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most citedReactor electron antineutrino disappearance in the Double Chooz experiment

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physics.ins-det2022★ 1 cited

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…

hep-ex2020★ 6 cited

Reactor Rate Modulation oscillation analysis with two detectors in Double Chooz

Double Chooz Collaboration, T. Abrahão, H. Almazan +84

A oscillation analysis based on the observed antineutrino rates at the Double Chooz far and near detectors for different reactor power conditions is presented. This approa…

hep-ex2018★ 53 cited

Modulations of the Cosmic Muon Signal in Ten Years of Borexino Data

The Borexino Collaboration, M. Agostini, K. Altenmüller +113

We have measured the flux of cosmic muons in the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso at 3800\,m\,w.e. to be based on ten y…

physics.data-an2018

Speeding up complex multivariate data analysis in Borexino with parallel computing based on Graphics Processing Unit

X. F. Ding, M. Agostini, K. Altenmuller +104

A spectral fitter based on the graphics processor unit (GPU) has been developed for Borexino solar neutrino analysis. It is able to shorten the fitting time to a superior level com…

hep-ex2018★ 16 cited

Yields and production rates of cosmogenic Li and He measured with the Double Chooz near and far detectors

H. de Kerret, T. Abrahão, H. Almazan +95

The yields and production rates of the radioisotopes Li and He created by cosmic muon spallation on C, have been measured by the two detectors of the Double Chooz ex…

physics.ins-det2017★ 5 cited

Novel event classification based on spectral analysis of scintillation waveforms in Double Chooz

T. Abrahão, H. Almazan, J. C. dos Anjos +94

Liquid scintillators are a common choice for neutrino physics experiments, but their capabilities to perform background rejection by scintillation pulse shape discrimination is gen…

hep-ex2017★ 173 cited

Limiting neutrino magnetic moments with Borexino Phase-II solar neutrino data

M. Agostini, K. Altenmüller, S. Appel +104

A search for the solar neutrino effective magnetic moment has been performed using data from 1291.5 days exposure during the second phase of the Borexino experiment. No significant…

hep-ex2017★ 154 cited

Simultaneous Precision Spectroscopy of , Be, and Solar Neutrinos with Borexino Phase-II

M. Agostini, K. Altenmuller, S. Appel +104

We present the first simultaneous measurement of the interaction rates of , Be, and solar neutrinos performed with a global fit to the Borexino data in an extended en…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 35 cited

A search for low-energy neutrinos correlated with gravitational wave events GW150914, GW151226 and GW170104 with the Borexino detector

M. Agostini, K. Altenmuller, S. Appel +99

We present the results of a low-energy neutrino search using the Borexino detector in coincidence with the gravitational wave (GW) events GW150914, GW151226 and GW170104. We search…

physics.ins-det2017★ 41 cited

The Monte Carlo simulation of the Borexino detector

M. Agostini, K. Altenmuller, S. Appel +97

We describe the Monte Carlo (MC) simulation package of the Borexino detector and discuss the agreement of its output with data. The Borexino MC 'ab initio' simulates the energy los…

hep-ex2017★ 38 cited

Seasonal Modulation of the Be Solar Neutrino Rate in Borexino

M. Agostini, K. Altenmuller, S. Appel +99

We detected the seasonal modulation of the Be neutrino interaction rate with the Borexino detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. The period, amplitude, a…

hep-ex2016★ 28 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2016★ 13 cited

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…

nucl-ex2015★ 15 cited

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 measur…

hep-ex2015★ 73 cited

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 the…

physics.ins-det2014★ 15 cited

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 allow…

hep-ex2014★ 193 cited

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 avera…

physics.ins-det2014★ 15 cited

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…

hep-ex2014★ 45 cited

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…

hep-ex2013★ 115 cited

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 hydr…

hep-ex2012★ 34 cited

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 pres…

hep-ex2012★ 66 cited

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…

hep-ex2012★ 374 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2012★ 9 cited

Monte Carlo aided design of the inner muon veto detectors for the Double Chooz experiment

D. Dietrich, D. Greiner, J. Jochum +3

The Double Chooz neutrino experiment aims to measure the last unknown neutrino mixing angle theta_13 using two identical detectors positioned at sites both near and far from the re…