학술논문

Measurement of electron antineutrino oscillation with 1958 days of operation at Daya Bay
Document Type
Working Paper
Author
Daya Bay CollaborationAdey, D.An, F. P.Balantekin, A. B.Band, H. R.Bishai, M.Blyth, S.Cao, D.Cao, G. F.Cao, J.Chan, Y. L.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.Chukanov, A.Cummings, J. P.Deng, F. S.Ding, Y. Y.Diwan, M. V.Dolgareva, M.Dwyer, D. A.Edwards, W. R.Gonchar, M.Gong, G. H.Gong, H.Gu, W. Q.Guo, L.Guo, X. H.Guo, Y. H.Guo, Z.Hackenburg, R. W.Hans, S.He, M.Heeger, K. M.Heng, Y. K.Higuera, A.Hsiung, Y. B.Hu, B. Z.Hu, J. R.Hu, T.Hu, Z. J.Huang, H. X.Huang, X. T.Huang, Y. B.Huber, P.Huo, W.Hussain, G.Jaffe, D. E.Jen, K. L.Ji, X. L.Ji, X. P.Johnson, R. A.Jones, D.Kang, L.Kettell, S. H.Koerner, L. W.Kohn, S.Kramer, M.Langford, T. J.Lebanowski, L.Lee, J.Lee, J. H. C.Lei, R. T.Leitner, R.Leung, J. K. C.Li, C.Li, F.Li, H. L.Li, Q. J.Li, S.Li, S. C.Li, S. J.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.Lin, S. K.Lin, Y. -C.Ling, J. J.Link, J. M.Littenberg, L.Littlejohn, B. R.Liu, J. C.Liu, J. L.Liu, Y.Liu, Y. H.Loh, C. W.Lu, C.Lu, H. Q.Lu, J. S.Luk, K. B.Ma, X. B.Ma, X. Y.Ma, Y. Q.Malyshkin, Y.Marshall, C.Caicedo, D. A. MartinezMcDonald, K. T.McKeown, R. D.Mitchell, I.Lepin, L. MoraNapolitano, J.Naumov, D.Naumova, E.Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P.Olshevskiy, A.Pan, H. -R.Park, J.Patton, S.Pec, V.Peng, J. C.Pinsky, L.Pun, C. S. J.Qi, F. Z.Qi, M.Qian, X.Qiu, R. M.Raper, N.Ren, J.Rosero, R.Roskovec, B.Ruan, X. C.Steiner, H.Sun, J. L.Tang, W.Taychenachev, D.Treskov, K.Tse, W. -H.Tull, C. E.Viren, B.Vorobel, V.Wang, C. H.Wang, J.Wang, M.Wang, N. Y.Wang, R. G.Wang, W.Wang, X.Wang, Y. F.Wang, Z.Wang, Z. M.Wei, H. Y.Wei, L. H.Wen, L. J.Whisnant, K.White, C. G.Wise, T.Wong, H. L. H.Wong, S. C. F.Worcester, E.Wu, Q.Wu, W. J.Xia, D. M.Xing, Z. Z.Xu, J. L.Xue, T.Yang, C. G.Yang, H.Yang, L.Yang, M. S.Yang, M. T.Yang, Y. Z.Ye, M.Yeh, M.Young, B. L.Yu, H. Z.Yu, Z. Y.Yue, B. B.Zeng, S.Zhan, L.Zhang, C.Zhang, C. C.Zhang, F. Y.Zhang, H. H.Zhang, J. W.Zhang, Q. M.Zhang, R.Zhang, X. F.Zhang, X. T.Zhang, Y. M.Zhang, Y. X.Zhang, Y. Y.Zhang, Z. J.Zhang, Z. P.Zhang, Z. Y.Zhao, J.Zheng, P.Zhou, L.Zhuang, H. L.Zou, J. H.
Source
Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 241805 (2018)
Subject
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Language
Abstract
We report a measurement of electron antineutrino oscillation from the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment with nearly 4 million reactor $\overline{\nu}_{e}$ inverse beta decay candidates observed over 1958 days of data collection. The installation of a Flash-ADC readout system and a special calibration campaign using different source enclosures reduce uncertainties in the absolute energy calibration to less than 0.5% for visible energies larger than 2 MeV. The uncertainty in the cosmogenic $^9$Li and $^8$He background is reduced from 45% to 30% in the near detectors. A detailed investigation of the spent nuclear fuel history improves its uncertainty from 100% to 30%. Analysis of the relative $\overline{\nu}_{e}$ rates and energy spectra among detectors yields $\sin^{2}2\theta_{13} = 0.0856\pm 0.0029$ and $\Delta m^2_{32}=(2.471^{+0.068}_{-0.070})\times 10^{-3}~\mathrm{eV}^2$ assuming the normal hierarchy, and $\Delta m^2_{32}=-(2.575^{+0.068}_{-0.070})\times 10^{-3}~\mathrm{eV}^2$ assuming the inverted hierarchy.
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