The PROSPECT reactor antineutrino experiment
Abstract
The Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment, PROSPECT, is designed to make both a precise measurement of the antineutrino spectrum from a highly-enriched uranium reactor and to probe eV-scale sterile neutrinos by searching for neutrino oscillations over meter-long baselines. PROSPECT utilizes a segmentedLi-doped liquid scintillator detector for both efficient detection of reactor antineutrinos through the inverse beta decay reaction and excellent background discrimination. PROSPECT is a movable 4-ton antineutrino detector covering distances of 7 m to 13 m from the High Flux Isotope Reactor core. It will probe the best-fit point of the disappearance experiments at 4 in 1 year and the favored regions of the sterile neutrino parameter space at more than in 3 years. PROSPECT will test the origin of spectral deviations observed in recent experiments, search for sterile neutrinos, and address the hypothesis of sterile neutrinos as an explanation of the reactor anomaly. This paper describes the design, construction, and commissioning of PROSPECT and reports first data characterizing the performance of the PROSPECT antineutrino detector.
- Authors:
- more »
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- Contributing Org.:
- PROSPECT collaboration
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1491145
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1502042; OSTI ID: 1547902; OSTI ID: 1564147; OSTI ID: 1595058
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-210855-2019-JAAM; LLNL-JRNL-755965
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704; AC52-07NA27344; SC0016357; SCW1504; AC05-00OR22725; SC0008347
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 922; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Neutrino oscillation; Neutrino mixing; Reactor; PROSPECT
Citation Formats
Ashenfelter, J., Balantekin, A. B., Baldenegro, C., Band, H. R., Bass, C. D., Bergeron, D. E., Berish, D., Bignell, L. J., Bowden, N. S., Boyle, J., Bricco, J., Brodsky, J. P., Bryan, C. D., Telles, A. Bykadorova, Cherwinka, J. J., Classen, T., Commeford, K., Conant, A., Cox, A. A., Davee, D., Dean, D., Deichert, G., Diwan, M. V., Dolinski, M. J., Erickson, A., Febbraro, M., Foust, B. T., Gaison, J. K., Galindo-Uribarri, A., Gilbert, C., Gilje, K., Glenn, A., Goddard, B. W., Hackett, B., Han, K., Hans, S., Hansell, A. B., Heeger, K. M., Heffron, B., Insler, J., Jaffe, D. E., Ji, X., Jones, D. C., Koehler, K., Kyzylova, O., Lane, C. E., Langford, T. J., LaRosa, J., Littlejohn, B. R., Lopez, F., Lu, X., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, Matta, J. T., McKeown, R. D., Mendenhall, M. .., Miller, H. J., Minock, J., Mueller, P. E., Mumm, H. P., Napolitano, J., Neilson, R., Nikkel, J. A., Norcini, D., Nour, S., Pushin, D. A., Qian, X., Romero-Romero, E., Rosero, R., Sarenac, D., Seilhan, B., Sharma, R., Surukuchi, P. T., Trinh, C., Tyra, M. A., Varner, R. L., Viren, B., Wagner, J. M., Wang, W., White, B., White, C., Wilhelmi, J., Wise, T., Yao, H., Yeh, M., Yen, Y. -R., Zhang, A., Zhang, C., Zhang, X., and Zhao, M. The PROSPECT reactor antineutrino experiment. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2018.12.079.
