Measurement of the Reactor Antineutrino Flux and Spectrum at Daya Bay

F. P. An; A. B. Balantekin; H. R. Band; M. Bishai; S. Blyth; I. Butorov; D. Cao; G. F. Cao; J. Cao; W. R. Cen; Y. L. Chan; J. F. Chang; L. C. Chang; Y. Chang; H. S. Chen; Q. Y. Chen; S. M. Chen; Y. X. Chen; Y. Chen; J. H. Cheng; J. Cheng; Y. P. Cheng; J. J. Cherwinka; M. C. Chu; J. P. Cummings; J. de Arcos; Z. Y. Deng; X. F. Ding; Y. Y. Ding; M. V. Diwan; J. Dove; E. Draeger; D. A. Dwyer; W. R. Edwards; S. R. Ely; R. Gill; M. Gonchar; G. H. Gong; H. Gong; M. Grassi; W. Q. Gu; M. Y. Guan; L. Guo; X. H. Guo; R. W. Hackenburg; R. Han; S. Hans; M. He; K. M. Heeger; Y. K. Heng; A. Higuera; Y. K. Hor; Y. B. Hsiung; B. Z. Hu; L. M. Hu; L. J. Hu; T. Hu; W. Hu; E. C. Huang; H. X. Huang; X. T. Huang; P. Huber; G. Hussain; D. E. Jaffe; P. Jaffke; K. L. Jen; S. Jetter; X. P. Ji; X. L. Ji; J. B. Jiao; R. A. Johnson; L. Kang; S. H. Kettell; S. Kohn; M. Kramer; K. K. Kwan; M. W. Kwok; T. Kwok; T. J. Langford; K. Lau; L. Lebanowski; J. Lee; R. T. Lei; R. Leitner; K. Y. Leung; J. K. C. Leung; C. A. Lewis; D. J. Li; F. Li; G. S. Li; Q. J. Li; S. C. Li; W. D. Li; X. N. Li; X. Q. Li; Y. F. Li; Z. B. Li; H. Liang; C. J. Lin; G. L. Lin; P. Y. Lin; S. K. Lin; J. J. Ling; J. M. Link; L. Littenberg; B. R. Littlejohn; D. W. Liu; H. Liu; J. L. Liu; J. C. Liu; S. S. Liu; C. Lu; H. Q. Lu; J. S. Lu; K. B. Luk; Q. M. Ma; X. Y. Ma; X. B. Ma; Y. Q. Ma; D. A. Martinez Caicedo; K. T. McDonald; R. D. McKeown; Y. Meng; I. Mitchell; J. Monari Kebwaro; Y. Nakajima; J. Napolitano; D. Naumov; E. Naumova; H. Y. Ngai; Z. Ning; J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux; A. Olshevski; H. -R. Pan; J. Park; S. Patton; V. Pec; J. C. Peng; L. E. Piilonen; L. Pinsky; C. S. J. Pun; F. Z. Qi; M. Qi; X. Qian; N. Raper; B. Ren; J. Ren; R. Rosero; B. Roskovec; X. C. Ruan; B. B. Shao; H. Steiner; G. X. Sun; J. L. Sun; W. Tang; D. Taychenachev; K. V. Tsang; C. E. Tull; Y. C. Tung; N. Viaux; B. Viren; V. Vorobel; C. H. Wang; M. Wang; N. Y. Wang; R. G. Wang; W. Wang; W. W. Wang; X. Wang; Y. F. Wang; Z. Wang; Z. M. Wang; H. Y. Wei; L. J. Wen; K. Whisnant; C. G. White; L. Whitehead; T. Wise; H. L. H. Wong; S. C. F. Wong; E. Worcester; Q. Wu; D. M. Xia; J. K. Xia; X. Xia; Z. Z. Xing; J. Y. Xu; J. L. Xu; J. Xu; Y. Xu; T. Xue; J. Yan; C. G. Yang; L. Yang; M. S. Yang; M. T. Yang; M. Ye; M. Yeh; B. L. Young; G. Y. Yu; Z. Y. Yu; S. L. Zang; L. Zhan; C. Zhang; H. H. Zhang; J. W. Zhang; Q. M. Zhang; Y. M. Zhang; Y. X. Zhang; Z. J. Zhang; Z. Y. Zhang; Z. P. Zhang; J. Zhao; Q. W. Zhao; Y. F. Zhao; Y. B. Zhao; L. Zheng; W. L. Zhong; L. Zhou; N. Zhou; H. L. Zhuang; J. H. Zou; Daya Bay Collaboration

