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Gamma Backgrounds for Experiments at the High Flux Isotope Reactor
M. Andriamirado, A. B. Balantekin, C. Baldenegro +53
This article describes the deployment of a germanium detector at Oak Ridge National Lab's High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) for the purpose of understanding the energy and spatial d…
Charge radii of Ni reveal a surprisingly similar behavior at in Ca and Ni isotopes
F. Sommer, K. König, D. M. Rossi +24
Nuclear charge radii of Ni were measured by collinear laser spectroscopy. The obtained information completes the behavior of the charge radii at the shell closure of the…
Improved Short-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Search and Energy Spectrum Measurement with the PROSPECT Experiment at HFIR
M. Andriamirado, A. B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +61
We present a detailed report on sterile neutrino oscillation and U-235 antineutrino energy spectrum measurement results from the PROSPECT experiment at the highly enriched High Flu…
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…
Nonfuel Antineutrino Contributions in the High Flux Isotope Reactor
A. B. Balantekin, H. R. Band, C. D. Bass +53
Reactor neutrino experiments have seen major improvements in precision in recent years. With the experimental uncertainties becoming lower than those from theory, carefully conside…
The Radioactive Source Calibration System of the PROSPECT Reactor Antineutrino Detector
PROSPECT Collaboration, J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin +62
The Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum (PROSPECT) Experiment is a reactor neutrino experiment designed to search for sterile neutrinos with a mass on the order of 1 eV/c$^2…
A Low Mass Optical Grid for the PROSPECT Reactor Antineutrino Detector
PROSPECT Collaboration, J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin +67
PROSPECT, the Precision Reactor Oscillation and SPECTrum experiment, is a short-baseline reactor antineutrino experiment designed to provide precision measurements of the U…
Lithium-loaded Liquid Scintillator Production for the PROSPECT experiment
PROSPECT Collaboration, J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin +67
This work reports the production and characterization of lithium-loaded liquid scintillator (LiLS) for the Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment (PROSPECT). Fifty-n…
Measurement of the Antineutrino Spectrum from U Fission at HFIR with PROSPECT
PROSPECT Collaboration, J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin +67
This Letter reports the first measurement of the U energy spectrum by PROSPECT, the Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum experiment, operating 7.9m…
The PROSPECT Reactor Antineutrino Experiment
PROSPECT Collaboration, J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin +86
The Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment, PROSPECT, is designed to make both a precise measurement of the antineutrino spectrum from a highly-enriched uranium reac…
Performance of a segmented Li-loaded liquid scintillator detector for the PROSPECT experiment
J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +63
This paper describes the design and performance of a 50 liter, two-segment Li-loaded liquid scintillator detector that was designed and operated as prototype for the PROSPECT…
First search for short-baseline neutrino oscillations at HFIR with PROSPECT
J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin, C. Baldenegro +85
This Letter reports the first scientific results from the observation of antineutrinos emitted by fission products of U at the High Flux Isotope Reactor. PROSPECT, the Prec…
Initial Results from the Majorana Demonstrator
T. S. Caldwell, N. Abgrall, S. I. Alvis +69
The MAJORANA Collaboration has assembled an array of high purity Ge detectors to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in Ge with the goal of establishing the required b…
Search for Pauli Exclusion Principle Violating Atomic Transitions and Electron Decay with a P-type Point Contact Germanium Detector
N. Abgrall, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone +66
A search for Pauli-exclusion-principle-violating K-alpha electron transitions was performed using 89.5 kg-d of data collected with a p-type point contact high-purity germanium dete…
Delayed charge recovery discrimination of passivated surface alpha events in P-type point-contact detectors
J. Gruszko, N. Abgrall, I. J. Arnquist +64
The Majorana Demonstrator searches for neutrinoless double-beta decay of Ge using arrays of high-purity germanium detectors. If observed, this process would demonstrate that…
Background model for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR
C. Cuesta, N. Abgrall, I. J. Arnquist +64
The MAJORANA Collaboration is constructing a system containing 44 kg of high-purity Ge (HPGe) detectors to demonstrate the feasibility and potential of a future tonne-scale experim…
The Majorana Demonstrator search for neutrinoless double beta decay
C. Cuesta, M. Buuck, J. A. Detwiler +64
The MAJORANA Collaboration is constructing the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, an ultra-low background, modular, HPGe detector array with a mass of 44.8-kg (29.7 kg enriched >88% in Ge-76)…
High voltage testing for the MAJORANA Demonstrator
N. Abgrall, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone +70
The MAJORANA Collaboration is constructing the MAJORANA Demonstrator, an ultra-low background, 44-kg modular high-purity Ge (HPGe) detector array to search for neutrinoless double-…
Muon Flux Measurements at the Davis Campus of the Sanford Underground Research Facility with the Majorana Demonstrator Veto System
N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo, F. T. Avignone +71
We report the first measurement of the total MUON flux underground at the Davis Campus of the Sanford Underground Research Facility at the 4850 ft level. Measurements were done wit…
The Majorana Demonstrator Radioassay Program
N. Abgrall, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone +82
The MAJORANA collaboration is constructing the MAJORANA DEMONSTATOR at the Sanford Underground Research Facility at the Homestake gold mine, in Lead, SD. The apparatus will use Ge…
Status Update of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Experiment
Julieta Gruszko, Nicolas Abgrall, Isaac Arnquist +67
Neutrinoless double beta decay searches play a major role in determining neutrino properties, in particular the Majorana or Dirac nature of the neutrino and the absolute scale of t…
Status of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR
C. Cuesta, N. Abgrall, I. J. Arnquist +67
The MAJORANA Collaboration is constructing the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, an ultra-low background, modular, HPGe detector array with a mass of 44-kg (29 kg 76Ge and 15 kg natGe) to sea…
Low Background Signal Readout Electronics for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR
I. Guinn, N. Abgrall, I. J. Arnquist +65
The MAJORANA Collaboration will seek neutrinoless double beta decay (0nbb) in 76Ge using isotopically enriched p-type point contact (PPC) high purity Germanium (HPGe) detectors. A…
Analysis techniques for background rejection at the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR
C. Cuesta, N. Abgrall, I. J. Arnquist +65
The MAJORANA Collaboration is constructing the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, an ultra-low background, 40-kg modular HPGe detector array to search for neutrinoless double beta decay in 76G…