Creation of neutrino laboratory for carrying out experiment on search for a sterile neutrino at the SM-3 reactor

To check the existence of a sterile neutrino, a neutrino laboratory aimed at searching reactor antineutrino oscillations is created at the SM-3 reactor. A prototype of a neutrino detector with a scintillator volume of 400 L is moved at distances 6–11 m from the core of the reactor. Background condit...

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Published in:Technical physics Vol. 60; no. 12; pp. 1863 - 1871
Main Authors: Serebrov, A. P., Ivochkin, V. G., Samoilov, R. M., Fomin, A. K., Zinov’ev, V. G., Neustroev, P. V., Golovtsov, V. L., Gruzinskii, N. V., Solovei, V. A., Chernyi, A. V., Zherebtsov, O. M., Martem’yanov, V. P., Tsinoev, V. G., Tarasenkov, V. G., Aleshin, V. I., Petelin, A. L., Pavlov, S. V., Izhutov, A. L., Sazontov, S. A., Ryazanov, D. K., Gromov, M. O., Afanas’ev, V. V., Matrosov, L. N., Matrosova, M. Yu
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01-12-2015
Springer
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Summary:To check the existence of a sterile neutrino, a neutrino laboratory aimed at searching reactor antineutrino oscillations is created at the SM-3 reactor. A prototype of a neutrino detector with a scintillator volume of 400 L is moved at distances 6–11 m from the core of the reactor. Background conditions are measured. It is shown that the cosmic rays background is the main problem in the experiment. The prospects of the search for reactor antineutrino oscillations at short distances are discussed.
ISSN:1063-7842
1090-6525
DOI:10.1134/S106378421512018X