Muon capture on light isotopes measured with the Double Chooz detector

Y. Abe; T. Abrahao; H. Almazan; C. Alt; S. Appel; J. C. Barriere; E. Baussan; I. Bekman; M. Bergevin; T. J. C. Bezerra; L. Bezrukov; E. Blucher; T. Brugiere; C. Buck; J. Busenitz; A. Cabrera; L. Camilleri; R. Carr; M. Cerrada; E. Chauveau; P. Chimenti; A. P. Collin; E. Conover; J. M. Conrad; J. I. Crespo-Anadon; K. Crum; A. S. Cucoanes; E. Damon; J. V. Dawson; H. De Kerret; J. Dhooghe; D. Dietrich; Z. Djurcic; J. C. dos Anjos; M. Dracos; A. Etenko; M. Fallot; J. Felde; S. M. Fernandes; V. Fischer; D. Franco; M. Franke; H. Furuta; I. Gil-Botella; L. Giot; M. Goeger-Neff; H. Gomez; L. F. G. Gonzalez; L. Goodenough; M. C. Goodman; N. Haag; T. Hara; J. Haser; D. Hellwig; M. Hofmann; G. A. Horton-Smith; A. Hourlier; M. Ishitsuka; J. Jochum; C. Jollet; F. Kaether; L. N. Kalousis; Y. Kamyshkov; M. Kaneda; D. M. Kaplan; T. Kawasaki; E. Kemp; 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. 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; D. Navas-Nicolas; P. Novella; L. Oberauer; M. Obolensky; A. Onillon; A. Osborn; C. Palomares; I. M. Pepe; S. Perasso; A. Porta; G. Pronost; J. Reichenbacher; B. Reinhold; M. Roehling; R. Roncin; B. Rybolt; Y. Sakamoto; R. Santorelli; A. C. Schilithz; S. Schoenert; S. Schoppmann; M. H. Shaevitz; R. Sharankova; D. Shrestha; V. Sibille; V. Sinev; M. Skorokhvatov; E. Smith; M. Soiron; J. Spitz; A. Stahl; I. Stancu; L. F. F. Stokes; M. Strait; 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; F. von Feilitzsch; S. Wagner; N. Walsh; H. Watanabe; C. Wiebusch; M. Wurm; G. Yang; F. Yermia; V. Zimmer; Double Chooz Collaboration

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Muon capture on light isotopes measured with the Double Chooz detector

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Muon capture on light isotopes measured with the Double Chooz detector

Y. Abe, T. Abrahao, H. Almazan, C. Alt, S. Appel, J. C. Barriere, E. Baussan, I. Bekman, M. Bergevin, T. J. C. Bezerra, …

Physical review. C, v 93(5)

12 May 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.054608

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Using the Double Chooz detector, designed to measure the neutrino mixing angle theta(13), the products of mu(-) capture on C-12, C-13, N-14, and O-16 have been measured. Over a period of 489.5 days, 2.3 x 10(6) stopping cosmic mu(-) have been collected, of which 1.8 x 10(5) captured on carbon, nitrogen, or oxygen nuclei in the inner detector scintillator or acrylic vessels. The resulting isotopes were tagged using prompt neutron emission (when applicable), the subsequent beta decays, and, in some cases, beta-delayed neutrons. The most precise measurement of the rate of C-12(mu(-), nu)B-12 to date is reported: 6.57(-0.21)(+0.11) x 10(3) s(-1), or (17.35(-0.59)(+0.35))% of nuclear captures. By tagging excited states emitting gamma s, the ground state transition rate to B-12 has been determined to be 5.68(-0.23)(+0.14) x 10(3) s(-1). The heretofore unobserved reactions C-12(mu(-), nu alpha)Li-8, C-13(mu(-), nu n alpha)Li-8, and C-13(mu(-), nu n)B-12 are measured. Further, a population of beta n decays following stopping muons is identified with 5.5 sigma significance. Statistics limit our ability to identify these decays definitively. Assuming negligible production of He-8, the reaction C-13(mu(-), nu alpha)Li-9 is found to be present at the 2.7 sigma level. Limits are set on a variety of other processes.

