The PROSPECT-I detector has several features that enable measurement of the direction of a compact neutrino source. In this paper, a detailed report on the directional measurements made on electron antineutrinos emitted from the High Flux Isotope Reactor is presented. With an estimated true neutrino (reactor to detector) direction of % = 40.8 degrees + 0.7 degrees and theta = 98.6 degrees + 0.4 degrees, the PROSPECT-I detector is able to reconstruct an average neutrino direction of % = 39.4 degrees + 2.9 degrees and theta = 97.6 degrees + 1.6 degrees. This measurement is made with approximately 48 000 inverse beta decay signal events and is the most precise directional reconstruction of reactor antineutrinos to date.
Reactor antineutrino directionality measurement with the PROSPECT-I detector
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- Reactor antineutrino directionality measurement with the PROSPECT-I detector
- Creators
- M. Andriamirado - Illinois Institute of TechnologyA. B. BalantekinC. D. Bass - Le Moyne CollegeO. Benevides RodriguesE. P. Bernard - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryN. S. Bowden - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryC. D. Bryan - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryR. Carr - United States Naval AcademyT. Classen - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryA. J. Conant - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryG. Deichert - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryM. J. Dolinski - Drexel UniversityA. Erickson - Georgia Institute of TechnologyA. Galindo-Uribari - University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleS. Gokhale - Brookhaven National LaboratoryC. GrantS. Hans - Brookhaven National LaboratoryA. B. Hansell - Susquehanna UniversityK. M. Heeger - Yale UniversityB. Heffron - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryD. E. Jaffe - Brookhaven National LaboratoryS. Jayakumar - Drexel UniversityD. C. Jones - Temple CollegeJ. Koblanski - University of Hawaii SystemP. KunkleC. E. Lane - Drexel UniversityB. R. Littlejohn - Illinois Institute of TechnologyA. Lozano SanchezX. Lu - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryJ. Maricic - University of Hawaii SystemM. P. Mendenhall - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryA. M. Meyer - University of Hawaii SystemR. Milincic - University of Hawaii SystemP. E. Mueller - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryH. P. Mumm - National Institute of Standards and TechnologyJ. Napolitano - Temple UniversityC. J. Nave - Drexel UniversityR. Neilson - Drexel UniversityM. Oueslati - Drexel UniversityC. Roca - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryR. Rosero - Brookhaven National LaboratoryP. T. Surukuchi - Yale UniversityF. Sutanto - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryD. Venegas-Vargas - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryP. B. Weatherly - Drexel UniversityJ. Wilhelmi - Yale UniversityM. Yeh - Brookhaven National LaboratoryC. Zhang - Brookhaven National LaboratoryX. Zhang - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryPROSPECT Collaboration
- Publication Details
- Physical review. D, v 111(3), 032014
- Publisher
- Cold Spring Harbor Press; COLLEGE PK
- Number of pages
- 11
- Grant note
- Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics: DE-SC0016357, DE-SC0017660, DE-SC0017815 Drexel University: DE-SC0008347, DE-SC0016060, DE-SC0010504, DE-SC0012704, SCW1504 U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: DE-AC52-07NA27344 Oak Ridge National LaboratoryHeising-Simons Foundation: 2016-117 Yale UniversityLawrence Livermore National Laboratory LDRD programU.S. Department of Energy
This material is based upon work supported by the following sources: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics under Awards No. DE-SC0016357 and No. DE-SC0017660 to Yale University, under Award No. DE-SC0017815 to Drexel University, under Award No. DE-SC0008347 to Illinois Institute of Technology, under Award No. DE-SC0016060 to Temple University, under Award No. DE-SC0010504 to University of Hawaii, under Contract No. DE-SC0012704 to Brookhaven National Laboratory, and under Work Proposal Number SCW1504 to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. This work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC52-07NA27344 and by Oak Ridge National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725. Additional funding for the experiment was provided by the Heising-Simons Foundation under Award No. 2016-117 to Yale University. We further acknowledge support from Yale University, the Illinois Institute of Technology, Temple University, University of Hawaii, Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LDRD program, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. We gratefully acknowledge the support and hospitality of the High Flux Isotope Reactor and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle for the U.S. Department of Energy.r Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics under Awards No. DE-SC0016357 and No. DE-SC0017660 to Yale University, under Award No. DE-SC0017815 to Drexel University, under Award No. DE-SC0008347 to Illinois Institute of Technology, under Award No. DE-SC0016060 to Temple University, under Award No. DE-SC0010504 to University of Hawaii, under Contract No. DE-SC0012704 to Brookhaven National Laboratory, and under Work Proposal Number SCW1504 to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. This work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC52-07NA27344 and by Oak Ridge National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725. Additional funding for the experiment was provided by the Heising-Simons Foundation under Award No. 2016-117 to Yale University. We further acknowledge support from Yale University, the Illinois Institute of Technology, Temple University, University of Hawaii, Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LDRD program, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. We grate-fully acknowledge the support and hospitality of the High Flux Isotope Reactor and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle for the U.S. Department of Energy.
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001454808400003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85218882748
- Other Identifier
- 991022032072504721
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