Direct measurement of backgrounds using reactor-off data in Double Chooz

Y. Abe; C. Aberle; J. C. dos Anjos; J. C. Barriere; M. Bergevin; A. Bernstein; T. J. C. Bezerra; L. Bezrukhov; E. Blucher; N. S. Bowden; C. Buck; J. Busenitz; A. Cabrera; E. Caden; L. Camilleri; R. Carr; M. Cerrada; P. -J. Chang; P. Chimenti; T. Classen; A. P. Collin; E. Conover; J. M. Conrad; J. I. Crespo-Anadon; K. Crum; A. Cucoanes; M. V. D'Agostino; E. Damon; J. V. Dawson; S. Dazeley; D. Dietrich; Z. Djurcic; M. Dracos; V. Durand; J. Ebert; Y. Efremenko; M. Elnimr; A. Erickson; A. Etenko; M. Fallot; M. Fechner; F. von Feilitzsch; J. Felde; S. M. Fernandes; V. Fischer; D. Franco; A. J. Franke; M. Franke; H. Furuta; R. Gama; I. Gil-Botella; L. Giot; M. Goeger-Neff; L. F. G. Gonzalez; L. Goodenough; M. C. Goodman; J. T. M. Goon; D. Greiner; N. Haag; S. Habib; C. Hagner; T. Hara; F. X. Hartmann; J. Haser; A. Hatzikoutelis; T. Hayakawa; M. Hofmann; G. A. Horton-Smith; A. Hourlier; M. Ishitsuka; J. Jochum; C. Jollet; C. L. Jones; F. Kaether; L. N. Kalousis; Y. Kamyshkov; D. M. Kaplan; T. Kawasaki; G. Keefer; E. Kemp; H. de Kerret; Y. Kibe; T. Konno; D. Kryn; M. Kuze; T. Lachenmaier; C. E. Lane; C. Langbrandtner; T. Lasserre; A. Letourneau; D. Lhuillier; H. P. Lima; M. Lindner; J. M. Lopez-Castano; J. M. LoSecco; B. K. Lubsandorzhiev; S. Lucht; D. McKee; J. Maeda; C. N. Maesano; C. Mariani; J. Maricic; J. Martino; T. Matsubara; G. Mention; A. Meregaglia; M. Meyer; T. Miletic; R. Milincic; H. Miyata; Th. A. Mueller; Y. Nagasaka; K. Nakajima; P. Novella; M. Obolensky; L. Oberauer; A. Onillon; A. Osborn; I. Ostrovskiy; C. Palomares; I. M. Pepe; S. Perasso; P. Perrin; P. Pfahler; A. Porta; W. Potzel; G. Pronost; J. Reichenbacher; B. Reinhold; A. Remoto; M. Roehling; R. Roncin; S. Roth; B. Rybolt; Y. Sakamoto; R. Santorelli; F. Sato; S. Schoenert; S. Schoppmann; T. Schwetz; M. H. Shaevitz; S. Shimojima; D. Shrestha; J-L. Sida; 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; M. Toups; H. H. Trinh Thi; G. Valdiviesso; C. Veyssiere; S. Wagner; H. Watanabe; B. White; C. Wiebusch; L. Winslow; M. Worcester; M. Wurm; F. Yermia; V. Zimmer; Double Chooz Collaboration

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Direct measurement of backgrounds using reactor-off data in Double Chooz

Y. Abe, C. Aberle, J. C. dos Anjos, J. C. Barriere, M. Bergevin, A. Bernstein, T. J. C. Bezerra, L. Bezrukhov, E. Blucher, N. S. Bowden, …

Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology, v 87(1), p011102(R)

08 Jan 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.011102

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Double Chooz is unique among modern reactor-based neutrino experiments studying (nu) over bar (e) disappearance in that data can be collected with all reactors off. In this paper, we present data from 7.53 days of reactor-off running. Applying the same selection criteria as used in the Double Chooz reactor-on oscillation analysis, a measured background rate of 1.0 +/- 0.4 events/day is obtained. The background model for accidentals, cosmogenic beta-n-emitting isotopes, fast neutrons from cosmic muons, and stopped-mu decays used in the oscillation analysis is demonstrated to be correct within the uncertainties. Kinematic distributions of the events, which are dominantly cosmic-ray-produced correlated-background events, are provided. The background rates are scaled to the shielding depths of two other reactor-based oscillation experiments, Daya Bay and RENO. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.011102

