Background-independent measurement of theta(13) in Double Chooz

Y. Abe; J. C. dos Anjos; J. C. Barriere; E. Baussan; I. Bekman; M. Bergevin; T. J. C. Bezerra; L. Bezrukov; E. Blucher; C. Buck; J. Busenitz; A. Cabrera; E. Caden; L. Camilleri; R. Carr; M. Cerrada; P. -J. Chang; E. Chauveau; P. Chimenti; A. P. Collin; E. Conover; J. M. Conrad; J. I. Crespo-Anadon; K. Crum; A. Cucoanes; E. Damon; J. V. Dawson; D. Dietrich; Z. Djurcic; M. Dracos; M. Elnimr; A. Etenko; M. Fallot; F. von Feilitzsch; J. Felde; S. M. Fernandes; V. Fischer; D. Franco; M. Franke; H. Furuta; I. Gil-Botella; L. Giot; M. Goeger-Neff; L. F. G. Gonzalez; L. Goodenough; M. C. Goodman; C. Grant; N. Haag; T. Hara; J. Haser; M. Hofmann; G. A. Horton-Smith; A. Hourlier; M. Ishitsuka; J. Jochum; C. Jollet; F. Kaether; L. N. Kalousis; Y. Kamyshkov; D. M. Kaplan; T. Kawasaki; E. Kemp; H. de Kerret; T. Konno; D. Kryn; M. Kuze; T. Lachenmaier; C. E. Lane; T. Lasserre; A. Letourneau; D. Lhuillier; H. P. Lima; M. Lindner; J. M. Lopez-Castano; J. M. LoSecco; B. K. Lubsandorzhiev; S. Lucht; J. Maeda; C. Mariani; J. Maricic; J. Martino; T. Matsubara; G. Mention; A. Meregaglia; T. Miletic; R. Milincic; A. Minotti; Y. Nagasaka; K. Nakajima; Y. Nikitenko; P. Novella; M. Obolensky; L. Oberauer; A. Onillon; A. Osborn; C. Palomares; I. M. Pepe; S. Perasso; P. Pfahler; A. Porta; G. Pronost; J. Reichenbacher; B. Reinhold; M. Roehling; R. Roncin; S. Roth; B. Rybolt; Y. Sakamoto; R. Santorelli; F. Sato; A. C. Schilithz; S. Schoenert; S. Schoppmann; M. H. Shaevitz; R. Sharankova; S. Shimojima; V. Sibille; V. Sinev; M. Skorokhvatov; E. Smith; J. Spitz; A. Stahl; I. Stancu; L. F. F. Stokes; M. Strait; A. Stueken; F. Suekane; S. Sukhotin; T. Sumiyoshi; Y. Sun; R. Svoboda; K. Terao; A. Tonazzo; H. H. Trinh Thi; G. Valdiviesso; N. Vassilopoulos; C. Veyssiere; M. Vivier; S. Wagner; H. Watanabe; C. Wiebusch; L. Winslow; M. Wurm; G. Yang; F. Yermia; V. Zimmer

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Background-independent measurement of theta(13) in Double Chooz

Y. Abe, J. C. dos Anjos, J. C. Barriere, E. Baussan, I. Bekman, M. Bergevin, T. J. C. Bezerra, L. Bezrukov, E. Blucher, C. Buck, …

Physics letters. B, v 735, pp 51-56

30 Jul 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2014.04.045

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The oscillation results published by the Double Chooz Collaboration in 2011 and 2012 rely on background models substantiated by reactor-on data. In this analysis, we present a background-model-independent measurement of the mixing angle theta(13) by including 7.53 days of reactor-off data. A global fit of the observed antineutrino rates for different reactor power conditions is performed, yielding a measurement of both theta(13) and the total background rate. The results on the mixing angle are improved significantly by including the reactor-off data in the fit, as it provides a direct measurement of the total background rate. This reactor rate modulation analysis considers antineutrino candidates with neutron captures on both Gd and H, whose combination yields sin(2)(2 theta(13)) = 0.102 +/- 0.028(stat.) +/- 0.033(syst.). The results presented in this study are fully consistent with the ones already published by Double Chooz, achieving a competitive precision. They provide, for the first time, a determination of theta(13) that does not depend on a background model. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.

