학술논문

Joint Determination of Reactor Antineutrino Spectra from $^{235}$U and $^{239}$Pu Fission by Daya Bay and PROSPECT
Document Type
Working Paper
Author
Daya Bay CollaborationPROSPECT CollaborationAn, F. P.Andriamirado, M.Balantekin, A. B.Band, H. R.Bass, C. D.Bergeron, D. E.Berish, D.Bishai, M.Blyth, S.Bowden, N. S.Bryan, C. D.Cao, G. F.Cao, J.Chang, J. F.Chang, Y.Chen, H. S.Chen, S. M.Chen, Y.Chen, Y. X.Cheng, J.Cheng, Z. K.Cherwinka, J. J.Chu, M. C.Classen, T.Conant, A. J.Cummings, J. P.Dalager, O.Deichert, G.Delgado, A.Deng, F. S.Ding, Y. Y.Diwan, M. V.Dohnal, T.Dolinski, M. J.Dolzhikov, D.Dove, J.Dvorak, M.Dwyer, D. A.Erickson, A.Foust, B. T.Gaison, J. K.Galindo-Uribarri, A.Gallo, J. P.Gilbert, C. E.Gonchar, M.Gong, G. H.Gong, H.Grassi, M.Gu, W. Q.Guo, J. Y.Guo, L.Guo, X. H.Guo, Y. H.Guo, Z.Hackenburg, R. W.Hans, S.Hansell, A. B.He, M.Heeger, K. M.Heffron, B.Heng, Y. K.Hor, Y. K.Hsiung, Y. B.Hu, B. Z.Hu, J. R.Hu, T.Hu, Z. J.Huang, H. X.Huang, J. H.Huang, X. T.Huang, Y. B.Huber, P.Koblanski, J.Jaffe, D. E.Jayakumar, S.Jen, K. L.Ji, X. L.Ji, X. P.Johnson, R. A.Jones, D. C.Kang, L.Kettell, S. H.Kohn, S.Kramer, M.Kyzylova, O.Lane, C. E.Langford, T. J.LaRosa, J.Lee, J.Lee, J. H. C.Lei, R. T.Leitner, R.Leung, J. K. C.Li, F.Li, H. L.Li, J. J.Li, Q. J.Li, R. H.Li, S.Li, S. C.Li, W. D.Li, X. N.Li, X. Q.Li, Y. F.Li, Z. B.Liang, H.Lin, C. J.Lin, G. L.Lin, S.Ling, J. J.Link, J. M.Littenberg, L.Littlejohn, B. R.Liu, J. C.Liu, J. L.Liu, J. X.Lu, C.Lu, H. Q.Lu, X.Luk, K. B.Ma, B. Z.Ma, X. B.Ma, X. Y.Ma, Y. Q.Mandujano, R. C.Maricic, J.Marshall, C.McDonald, K. T.McKeown, R. D.Mendenhall, M. P.Meng, Y.Meyer, A. M.Milincic, R.Mueller, P. E.Mumm, H. P.Napolitano, J.Naumov, D.Naumova, E.Neilson, R.Nguyen, T. M. T.Nikkel, J. A.Nour, S.Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P.Olshevskiy, A.Palomino, J. L.Pan, H. -R.Park, J.Patton, S.Peng, J. C.Pun, C. S. J.Pushin, D. A.Qi, F. Z.Qi, M.Qian, X.Raper, N.Ren, J.Reveco, C. MoralesRosero, R.Roskovec, B.Ruan, X. C.Searles, M.Steiner, H.Sun, J. L.Surukuchi, P. T.Tmej, T.Treskov, K.Tse, W. -H.Tull, C. E.Tyra, M. A.Varner, R. L.Venegas-Vargas, D.Viren, B.Vorobel, V.Wang, C. H.Wang, J.Wang, M.Wang, N. Y.Wang, R. G.Wang, W.Wang, X.Wang, Y.Wang, Y. F.Wang, Z.Wang, Z. M.Weatherly, P. B.Wei, H. Y.Wei, L. H.Wen, L. J.Whisnant, K.White, C.Wilhelmi, J.Wong, H. L. H.Woolverton, A.Worcester, E.Wu, D. R.Wu, F. L.Wu, Q.Wu, W. J.Xia, D. M.Xie, Z. Q.Xing, Z. Z.Xu, H. K.Xu, J. L.Xu, T.Xue, T.Yang, C. G.Yang, L.Yang, Y. Z.Yao, H. F.Ye, M.Yeh, M.Young, B. L.Yu, H. Z.Yu, Z. Y.Yue, B. B.Zavadskyi, V.Zeng, S.Zeng, Y.Zhan, L.Zhang, C.Zhang, F. Y.Zhang, H. H.Zhang, J. W.Zhang, Q. M.Zhang, S. Q.Zhang, X.Zhang, X. T.Zhang, Y. M.Zhang, Y. X.Zhang, Y. Y.Zhang, Z. J.Zhang, Z. P.Zhang, Z. Y.Zhao, J.Zhao, R. Z.Zhou, L.Zhuang, H. L.Zou, J. H.
Source
Physical Review Letters 128, 081801 (2022)
Subject
Nuclear Experiment
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Language
Abstract
A joint determination of the reactor antineutrino spectra resulting from the fission of $^{235}$U and $^{239}$Pu has been carried out by the Daya Bay and PROSPECT collaborations. This Letter reports the level of consistency of $^{235}$U spectrum measurements from the two experiments and presents new results from a joint analysis of both data sets. The measurements are found to be consistent. The combined analysis reduces the degeneracy between the dominant $^{235}$U and $^{239}$Pu isotopes and improves the uncertainty of the $^{235}$U spectral shape to about 3\%. The ${}^{235}$U and $^{239}$Pu antineutrino energy spectra are unfolded from the jointly deconvolved reactor spectra using the Wiener-SVD unfolding method, providing a data-based reference for other reactor antineutrino experiments and other applications. This is the first measurement of the $^{235}$U and $^{239}$Pu spectra based on the combination of experiments at low- and highly enriched uranium reactors.
Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, Supplementary Material Included