Measurement of theta(13) in Double Chooz using neutron captures on hydrogen with novel background rejection techniques

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dc.contributor.authorAbe, Y.en
dc.contributor.authorAppel, S.en
dc.contributor.authorAbrahao, T.en
dc.contributor.authorAlmazan, H.en
dc.contributor.authorAlt, C.en
dc.contributor.authordos Anjos, J. C.en
dc.contributor.authorBarriere, J. C.en
dc.contributor.authorBaussan, E.en
dc.contributor.authorBekman, I.en
dc.contributor.authorBergevin, M.en
dc.contributor.authorBezerra, T. J. C.en
dc.contributor.authorBezrukhov, Leonid B.en
dc.contributor.authorBlucher, E.en
dc.contributor.authorBrugiere, T.en
dc.contributor.authorBuck, C.en
dc.contributor.authorBusenitz, J.en
dc.contributor.authorCabrera, A.en
dc.contributor.authorCamilleri, Leslieen
dc.contributor.authorCarr, Rachel E.en
dc.contributor.authorCerrada, M.en
dc.contributor.authorChauveau, E.en
dc.contributor.authorChimenti, P.en
dc.contributor.authorCollin, A. P.en
dc.contributor.authorConrad, Janet M.en
dc.contributor.authorCrespo-Anadon, J. I.en
dc.contributor.authorCrum, K.en
dc.contributor.authorCucoanes, A. S.en
dc.contributor.authorDamon, E.en
dc.contributor.authorDawson, J. V.en
dc.contributor.authorDhooghe, J.en
dc.contributor.authorDietrich, D.en
dc.contributor.authorDjurcic, Zelimiren
dc.contributor.authorDracos, M.en
dc.contributor.authorEtenko, A.en
dc.contributor.authorFallot, M.en
dc.contributor.authorvon Feilitzsch, F.en
dc.contributor.authorFelde, J.en
dc.contributor.authorFernandes, S. M.en
dc.contributor.authorFischer, V.en
dc.contributor.authorFranco, D.en
dc.contributor.authorFranke, M.en
dc.contributor.authorFuruta, H.en
dc.contributor.authorGil-Botella, I.en
dc.contributor.authorGiot, L.en
dc.contributor.authorGoger-Neff, M.en
dc.contributor.authorGomez, H.en
dc.contributor.authorGonzalez, L. F. G.en
dc.contributor.authorGoodenough, L.en
dc.contributor.authorGoodman, M. C.en
dc.contributor.authorHaag, N.en
dc.contributor.authorHara, T.en
dc.contributor.authorHaser, J.en
dc.contributor.authorHellwig, D.en
dc.contributor.authorHofmann, M.en
dc.contributor.authorHorton-Smith, Glenn A.en
dc.contributor.authorHourlier, A.en
dc.contributor.authorIshitsuka, M.en
dc.contributor.authorJochum, J.en
dc.contributor.authorJollet, C.en
dc.contributor.authorKaether, F.en
dc.contributor.authorKalousis, L. N.en
dc.contributor.authorKamyshkov, Y.en
dc.contributor.authorKaneda, M.en
dc.contributor.authorKaplan, D. M.en
dc.contributor.authorKawasaki, T.en
dc.contributor.authorKemp, E.en
dc.contributor.authorde Kerret, H.en
dc.contributor.authorKryn, D.en
dc.contributor.authorKuze, M.en
dc.contributor.authorLachenmaier, Tobiasen
dc.contributor.authorLane, C. E.en
dc.contributor.authorLasserre, T.en
dc.contributor.authorLetourneau, A.en
dc.contributor.authorLhuillier, D.en
dc.contributor.authorLima, H. P.en
dc.contributor.authorLindner, M.en
dc.contributor.authorLopez-Castano, J. M.en
dc.contributor.authorLoSecco, J. M.en
dc.contributor.authorLubsandorzhiev, B. K.en
dc.contributor.authorLucht, S.en
dc.contributor.authorMaeda, J.en
dc.contributor.authorMariani, Camilloen
dc.contributor.authorMaricic, Jelenaen
dc.contributor.authorMartino, J.en
dc.contributor.authorMatsubara, T.en
dc.contributor.authorMention, G.en
dc.contributor.authorMeregaglia, A.en
dc.contributor.authorMiletic, T.en
dc.contributor.authorMilincic, R.en
dc.contributor.authorMinotti, A.en
dc.contributor.authorNagasaka, Y.en
dc.contributor.authorNavas-Nicolás, D.en
dc.contributor.authorNovella, P.en
dc.contributor.authorOberauer, L.en
dc.contributor.authorObolensky, M.en
dc.contributor.authorOnillon, A.en
dc.contributor.authorOsborn, A.en
dc.contributor.authorPalomares, C.en
dc.contributor.authorPepe, I. M.en
dc.contributor.authorPerasso, S.en
dc.contributor.authorPorta, A.en
dc.contributor.authorPronost, G.en
dc.contributor.authorReichenbacher, J.en