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Measurement of the Reactor Antineutrino Flux and Spectrum at Daya Bay

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Measurement of the Reactor Antineutrino Flux and Spectrum at Daya Bay

F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin, H. R. Band, M. Bishai, S. Blyth, I. Butorov, D. Cao, G. F. Cao, J. Cao, W. R. Cen, …

Physical review letters, v 116(6), pp 061801-061801

12 Feb 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061801

PMID: 26918980

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This Letter reports a measurement of the flux and energy spectrum of electron antineutrinos from six 2.9 GW(th) nuclear reactors with six detectors deployed in two near (effective baselines 512 and 561 m) and one far (1579 m) underground experimental halls in the Daya Bay experiment. Using 217 days of data, 296 721 and 41 589 inverse beta decay (IBD) candidates were detected in the near and far halls, respectively. The measured IBD yield is (1.55 +/- 0.04) x 10(-18) cm(2) GW(-1) day(-1) or (5.92 +/- 0.14) x 10(-43) cm(2) fission(-1). This flux measurement is consistent with previous short-baseline reactor antineutrino experiments and is 0.946 +/- 0.022 (0.991 +/- 0.023) relative to the flux predicted with the Huber-Mueller (ILL-Vogel) fissile antineutrino model. The measured IBD positron energy spectrum deviates from both spectral predictions by more than 2 sigma over the full energy range with a local significance of up to similar to 4 sigma between 4-6 MeV. A reactor antineutrino spectrum of IBD reactions is extracted from the measured positron energy spectrum for model-independent predictions.

