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Measurement of the Antineutrino Spectrum from U-235 Fission at HFIR with PROSPECT
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Measurement of the Antineutrino Spectrum from U-235 Fission at HFIR with PROSPECT

J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin, H. R. Band, C. D. Bass, D. E. Bergeron, D. Berish, N. S. Bowden, J. P. Brodsky, C. D. Bryan, J. J. Cherwinka, …
Physical review letters, v 122(25)
28 Jun 2019
PMID: 31347897
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https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.122.251801View
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Abstract

Physical Sciences Physics Physics, Multidisciplinary Science & Technology
This Letter reports the first measurement of the U-235 (nu) over bar (e) energy spectrum by PROSPECT, the Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum experiment, operating 7.9 m from the 85 MWth highly enriched uranium (HEU) High Flux Isotope Reactor. With a surface-based, segmented detector, PROSPECT has observed 31678 +/- 304(stat) (nu) over bar (e )-induced inverse beta decays, the largest sample from HEU fission to date, 99% of which are attributed to U-235. Despite broad agreement, comparison of the Huber U-235 model to the measured spectrum produces a chi(2)/ndf = 51.4/31, driven primarily by deviations in two localized energy regions. The measured U-235 spectrum shape is consistent with a deviation relative to prediction equal in size to that observed at low-enriched uranium power reactors in the (nu) over bar (e) energy region of 5-7 MeV.

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