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Title: Direct measurement of backgrounds using reactor-off data in Double Chooz
Creators: Y. Abe - Tokyo Institute of Technology
C. Aberle - Max Planck Society
J. C. dos Anjos - Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, BR-22290180 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
J. C. Barriere - IRFU, Ctr Saclay, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
M. Bergevin - University of California, Davis
A. Bernstein - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
T. J. C. Bezerra - Tohoku University
L. Bezrukhov - Russian Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Res, Moscow 117901, Russia
E. Blucher - University of Chicago
N. S. Bowden - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
C. Buck - Max Planck Society
J. Busenitz - University of Alabama
A. Cabrera - Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS IN2P3, CEA IRFU,APC, Observ Paris, F-75205 Paris 13, France
E. Caden - Drexel University
L. Camilleri - Columbia University
R. Carr - Columbia University
M. Cerrada - CIEMAT, Ctr Invest Energet Medioambientales & Technol, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
P. -J. Chang - Kansas State University
P. Chimenti - Universidade Federal do ABC
T. Classen - University of California, Davis
A. P. Collin - IRFU, Ctr Saclay, 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 & Technol, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
K. Crum - University of Chicago
A. Cucoanes - École des mines de Nantes
M. V. D'Agostino - Argonne National Laboratory
E. Damon - Drexel University
J. V. Dawson - Lab Neutrino Champagne Ardenne, F-08600 Rancennes, France
S. Dazeley - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
D. Dietrich - University of Tübingen
Z. Djurcic - Argonne National Laboratory
M. Dracos - University of Strasbourg
V. Durand - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
J. Ebert - Universität Hamburg
Y. Efremenko - University of Tennessee at Knoxville
M. Elnimr - École des mines de Nantes
A. Erickson - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
A. Etenko - Kurchatov Institute
M. Fallot - École des mines de Nantes
M. Fechner - IRFU, Ctr Saclay, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
F. von Feilitzsch - Technical University of Munich
J. Felde - University of California, Davis
S. M. Fernandes - University of Alabama
V. Fischer - IRFU, Ctr Saclay, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
D. Franco - Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS IN2P3, CEA IRFU,APC, Observ Paris, F-75205 Paris 13, France
A. J. Franke - Columbia University
M. Franke - Technical University of Munich
H. Furuta - Tohoku University
R. Gama - Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, BR-22290180 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
I. Gil-Botella - CIEMAT, Ctr Invest Energet Medioambientales & Technol, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
L. Giot - École des mines de 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
J. T. M. Goon - University of Alabama
D. Greiner - University of Tübingen
N. Haag - Technical University of Munich
S. Habib - University of Alabama
C. Hagner - Universität Hamburg
T. Hara - Kobe University
F. X. Hartmann - Max Planck Society
J. Haser - Max Planck Society
A. Hatzikoutelis - University of Tennessee at Knoxville
T. Hayakawa - Niigata University
M. Hofmann - Technical University of Munich
G. A. Horton-Smith - Kansas State University
A. Hourlier - Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS IN2P3, CEA IRFU,APC, Observ Paris, F-75205 Paris 13, France
M. Ishitsuka - Tokyo Institute of Technology
J. Jochum - University of Tübingen
C. Jollet - University of Strasbourg
C. L. Jones - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
F. Kaether - Max Planck Society
L. N. Kalousis - University of Strasbourg
Y. Kamyshkov - University of Tennessee at Knoxville
D. M. Kaplan - Illinois Institute of Technology
T. Kawasaki - Niigata University
G. Keefer - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
E. Kemp - State University of Campinas
H. de Kerret - Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS IN2P3, CEA IRFU,APC, Observ Paris, F-75205 Paris 13, France
Y. Kibe - Tokyo Institute of Technology
T. Konno - Tokyo Institute of Technology
D. Kryn - Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS IN2P3, CEA IRFU,APC, Observ Paris, F-75205 Paris 13, France
M. Kuze - Tokyo Institute of Technology
T. Lachenmaier - University of Tübingen
C. E. Lane - Drexel University
C. Langbrandtner - Max Planck Society
T. Lasserre - Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS IN2P3, CEA IRFU,APC, Observ Paris, F-75205 Paris 13, France
A. Letourneau - IRFU, Ctr Saclay, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
D. Lhuillier - IRFU, Ctr Saclay, 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 & Technol, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
J. M. LoSecco - University of Notre Dame
B. K. Lubsandorzhiev - Russian Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Res, Moscow 117901, Russia
S. Lucht - RWTH Aachen University
D. McKee - Kansas State University
J. Maeda - Tokyo Metropolitan University
C. N. Maesano - University of California, Davis
C. Mariani - Columbia University