Ashenfelter, J., Balantekin, A. B., Baldenegro, C., Band, H. R., Bass, C. D., Bergeron, D. E., Berish, D., Bignell, L. J., Bowden, N. S., Boyle, J., Bricco, J., Brodsky, J. P., Bryan, C. D., Telles, A. Bykadorova, Cherwinka, J. J., Classen, T., Commeford, K., Conant, A., Cox, A. A., Davee, D., Dean, D., Deichert, G., Diwan, M. V., Dolinski, M. J., Erickson, A., Febbraro, M., Foust, B. T., Gaison, J. K., Galindo-Uribarri, A., Gilbert, C., Gilje, K., Glenn, A., Goddard, B. W., Hackett, B., Han, K., Hans, S., Hansell, A. B., Heeger, K. M., Heffron, B., Insler, J., Jaffe, D. E., Ji, X., Jones, D. C., Koehler, K., Kyzylova, O., Lane, C. E., Langford, T. J., LaRosa, J., Littlejohn, B. R., Lopez, F., Lu, X., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, Matta, J. T., McKeown, R. D., Mendenhall, M. .., Miller, H. J., Minock, J., Mueller, P. E., Mumm, H. P., Napolitano, J., Neilson, R., Nikkel, J. A., Norcini, D., Nour, S., Pushin, D. A., Qian, X., Romero-Romero, E., Rosero, R., Sarenac, D., Seilhan, B., Sharma, R., Surukuchi, P. T., Trinh, C., Tyra, M. A., Varner, R. L., Viren, B., Wagner, J. M., Wang, W., White, B., White, C., Wilhelmi, J., Wise, T., Yao, H., Yeh, M., Yen, Y. -R., Zhang, A., Zhang, C., Zhang, X., & Zhao, M. The PROSPECT reactor antineutrino experiment. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.12.079
Ashenfelter, J., Balantekin, A. B., Baldenegro, C., Band, H. R., Bass, C. D., Bergeron, D. E., Berish, D., Bignell, L. J., Bowden, N. S., Boyle, J., Bricco, J., Brodsky, J. P., Bryan, C. D., Telles, A. Bykadorova, Cherwinka, J. J., Classen, T., Commeford, K., Conant, A., Cox, A. A., Davee, D., Dean, D., Deichert, G., Diwan, M. V., Dolinski, M. J., Erickson, A., Febbraro, M., Foust, B. T., Gaison, J. K., Galindo-Uribarri, A., Gilbert, C., Gilje, K., Glenn, A., Goddard, B. W., Hackett, B., Han, K., Hans, S., Hansell, A. B., Heeger, K. M., Heffron, B., Insler, J., Jaffe, D. E., Ji, X., Jones, D. C., Koehler, K., Kyzylova, O., Lane, C. E., Langford, T. J., LaRosa, J., Littlejohn, B. R., Lopez, F., Lu, X., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, Matta, J. T., McKeown, R. D., Mendenhall, M. .., Miller, H. J., Minock, J., Mueller, P. E., Mumm, H. P., Napolitano, J., Neilson, R., Nikkel, J. A., Norcini, D., Nour, S., Pushin, D. A., Qian, X., Romero-Romero, E., Rosero, R., Sarenac, D., Seilhan, B., Sharma, R., Surukuchi, P. T., Trinh, C., Tyra, M. A., Varner, R. L., Viren, B., Wagner, J. M., Wang, W., White, B., White, C., Wilhelmi, J., Wise, T., Yao, H., Yeh, M., Yen, Y. -R., Zhang, A., Zhang, C., Zhang, X., and Zhao, M. Wed .
"The PROSPECT reactor antineutrino experiment". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.12.079. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1491145.
@article{osti_1491145,
title = {The PROSPECT reactor antineutrino experiment},
author = {Ashenfelter, J. and Balantekin, A. B. and Baldenegro, C. and Band, H. R. and Bass, C. D. and Bergeron, D. E. and Berish, D. and Bignell, L. J. and Bowden, N. S. and Boyle, J. and Bricco, J. and Brodsky, J. P. and Bryan, C. D. and Telles, A. Bykadorova and Cherwinka, J. J. and Classen, T. and Commeford, K. and Conant, A. and Cox, A. A. and Davee, D. and Dean, D. and Deichert, G. and Diwan, M. V. and Dolinski, M. J. and Erickson, A. and Febbraro, M. and Foust, B. T. and Gaison, J. K. and Galindo-Uribarri, A. and Gilbert, C. and Gilje, K. and Glenn, A. and Goddard, B. W. and Hackett, B. and Han, K. and Hans, S. and Hansell, A. B. and Heeger, K. M. and Heffron, B. and Insler, J. and Jaffe, D. E. and Ji, X. and Jones, D. C. and Koehler, K. and Kyzylova, O. and Lane, C. E. and Langford, T. J. and LaRosa, J. and Littlejohn, B. R. and Lopez, F. and Lu, X. and Caicedo, D. A. Martinez and Matta, J. T. and McKeown, R. D. and Mendenhall, M. .. and Miller, H. J. and Minock, J. and Mueller, P. E. and Mumm, H. P. and Napolitano, J. and Neilson, R. and Nikkel, J. A. and Norcini, D. and Nour, S. and Pushin, D. A. and Qian, X. and Romero-Romero, E. and Rosero, R. and Sarenac, D. and Seilhan, B. and Sharma, R. and Surukuchi, P. T. and Trinh, C. and Tyra, M. A. and Varner, R. L. and Viren, B. and Wagner, J. M. and Wang, W. and White, B. and White, C. and Wilhelmi, J. and Wise, T. and Yao, H. and Yeh, M. and Yen, Y. -R. and Zhang, A. and Zhang, C. and Zhang, X. and Zhao, M.},
