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most citedIndication for the disappearance of reactor electron antineutrinos 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…

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…

physics.ins-det2013★ 18 cited

Afterpulse Measurements of R7081 Photomultipliers for the Double Chooz Experiment

Julia Haser, Florian Kaether, Conradin Langbrandtner +7

We present the results of afterpulse measurements performed as qualification test for 473 inner detector photomultipliers of the Double Chooz experiment. The measurements include t…

physics.ins-det2012★ 8 cited

The Trigger and Timing System of the Double Chooz Experiment

F. Beissel, A. Cabrera, A. Cucuanes +10

Modern precision neutrino experiments like Double Chooz require a highly efficient trigger system in order to reduce systematic uncertainties. The trigger and timing system of the…

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…

hep-ex2011★ 1.2k cited

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…

physics.ins-det2011★ 38 cited

Qualification Tests of 474 Photomultiplier Tubes for the Inner Detector of the Double Chooz Experiment

C. Bauer, E. Borger, R. Hofacker +9

The hemispherical 10" photomultiplier tube (PMT) R7081 from Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (HPK) is used in various experiments in particle and astroparticle physics. We describe the tes…