted baselines) and one far (1640 m flux-weighted baseline) underground experimental halls. With 621 days of data, more than 1.2 million inverse beta decay (IBD) candidates were detected. The IBD yield in the eight detectors was measured, and the ratio of measured to predicted flux was found to be 0:946±0:020 (0:992±0:021) for the Huber+Mueller (ILL+Vogel) model. A 2.9σ deviation was found in the measured IBD positron energy spectrum compared to the predictions. In particular, an excess of events in the region of 4-6 MeV was found in the measured spectrum, with a local signi cance of 4.4σ. A reactor antineutrino spectrum weighted by the IBD cross section is extracted for model-independent predictions.
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F. P. An and et al(Daya Bay Collaboration). Improved measurement of the reactor antineutrino flux and spectrum at Daya Bay[J]. Chinese Physics C, 2017, 41(1): 013002. doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/41/1/013002
F. P. An and et al(Daya Bay Collaboration). Improved measurement of the reactor antineutrino flux and spectrum at Daya Bay[J]. Chinese Physics C, 2017, 41(1): 013002.  doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/41/1/013002 shu
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Abstract: A new measurement of the reactor antineutrino flux and energy spectrum by the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment is reported. The antineutrinos were generated by six 2.9 GWth nuclear reactors and detected by eight antineutrino detectors deployed in two near (560 m and 600 m flux-weighted baselines) and one far (1640 m flux-weighted baseline) underground experimental halls. With 621 days of data, more than 1.2 million inverse beta decay (IBD) candidates were detected. The IBD yield in the eight detectors was measured, and the ratio of measured to predicted flux was found to be 0:946±0:020 (0:992±0:021) for the Huber+Mueller (ILL+Vogel) model. A 2.9σ deviation was found in the measured IBD positron energy spectrum compared to the predictions. In particular, an excess of events in the region of 4-6 MeV was found in the measured spectrum, with a local signi cance of 4.4σ. A reactor antineutrino spectrum weighted by the IBD cross section is extracted for model-independent predictions.

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