Publications (103)
Independent Measurement of Theta13 via Neutron Capture on Hydrogen at Daya Bay
Daya Bay Collaboration, F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin +230
A new measurement of the mixing angle has been obtained at the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment via the detection of inverse beta decays tagged by neutron capture on…
The Neutrino Factory and Beta Beam Experiments and Development
C. Albright, V. Barger, J. Beacom +13
The long-term prospects for fully exploring three-flavor mixing in the neutrino sector depend upon an ongoing and increased investment in the appropriate accelerator R&D. Two new c…
Measurement of Electron Antineutrino Oscillation Amplitude and Frequency via Neutron Capture on Hydrogen at Daya Bay
Daya Bay collaboration, F. P. An, W. D. Bai +197
This Letter reports the first measurement of the oscillation amplitude and frequency of reactor antineutrinos at Daya Bay via neutron capture on hydrogen using 1958 days of data. W…
Charged-current non-standard neutrino interactions at Daya Bay
Daya Bay collaboration, F. P. An, W. D. Bai +197
The full data set of the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment is used to probe the effect of the charged current non-standard interactions (CC-NSI) on neutrino oscillation experime…
A prototype reactor-antineutrino detector based on Li-doped pulse-shaping-discriminating plastic scintillator
O. Benevides Rodrigues, E. P. Bernard, N. S. Bowden +26
An aboveground 60-kg reactor-antineutrino detector prototype, comprised of a 2-dimensional array of 36 Li-doped pulse shape sensitive plastic scintillator bars, is described.…
Joint Determination of Reactor Antineutrino Spectra from U and Pu Fission by Daya Bay and PROSPECT
Daya Bay Collaboration, PROSPECT Collaboration, F. P. An +237
A joint determination of the reactor antineutrino spectra resulting from the fission of U and Pu has been carried out by the Daya Bay and PROSPECT collaborations. T…
Comprehensive Measurement of the Reactor Antineutrino Spectrum and Flux at Daya Bay
F. P. An, W. D. Bai, A. B. Balantekin +196
This Letter reports the precise measurement of reactor antineutrino spectrum and flux based on the full data set of 4.7 million inverse-beta-decay (IBD) candidates collected at Day…
Antineutrino Energy Spectrum Unfolding Based on the Daya Bay Measurement and Its Applications
Daya Bay collaboration, F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin +182
The prediction of reactor antineutrino spectra will play a crucial role as reactor experiments enter the precision era. The positron energy spectrum of 3.5 million antineutrino inv…
Light sterile neutrino sensitivity at the nuSTORM facility
D. Adey, S. K. Agarwalla, C. M. Ankenbrandt +109
A facility that can deliver beams of electron and muon neutrinos from the decay of a stored muon beam has the potential to unambiguously resolve the issue of the evidence for light…
nuSTORM: Neutrinos from STORed Muons
P. Kyberd, D. R. Smith, L. Coney +35
The results of LSND and MiniBooNE, along with the recent papers on a possible reactor neutrino flux anomaly give tantalizing hints of new physics. Models beyond the neutrino-SM hav…
A high precision calibration of the nonlinear energy response at Daya Bay
Daya Bay collaboration, D. Adey, F. P. An +192
A high precision calibration of the nonlinearity in the energy response of the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment's antineutrino detectors is presented in detail. The energy nonl…
A new type of Neutrino Detector for Sterile Neutrino Search at Nuclear Reactors and Nuclear Nonproliferation Applications
C. Lane, S. M. Usman, J. Blackmon +21
We describe a new detector, called NuLat, to study electron anti-neutrinos a few meters from a nuclear reactor, and search for anomalous neutrino oscillations. Such oscillations co…
Freezing and melting of 3D complex plasma structures under microgravity conditions driven by neutral gas pressure manipulation
S. A. Khrapak, B. A. Klumov, P. Huber +10
Freezing and melting of large three-dimensional complex plasmas under microgravity conditions is investigated. The neutral gas pressure is used as a control parameter to trigger th…
Combined potential of future long-baseline and reactor experiments
P. Huber, M. Lindner, M. Rolinec +2
We investigate the determination of neutrino oscillation parameters by experiments within the next ten years. The potential of conventional beam experiments (MINOS, ICARUS, OPERA),…
Applied Antineutrino Physics 2015 -- Conference Summary
N. S. Bowden, K. M. Heeger, P. Huber +2
This is a brief summary of the 11th Applied Antineutrino Physics 2015 workshop held at the Virginia Tech Arlington Research Facility from December 7-8, 2015.