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Title: Measurement of the Reactor Antineutrino Flux and Spectrum at Daya Bay
Creators: F. P. An - East China University of Science and Technology
A. B. Balantekin - University of Wisconsin–Madison
H. R. Band - Yale University
M. Bishai - Brookhaven National Laboratory
S. Blyth - National Taiwan University
I. Butorov - Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
D. Cao - Nanjing University
G. F. Cao - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
J. Cao - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
W. R. Cen - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
Y. L. Chan - Chinese University of Hong Kong
J. F. Chang - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
L. C. Chang - National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Y. Chang - National United University
H. S. Chen - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
Q. Y. Chen - Shandong University
S. M. Chen - Tsinghua University
Y. X. Chen - North China Electric Power University
Y. Chen - North China Electric Power University
J. H. Cheng - National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
J. Cheng - National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Y. P. Cheng - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
J. J. Cherwinka - University of Wisconsin–Madison
M. C. Chu - Chinese University of Hong Kong
J. P. Cummings - Siena College
J. de Arcos - Illinois Institute of Technology
Z. Y. Deng - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
X. F. Ding - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
Y. Y. Ding - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
M. V. Diwan - Brookhaven National Laboratory
J. Dove - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
E. Draeger - Illinois Institute of Technology
D. A. Dwyer - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
W. R. Edwards - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
S. R. Ely - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
R. Gill - Brookhaven National Laboratory
M. Gonchar - Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
G. H. Gong - Tsinghua University
H. Gong - Tsinghua University
M. Grassi - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
W. Q. Gu - Shanghai Jiao Tong University
M. Y. Guan - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
L. Guo - Tsinghua University
X. H. Guo - Beijing Normal University
R. W. Hackenburg - Brookhaven National Laboratory
R. Han - North China Electric Power University
S. Hans - Brookhaven National Laboratory
M. He - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
K. M. Heeger - Yale University
Y. K. Heng - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
A. Higuera - University of Houston
Y. K. Hor - Virginia Tech
Y. B. Hsiung - National Taiwan University
B. Z. Hu - National Taiwan University
L. M. Hu - Brookhaven National Laboratory
L. J. Hu - Beijing Normal University
T. Hu - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
W. Hu - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
E. C. Huang - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
H. X. Huang - China Inst Atom Energy, Beijing, Peoples R China
X. T. Huang - Shandong University
P. Huber - Virginia Tech
G. Hussain - Tsinghua University
D. E. Jaffe - Brookhaven National Laboratory
P. Jaffke - Virginia Tech
K. L. Jen - National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
S. Jetter - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
X. P. Ji - Tsinghua University
X. L. Ji - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
J. B. Jiao - Shandong University
R. A. Johnson - University of Cincinnati
L. Kang - Dongguan University of Technology
S. H. Kettell - Brookhaven National Laboratory
S. Kohn - University of California, Berkeley
M. Kramer - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
K. K. Kwan - Chinese University of Hong Kong
M. W. Kwok - Chinese University of Hong Kong
T. Kwok - University of Hong Kong
T. J. Langford - Yale University
K. Lau - University of Houston
L. Lebanowski - Tsinghua University
J. Lee - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
R. T. Lei - Dongguan University of Technology
R. Leitner - Charles University
K. Y. Leung - University of Hong Kong
J. K. C. Leung - University of Hong Kong
C. A. Lewis - University of Wisconsin–Madison
D. J. Li - University of Science and Technology of China
F. Li - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
G. S. Li - Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Q. J. Li - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
S. C. Li - University of Hong Kong
W. D. Li - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
X. N. Li - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
X. Q. Li - Nankai University
Y. F. Li - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
Z. B. Li - Sun Yat-sen University
H. Liang - University of Science and Technology of China
C. J. Lin - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
G. L. Lin - National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
P. Y. Lin - National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
S. K. Lin - University of Houston
J. J. Ling - Brookhaven National Laboratory
J. M. Link - Virginia Tech
L. Littenberg - Brookhaven National Laboratory
B. R. Littlejohn - Illinois Institute of Technology
D. W. Liu - University of Houston
H. Liu - University of Houston
J. L. Liu - Shanghai Jiao Tong University
J. C. Liu - Shanghai Jiao Tong University
S. S. Liu - University of Hong Kong
C. Lu - Princeton University
H. Q. Lu - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
J. S. Lu - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
K. B. Luk - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Q. M. Ma - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
X. Y. Ma - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
X. B. Ma - North China Electric Power University
Y. Q. Ma - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
D. A. Martinez Caicedo - Illinois Institute of Technology
K. T. McDonald - Princeton University
R. D. McKeown - California Institute of Technology
Y. Meng - Virginia Tech
I. Mitchell - University of Houston
J. Monari Kebwaro - Xi'an Jiaotong University
Y. Nakajima - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
J. Napolitano - Temple University
D. Naumov - Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
E. Naumova - Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
H. Y. Ngai - University of Hong Kong
