Publications (77)
First direct constraints on Fierz interference in free neutron decay
K. P. Hickerson, X. Sun, Y. Bagdasarova +40
Precision measurements of free neutron -decay have been used to precisely constrain our understanding of the weak interaction. However the neutron Fierz interference term …
First Measurement of θ_13 from Delayed Neutron Capture on Hydrogen in the Double Chooz Experiment
Double Chooz Collaboration, Y. Abe, C. Aberle +169
The Double Chooz experiment has determined the value of the neutrino oscillation parameter from an analysis of inverse beta decay interactions with neutron capture on hyd…
A New Cryogenic Apparatus to Search for the Neutron Electric Dipole Moment
M. W. Ahmed, R. Alarcon, A. Aleksandrova +91
A cryogenic apparatus is described that enables a new experiment, nEDM@SNS, with a major improvement in sensitivity compared to the existing limit in the search for a neutron Elect…
Ortho-positronium observation in the Double Chooz Experiment
Y. Abe, J. C. dos Anjos, J. C. Barriere +143
The Double Chooz experiment measures the neutrino mixing angle by detecting reactor via inverse beta decay. The positron-neutron space and time coincidence all…
Assembly and Installation of the Daya Bay Antineutrino Detectors
H. R. Band, R. L. Brown, R. Carr +66
The Daya Bay reactor antineutrino experiment is designed to make a precision measurement of the neutrino mixing angle theta13, and recently made the definitive discovery of its non…
Measurement of the vector analyzing power in elastic electron-proton scattering as a probe of double photon exchange amplitudes
S. P. Wells, T. Averett, D. Barkhuff +34
We report the first measurement of the vector analyzing power in inclusive transversely polarized elastic electron-proton scattering at Q^2 = 0.1 (GeV/c)^2 and large scattering ang…
Expression of Interest for a Novel Search for CP Violation in the Neutrino Sector: DAEdALUS
J. Alonso, F. T. Avignone, W. A. Barletta +42
DAEdALUS, a Decay-At-rest Experiment for delta_CP studies At the Laboratory for Underground Science, provides a new approach to the search for CP violation in the neutrino sector.…
The Solar Orbiter Science Activity Plan: translating solar and heliospheric physics questions into action
I. Zouganelis, A. De Groof, A. P. Walsh +182
Solar Orbiter is the first space mission observing the solar plasma both in situ and remotely, from a close distance, in and out of the ecliptic. The ultimate goal is to understand…
First Test of Lorentz Violation with a Reactor-based Antineutrino Experiment
Double Chooz Collaboration, Y. Abe, C. Aberle +164
We present a search for Lorentz violation with 8249 candidate electron antineutrino events taken by the Double Chooz experiment in 227.9 live days of running. This analysis, featur…
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…
Measurement of in Double Chooz using neutron captures on hydrogen with novel background rejection techniques
Y. Abe, S. Appel, T. Abrahão +142
The Double Chooz collaboration presents a measurement of the neutrino mixing angle using reactor observed via the inverse beta decay reaction in which t…
Background-independent measurement of in Double Chooz
Y. Abe, J. C. dos Anjos, J. C. Barriere +143
The oscillation results published by the Double Chooz collaboration in 2011 and 2012 rely on background models substantiated by reactor-on data. In this analysis, we present a back…
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…
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…
Final Measurement of the U235 Antineutrino Energy Spectrum with the PROSPECT-I Detector at HFIR
M. Adriamirado, A. B. Balantekin, C. D. Bass +61
This Letter reports one of the most precise measurements to date of the antineutrino spectrum from a purely U235-fueled reactor, made with the final dataset from the PROSPECT-I det…
Ionization Electron Signal Processing in Single Phase LArTPCs II. Data/Simulation Comparison and Performance in MicroBooNE
MicroBooNE collaboration, C. Adams, R. An +168
The single-phase liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) provides a large amount of detailed information in the form of fine-grained drifted ionization charge from particle t…
Final Search for Short-Baseline Neutrino Oscillations with the PROSPECT-I Detector at HFIR