Search for a Light Sterile Neutrino at Daya Bay
F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +230
A search for light sterile neutrino mixing was performed with the first 217 days of data from the Daya Bay Reactor Antineutrino Experiment. The experiment's unique configuration of…
Proceedings of The Magnificent CENS Workshop 2018
D. Aristizabal Sierra, A. B. Balantekin, D. Caratelli +42
The Magnificent CENS Workshop (2018) was held November 2 & 3 of 2018 on the University of Chicago campus and brought together theorists, phenomenologists, and experimentalists…
Density distribution of a dust cloud in three-dimensional complex plasmas
V. N. Naumkin, D. I. Zhukhovitskii, V. I. Molotkov +5
We propose a novel method of determination of the dust particle spatial distribution in dust clouds that form in three-dimensional (3D) complex plasmas under microgravity condition…
Extraction of the U and Pu Antineutrino Spectra at Daya Bay
Daya Bay collaboration, D. Adey, F. P. An +190
This Letter reports the first extraction of individual antineutrino spectra from U and Pu fission and an improved measurement of the prompt energy spectrum of react…
How sensitive is a neutrino factory to the angle ?
P. Huber, T. Schwetz, J. W. F. Valle
We consider the impact of non-standard interactions of neutrinos (NSI) on the determination of neutrino mixing parameters at a neutrino factory using $\pnu{e}\to\pnuμ$ ``golden ch…
Improved Measurement of Electron Antineutrino Disappearance at Daya Bay
Daya Bay Collaboration, F. P. An, Q. An +227
We report an improved measurement of the neutrino mixing angle from the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment. We exclude a zero value for with a signific…
R2D2 - a symmetric measurement of reactor neutrinos free of systematical errors
P. Huber, M. Lindner, T. Schwetz
We discuss a symmetric setup for a reactor neutrino oscillation experiment consisting of two reactors separated by about 1 km, and two symmetrically placed detectors, one close to…
Interim Design Report
R. J. Abrams, S. K. Agarwalla, A. Alekou +133
The International Design Study for the Neutrino Factory (the IDS-NF) was established by the community at the ninth "International Workshop on Neutrino Factories, super-beams, and b…
Impact of nuclear effects on the extraction of neutrino oscillation parameters
P. Coloma, P. Huber
We study the possible impact of nuclear effects and final state interactions on the determination of the oscillation parameters due to mis-reconstruction of non-quasi-elastic event…
T violation in neutrino oscillations in matter
E. Kh. Akhmedov, P. Huber, M. Lindner +1
We consider the interplay of fundamental and matter-induced T violation effects in neutrino oscillations in matter. After discussing the general features of these effects we derive…
Letter of Intent for Double-CHOOZ: a Search for the Mixing Angle Theta13
F. Ardellier, I. Barabanov, J. C. Barriere +49
Tremendous progress has been achieved in neutrino oscillation physics during the last few years. However, the smallness of the $\t13$ neutrino mixing angle still remains enigmatic.…
Search For Electron-Antineutrinos Associated With Gravitational-Wave Events GW150914, GW151012, GW151226, GW170104, GW170608, GW170814, and GW170817 at Daya Bay
F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +181
Providing a possible connection between neutrino emission and gravitational-wave (GW) bursts is important to our understanding of the physical processes that occur when black holes…
Future neutrino oscillation facilities
A. Blondel, A. Cervera-Villanueva, A. Donini +3
The recent discovery that neutrinos have masses opens a wide new field of experimentation. Accelerator-made neutrinos are essential in this program. Ideas for future facilities inc…
Observation of electron-antineutrino disappearance at Daya Bay
F. P. An, J. Z. Bai, A. B. Balantekin +264
