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Publications (12)

nucl-ex2019

Measurement of the Antineutrino Spectrum from U Fission at HFIR with PROSPECT

PROSPECT Collaboration, J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin +67

This Letter reports the first measurement of the U energy spectrum by PROSPECT, the Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum experiment, operating 7.9…

physics.ins-det2015

Background Radiation Measurements at High Power Research Reactors

J. Ashenfelter, B. Balantekin, C. X. Baldenegro +58

Research reactors host a wide range of activities that make use of the intense neutron fluxes generated at these facilities. Recent interest in performing measurements with relativ…

physics.ins-det2019

The Radioactive Source Calibration System of the PROSPECT Reactor Antineutrino Detector

PROSPECT Collaboration, J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin +62

The Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum (PROSPECT) Experiment is a reactor neutrino experiment designed to search for sterile neutrinos with a mass on the order of 1 eV/c$^2…

physics.ins-det2019

The PROSPECT Reactor Antineutrino Experiment

PROSPECT Collaboration, J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin +86

The Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment, PROSPECT, is designed to make both a precise measurement of the antineutrino spectrum from a highly-enriched uranium reac…

physics.ins-det2019

Lithium-loaded Liquid Scintillator Production for the PROSPECT experiment

PROSPECT Collaboration, J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin +67

This work reports the production and characterization of lithium-loaded liquid scintillator (LiLS) for the Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment (PROSPECT). Fifty-n…

hep-ex2018

First search for short-baseline neutrino oscillations at HFIR with PROSPECT

J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin, C. Baldenegro +85

This Letter reports the first scientific results from the observation of antineutrinos emitted by fission products of U at the High Flux Isotope Reactor. PROSPECT, the Prec…

hep-ex2013

Coherent Scattering Investigations at the Spallation Neutron Source: a Snowmass White Paper

D. Akimov, A. Bernstein, P. Barbeau +54

The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, provides an intense flux of neutrinos in the few tens-of-MeV range, with a sharply-pulsed timing st…

physics.ins-det2019

A Low Mass Optical Grid for the PROSPECT Reactor Antineutrino Detector

PROSPECT Collaboration, J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin +67

PROSPECT, the Precision Reactor Oscillation and SPECTrum experiment, is a short-baseline reactor antineutrino experiment designed to provide precision measurements of the U…

physics.ins-det2015

The PROSPECT Physics Program

J. Ashenfelter, B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +61

The Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment, PROSPECT, is designed to make a precise measurement of the antineutrino spectrum from a highly-enriched uranium reactor a…

physics.ins-det2016

The COHERENT Experiment at the Spallation Neutron Source

COHERENT Collaboration, D. Akimov, P. An +64

The COHERENT collaboration's primary objective is to measure coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) using the unique, high-quality source of tens-of-MeV neutrinos pro…

physics.ins-det2015

PROSPECT - A Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment at Short Baselines

J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +63

Current models of antineutrino production in nuclear reactors predict detection rates and spectra at odds with the existing body of direct reactor antineutrino measurements. High-r…

physics.ins-det2015

Light Collection and Pulse-Shape Discrimination in Elongated Scintillator Cells for the PROSPECT Reactor Antineutrino Experiment

J. Ashenfelter, B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +63

A meter-long, 23-liter EJ-309 liquid scintillator detector has been constructed to study the light collection and pulse-shape discrimination performance of elongated scintillator c…