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Title: Background-independent measurement of theta(13) in Double Chooz
Creators: Y. Abe - Tokyo Institute of Technology
J. C. dos Anjos - Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, BR-22290180 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
J. C. Barriere - Ctr Saclay, IRFU, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
E. Baussan - University of Strasbourg
I. Bekman - RWTH Aachen University
M. Bergevin - University of California, Davis
T. J. C. Bezerra - Tohoku University
L. Bezrukov - Russian Academy of Sciences
E. Blucher - University of Chicago
C. Buck - Max Planck Society
J. Busenitz - University of Alabama
A. Cabrera - Délégation Paris 7
E. Caden - Drexel University
L. Camilleri - Columbia University
R. Carr - Columbia University
M. Cerrada - CIEMAT, Ctr Invest Energet Medioambientales & Tecnol, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
P. -J. Chang - Kansas State University
E. Chauveau - Tohoku University
P. Chimenti - Universidade Federal do ABC
A. P. Collin - Ctr Saclay, IRFU, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
E. Conover - University of Chicago
J. M. Conrad - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
J. I. Crespo-Anadon - CIEMAT, Ctr Invest Energet Medioambientales & Tecnol, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
K. Crum - University of Chicago
A. Cucoanes - University of Nantes
E. Damon - Drexel University
J. V. Dawson - Délégation Paris 7
D. Dietrich - University of Tübingen
Z. Djurcic - Argonne National Laboratory
M. Dracos - University of Strasbourg
M. Elnimr - University of Alabama
A. Etenko - Kurchatov Institute
M. Fallot - University of Nantes
F. von Feilitzsch - Technical University of Munich
J. Felde - University of California, Davis
S. M. Fernandes - University of Alabama
V. Fischer - Ctr Saclay, IRFU, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
D. Franco - Délégation Paris 7
M. Franke - Technical University of Munich
H. Furuta - Tohoku University
I. Gil-Botella - CIEMAT, Ctr Invest Energet Medioambientales & Tecnol, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
L. Giot - University of Nantes
M. Goeger-Neff - Tech Univ Munich, Dept Phys, D-85747 Garching, Germany
L. F. G. Gonzalez - Univ Estadual Campinas, UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil
L. Goodenough - Argonne National Laboratory
M. C. Goodman - Argonne National Laboratory
C. Grant - University of California, Davis
N. Haag - Technical University of Munich
T. Hara - Kobe University
J. Haser - Max Planck Society
M. Hofmann - Technical University of Munich
G. A. Horton-Smith - Kansas State University
A. Hourlier - Délégation Paris 7
M. Ishitsuka - Tokyo Institute of Technology
J. Jochum - University of Tübingen
C. Jollet - University of Strasbourg
F. Kaether - Max Planck Society
L. N. Kalousis - Virginia Tech
Y. Kamyshkov - University of Tennessee at Knoxville
D. M. Kaplan - Illinois Institute of Technology
T. Kawasaki - Niigata University
E. Kemp - State University of Campinas
H. de Kerret - Délégation Paris 7
T. Konno - Tokyo Institute of Technology
D. Kryn - Délégation Paris 7
M. Kuze - Tokyo Institute of Technology
T. Lachenmaier - University of Tübingen
C. E. Lane - Drexel University
T. Lasserre - Délégation Paris 7
A. Letourneau - Ctr Saclay, IRFU, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
D. Lhuillier - Ctr Saclay, IRFU, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
H. P. Lima - Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, BR-22290180 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
M. Lindner - Max Planck Society
J. M. Lopez-Castano - CIEMAT, Ctr Invest Energet Medioambientales & Tecnol, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
J. M. LoSecco - University of Notre Dame
B. K. Lubsandorzhiev - Russian Academy of Sciences
S. Lucht - RWTH Aachen University
J. Maeda - Tokyo Metropolitan University
C. Mariani - Virginia Tech
J. Maricic - Drexel University
J. Martino - University of Nantes
T. Matsubara - Tokyo Metropolitan University
G. Mention - Ctr Saclay, IRFU, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
A. Meregaglia - University of Strasbourg
T. Miletic - Drexel University
R. Milincic - Drexel University
A. Minotti - University of Strasbourg
Y. Nagasaka - Hiroshima Institute of Technology
K. Nakajima - Niigata University
Y. Nikitenko - Russian Academy of Sciences
P. Novella - Délégation Paris 7
M. Obolensky - Délégation Paris 7
L. Oberauer - Technical University of Munich
A. Onillon - University of Nantes
A. Osborn - University of Tennessee at Knoxville
