A Unified analysis of the reactor neutrino program towards the measurement of the mixing angle
Apr, 2007
28 pages
Part of High energy physics. Proceedings, Europhysics Conference, HEP 2007, Manchester, UK, July 19-25, 2007
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- J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 110 (2008) 082013
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- 0704.0498 [hep-ex]
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We present in this article a detailed quantitative discussion of the measurement of the leptonic mixing angle theta_13 through currently scheduled reactor neutrino oscillation experiments. We thus focus on Double Chooz (Phase I & II), Daya Bay (Phase I & II) and RENO experiments. We perform a unified analysis, including systematics, backgrounds and accurate experimental setup in each case. Each identified systematic error and background impact has been assessed on experimental setups following published data when available and extrapolating from Double Chooz acquired knowledge otherwise. After reviewing the experiments, we present a new analysis of their sensitivities to sin^2(2 theta_13) and study the impact of the different systematics based on the pulls approach. Through this generic statistical analysis we discuss the advantages and drawbacks of each experimental setup.Note:
- 28 pages, 7 figures, 14 tables, one appendix
- neutrino: mixing angle
- neutrino: oscillation
- nuclear reactor: particle source
- antineutrino/e: energy spectrum
- antineutrino/e: flux
- antineutrino/e: path length
- background
- scintillation counter
- sensitivity
- error
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