The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment has measured a non-zero value for the neutrino mixing angle with a significance of 5.2 standard deviations. Antineutrinos from si…
A new measurement of antineutrino oscillation with the full detector configuration at Daya Bay
Daya Bay Collaboration, F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin +214
We report a new measurement of electron antineutrino disappearance using the fully-constructed Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment. The final two of eight antineutrino detectors w…
Spectral measurement of electron antineutrino oscillation amplitude and frequency at Daya Bay
Daya Bay Collaboration, F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin +235
A measurement of the energy dependence of antineutrino disappearance at the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment is reported. Electron antineutrinos () from six $2…
A Comparison of the Physics Potential of Future Long Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiments
K. Dick, M. Freund, P. Huber +1
We compare the generic physics potential of various combinations of conventional Wide Band or Neutrino Factory Beams with different detectors to determine several oscillation param…
Realization of a quantum perceptron gate with trapped ions
P. Huber, J. Haber, P. Barthel +3
We report the implementation of a perceptron quantum gate in an ion-trap quantum computer. In this scheme, a perceptron's target qubit changes its state depending on the interactio…
Reactor Neutrino Experiments Compared to Superbeams
P. Huber, M. Lindner, T. Schwetz +1
We present a detailed quantitative discussion of the measurement of the leptonic mixing angle with a future reactor neutrino oscillation experiment consisting of…
EUROnu-WP6 2010 Report
S. K. Agarwalla, E. Akhmedov, M. Blennow +28
This is a summary of the work done by the Working Package 6 (Physics) of the EU project "EUROnu" during the second year of activity of the project.
Proposal for an Experimental Program in Neutrino Physics and Proton Decay in the Homestake Laboratory
M. Diwan, S. Kettell, L. Littenberg +20
This report is intended to describe first, the principal physics reasons for an ambitious experimental program in neutrino physics and proton decay based on construction of a serie…
The EUROnu Project
T. R. Edgecock, O. Caretta, T. Davenne +168
The EUROnu project has studied three possible options for future, high intensity neutrino oscillation facilities in Europe. The first is a Super Beam, in which the neutrinos come f…
Improved Measurement of the Reactor Antineutrino Flux and Spectrum at Daya Bay
F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +217
A new measurement of the reactor antineutrino flux and energy spectrum by the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment is reported. The antineutrinos were generated by six 2.9~GW$_{\ma…
Dynamic mechanical analysis of supercooled water in nanoporous confinement
V. Soprunyuk, W. Schranz, P. Huber
Dynamical mechanical analysis (DMA)(f=0.2 - 100 Hz) is used to study the dynamics of confined water in mesoporous Gelsil (2.6 nm and 5 nm pores) and Vycor (10 nm) in the temperatur…
Fluid-solid phase transitions in 3D complex plasmas under microgravity conditions
S. A. Khrapak, B. A. Klumov, P. Huber +11
Phase behavior of large three-dimensional complex plasma systems under microgravity conditions onboard the International Space Station is investigated. The neutral gas pressure is…
Neutrino monitoring of explosions for excluding fission yield
O. Benevides Rodrigues, N. S. Bowden, R. Carr +18
Nuclear fission produces neutrinos, so the absence of a neutrino signal can be used to set a limit on the fission content of an explosion. This capability could be employed on form…
Light Sterile Neutrinos: A White Paper
K. N. Abazajian, M. A. Acero, S. K. Agarwalla +184
This white paper addresses the hypothesis of light sterile neutrinos based on recent anomalies observed in neutrino experiments and the latest astrophysical data.