C. Palomares - CIEMAT, Ctr Invest Energet Medioambientales & Tecnol, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
I. M. Pepe - Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, BR-22290180 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
S. Perasso - Délégation Paris 7
P. Pfahler - Technical University of Munich
A. Porta - University of Nantes
G. Pronost - University of Nantes
J. Reichenbacher - University of Alabama
B. Reinhold - Max Planck Society
M. Roehling - Univ Tubingen, Kepler Ctr Astro & Particle Phys, D-72076 Tubingen, Germany
R. Roncin - Délégation Paris 7
S. Roth - RWTH Aachen University
B. Rybolt - University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Y. Sakamoto - Tohoku Gakuin University
R. Santorelli - CIEMAT, Ctr Invest Energet Medioambientales & Tecnol, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
F. Sato - Tokyo Metropolitan University
A. C. Schilithz - Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, BR-22290180 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
S. Schoenert - Tech Univ Munich, Dept Phys, D-85747 Garching, Germany
S. Schoppmann - RWTH Aachen University
M. H. Shaevitz - Columbia University
R. Sharankova - Tokyo Institute of Technology
S. Shimojima - Tokyo Metropolitan University
V. Sibille - Russian Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Res, Moscow 117901, Russia
V. Sinev - Russian Academy of Sciences
M. Skorokhvatov - Kurchatov Institute
E. Smith - Drexel University
J. Spitz - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A. Stahl - RWTH Aachen University
I. Stancu - University of Alabama
L. F. F. Stokes - University of Tübingen
M. Strait - University of Chicago
A. Stueken - Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Inst Phys 3, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
F. Suekane - Tohoku University
S. Sukhotin - Kurchatov Institute
T. Sumiyoshi - Tokyo Metropolitan University
Y. Sun - University of Alabama
R. Svoboda - University of California, Davis
K. Terao - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A. Tonazzo - Délégation Paris 7
H. H. Trinh Thi - Technical University of Munich
G. Valdiviesso - Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, BR-22290180 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
N. Vassilopoulos - University of Strasbourg
C. Veyssiere - Ctr Saclay, IRFU, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
M. Vivier - Ctr Saclay, IRFU, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
S. Wagner - Max Planck Society
H. Watanabe - Max Planck Society
C. Wiebusch - RWTH Aachen University
L. Winslow - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M. Wurm - University of Tübingen
G. Yang - Illinois Institute of Technology
F. Yermia - University of Nantes
V. Zimmer - Technical University of Munich
Publication Details: Physics letters. B, v 735, pp 51-56
Publisher: Elsevier
Number of pages: 6
Grant note: excellence cluster "Origin and Structure of the Universe" RFBR (the Russian Foundation for Basic Research); Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) 1340143 / Division Of Physics; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS) CEA; French Atomic Energy Commission Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq); Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPQ) Max Planck Gesellschaft; Max Planck Society Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP); Financiadora de Inovacao e Pesquisa (Finep) Kurchatov Institute Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP); Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation of the United States Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan (MEXT); Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT) CNRS/IN2P3; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Brazilian Network for High Energy Physics (RENAFAE) in Brazil Maier-Leibnitz-Laboratorium Garching in Germany Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI) Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (MICINN) of Spain; Spanish Government Russian Academy of Sciences LabEx UnivEarthS in France computer center CCIN2P3 SBH WI 2152 / Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG; German Research Foundation (DFG) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Transregional Collaborative Research Center TR27
Resource Type: Journal article
Language: English
Academic Unit: Electrical and Computer Engineering; Physics
Web of Science ID: WOS:000340048900008
Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84902532004
Other Identifier: 991019168088704721

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