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most citedIndication for the disappearance of reactor electron antineutrinos in the Double Chooz experiment

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nucl-ex2022

Total absorption -ray spectroscopy of the decays of Y

V. Guadilla, L. Le Meur, M. Fallot +42

The decays of the ground state (gs) and isomeric state (m) of Y have been studied with the total absorption -ray spectroscopy technique at the Ion Guide Isotope Separ…

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…

nucl-ex2020

Extensive study of the quality of fission yields from experiment, evaluation and GEF for antineutrino studies and applications

K. -H. Schmidt, M. Estienne, M. Fallot +6

The understanding of the antineutrino production in fission and the theoretical calculation of their energy spectra in different types of fission reactors rely on the application o…

nucl-ex2020★ 12 cited

Determination of Beta Decay Ground State Feeding of Nuclei of Importance for Reactor Applications

V. Guadilla, J. L. Tain, A. Algora +41

In -decay studies the determination of the decay probability to the ground state of the daughter nucleus often suffers from large systematic errors. The difficulty of the measur…

nucl-ex2019★ 15 cited

Total absorption -ray spectroscopy of the -delayed neutron emitters I and Rb

V. Guadilla, J. L. Tain, A. Algora +41

The decays of the -delayed neutron emitters I and Rb have been studied with the total absorption -ray spectroscopy technique. The purity of the beams provided…

nucl-ex2019★ 22 cited

Total absorption -ray spectroscopy of niobium isomers

V. Guadilla, A. Algora, J. L. Tain +42

The intensity distributions of the decays of Nb and Nb have been determined using the Total Absorption -Ray Spectro…

physics.ins-det2018★ 25 cited

Characterization and performance of the DTAS detector

V. Guadilla, J. L. Tain, A. Algora +42

DTAS is a segmented total absorption γ-ray spectrometer developed for the DESPEC experiment at FAIR. It is composed of up to eighteen NaI(Tl) crystals. In this work we study the pe…

nucl-ex2017★ 19 cited

Study of the -decay of Tc with Total Absorption -Ray Spectroscopy

V. Guadilla, A. Algora, J. L. Tain +42

The \b{eta}-decay of 100 Tc has been studied using the Total Absorption γ-Ray Spectroscopy technique at IGISOL. In this work the new DTAS spectrometer in coincidence with a cylindr…

physics.ins-det2017★ 61 cited

A novel segmented-scintillator antineutrino detector

Y. Abreu, Y. Amhis, L. Arnold +53

The next generation of very-short-baseline reactor experiments will require compact detectors operating at surface level and close to a nuclear reactor. This paper presents a new d…

physics.ins-det2016★ 3 cited

Characterization of a cylindrical plastic β-detector with Monte Carlo simulations of optical photons

V. Guadilla, A. Algora, J. L. Tain +39

In this work we report on the Monte Carlo study performed to understand and reproduce experimental measurements of a new plastic \b{eta}-detector with cylindrical geometry. Since e…

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-ex2016★ 1 cited

Antineutrino emission and gamma background characteristics from a thermal research reactor

V. M. Bui, L. Giot, M. Fallot +16

The detailed understanding of the antineutrino emission from research reactors is mandatory for any high sensitivity experiments either for fundamental or applied neutrino physics,…

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…

physics.ins-det2015★ 96 cited

Online Monitoring of the Osiris Reactor with the Nucifer Neutrino Detector

G. Boireau, L. Bouvet, A. P. Collin +51

Originally designed as a new nuclear reactor monitoring device, the Nucifer detector has successfully detected its first neutrinos. We provide the second shortest baseline measurem…

nucl-ex2015★ 85 cited

Total Absorption Spectroscopy Study of Rb Decay: A Major Contributor to Reactor Antineutrino Spectrum Shape

A. -A. Zakari-Issoufou, M. Fallot, A. Porta +44

The antineutrino spectra measured in recent experiments at reactors are inconsistent with calculations based on the conversion of integral beta spectra recorded at the ILL reactor.…

hep-ex2015★ 3 cited

Reactor Neutrino Flux Uncertainty Suppression on Multiple Detector Experiments

Andi Cucoanes, Pau Novella, Anatael Cabrera +4

This publication provides a coherent treatment for the reactor neutrino flux uncertainties suppression, specially focussed on the latest measurement. The treatment starts…

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…

hep-ex2013★ 115 cited

First Measurement of θ_13 from Delayed Neutron Capture on Hydrogen in the Double Chooz Experiment

Double Chooz Collaboration, Y. Abe, C. Aberle +169

The Double Chooz experiment has determined the value of the neutrino oscillation parameter from an analysis of inverse beta decay interactions with neutron capture on hydr…

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…

nucl-ex2012★ 136 cited

New antineutrino energy spectra predictions from the summation of beta decay branches of the fission products

M. Fallot, S. Cormon, M. Estienne +14

In this paper, we study the impact of the inclusion of the recently measured beta decay properties of the Tc, Mo, and Nb nuclei in an update…

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…