Systematic Exploration of the Neutrino Factory Parameter Space including Errors and Correlations
M. Freund, P. Huber, M. Lindner
We discuss in a systematic way the extraction of neutrino masses, mixing angles and leptonic CP violation at neutrino factories. Compared to previous studies we put a special empha…
Towards the European strategy for particle physics: the Briefing Book
T. Akesson, R. Aleksan, B. Allanach +29
This document was prepared as part of the briefing material for the Workshop of the CERN Council Strategy Group, held in DESY Zeuthen from 2nd to 6th May 2006. It gives an overview…
United States Muon Collider Community White Paper for the European Strategy for Particle Physics Update
A. Abdelhamid, D. Acosta, P. Affleck +301
This document is being submitted to the 2024-2026 European Strategy for Particle Physics Update (ESPPU) process on behalf of the US Muon Collider community, with its preparation co…
Search for a time-varying electron antineutrino signal at Daya Bay
Daya Bay Collaboration, D. Adey, F. P. An +196
A search for a time-varying signal was performed with 621 days of data acquired by the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment over 704 calendar days. The time spectrum o…
Molecular ordering of nematic liquid crystals in tubular nanopores: Tailoring of optical anisotropy at the nanoscale by polymer pore-surface grafting
A. V. Kityk, P. Huber, K. Sentker +7
The optical polarimetry technique is used to explore molecular ordering of nematic liquid crystals 5FPFFPP3 embedded in parallel cylindrical channels of alumina membranes with pore…
Precision measurement of reactor antineutrino oscillation at kilometer-scale baselines by Daya Bay
Daya Bay collaboration, F. P. An, W. D. Bai +197
We present a new determination of the smallest neutrino mixing angle and the mass-squared difference using a final sample of inv…
Interaction of a supersonic particle with a three-dimensional complex plasma
E. Zaehringer, M. Schwabe, S. Zhdanov +5
The influence of a supersonic projectile on a three-dimensional complex plasma is studied. Micron sized particles in a low-temperature plasma formed a large undisturbed system in t…
nuSTORM - Neutrinos from STORed Muons: Proposal to the Fermilab PAC
D. Adey, S. K. Agarwalla, C. M. Ankenbrandt +110
The nuSTORM facility has been designed to deliver beams of electron neutrinos and muon neutrinos (and their anti-particles) from the decay of a stored muon beam with a central mome…
Limits on Active to Sterile Neutrino Oscillations from Disappearance Searches in the MINOS, Daya Bay, and Bugey-3 Experiments
Daya Bay, MINOS Collaborations, : +329
Searches for a light sterile neutrino have been performed independently by the MINOS and the Daya Bay experiments using the muon (anti)neutrino and electron antineutrino disappeara…
Simulation of long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments with GLoBES
P. Huber, M. Lindner, W. Winter
We present the GLoBES (``General Long Baseline Experiment Simulator'') software package, which allows the simulation of long-baseline and reactor neutrino oscillation experiments.…
First measurement of high-energy reactor antineutrinos at Daya Bay
Daya Bay collaboration, F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin +182
This Letter reports the first measurement of high-energy reactor antineutrinos at Daya Bay, with nearly 9000 inverse beta decay candidates in the prompt energy region of 8-12~MeV o…
Non-Standard Interactions: Atmospheric versus Neutrino Factory Experiments
P. Huber, J. W. F. Valle
We consider the potential of a generic neutrino factory (NUFACT) in probing non-standard neutrino-matter interactions (NSI). We find that the sensitivity to flavour-changing (FC) N…
Precision physics with a wide band super neutrino beam
V. Barger, M. Dierckxsens, M. Diwan +4
We carry out a state-of-the-art assessment of long baseline neutrino oscillation experiments with wide band beams. We describe the feasibility of an experimental program using exis…
Optimization of the JUNO liquid scintillator composition using a Daya Bay antineutrino detector
Daya Bay, JUNO collaborations, : +646
