Future searches for light sterile neutrinos at nuclear reactors

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dc.contributor.authorBerryman, Jeffrey M.en
dc.contributor.authorDelgadillo, Luis A.en
dc.contributor.authorHuber, Patricken
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-02T13:08:37Zen
dc.date.available2022-08-02T13:08:37Zen
dc.date.issued2022-02-02en
dc.description.abstractWe study the optimization of a green-field, two-baseline reactor experiment with respect to the sensitivity for electron antineutrino disappearance in search of a light sterile neutrino. We consider both commercial and research reactors and identify as key factors the distance of closest approach and detector energy resolution. We find that a total of 5 tons of detectors deployed at a commercial reactor with a closest approach of 25 m can probe the mixing angle sin(2) 2 theta down to similar to 5 x 10(-3) around Delta m(2) similar to 1 eV(2). The same detector mass deployed at a research reactor can be sensitive up to Delta m(2) similar to 20-30 eV(2) assuming a closest approach of 3 m and excellent energy resolution, such as that projected for the Taishan Antineutrino Observatory. We also find that lithium doping of the reactor could be effective in increasing the sensitivity for higher Delta m(2) values.en
dc.description.notesThe work of J. M. B. is supported by NSF Grant No. PHY-1630782 and by Heising-Simons Foundation Grant No. 2017-228. The work of L. D. and P. H. is supported by DOE Office of Science Grant No. DESC00018327. P. H. would like to acknowledge useful discussions with A. Conant. We thank the anonymous referee for bringing the existence of Refs. [64,65,82] to our attention.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNSF [PHY-1630782]; Heising-Simons Foundation [2017-228]; DOE Office of Science [DESC00018327]en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.105.035002en
dc.identifier.eissn2470-0029en
dc.identifier.issn2470-0010en
dc.identifier.issue3en
dc.identifier.other35002en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/111417en
dc.identifier.volume105en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Societyen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectNeutrinosen
dc.subjectNuclear reactorsen
dc.titleFuture searches for light sterile neutrinos at nuclear reactorsen
dc.title.serialPhysical Review Den
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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