dc.contributor.authorReinhold, B.en
dc.contributor.authorRoehling, M.en
dc.contributor.authorRoncin, R.en
dc.contributor.authorRybolt, B.en
dc.contributor.authorSakamoto, Y.en
dc.contributor.authorSantorelli, R.en
dc.contributor.authorSchilithz, A. C.en
dc.contributor.authorSchoenert, S.en
dc.contributor.authorSchoppmann, S.en
dc.contributor.authorShaevitz, Marjorie Hansenen
dc.contributor.authorSharankova, R.en
dc.contributor.authorShrestha, D.en
dc.contributor.authorSibille, V.en
dc.contributor.authorSinev, V.en
dc.contributor.authorSkorokhvatov, Mikhail D.en
dc.contributor.authorSmith, E.en
dc.contributor.authorSoiron, M.en
dc.contributor.authorSpitz, Joshuaen
dc.contributor.authorStahl, A.en
dc.contributor.authorStancu, Ionen
dc.contributor.authorStokes, Lee F. F.en
dc.contributor.authorStrait, M.en
dc.contributor.authorSuekane, F.en
dc.contributor.authorSukhotin, S.en
dc.contributor.authorSumiyoshi, T.en
dc.contributor.authorSun, Y.en
dc.contributor.authorSvoboda, R.en
dc.contributor.authorTerao, K.en
dc.contributor.authorTonazzo, A.en
dc.contributor.authorThi, H. H. T.en
dc.contributor.authorValdiviesso, G. A.en
dc.contributor.authorVassilopoulos, N.en
dc.contributor.authorVeyssiere, C.en
dc.contributor.authorVivier, M.en
dc.contributor.authorWagner, S.en
dc.contributor.authorWalsh, N.en
dc.contributor.authorWatanabe, H.en
dc.contributor.authorWiebusch, C.en
dc.contributor.authorWurm, M.en
dc.contributor.authorYang, G.en
dc.contributor.authorYermia, F.en
dc.contributor.authorZimmer, V.en
dc.contributor.departmentPhysicsen
dc.contributor.departmentCenter for Neutrino Physicsen
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-25T18:53:08Zen
dc.date.available2016-08-25T18:53:08Zen
dc.date.issued2016-01-27en
dc.description.abstractThe Double Chooz collaboration presents a measurement of the neutrino mixing angle θ13 using reactor νe observed via the inverse beta decay reaction in which the neutron is captured on hydrogen. This measurement is based on 462.72 live days data, approximately twice as much data as in the previous such analysis, collected with a detector positioned at an average distance of 1050m from two reactor cores. Several novel techniques have been developed to achieve significant reductions of the backgrounds and systematic uncertainties. Accidental coincidences, the dominant background in this analysis, are suppressed by more than an order of magnitude with respect to our previous publication by a multi-variate analysis. These improvements demonstrate the capability of precise measurement of reactor νe without gadolinium loading. Spectral distortions from the νe reactor flux predictions previously reported with the neutron capture on gadolinium events are confirmed in the independent data sample presented here. A value of sin2 2θ13 = 0.095+0.038−0.039(stat+syst) is obtained from a fit to the observed event rate as a function of the reactor power, a method insensitive to the energy spectrum shape. A simultaneous fit of the hydrogen capture events and of the gadolinium capture events yields a measurement of sin2 2θ13 = 0.088 ± 0.033(stat+syst).en
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2016)163en
dc.identifier.issn1029-8479en
dc.identifier.issue1en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/72844en
dc.languageEnglishen
dc.publisherSpringeren
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dc.subjectPhysics, Particles & Fieldsen
dc.subjectPhysicsen
dc.subjectOscillationen
dc.subjectElectroweak interactionen
dc.subjectNeutrino Detectors and Telescopesen
dc.subjectFlavor physicsen
dc.subjectFISSION-PRODUCTSen
dc.subjectSPECTRAen
dc.subjectPU-239en
dc.titleMeasurement of theta(13) in Double Chooz using neutron captures on hydrogen with novel background rejection techniquesen
dc.title.serialJournal of High Energy Physicsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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