To maximize the light yield of the liquid scintillator (LS) for the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), a 20 t LS sample was produced in a pilot plant at Daya Bay. Th…
Optimization of a neutrino factory oscillation experiment
P. Huber, M. Lindner, M. Rolinec +1
We discuss the optimization of a neutrino factory experiment for neutrino oscillation physics in terms of muon energy, baselines, and oscillation channels (gold, silver, platinum).…
Mesoporous alumina- and silica-based crystalline nanocomposites with tailored anisotropy: methodology, structure and properties
A. V. Kityk, A. Andrushchak, Ya. Shchur +10
We present several recently synthesized nanocomposites consisting of liquid crystals as well as an organic molecular crystal embedded into the nanochannels of mesoporous alumina an…
Synergies between the first-generation JHF-SK and NuMI superbeam experiments
P. Huber, M. Lindner, W. Winter
We discuss synergies in the combination of the first-generation JHF to Super-Kamiokande and NuMI off-axis superbeam experiments. With synergies we mean effects which go beyond simp…
Physics and optimization of beta-beams: From low to very high gamma
P. Huber, M. Lindner, M. Rolinec +1
The physics potential of beta beams is investigated from low to very high gamma values and it is compared to superbeams and neutrino factories. The gamma factor and the baseline ar…
Neutrino Scattering: Connections Across Theory and Experiment
L. Alvarez-Ruso, A. M. Ankowski, A. Ashkenazi +31
In this document drafted by the Neutrino Scattering Theory Experiment Collaboration (NuSTEC), we provide input on the synergies between theoretical and experimental efforts that ca…
Resolving parameter degeneracies in long-baseline experiments by atmospheric neutrino data
P. Huber, M. Maltoni, T. Schwetz
In this work we show that the physics reach of a long-baseline (LBL) neutrino oscillation experiment based on a superbeam and a megaton water Cherenkov detector can be significantl…
Search for a sub-eV sterile neutrino using Daya Bay's full dataset
F. P. An, W. D. Bai, A. B. Balantekin +196
This Letter presents results of a search for the mixing of a sub-eV sterile neutrino with three active neutrinos based on the full data sample of the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Expe…
First measurement of the yield of He isotopes produced in liquid scintillator by cosmic-ray muons at Daya Bay
Daya Bay Collaboration, F. P. An, W. D. Bai +197
Daya Bay presents the first measurement of cosmogenic He isotope production in liquid scintillator, using an innovative method for identifying cascade decays of He and its…
The 2010 Interim Report of the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment Collaboration Physics Working Groups
The LBNE Collaboration, T. Akiri, D. Allspach +329
In early 2010, the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) science collaboration initiated a study to investigate the physics potential of the experiment with a broad set of diffe…
The NuMAX Long Baseline Neutrino Factory Concept
J-P. Delahaye, C. M. Ankenbrandt, S. A. Bogacz +6
A Neutrino Factory where neutrinos of all species are produced in equal quantities by muon decay is described as a facility at the intensity frontier for exquisite precision provid…
EURONU WP6 2009 yearly report: Update of the physics potential of Nufact, superbeams and betabeams
J. Bernabeu, M. Blennow, P. Coloma +12
Many studies in the last ten years have shown that we can measure the unknown angle theta13, discover leptonic CP violation and determine the neutrino hierarchy in more precise neu…
Measurement of electron antineutrino oscillation based on 1230 days of operation of the Daya Bay experiment
Daya Bay Collaboration, F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin +218
A measurement of electron antineutrino oscillation by the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment is described in detail. Six 2.9-GW nuclear power reactors of the Daya Bay…
Response to Comment on Daya Bay's definition and use of Delta(m^2_ee)
The Day Bay Collaboration, D. Adey, F. P. An +190
The Daya Bay Collaboration responds to comments posted by S. Parke and R. Zukanovich Funchal regarding our use of Delta(m^2_ee).