J. Maricic - Drexel University
J. Martino - École des mines de Nantes
T. Matsubara - Tokyo Metropolitan University
G. Mention - IRFU, Ctr Saclay, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
A. Meregaglia - University of Strasbourg
M. Meyer - Universität Hamburg
T. Miletic - Drexel University
R. Milincic - Drexel University
H. Miyata - Niigata University
Th. A. Mueller - Tohoku University
Y. Nagasaka - Hiroshima Institute of Technology
K. Nakajima - Niigata University
P. Novella - CIEMAT, Ctr Invest Energet Medioambientales & Technol, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
M. Obolensky - Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS IN2P3, CEA IRFU,APC, Observ Paris, F-75205 Paris 13, France
L. Oberauer - Technical University of Munich
A. Onillon - École des mines de Nantes
A. Osborn - University of Tennessee at Knoxville
I. Ostrovskiy - University of Alabama
C. Palomares - CIEMAT, Ctr Invest Energet Medioambientales & Technol, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
I. M. Pepe - Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, BR-22290180 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
S. Perasso - Drexel University
P. Perrin - IRFU, Ctr Saclay, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
P. Pfahler - Technical University of Munich
A. Porta - École des mines de Nantes
W. Potzel - Technical University of Munich
G. Pronost - École des mines de Nantes
J. Reichenbacher - University of Alabama
B. Reinhold - Max Planck Society
A. Remoto - Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS IN2P3, CEA IRFU,APC, Observ Paris, F-75205 Paris 13, France
M. Roehling - Univ Tubingen, Kepler Ctr Astro & Particle Phys, D-72076 Tubingen, Germany
R. Roncin - Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS IN2P3, CEA IRFU,APC, Observ Paris, F-75205 Paris 13, France
S. Roth - RWTH Aachen University
B. Rybolt - University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Y. Sakamoto - Tohoku Gakuin University
R. Santorelli - CIEMAT, Ctr Invest Energet Medioambientales & Technol, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
F. Sato - Tokyo Metropolitan University
S. Schoenert - Tech Univ Munich, Dept Phys, D-85747 Garching, Germany
S. Schoppmann - RWTH Aachen University
T. Schwetz - Max Planck Society
M. H. Shaevitz - Columbia University
S. Shimojima - Tokyo Metropolitan University
D. Shrestha - Kansas State University
J-L. Sida - IRFU, Ctr Saclay, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
V. Sinev - Russian Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Res, Moscow 117901, Russia
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 Univ, Res Ctr Neutrino Sci, Sendai, Miyagi 9808578, Japan
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 - Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS IN2P3, CEA IRFU,APC, Observ Paris, F-75205 Paris 13, France
M. Toups - Columbia University
H. H. Trinh Thi - Tech Univ Munich, Dept Phys, D-85747 Garching, Germany
G. Valdiviesso - Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, BR-22290180 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
C. Veyssiere - IRFU, Ctr Saclay, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
S. Wagner - Max Planck Society
H. Watanabe - Max Planck Society
B. White - University of Tennessee at Knoxville
C. Wiebusch - RWTH Aachen University
L. Winslow - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M. Worcester - University of Chicago
M. Wurm - Universität Hamburg
F. Yermia - École des mines de Nantes
V. Zimmer - Technical University of Munich
Double Chooz Collaboration
Publication Details: Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology, v 87(1), p011102(R)
Publisher: Amer Physical Soc
Number of pages: 7
Grant note: RFBR (the Russian Foundation for Basic Research); Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) 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) Russian Academy of Science; Russian Academy of Sciences Kurchatov Institute Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP); Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) CNRS/IN2P3; CCIN2P3 / CEA; French Atomic Energy Commission 1066014 / Division Of Physics; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS) National Science Foundation of the United States; National Science Foundation (NSF) 11J06289 / Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research; Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan (MEXT); Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT) Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MCTI) Department of Energy; United States Department of Energy (DOE) Excellence Cluster "Origin and Structure of the Universe,'' Brazilian Network for High Energy Physics (RENAFAE) in Brazil Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (MICINN) of Spain; Spanish Government Maier-Leibnitz-Laboratorium Garching LabEx UnivEarthS in France TR27 / Transregional Collaborative Research Center 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
Resource Type: Journal article
Language: English
Academic Unit: Electrical and Computer Engineering; Physics
Web of Science ID: WOS:000313333800001
Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84872243945
Other Identifier: 991019167843004721

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