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Updated constraints on sterile neutrino mixing in the OPERA experiment using a new identification method
N. Agafonova, A. Alexandrov, A. Anokhina +123
This paper describes a new identification method specifically designed to improve the low-energy () identification efficiency attained by enlarging…
Stereo neutrino spectrum of 235U fission rejects sterile neutrino hypothesis
H. Almazán, L. Bernard, A. Blanchet +21
Anomalies in past neutrino measurements have led to the discovery that these particles have non-zero mass and oscillate between their three flavors when they propagate. In the 2010…
Improved FIFRELIN de-excitation model for neutrino applications
H. Almazan, L. Bernard, A. Blanchet +26
The precise modeling of the de-excitation of Gd isotopes is of great interest for experimental studies of neutrinos using Gd-loaded organic liquid scintillators. The FIFRELIN code…
Searching for Hidden Neutrons with a Reactor Neutrino Experiment: Constraints from the STEREO Experiment
H. Almazán, L. Bernard, A. Blanchet +25
Different extensions of the standard model of particle physics, such as braneworld or mirror matter models, predict the existence of a neutron sterile state, possibly as a dark mat…
Joint Measurement of the U Antineutrino Spectrum by Prospect and Stereo
H. Almazán, M. Andriamirado, A. B. Balantekin +82
The PROSPECT and STEREO collaborations present a combined measurement of the pure U antineutrino spectrum, without site specific corrections or detector-dependent effects.…
Study of scintillation light collection, production and propagation in a 4 tonne dual-phase LArTPC
B. Aimard, L. Aizawa, C. Alt +160
The m demonstrator is a dual phase liquid argon time projection chamber that has recorded cosmic rays events in 2017 at CERN. The light signal in these de…
First antineutrino energy spectrum from U fissions with the STEREO detector at ILL
STEREO collaboration, H. Almazán, L. Bernard +24
This article reports the measurement of the U-induced antineutrino spectrum shape by the STEREO experiment. 43'000 antineutrinos have been detected at about 10 m from the h…
Note on arXiv:2005.05301, 'Preparation of the Neutrino-4 experiment on search for sterile neutrino and the obtained results of measurements'
H. Almazán, M. Andriamirado, A. B. Balantekin +79
We comment on the claimed observation [arXiv:arXiv:2005.05301] of sterile neutrino oscillations by the Neutrino-4 collaboration. Such a claim, which requires the existence of a new…
Accurate Measurement of the Electron Antineutrino Yield of U-235 Fissions from the STEREO Experiment with 119 Days of Reactor-On Data
STEREO Collaboration, H. Almazán, L. Bernard +26
We report a measurement of the antineutrino rate from the fission of U-235 with the STEREO detector using 119 days of reactor turned on. In our analysis, we perform several detaile…
First observation of a tau neutrino charged current interaction with charm production in the Opera experiment
N. Agafonova, A. Alexandrov, A. Anokhina +124
An event topology with two secondary vertices compatible with the decay of short-lived particles was found in the analysis of neutrino interactions in the Opera target. The observe…
Improved Sterile Neutrino Constraints from the STEREO Experiment with 179 Days of Reactor-On Data
STEREO Collaboration, H. Almazán, L. Bernard +27
The STEREO experiment is a very short baseline reactor antineutrino experiment. It is designed to test the hypothesis of light sterile neutrinos being the cause of a deficit of the…
Improved STEREO simulation with a new gamma ray spectrum of excited gadolinium isotopes using FIFRELIN
H. Almazán, L. Bernard, A. Blanchet +27
The STEREO experiment measures the electron antineutrino spectrum emitted in a research reactor using the inverse beta decay reaction on H nuclei in a gadolinium loaded liquid scin…
Final results on neutrino oscillation parameters from the OPERA experiment in the CNGS beam
OPERA Collaboration, N. Agafonova, A. Alexandrov +124
The OPERA experiment has conclusively observed the appearance of tau neutrinos in the muon neutrino CNGS beam. Exploiting the OPERA detector capabilities, it was possible to isolat…
Latest results of the OPERA experiment on nu-tau appearance in the CNGS neutrino beam
N. Agafonova, A. Alexandrov, A. Anokhina +132
OPERA is a long-baseline experiment designed to search for oscillations in appearance mode. It was based at the INFN Gran Sasso laboratory (LNGS) and took data from 200…
Measurement of the cosmic ray muon flux seasonal variation with the OPERA detector
N. Agafonova, A. Alexandrov, A. Anokhina +125
The OPERA experiment discovered muon neutrino into tau neutrino oscillations in appearance mode, detecting tau leptons by means of nuclear emulsion films. The apparatus was also en…
A 4 tonne demonstrator for large-scale dual-phase liquid argon time projection chambers
B. Aimard, Ch. Alt, J. Asaadi +169
A 10 kilo-tonne dual-phase liquid argon TPC is one of the detector options considered for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). The detector technology relies on amplifi…
Sterile Neutrino Constraints from the STEREO Experiment with 66 days of Reactor-on Data
H. Almazán, P. del Amo Sanchez, L. Bernard +25
The reactor antineutrino anomaly might be explained by the oscillation of reactor antineutrinos toward a sterile neutrino of eV mass. In order to explore this hypothesis, the STERE…
Final results of the OPERA experiment on appearance in the CNGS beam
OPERA Collaboration, N. Agafonova, A. Alexandrov +134
The OPERA experiment was designed to study oscillations in appearance mode in the CNGS neutrino beam. In this letter we report the final analysis of the full data sampl…
The STEREO Experiment
N. Allemandou, H. Almazán, P. del Amo Sanchez +62
The STEREO experiment is a very short baseline reactor antineutrino experiment aiming at testing the hypothesis of light sterile neutrinos as an explanation of the deficit of the o…
Final results of the search for oscillations with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam
OPERA Collaboration, N. Agafonova, A. Aleksandrov +130
The OPERA experiment has discovered the tau neutrino appearance in the CNGS muon neutrino beam, in agreement with the 3 neutrino flavour oscillation hypothesis. The OPERA neutrino…
Discovery of tau neutrino appearance in the CNGS neutrino beam with the OPERA experiment
OPERA Collaboration, N. Agafonova, A. Aleksandrov +139
The OPERA experiment was designed to search for oscillations in appearance mode, i.e. by detecting the -leptons produced in charged current interacti…
Limits on muon-neutrino to tau-neutrino oscillations induced by a sterile neutrino state obtained by OPERA at the CNGS beam
OPERA Collaboration, N. Agafonova, A. Aleksandrov +128
The OPERA experiment, exposed to the CERN to Gran Sasso beam, collected data from 2008 to 2012. Four oscillated Charged Current interaction candidates have been detecte…
The LBNO long-baseline oscillation sensitivities with two conventional neutrino beams at different baselines
LBNO Collaboration, S. K. Agarwalla, L. Agostino +157
The proposed Long Baseline Neutrino Observatory (LBNO) initially consists of kton liquid double phase TPC complemented by a magnetised iron calorimeter, to be installed a…
Optimised sensitivity to leptonic CP violation from spectral information: the LBNO case at 2300 km baseline
LBNO Collaboration, S. K. Agarwalla, L. Agostino +157
One of the main goals of the Long Baseline Neutrino Observatory (LBNO) is to study the behaviour (spectral information) of the electron neutrino and antineutrino appearance p…