Confusing non-standard neutrino interactions with oscillations at a neutrino factory
P. Huber, T. Schwetz, J. W. F. Valle
Most neutrino mass theories contain non-standard interactions (NSI) of neutrinos which can be either non-universal (NU) or flavor-changing (FC). We study the impact of such interac…
Theory of a cavity around a large floating sphere in complex (dusty) plasma
S. Khrapak, P. Huber, H. Thomas +2
In the last experiment with the PK-3 Plus laboratory onboard the International Space Station, interactions of millimeter-size metallic spheres with a complex plasma were studied~[M…
Measurement of electron antineutrino oscillation with 1958 days of operation at Daya Bay
Daya Bay Collaboration, D. Adey, F. P. An +199
We report a measurement of electron antineutrino oscillation from the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment with nearly 4 million reactor inverse beta decay candid…
Which long-baseline neutrino experiments are preferable?
V. Barger, P. Huber, D. Marfatia +1
We discuss the physics of superbeam upgrades, where we focus on T2KK, a NuMI beam line based experiment NOvA*, and a wide band beam (WBB) experiment independent of the NuMI beam li…
A side-by-side comparison of Daya Bay antineutrino detectors
Daya Bay Collaboration, F. P. An, Q. An +237
The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment is designed to determine precisely the neutrino mixing angle with a sensitivity better than 0.01 in the parameter sin…
Improved Measurement of the Reactor Antineutrino Flux at Daya Bay
Daya Bay Collaboration, D. Adey, F. P. An +197
This work reports a precise measurement of the reactor antineutrino flux using 2.2 million inverse beta decay (IBD) events collected with the Daya Bay near detectors in 1230 days.…
Evolution of the Reactor Antineutrino Flux and Spectrum at Daya Bay
F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +200
The Daya Bay experiment has observed correlations between reactor core fuel evolution and changes in the reactor antineutrino flux and energy spectrum. Four antineutrino detectors…
Neutrinos
A. de Gouvea, K. Pitts, K. Scholberg +164
This document represents the response of the Intensity Frontier Neutrino Working Group to the Snowmass charge. We summarize the current status of neutrino physics and identify many…
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…
Fundamental Physics at the Intensity Frontier
J. L. Hewett, H. Weerts, R. Brock +465
The Proceedings of the 2011 workshop on Fundamental Physics at the Intensity Frontier. Science opportunities at the intensity frontier are identified and described in the areas of…
Masses and Mixings from Neutrino Beams pointing to Neutrino Telescopes
K. Dick, M. Freund, P. Huber +1
We discuss the potential to determine leading oscillation parameters, the value and the sign of Îm^2_{31}, as well as the magnitude of \sin^2 2θ_{13} using a conventional wide ba…
NuSTEC White Paper: Status and Challenges of Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering
L. Alvarez-Ruso, M. Sajjad Athar, M. B. Barbaro +22
The precise measurement of neutrino properties is among the highest priorities in fundamental particle physics, involving many experiments worldwide. Since the experiments rely on…
Pulsed Complex Plasma in Microgravity
C. A. Knapek, D. P. Mohr, P. Huber
A new experimental method for creating void-free complex (``dusty'') plasmas under microgravity conditions is presented. The method is based on a pulsed operation mode of a four-ch…
Study of the wave packet treatment of neutrino oscillation at Daya Bay
F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +215
The disappearance of reactor observed by the Daya Bay experiment is examined in the framework of a model in which the neutrino is described by a wave packet with a relat…
The Intermediate Neutrino Program
C. Adams, J. R. Alonso, A. M. Ankowski +186
The US neutrino community gathered at the Workshop on the Intermediate Neutrino Program (WINP) at Brookhaven National Laboratory February 4-6, 2015 to explore opportunities in neut…
Seasonal Variation of the Underground Cosmic Muon Flux Observed at Daya Bay
F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +199
The Daya Bay Experiment consists of eight identically designed detectors located in three underground experimental halls named as EH1, EH2, EH3, with 250, 265 and 860 meters of wat…
Neutrinos from Stored Muons nuSTORM: Expression of Interest