M. Andriamirado, B. Balantekin, C. D. Bass +44
The PROSPECT experiment is designed to perform precise searches for antineutrino disappearance at short distances (7 - 9~m) from compact nuclear reactor cores. This Letter reports…
Reactor Antineutrino Directionality Measurement with the PROSPECT-I Detector
M. Andriamirado, B. Balantekin, C. D. Bass +46
The PROSPECT-I detector has several features that enable measurement of the direction of a compact neutrino source. In this paper, a detailed report on the directional measurements…
The Cryogenic Target for the G Experiment at Jefferson Lab
S. D. Covrig, E. J. Beise, R. Carr +9
A cryogenic horizontal single loop target has been designed, built, tested and operated for the G experiment in Hall C at Jefferson Lab. The target cell is 20 cm long, the loop…
Reconstruction and Measurement of (100) MeV Energy Electromagnetic Activity from Decays in the MicroBooNE LArTPC
MicroBooNE collaboration, C. Adams, M. Alrashed +186
We present results on the reconstruction of electromagnetic (EM) activity from photons produced in charged current interactions with final state s. We employ a fully-…
Cosmic-muon characterization and annual modulation measurement with Double Chooz detectors
T. Abrahão, H. Almazan, J. C. dos Anjos +107
A study on cosmic muons has been performed for the two identical near and far neutrino detectors of the Double Chooz experiment, placed at 120 and 300 m.w.e. undergroun…
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…
The GAPS Experiment to Search for Dark Matter using Low-energy Antimatter
R. A. Ong, T. Aramaki, R. Bird +26
The GAPS experiment is designed to carry out a sensitive dark matter search by measuring low-energy cosmic ray antideuterons and antiprotons. GAPS will provide a new avenue to acce…
First Measurement of Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged Current Differential Cross Sections on Argon at GeV with the MicroBooNE Detector
P. Abratenko, C. Adams, M. Alrashed +178
We report the first measurement of the double-differential and total muon neutrino charged current inclusive cross sections on argon at a mean neutrino energy of 0.8 GeV. Data were…
Reactor electron antineutrino disappearance in the Double Chooz experiment
Y. Abe, C. Aberle, J. C. dos Anjos +162
The Double Chooz experiment has observed 8,249 candidate electron antineutrino events in 227.93 live days with 33.71 GW-ton-years (reactor power x detector mass x livetime) exposur…
PROSPECT-II Physics Opportunities
M. Andriamirado, A. B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +59
The Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment, PROSPECT, has made world-leading measurements of reactor antineutrinos at short baselines. In its first phase, conducted…
A Method to Determine the Electric Field of Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers Using a UV Laser System and its Application in MicroBooNE
MicroBooNE collaboration, C. Adams, M. Alrashed +187
Liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) are now a standard detector technology for making accelerator neutrino measurements, due to their high material density, precise tra…
Neutron Calibration Sources in the Daya Bay Experiment
J. Liu, R. Carr, D. A. Dwyer +7
We describe the design and construction of the low rate neutron calibration sources used in the Daya Bay Reactor Anti-neutrino Experiment. Such sources are free of correlated gamma…
Cryogenic magnetic coil and superconducting magnetic shield for neutron electric dipole moment searches
S. Slutsky, C. M. Swank, A. Biswas +10
A magnetic coil operated at cryogenic temperatures is used to produce spatial, relative field gradients below 6 ppm/cm, stable for several hours. The apparatus is a prototype of th…
Probing Long-Lived Particle Production in Muon Decays at the SNS with a Highly Capable Hydrocarbon Detector
M. Andriamirado, A. B. Balantekin, C. D. Bass +43
The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a prolific muon producer, making it an ideal location for studying dark sector particles produced in…
Dark Matter Search in Nucleon, Pion, and Electron Channels from a Proton Beam Dump with MiniBooNE
DM Collaboration, A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo, M. Backfish +42