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Title: Muon capture on light isotopes measured with the Double Chooz detector
Creators: Y. Abe - Tokyo Institute of Technology
T. Abrahao - Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, BR-22290180 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
H. Almazan - Max Planck Society
C. Alt - RWTH Aachen University
S. Appel - Technical University of Munich
J. C. Barriere - IRFU, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, Ctr Saclay, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
E. Baussan - University of Strasbourg
I. Bekman - RWTH Aachen University
M. Bergevin - University of California, Berkeley
T. J. C. Bezerra - Tohoku University
L. Bezrukov - Russian Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Res, Moscow 117312, Russia
E. Blucher - University of Chicago
T. Brugiere - University of Strasbourg
C. Buck - Max Planck Society
J. Busenitz - University of Alabama
A. Cabrera - University of Paris
L. Camilleri - Columbia University
R. Carr - Columbia University
M. Cerrada - CIEMAT, Ctr Invest Energet Medioambientales & Tecnol, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
E. Chauveau - Tohoku University
P. Chimenti - Universidade Federal do ABC
A. P. Collin - Max Planck Society
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. S. Cucoanes - Univ Nantes, Ecole Mines Nantes, CNRS IN2P3, SUBATECH, F-44307 Nantes, France
E. Damon - Drexel University
J. V. Dawson - University of Paris
H. De Kerret - University of Paris
J. Dhooghe - University of California, Berkeley
D. Dietrich - University of Tübingen
Z. Djurcic - Argonne National Laboratory
J. C. dos Anjos - Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, BR-22290180 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
M. Dracos - University of Strasbourg
A. Etenko - Kurchatov Institute
M. Fallot - University of Nantes
J. Felde - University of Maryland, College Park
S. M. Fernandes - University of Alabama
V. Fischer - IRFU, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, Ctr Saclay, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
D. Franco - University of Paris
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-85748 Garching, Germany
H. Gomez - University of Paris
L. F. G. Gonzalez - Univ Estadual Campinas UNICAMP, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
L. Goodenough - Argonne National Laboratory
M. C. Goodman - Argonne National Laboratory
N. Haag - Technical University of Munich
T. Hara - Kobe University
J. Haser - Max Planck Society
D. Hellwig - RWTH Aachen University
M. Hofmann - Technical University of Munich
G. A. Horton-Smith - Kansas State University
A. Hourlier - University of Paris
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 System
M. Kaneda - Tokyo Institute of Technology
D. M. Kaplan - Illinois Institute of Technology
T. Kawasaki - Kitasato University
E. Kemp - State University of Campinas
D. Kryn - University of Paris
M. Kuze - Tokyo Institute of Technology
T. Lachenmaier - University of Tübingen
C. E. Lane - Drexel University
T. Lasserre - Univ Paris Diderot, AstroParticule & Cosmol, CNRS IN2P3, CEA IRFU,Observ Paris,Sorbonne Paris Cite, F-75205 Paris 13, France
A. Letourneau - IRFU, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, Ctr Saclay, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
D. Lhuillier - IRFU, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, Ctr Saclay, 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. Lubsandorzhiev - Russian Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Res, Moscow 117312, Russia
S. Lucht - RWTH Aachen University
J. Maeda - Tokyo Metropolitan University
C. Mariani - Virginia Tech
J. Maricic - University of Hawaii at Manoa
J. Martino - University of Nantes
T. Matsubara - Tokyo Metropolitan University
G. Mention - IRFU, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, Ctr Saclay, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
A. Meregaglia - University of Strasbourg
T. Miletic - Drexel University
R. Milincic - University of Hawaii at Manoa
A. Minotti - University of Strasbourg
Y. Nagasaka - Hiroshima Institute of Technology
D. Navas-Nicolas - CIEMAT, Ctr Invest Energet Medioambientales & Tecnol, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
P. Novella - Spanish National Research Council
L. Oberauer - Technical University of Munich
M. Obolensky - University of Paris
A. Onillon - University of Paris
A. Osborn - University of Tennessee System
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 - University of Paris
A. Porta - University of Nantes
G. Pronost - University of Nantes
J. Reichenbacher - University of Alabama
B. Reinhold - University of Hawaii at Manoa
M. Roehling - Univ Tubingen, Kepler Ctr Astro & Particle Phys, D-72076 Tubingen, Germany
R. Roncin - University of Paris
B. Rybolt - University of Tennessee System
Y. Sakamoto - Tohoku Gakuin University
R. Santorelli - CIEMAT, Ctr Invest Energet Medioambientales & Tecnol, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
A. C. Schilithz - Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, BR-22290180 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
S. Schoenert - Tech Univ Munich, Dept Phys, D-85748 Garching, Germany
S. Schoppmann - RWTH Aachen University
M. H. Shaevitz - Columbia University
R. Sharankova - Tokyo Institute of Technology
D. Shrestha - Kansas State University
V. Sibille - IRFU, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, Ctr Saclay, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
V. Sinev - Russian Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Res, Moscow 117312, Russia
M. Skorokhvatov - Kurchatov Institute
E. Smith - Drexel University
M. Soiron - RWTH Aachen 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
F. Suekane - Tohoku University
S. Sukhotin - Kurchatov Institute
T. Sumiyoshi - Tokyo Metropolitan University
Y. Sun - University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
R. Svoboda - University of California, Berkeley
K. Terao - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A. Tonazzo - University of Paris
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 - IRFU, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, Ctr Saclay, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
M. Vivier - IRFU, Commissariat Energie Atom & Energies Alternat, Ctr Saclay, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
F. von Feilitzsch - Technical University of Munich
S. Wagner - Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, BR-22290180 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
N. Walsh - University of California, Berkeley
H. Watanabe - Max Planck Society
C. Wiebusch - RWTH Aachen University
M. Wurm - Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
G. Yang - Illinois Institute of Technology
F. Yermia - University of Nantes
V. Zimmer - Technical University of Munich
Double Chooz Collaboration
Publication Details: Physical review. C, v 93(5)
Publisher: Amer Physical Soc
Number of pages: 18
Grant note: excellence cluster "Origin and Structure of the Universe" RFBR (the Russian Foundation for Basic Research); Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) CEA; French Atomic Energy Commission Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq); Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPQ) Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT); Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT) 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 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG; German Research Foundation (DFG) Kurchatov Institute Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP); Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) DE-NA0000979 / U.S. Department of Energy through the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium; United States Department of Energy (DOE) Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO) of Spain National Science Foundation of the United States; National Science Foundation (NSF) Department of Energy; United States Department of Energy (DOE) CNRS/IN2P3; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) ANR-11-IDEX-0005-02 / LabEx UnivEarthS in France Brazilian Network for High Energy Physics (RENAFAE) in Brazil 15J11799 / 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) Maier-Leibnitz-Laboratorium Garching in Germany Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI) TR27 / Transregional Collaborative Research Center computer center CCIN2P3 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:000375999500003
Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84969899733
Other Identifier: 991019167943104721

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