D. Adey, S. K. Agarwalla, C. M. Ankenbrandt +106
The nuSTORM facility has been designed to deliver beams of electron and muon neutrinos from the decay of a stored muon beam with a central momentum of 3.8 GeV/c and a momentum spre…
Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering: Terrestrial and astrophysical applications
M. Abdullah, H. Abele, D. Akimov +272
Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CENS) is a process in which neutrinos scatter on a nucleus which acts as a single particle. Though the total cross section is larg…
KH2PO4 + Host Matrix (Alumina / SiO) Nanocomposite: Raman Scattering Insight
Ya. Shchur, A. S. Andrushchak, V. V. Strelchuk +6
We report on the synthesis and Raman scattering characterization of composite materials based on the hostnanoporous matrices filled with nanostructured KH2PO4 (KDP) crystal. Silica…
Phase transitions and molecular dynamics of n-hexadecanol confined in silicon nanochannels
R. Berwanger, A. Henschel, K. Knorr +2
We present a combined x-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy study on the phase behavior and molecular dynamics of n-hexadecanol in its bulk state and confined in an array of…
New measurement of via neutron capture on hydrogen at Daya Bay
Daya Bay Collaboration, F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin +223
This article reports an improved independent measurement of neutrino mixing angle at the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment. Electron antineutrinos were identified by i…
Improved Constraints on Sterile Neutrino Mixing from Disappearance Searches in the MINOS, MINOS+, Daya Bay, and Bugey-3 Experiments
Daya Bay, MINOS+ Collaborations, : +263
Searches for electron antineutrino, muon neutrino, and muon antineutrino disappearance driven by sterile neutrino mixing have been carried out by the Daya Bay and MINOS+ collaborat…
Neutrino Mixing Sum Rules and Oscillation Experiments
S. Antusch, P. Huber, S. F. King +1
The neutrino mixing sum rule provides a possibility to explore the structure of the neutrino mass matrix in the presence of charged l…
High Energy Physics Opportunities Using Reactor Antineutrinos
O. A. Akindele, J. M. Berryman, N. S. Bowden +14
Nuclear reactors are uniquely powerful, abundant, and flavor-pure sources of antineutrinos that continue to play a vital role in the US neutrino physics program. The US reactor ant…
Physics at a Fermilab Proton Driver
M. G. Albrow, S. Antusch, K. S. Babu +45
This report documents the physics case for building a 2 MW, 8 GeV superconducting linac proton driver at Fermilab.
The Detector System of The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment
F. P. An, J. Z. Bai, A. B. Balantekin +330
The Daya Bay experiment was the first to report simultaneous measurements of reactor antineutrinos at multiple baselines leading to the discovery of oscillations over km…
Extracting Matter Effects, Masses and Mixings at a Neutrino Factory
M. Freund, P. Huber, M. Lindner
We discuss and quantify different possibilities to determine matter effects, the value and the sign of , as well as the magnitude of in very long…
Cosmogenic neutron production at Daya Bay
Daya Bay Collaboration, F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin +197
Neutrons produced by cosmic ray muons are an important background for underground experiments studying neutrino oscillations, neutrinoless double beta decay, dark matter, and other…
From Double Chooz to Triple Chooz - Neutrino Physics at the Chooz Reactor Complex
P. Huber, J. Kopp, M. Lindner +2
We discuss the potential of the proposed Double Chooz reactor experiment to measure the neutrino mixing angle . We especially consider systematical uncertainties a…
Improved Search for a Light Sterile Neutrino with the Full Configuration of the Daya Bay Experiment
The Daya Bay collaboration, F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin +218
This Letter reports an improved search for light sterile neutrino mixing in the electron antineutrino disappearance channel with the full configuration of the Daya Bay Reactor Neut…
Measurement of the Reactor Antineutrino Flux and Spectrum at Daya Bay
Daya Bay Collaboration, F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin +220
This Letter reports a measurement of the flux and energy spectrum of electron antineutrinos from six 2.9~GW nuclear reactors with six detectors deployed in two near (effecti…