A search for sub-GeV dark matter produced from collisions of the Fermilab 8 GeV Booster protons with a steel beam dump was performed by the MiniBooNE-DM Collaboration using data fr…
Determination of the Axial-Vector Weak Coupling Constant with Ultracold Neutrons
UCNA Collaboration, J. Liu, M. P. Mendenhall +37
A precise measurement of the neutron decay -asymmetry has been carried out using polarized ultracold neutrons (UCN) from the pulsed spallation UCN source at the Los Alamo…
Improved measurements of the neutrino mixing angle with the Double Chooz detector
Y. Abe, J. C. dos Anjos, J. C. Barriere +143
The Double Chooz experiment presents improved measurements of the neutrino mixing angle using the data collected in 467.90 live days from a detector positioned at an aver…
Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Conceptual Design Report Volume 1: The LBNF and DUNE Projects
R. Acciarri, M. A. Acero, M. Adamowski +795
This document presents the Conceptual Design Report (CDR) put forward by an international neutrino community to pursue the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment at the Long-Baseline…
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…
Machine Learning for Single-Ended Event Reconstruction in PROSPECT Experiment
M. Andriamirado, A. B. Balantekin, C. D. Bass +43
The Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment, PROSPECT, was a segmented antineutrino detector that successfully operated at the High Flux Isotope Reactor in Oak Ridge,…
Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Conceptual Design Report Volume 2: The Physics Program for DUNE at LBNF
DUNE Collaboration, R. Acciarri, M. A. Acero +796
The Physics Program for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Fermilab Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) is described.
Search for dark matter decay of the free neutron from the UCNA experiment: n
X. Sun, E. Adamek, B. Allgeier +57
It has been proposed recently that a previously unobserved neutron decay branch to a dark matter particle () could account for the discrepancy in the neutron lifetime observed…
First Measurement of Charged-Current Production on Argon with a LArTPC
MicroBooNE collaboration, C. Adams, M. Alrashed +172
We report the first measurement of the flux-integrated cross section of charged-current single production on argon. This measurement is performed with the MicroBoo…
Planck Early Results: The Planck mission
Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim +272
The European Space Agency's Planck satellite was launched on 14 May 2009, and has been surveying the sky stably and continuously since 13 August 2009. Its performance is well in li…
A Deep Neural Network for Pixel-Level Electromagnetic Particle Identification in the MicroBooNE Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber
MicroBooNE collaboration, C. Adams, M. Alrashed +170
We have developed a convolutional neural network (CNN) that can make a pixel-level prediction of objects in image data recorded by a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) f…
Coherent Neutrino Scattering with Low Temperature Bolometers at Chooz Reactor Complex
J. Billard, R. Carr, J. Dawson +11
We present the potential sensitivity of a future recoil detector for a first detection of the process of coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering (CENS). We use the Chooz r…
Rejecting cosmic background for exclusive neutrino interaction studies with Liquid Argon TPCs; a case study with the MicroBooNE detector
MicroBooNE collaboration, C. Adams, M. Alrashed +172
Cosmic ray (CR) interactions can be a challenging source of background for neutrino oscillation and cross-section measurements in surface detectors. We present methods for CR rejec…
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…
Planck 2013 results. I. Overview of products and scientific results
Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim +398
The ESA's Planck satellite, dedicated to studying the early Universe and its subsequent evolution, was launched 14 May 2009 and has been scanning the microwave and submillimetre sk…
Physics Opportunities with PROSPECT-II
M. Andriamirado, A. B. Balantekin, C. D. Bass +61
