Measurement of $\theta_{13}$ in Double Chooz using neutron captures on hydrogen with novel background rejection techniques

Y. Abe T. Abrahão H. Almazan C. Alt J. C. Dos Anjos J. C. Barriere 1 E. Baussan 2 I. Bekman M. Bergevin T. J. C. Bezerra L. Bezrukov E. Blucher T. Brugière 2 C. Buck J. Busenitz A. Cabrera L. Camilleri R. Carr M. Cerrada E. Chauveau P. Chimenti A. P. Collin J. M. Conrad J. I. Crespo-Anadón K. Crum A. S. Cucoanes 3 E. Damon J. V. Dawson J. Dhooghe D. Dietrich Z. Djurcic M. Dracos 2 A. Etenko Muriel Fallot 3 F. von Feilitzsch J. Felde S. M. Fernandes V. Fischer D. Franco M. Franke H. Furuta I. Gil-Botella Lydie Giot 3 M. Göger-Neff H. Gomez L. F. G. Gonzalez L. Goodenough M. C. Goodman N. Haag T. Hara J. Haser D. Hellwig M. Hofmann G. A. Horton-Smith A. Hourlier M. Ishitsuka J. Jochum C. Jollet 2 F. Kaether L. N. Kalousis Y. Kamyshkov M. Kaneda D. M. Kaplan T. Kawasaki E. Kemp H. de Kerret D. Kryn M. Kuze T. Lachenmaier C. E. Lane T. Lasserre A. Letourneau D. Lhuillier H. P. Lima Jr M. Lindner J. M. López-Castaño J. M. Losecco B. Lubsandorzhiev S. Lucht J. Maeda C. Mariani J. Maricic J. Martino T. Matsubara G. Mention A. Meregaglia 2 T. Miletic R. Milincic A. Minotti 2 Y. Nagasaka D. Navas-Nicolás P. Novella L. Oberauer M. Obolensky A. Onillon 3 A. Osborn C. Palomares I. M. Pepe S. Perasso A. Porta 3 G. Pronost 3 J. Reichenbacher B. Reinhold M. Röhling R. Roncin B. Rybolt Y. Sakamoto R. Santorelli A. C. Schilithz S. Schönert S. Schoppmann M. H. Shaevitz R. Sharankova D. Shrestha V. Sibille V. Sinev M. Skorokhvatov E. Smith M. Soiron J. Spitz A. Stahl I. Stancu L. F. F. Stokes M. Strait F. Suekane S. Sukhotin T. Sumiyoshi Y. Sun R. Svoboda K. Terao A. Tonazzo H. H. Trinh Thi G. Valdiviesso N. Vassilopoulos 2 C. Veyssiere M. Vivier 1 S. Wagner N. Walsh H. Watanabe C. Wiebusch M. Wurm G. Yang F. Yermia 3 V. Zimmer
1 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
2 IPHC - Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien
3 SUBATECH - Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes
Abstract : The Double Chooz collaboration presents a measurement of the neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{13}$ using reactor $\overline{\nu}_{e}$ observed via the inverse beta decay reaction in which the neutron is captured on hydrogen. This measurement is based on 462.72 live days data, approximately twice as much data as in the previous such analysis, collected with a detector positioned at an average distance of 1050m from two reactor cores. Several novel techniques have been developed to achieve significant reductions of the backgrounds and systematic uncertainties. Accidental coincidences, the dominant background in this analysis, are suppressed by more than an order of magnitude with respect to our previous publication by a multi-variate analysis. These improvements demonstrate the capability of precise measurement of reactor $\overline{\nu}_{e}$ without gadolinium loading. Spectral distortions from the $\overline{\nu}_{e}$ reactor flux predictions previously reported with the neutron capture on gadolinium events are confirmed in the independent data sample presented here. A value of $\sin^{2}2\theta_{13} = 0.095^{+0.038}_{-0.039}$(stat+syst) is obtained from a fit to the observed event rate as a function of the reactor power, a method insensitive to the energy spectrum shape. A simultaneous fit of the hydrogen capture events and of the gadolinium capture events yields a measurement of $\sin^{2}2\theta_{13} = 0.088\pm0.033$(stat+syst).
Document type :
Journal articles
Complete list of metadatas
http://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-01230488
Contributor : Sylvie Flores <>
Submitted on : Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 2:08:34 PM
Last modification on : Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - 5:22:01 PM

Links full text

arxiv

Identifiers

Collections

IN2P3 | DSM-IRFU | DRS-IPHC | IPHC | UNIV-NANTES | CEA | SUBATECH | CEA-UPSAY | UNIV-PARIS-SACLAY | CEA-DRF | SITE-ALSACE | IMT-ATLANTIQUE | SUBATECH-SEN | SUBATECH-NEUTRINO

Citation

Y. Abe, T. Abrahão, H. Almazan, C. Alt, J. C. Dos Anjos, et al.. Measurement of $\theta_{13}$ in Double Chooz using neutron captures on hydrogen with novel background rejection techniques. Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Verlag (Germany), 2016, 1601, pp.163. ⟨10.1007/JHEP01(2016)163⟩. ⟨in2p3-01230488⟩

Export

BibTeX TEI DC DCterms EndNote

Share

Metrics

Record views

532

Contact

CCSD