abstractNote = {The Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment, PROSPECT, is designed to make both a precise measurement of the antineutrino spectrum from a highly-enriched uranium reactor and to probe eV-scale sterile neutrinos by searching for neutrino oscillations over meter-long baselines. PROSPECT utilizes a segmentedLi-doped liquid scintillator detector for both efficient detection of reactor antineutrinos through the inverse beta decay reaction and excellent background discrimination. PROSPECT is a movable 4-ton antineutrino detector covering distances of 7 m to 13 m from the High Flux Isotope Reactor core. It will probe the best-fit point of the disappearance experiments at 4 in 1 year and the favored regions of the sterile neutrino parameter space at more than in 3 years. PROSPECT will test the origin of spectral deviations observed in recent experiments, search for sterile neutrinos, and address the hypothesis of sterile neutrinos as an explanation of the reactor anomaly. This paper describes the design, construction, and commissioning of PROSPECT and reports first data characterizing the performance of the PROSPECT antineutrino detector.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nima.2018.12.079},
journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},
number = ,
volume = 922,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 02 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Wed Jan 02 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
Web of Science
Works referenced in this record:
Sterile neutrino oscillations: the global picture
journal, May 2013
- Kopp, Joachim; Machado, Pedro A. N.; Maltoni, Michele
- Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol. 2013, Issue 5
Measurement of the Reactor Antineutrino Flux and Spectrum at Daya Bay
journal, February 2016
- An, F. P.; Balantekin, A. B.; Band, H. R.
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 116, Issue 6
Improved measurements of the neutrino mixing angle θ 13 with the Double Chooz detector
journal, October 2014
- Abe, Y.; dos Anjos, J. C.; Barriere, J. C.
- Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol. 2014, Issue 10
The impact of sterile neutrinos on CP measurements at long baselines
journal, November 2015
- Gandhi, Raj; Kayser, Boris; Masud, Mehedi
- Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol. 2015, Issue 11
The PROSPECT physics program
journal, October 2016
- Ashenfelter, J.; Balantekin, A. B.; Band, H. R.
- Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 43, Issue 11
First Search for Short-Baseline Neutrino Oscillations at HFIR with PROSPECT
journal, December 2018
- Ashenfelter, J.; Balantekin, A. B.; Baldenegro, C.
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 121, Issue 25
The Rate of Decay of Fission Products
journal, June 1948
- Way, K.; Wigner, E. P.
- Physical Review, Vol. 73, Issue 11
Calculation of the antineutrino spectrum from thermal fission of 235U
journal, April 1982
- Klapdor, H. V.; Metzinger, J.
- Physics Letters B, Vol. 112, Issue 1
Background radiation measurements at high power research reactors
journal, January 2016
- Ashenfelter, J.; Balantekin, B.; Baldenegro, C. X.
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 806
Phase stability and lithium loading capacity in a liquid scintillation cocktail
journal, August 2017
- Bergeron, Denis E.; Mumm, H. P.; Tyra, M. A.
- Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 314, Issue 2
Performance of a segmented 6 Li-loaded liquid scintillator detector for the PROSPECT experiment
journal, June 2018
- Ashenfelter, J.; Balantekin, A. B.; Band, H. R.
- Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 13, Issue 06
Light collection and pulse-shape discrimination in elongated scintillator cells for the PROSPECT reactor antineutrino experiment
journal, November 2015
- Ashenfelter, J.; Balantekin, B.; Band, H. R.
- Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 10, Issue 11
The Daya Bay antineutrino detector filling system and liquid mass measurement
journal, September 2013
- Band, H. R.; Cherwinka, J. J.; Draeger, E.
- Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 8, Issue 09
The detector system of the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment
journal, March 2016
- An, F. P.; Bai, J. Z.; Balantekin, A. B.
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 811