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Search for Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background in the Full KamLAND Dataset with Neural-Network-Based Event Classification
D. Chernyak, T. Eda, M. Eizuka +63
We report a search for the diffuse supernova neutrino background (DSNB) with the KamLAND detector, targeting electron antineutrinos via inverse beta decay in the neutrino energy ra…
RFSoC-based front-end electronics for pulse detection
S. N. Axani, S. Futagi, M. Garcia +12
Radiation measurement relies on pulse detection, which can be performed using various configurations of high-speed analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and field-programmable gate a…
IsoDAR@KamLAND: A Conceptual Design Report for the Technical Facility
M. Abs, A. Adelmann, J. R Alonso +37
This conceptual design report describes the technical facility for the IsoDAR electron-antineutrino source at KamLAND. The IsoDAR source will allow an impressive program of neutrin…
KamLAND Sensitivity to Neutrinos from Pre-Supernova Stars
K. Asakura, A. Gando, Y. Gando +44
In the late stages of nuclear burning for massive stars ($M>8~M_{\sun}$), the production of neutrino-antineutrino pairs through various processes becomes the dominant stellar cooli…
Letter of Intent: The Accelerator Neutrino Neutron Interaction Experiment (ANNIE)
I. Anghel, J. F. Beacom, M. Bergevin +30
Neutron tagging in Gadolinium-doped water may play a significant role in reducing backgrounds from atmospheric neutrinos in next generation proton-decay searches using megaton-scal…
A compact ultra-clean system for deploying radioactive sources inside the KamLAND detector
T. I. Banks, S. J. Freedman, J. Wallig +54
We describe a compact, ultra-clean device used to deploy radioactive sources along the vertical axis of the KamLAND liquid-scintillator neutrino detector for purposes of calibratio…
7Be Solar Neutrino Measurement with KamLAND
A. Gando, Y. Gando, H. Hanakago +68
We report a measurement of the neutrino-electron elastic scattering rate of 862 keV 7Be solar neutrinos based on a 165.4 kton-day exposure of KamLAND. The observed rate is 582 +/-…
Expression of Interest: The Atmospheric Neutrino Neutron Interaction Experiment (ANNIE)
I. Anghel, J. F. Beacom, M. Bergevin +22
Neutron tagging in Gadolinium-doped water may play a significant role in reducing backgrounds from atmospheric neutrinos in next generation proton-decay searches using megaton-scal…
Laboratory Studies on the Removal of Radon-Born Lead from KamLAND's Organic Liquid Scintillator
G. Keefer, C. Grant, A. Piepke +64
The removal of radioactivity from liquid scintillator has been studied in preparation of a low background phase of KamLAND. This paper describes the methods and techniques develope…
Neutrinos
A. de Gouvea, K. Pitts, K. Scholberg +164
This document represents the response of the Intensity Frontier Neutrino Working Group to the Snowmass charge. We summarize the current status of neutrino physics and identify many…
Optical Properties of Quantum-Dot-Doped Liquid Scintillators
C. Aberle, J. J. Li, S. Weiss +1
Semiconductor nanoparticles (quantum dots) were studied in the context of liquid scintillator development for upcoming neutrino experiments. The unique optical and chemical propert…
Whitepaper on the DAEdALUS Program
C. Aberle, A. Adelmann, J. Alonso +34
This whitepaper describes the status of the DAEdALUS program for development of high power cyclotrons as of the time of the final meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields 20…
Precision -electron Scattering Measurements with IsoDAR to Search for New Physics
J. M. Conrad, M. H. Shaevitz, I. Shimizu +3
IsoDAR provides a pure and intense source with an average energy of 6.5 MeV produced through Li -decay. This source can be paired with a large scintillator detect…
Cost-effective Design Options for IsoDAR
A. Adelmann, J. R. Alonso, W. Barletta +18
This whitepaper reviews design options for the IsoDAR electron antineutrino source. IsoDAR is designed to produce electron antineutrinos per year with an avera…
Reactor Simulation for Antineutrino Experiments using DRAGON and MURE
C. L. Jones, A. Bernstein, J. M. Conrad +6
Rising interest in nuclear reactors as a source of antineutrinos for experiments motivates validated, fast, and accessible simulations to predict reactor fission rates. Here we pre…
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.…
A Study of the Fluorescence Response of Tetraphenyl-butadiene
R. Jerry, L. Winslow, L. Bugel +1
Tetraphenyl-butadiene (TPB) is a widely used fluorescent wavelength-shifter. A common application is in liquid-argon-based particle detectors, where scintillation light is produced…
The KamLAND Full-Volume Calibration System
The KamLAND Collaboration
We have successfully built and operated a source deployment system for the KamLAND detector. This system was used to position radioactive sources throughout the delicate 1-kton liq…