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Binary Hypothesis Testing: A Robust Framework Against the Look Elsewhere Effect
Han Zhang, Xue-feng Ding, Yu-Feng Li +3
In particle physics, discovery claims conventionally require an observed significance exceeding . However, the interpretation of a result depends critically on the testing…
Design optimization of JUNO-TAO plastic scintillator with WLS-fiber and SiPM readout
Guang Luo, Y. K. Hor, Peizhi Lu +10
Plastic scintillators (PSs)embedded with wavelength-shifting fibers are widely used in high-energy particle physics, such as in muon taggers,as well as in medical physics and other…
Expected geoneutrino signal at JUNO using local integrated 3-D refined crustal model
Ran Han, ZhiWei Li, Ruohan Gao +11
Geoneutrinos serve as a potent tool for comprehending the radiogenic power and composition of Earth. Although geoneutrinos have been observed in prior experiments, the forthcoming…
Ambient Neutron Measurement at Taishan Antineutrino Observatory
Ruhui Li, Yichen Li, Zhimin Wang +3
The Taishan Antineutrino Observatory (TAO) is a ton-level liquid scintillator detector to be placed at 30\,m from a core of the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant for precise reactor anti…
Detector optimization to reduce the cosmogenic neutron backgrounds in the TAO experiment
Ruhui Li, Guofu Cao, Jun Cao +4
Short-baseline reactor antineutrino experiments with shallow overburden usually have large cosmogenic neutron backgrounds. The Taishan Antineutrino Observatory (TAO) is a ton-level…
Calibration Strategy of the JUNO-TAO Experiment
Hangkun Xu, Angel Abusleme, Nikolay V. Anfimov +67
The Taishan Antineutrino Observatory (JUNO-TAO, or TAO) is a satellite detector for the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO). Located near the Taishan reactor, TAO inde…
Improving the Energy Resolution of the Reactor Antineutrino Energy Reconstruction with Positron Direction
Lianghong Wei, Liang Zhan, Jun Cao +1
The energy resolution is crucial for the reactor neutrino experiments which aims to determine neutrino mass ordering by precise measurement of the reactor antineutrino energy spect…
Neutrino-based tools for nuclear verification and diplomacy in North Korea
Rachel Carr, Jonathon Coleman, Mikhail Danilov +17
We present neutrino-based options for verifying that the nuclear reactors at North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Research Center are no longer operating or that they are operating in an…
Investigation of antineutrino spectral anomaly with updated nuclear database
Xubo Ma, Le Yang, Liang Zhan +2
Recently, three successful antineutrino experiments (Daya Bay, Double Chooz, and RENO) measured the neutrino mixing angle theta_13; however, significant discrepancies were found, b…
Mass hierarchy sensitivity of medium baseline reactor neutrino experiments with multiple detectors
Hongxin Wang, Liang Zhan, Yu-Feng Li +2
We report the neutrino mass hierarchy (MH) sensitivity of medium baseline reactor neutrino experiments with multiple detectors. Sensitivity of determining the MH can be significant…
Potential of Geo-neutrino Measurements at JUNO
Ran Han, Yu-Feng Li, Liang Zhan +3
The flux of geoneutrinos at any point on the Earth is a function of the abundance and distribution of radioactive elements within our planet. This flux has been successfully detect…
Neutrino Physics with JUNO
Fengpeng An, Guangpeng An, Qi An +224
The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), a 20 kton multi-purpose underground liquid scintillator detector, was proposed with the determination of the neutrino mass hie…
JUNO: A Next Generation Reactor Antineutrino Experiment
Liang Zhan
The mass hierarchy and the CP phase are the main focus of the next generation neutrino oscillation experiments. Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), as a medium baseli…
Recent Results from Daya Bay
Liang Zhan
The Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment observed electron antineutrino disappearance associated with with a significance better than in 2012. The final two of eight…
Unambiguous Determination of the Neutrino Mass Hierarchy Using Reactor Neutrinos
Yu-Feng Li, Jun Cao, Yifang Wang +1
Determination of the neutrino mass hierarchy in a reactor neutrino experiment at medium baseline is discussed. Observation of the interference effects between the Δm^2_{31} and Δm^…
The fast light of CsI(Na) crystals
Xilei Sun, Junguang Lu, Tao Hu +16
The responds of different common alkali halide crystals to alpha-rays and gamma-rays are tested in our research. It is found that only CsI(Na) crystals have significantly different…
Neutron-gamma discrimination of CsI(Na) crystals for dark matter searches
Xilei Sun, Junguang Lu, Tao Hu +15
The luminescent properties of CsI(Na) crystals are studied in this report. By using a TDS3054C oscilloscope with a sampling frequency of 5 GS/s, we find out that nuclear recoil sig…
Experimental Requirements to Determine the Neutrino Mass Hierarchy Using Reactor Neutrinos
Liang Zhan, Yifang Wang, Jun Cao +1
This paper presents experimental requirements to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy using reactor neutrinos. The detector shall be located at a baseline around 58 km from the re…
Determination of the Neutrino Mass Hierarchy at an Intermediate Baseline
Liang Zhan, Yifang Wang, Jun Cao +1
It is generally believed that neutrino mass hierarchy can be determined at a long baseline experiment, often using accelerator neutrino beams. Reactor neutrino experiments at an in…