Z. Ning - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
A. Olshevski - Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
H. -R. Pan - National Taiwan University
J. Park - Virginia Tech
S. Patton - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
V. Pec - Charles University
J. C. Peng - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
L. E. Piilonen - Virginia Tech
L. Pinsky - University of Houston
C. S. J. Pun - University of Hong Kong
F. Z. Qi - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
M. Qi - Nanjing University
X. Qian - Brookhaven National Laboratory
N. Raper - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
B. Ren - Dongguan University of Technology
J. Ren - China Inst Atom Energy, Beijing, Peoples R China
R. Rosero - Brookhaven National Laboratory
B. Roskovec - Charles University
X. C. Ruan - China Inst Atom Energy, Beijing, Peoples R China
B. B. Shao - Tsinghua University
H. Steiner - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
G. X. Sun - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
J. L. Sun - China Gen Nucl Power Grp, Shenzhen, Peoples R China
W. Tang - Brookhaven National Laboratory
D. Taychenachev - Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
K. V. Tsang - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
C. E. Tull - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Y. C. Tung - National Taiwan University
N. Viaux - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
B. Viren - Brookhaven National Laboratory
V. Vorobel - Charles University
C. H. Wang - National United University
M. Wang - Shandong University
N. Y. Wang - Beijing Normal University
R. G. Wang - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
W. Wang - Sun Yat-sen University
W. W. Wang - Nanjing University
X. Wang - National University of Defense Technology
Y. F. Wang - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
Z. Wang - Tsinghua University
Z. Wang - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
Z. M. Wang - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
H. Y. Wei - Tsinghua University
L. J. Wen - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
K. Whisnant - Iowa State University
C. G. White - Illinois Institute of Technology
L. Whitehead - University of Houston
T. Wise - University of Wisconsin–Madison
H. L. H. Wong - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
S. C. F. Wong - Chinese University of Hong Kong
E. Worcester - Brookhaven National Laboratory
Q. Wu - Shandong University
D. M. Xia - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
J. K. Xia - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
X. Xia - Shandong University
Z. Z. Xing - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
J. Y. Xu - Chinese University of Hong Kong
J. L. Xu - Beijing Normal University
J. Xu - Chinese University of Hong Kong
Y. Xu - Nankai University
T. Xue - Tsinghua University
J. Yan - Xi'an Jiaotong University
C. G. Yang - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
L. Yang - Dongguan University of Technology
M. S. Yang - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
M. T. Yang - Shandong University
M. Ye - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
M. Yeh - Brookhaven National Laboratory
B. L. Young - Iowa State University
G. Y. Yu - Nanjing University
Z. Y. Yu - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
S. L. Zang - Nanjing University
L. Zhan - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
C. Zhang - Brookhaven National Laboratory
H. H. Zhang - Sun Yat-sen University
J. W. Zhang - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
Q. M. Zhang - Xi'an Jiaotong University
Y. M. Zhang - Tsinghua University
Y. X. Zhang - China Gen Nucl Power Grp, Shenzhen, Peoples R China
Y. M. Zhang - Tsinghua University
Z. J. Zhang - Dongguan University of Technology
Z. Y. Zhang - Dongguan University of Technology
Z. P. Zhang - Dongguan University of Technology
J. Zhao - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
Q. W. Zhao - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
Y. F. Zhao - North China Electric Power University
Y. B. Zhao - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
L. Zheng - University of Science and Technology of China
W. L. Zhong - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
L. Zhou - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
N. Zhou - University of Science and Technology of China
H. L. Zhuang - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
J. H. Zou - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
Daya Bay Collaboration
Publication Details: Physical review letters, v 116(6), pp 061801-061801
Publisher: Amer Physical Soc
Number of pages: 8
Grant note: Ministry of Science and Technology of China; Ministry of Science and Technology, China Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China; Hong Kong Research Grants Council University Development Fund of The University of Hong Kong; University of Hong Kong MOE program for Research of Excellence at National Taiwan University Joint Institute of Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program of Berkeley National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory Charles University in Prague National Natural Science Foundation of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) NSC fund from Taiwan U.S. Department of Energy; United States Department of Energy (DOE) 1205411 / Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS) Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports of the Czech Republic; Ministry of Education, Youth & Sports - Czech Republic NSFC-RFBR joint research program Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangdong provincial government National Commission of Scientific and Technological Research of Chile CAS Center for Excellence in Particle Physics Shenzhen municipal government Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology National Chiao-Tung University Alfred P. Sloan Foundation China General Nuclear Power Group, Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program of Institute of High Energy Physics U.S. National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF)
Resource Type: Journal article
Language: English
Academic Unit: Medicine (Graduate); School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems
Web of Science ID: WOS:000370030800004
Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84958057107
Other Identifier: 991019320614004721

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