Diagnosing the reactor antineutrino anomaly with global antineutrino flux data

Giunti, C.; Li, Y. F.; Littlejohn, B. R.; Surukuchi, P. T.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.99.073005

Title: Diagnosing the reactor antineutrino anomaly with global antineutrino flux data

Journal Article · Mon Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Physical Review D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.073005· OSTI ID:1507191

Giunti, C.; Li, Y. F.; Littlejohn, B. R.; Surukuchi, P. T.

We have examined the impact of new Daya Bay, Double Chooz, and RENO measurements on global fits of reactor antineutrino flux data to a variety of hypotheses regarding the origin of the reactor antineutrino anomaly. In comparing RENO and Daya Bay measurements of inverse beta decay (IBD) yield versus ²³⁹Pu fission fraction, we find differing levels of precision in measurements of time-integrated yield and yield slope, but similar central values, leading to modestly enhanced isotopic IBD yield measurements in a joint fit of the two datasets. In the absence of sterile neutrino oscillations, global fits to all measurements now provide 3σ preference for incorrect modeling of specific fission isotopes over common mis-modeling of all beta-converted isotopes. If sterile neutrino oscillations are considered, global IBD yield fits provide no substantial preference between oscillation-including and oscillation-excluding hypotheses: hybrid models containing both sterile neutrino oscillations and incorrect ²³⁵U or ²³⁹Pu flux predictions are favored at only 1σ-2σ with respect to models where ²³⁵U, ²³⁸U, and ²³⁹Pu are assumed to be incorrectly predicted.

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Research Organization:: Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0008347; XDA 10010100; 11835013

OSTI ID:: 1507191

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1595060

Journal Information:: Physical Review D, Journal Name: Physical Review D Vol. 99 Journal Issue: 7; ISSN 2470-0010

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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