The PROSPECT experiment has substantially addressed the original 'Reactor Antineutrino Anomaly' by performing a high-resolution spectrum measurement from an enriched compact reacto…
Calibration of the charge and energy loss per unit length of the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber using muons and protons
MicroBooNE collaboration, C. Adams, M. Alrashed +186
We describe a method used to calibrate the position- and time-dependent response of the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber anode wires to ionization particle energy lo…
New result for the neutron -asymmetry parameter from UCNA
M. A. -P. Brown, E. B. Dees, E. Adamek +56
The neutron -decay asymmetry parameter defines the correlation between the spin of the neutron and the momentum of the emitted electron, which determines $λ=\frac{g_{A}}…
Precision Measurement of the Neutron Beta-Decay Asymmetry
M. P. Mendenhall, R. W. Pattie, Y. Bagdasarova +38
A new measurement of the neutron -decay asymmetry has been carried out by the UCNA collaboration using polarized ultracold neutrons (UCN) from the solid deuterium UCN sou…
Final results for the neutron -asymmetry parameter from the UCNA experiment
B. Plaster, E. Adamek, B. Allgeier +91
The UCNA experiment was designed to measure the neutron -asymmetry parameter using polarized ultracold neutrons (UCN). UCN produced via downscattering in solid deuterium…
SAMPLE: Parity Violating Electron Scattering from Hydrogen and Deuterium
E. J. Beise, J. Arrington, D. H. Beck +20
Recently, there has been considerable theoretical interest in determining strange quark contributions to hadronic matrix elements. Such matrix elements can be accessed through the…
Measurement of the Atmospheric Muon Rate with the MicroBooNE Liquid Argon TPC
MicroBooNE collaboration, C. Adams, M. Alrashed +187
MicroBooNE is a near-surface liquid argon (LAr) time projection chamber (TPC) located at Fermilab. We measure the characterisation of muons originating from cosmic interactions in…
A prototype vector magnetic field monitoring system for a neutron electric dipole moment experiment
N. Nouri, A. Biswas, M. A. Brown +6
We present results from a first demonstration of a magnetic field monitoring system for a neutron electric dipole moment experiment. The system is designed to reconstruct the vecto…
Measurement of the neutron -asymmetry parameter with ultracold neutrons
UCNA Collaboration, B. Plaster, R. Rios +43
We present a detailed report of a measurement of the neutron -asymmetry parameter , the parity-violating angular correlation between the neutron spin and the decay electro…
Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Conceptual Design Report, Volume 4 The DUNE Detectors at LBNF
R. Acciarri, M. A. Acero, M. Adamowski +795
A description of the proposed detector(s) for DUNE at LBNF
A Multiwire Proportional Chamber for Precision Studies of Neutron Beta Decay Angular Correlations
T. M. Ito, R. Carr, B. W. Filippone +4
A new multiwire proportional chamber (MWPC) was designed and constructed for precision studies of neutron beta decay angular correlations. Its design has several novel features, in…
Measurement of the Proton's Neutral Weak Magnetic Form Factor
B. Mueller, D. H. Beck, E. J. Beise +22
We report the first measurement of the parity-violating asymmetry in elastic electron scattering from the proton. The asymmetry depends on the neutral weak magnetic form factor of…
A solenoidal electron spectrometer for a precision measurement of the neutron -asymmetry with ultracold neutrons
B. Plaster, R. Carr, B. W. Filippone +7
We describe an electron spectrometer designed for a precision measurement of the neutron -asymmetry with spin-polarized ultracold neutrons. The spectrometer consists of a 1.0-T…
The neutron electric dipole moment experiment at the Spallation Neutron Source
K. K. H. Leung, M. Ahmed, R. Alarcon +90
Novel experimental techniques are required to make the next big leap in neutron electric dipole moment experimental sensitivity, both in terms of statistics and systematic error co…
Muon capture on light isotopes in Double Chooz
Double Chooz collaboration, Y. Abe, T. Abrahão +144
Using the Double Chooz detector, designed to measure the neutrino mixing angle , the products of capture on C, C, N and O have been meas…
Dark Matter Search in a Proton Beam Dump with MiniBooNE
