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The PROSPECT physics program
Journal of physics. G, Nuclear and particle physics, v 43(11), p113001
17 Oct 2016
Abstract
The precision reactor oscillation and spectrum experiment, PROSPECT, is designed to make a precise measurement of the antineutrino spectrum from a highly-enriched uranium reactor and probe eV-scale sterile neutrinos by searching for neutrino oscillations over a distance of several meters. PROSPECT is conceived as a 2-phase experiment utilizing segmented 6Li-doped liquid scintillator detectors for both efficient detection of reactor antineutrinos through the inverse beta decay reaction and excellent background discrimination. PROSPECT Phase I consists of a movable 3 ton antineutrino detector at distances of 7-12 m from the reactor core. It will probe the best-fit point of the e disappearance experiments at 4 in 1 year and the favored region of the sterile neutrino parameter space at > 3 in 3 years. With a second antineutrino detector at 15-19 m from the reactor, Phase II of PROSPECT can probe the entire allowed parameter space below 10 eV2 at 5 in 3 additional years. The measurement of the reactor antineutrino spectrum and the search for short-baseline oscillations with PROSPECT will test the origin of the spectral deviations observed in recent θ 13 experiments, search for sterile neutrinos, and conclusively address the hypothesis of sterile neutrinos as an explanation of the reactor anomaly.
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- Title
- The PROSPECT physics program
- Creators
- J Ashenfelter - Wright LaboratoryA B Balantekin - University of Wisconsin–MadisonH R Band - Wright LaboratoryG Barclay - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryC D Bass - Le Moyne CollegeD Berish - Temple UniversityL Bignell - Brookhaven National LaboratoryN S Bowden - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryA Bowes - Illinois Institute of TechnologyJ P Brodsky - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryC D Bryan - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryJ J Cherwinka - University of Wisconsin–MadisonR Chu - University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleT Classen - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryK Commeford - Drexel UniversityA J Conant - Georgia Institute of TechnologyD Davee - William & MaryD Dean - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryG Deichert - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryM V Diwan - Brookhaven National LaboratoryM J Dolinski - Drexel UniversityJ Dolph - Brookhaven National LaboratoryM DuVernois - University of Wisconsin–MadisonA S Erickson - Georgia Institute of TechnologyM T Febbraro - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryJ K Gaison - Wright LaboratoryA Galindo-Uribarri - University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleK Gilje - Illinois Institute of TechnologyA Glenn - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryB W Goddard - Drexel UniversityM Green - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryB T Hackett - University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleK Han - Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityS Hans - Brookhaven National LaboratoryK M Heeger - Wright LaboratoryB Heffron - University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleJ Insler - Drexel UniversityD E Jaffe - Brookhaven National LaboratoryD Jones - Temple UniversityT J Langford - Wright LaboratoryB R Littlejohn - Illinois Institute of TechnologyD A Martinez Caicedo - Illinois Institute of TechnologyJ T Matta - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryR D McKeown - Georgia Institute of TechnologyM P Mendenhall - Brookhaven National LaboratoryP E Mueller - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryH P Mumm - National Institute of Standards and TechnologyJ Napolitano - Temple UniversityR Neilson - Drexel UniversityJ A Nikkel - Wright LaboratoryD Norcini - Wright LaboratoryD Pushin - University of WaterlooX Qian - Temple UniversityE Romero - University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleR Rosero - Brookhaven National LaboratoryB S Seilhan - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryR Sharma - Brookhaven National LaboratoryS Sheets - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryP T Surukuchi - Illinois Institute of TechnologyC Trinh - Drexel UniversityR L Varner - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryB Viren - Brookhaven National LaboratoryW Wang - William & MaryB White - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryC White - Illinois Institute of TechnologyJ Wilhelmi - Temple UniversityC Williams - Oak Ridge National LaboratoryT Wise - Wright LaboratoryH Yao - William & MaryM Yeh - Brookhaven National LaboratoryY-R Yen - Drexel UniversityG Z Zangakis - Temple UniversityC Zhang - Brookhaven National LaboratoryX Zhang - Illinois Institute of TechnologyPROSPECT Collaboration
- Publication Details
- Journal of physics. G, Nuclear and particle physics, v 43(11), p113001
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Number of pages
- 30
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000386497500001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84994056572
- Other Identifier
- 991019167971104721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Physics, Nuclear
- Physics, Particles & Fields