A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo, M. Backfish, A. Bashyal +40
The MiniBooNE-DM collaboration searched for vector-boson mediated production of dark matter using the Fermilab 8 GeV Booster proton beam in a dedicated run with $1.86 \times 10^{20…
A High Power Hydrogen Target for Parity Violation Experiments
E. J. Beise, D. H. Beck, E. Candell +8
Parity-violating electron scattering measurements on hydrogen and deuterium, such as those underway at the Bates and CEBAF laboratories, require luminosities exceeding cm$…
Calibration strategy of the PROSPECT-II detector with external and intrinsic sources
M. Andriamirado, A. B. Balantekin, C. D. Bass +58
This paper presents an energy calibration scheme for an upgraded reactor antineutrino detector for the Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment (PROSPECT). The PROSPEC…
The G0 Experiment: Apparatus for Parity-Violating Electron Scattering Measurements at Forward and Backward Angles
G0 Collaboration, D. Androic, D. S. Armstrong +127
In the G0 experiment, performed at Jefferson Lab, the parity-violating elastic scattering of electrons from protons and quasi-elastic scattering from deuterons is measured in order…
Automated Calibration System for a High-Precision Measurement of Neutrino Mixing Angle with the Daya Bay Antineutrino Detectors
J. Liu, B. Cai, R. Carr +9
We describe the automated calibration system for the antineutrino detectors in the Daya Bay Neutrino Experiment. This system consists of 24 identical units instrumented on 8 identi…
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…
Applied Antineutrino Physics 2018 Proceedings
M. Bergevin, N. Bowden, H. P. Mumm +22
Proceedings for the 14th installment of Applied Antineutrino Physics (AAP) workshop series.
Characterization of the Spontaneous Light Emission of the PMTs used in the Double Chooz Experiment
Double Chooz collaboration, Y. Abe, T. Abrahão +146
During the commissioning of the first of the two detectors of the Double Chooz experiment, an unexpected and dominant background caused by the emission of light inside the optical…
Improved limits on Fierz Interference using asymmetry measurements from the UCNA experiment
Xuan Sun, E. Adamek, B. Allgeier +56
The Ultracold Neutron Asymmetry (UCNA) experiment was designed to measure the -decay asymmetry parameter, , for free neutron decay. In the experiment, polarized ultracold…
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…
Indication for the disappearance of reactor electron antineutrinos in the Double Chooz experiment
Y. Abe, C. Aberle, T. Akiri +182
The Double Chooz Experiment presents an indication of reactor electron antineutrino disappearance consistent with neutrino oscillations. A ratio of 0.944 0.016 (stat) 0…
The Double Chooz antineutrino detectors
Double Chooz Collaboration, H. de Kerret, Y. Abe +247
This article describes the setup and performance of the near and far detectors in the Double Chooz experiment. The electron antineutrinos of the Chooz nuclear power plant were meas…
Precision Muon Reconstruction in Double Chooz
Double Chooz collaboration, Y. Abe, J. C. dos Anjos +141
We describe a muon track reconstruction algorithm for the reactor anti-neutrino experiment Double Chooz. The Double Chooz detector consists of two optically isolated volumes of liq…
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.…
Design and construction of the MicroBooNE Cosmic Ray Tagger system
MicroBooNE collaboration, C. Adams, M. Alrashed +171
The MicroBooNE detector utilizes a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) with an 85 t active mass to study neutrino interactions along the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fe…
Direct Measurement of Backgrounds using Reactor-Off Data in Double Chooz
Y. Abe, C. Aberle, J. C. dos Anjos +170
Double Chooz is unique among modern reactor-based neutrino experiments studying disappearance in that data can be collected with all reactors off. In this paper, we pre…
Gamma Backgrounds for Experiments at the High Flux Isotope Reactor
M. Andriamirado, A. B. Balantekin, C. Baldenegro +53
This article describes the deployment of a germanium detector at Oak Ridge National Lab's High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) for the purpose of understanding the energy and spatial d…