Reactor antineutrino directionality measurement with the PROSPECT-I detector

Andriamirado, M.; Balantekin, A.  B.; Bass, C.  D.; Benevides Rodrigues, O.; Bernard, E.  P.; Bowden, N.  S.; Bryan, C.  D.; Carr, R.; Classen, T.; Conant, A.  J.; Deichert, G.; Dolinski, M.  J.; Erickson, A.; Galindo-Uribari, A.; Gokhale, S.; Grant, C.; Hans, S.; Hansell, A.  B.; Heeger, K.  M.; Heffron, B.; Jaffe, D.  E.; Jayakumar, S.; Jones, D.  C.; Koblanski, J.; Kunkle, P.; Lane, C.  E.; Littlejohn, B.  R.; Lozano Sanchez, A.; Lu, X.; Maricic, J.; Mendenhall, M.  P.; Meyer, A.  M.; Milincic, R.; Mueller, P.  E.; Mumm, H.  P.; Napolitano, J.; Nave, C.  J.; Neilson, R.; Oueslati, M.; Roca, C.; Rosero, R.; Surukuchi, P.  T.; Sutanto, F.; Venegas-Vargas, D.; Weatherly, P.  B.; Wilhelmi, J.; Yeh, M.; Zhang, C.; Zhang, X.

doi:10.1103/physrevd.111.032014

Title: Reactor antineutrino directionality measurement with the PROSPECT-I detector

Journal Article · 25 February 2025 · Physical Review. D.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.111.032014 · OSTI ID:2525848

Andriamirado, M. ^[1]; Balantekin, A. B. ^[2]; Bass, C. D. ^[3]; Benevides Rodrigues, O. ^[4]; Bernard, E. P. ^[5]; Bowden, N. S. ^[5]; Bryan, C. D. ^[6]; Carr, R. ^[7]; Classen, T. ^[5]; Conant, A. J. ^[6]; Deichert, G. ^[6]; Dolinski, M. J. ^[8]; Erickson, A. ^[9]; Galindo-Uribari, A. ^[10]; Gokhale, S. ^[11]; Grant, C. ^[12]; Hans, S. ^[11]; Hansell, A. B. ^[13]; Heeger, K. M. ^[14]; Heffron, B. ^[10] more »

Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL (United States); PROSPECT Collaboration. et al.
University of Wisconsin
Le Moyne College
Illinois Institute of Technology
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
United States Naval Academy
Drexel University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Oak Ridge National Laboratory; University of Tennessee
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Boston University
Susquehanna University
Yale University
Temple University
University of Hawaii
National Institute of Standards and Technology

The PROSPECT-I detector has several features that enable measurement of the direction of a compact neutrino source. Here, 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 φ = 40.8° ± 0.7° and θ= 98.6° ± 0.4°, the PROSPECT-I detector is able to reconstruct an average neutrino direction of φ = 39.4° ± 2.9° and θ = 97.6° ± 1.6°. 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.

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Research Organization:: 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); Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Heising-Simons Foundation; USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Contributing Organization:: PROSPECT Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; AC52-07NA27344; SC0008347; SC0010504; SC0012704; SC0016060; SC0016357; SC0017660; SC0017815

OSTI ID:: 2525848

Report Number(s):: BNL--227632-2025-JAAM; LLNL--JRNL-865585

Journal Information:: Physical Review. D., Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 111; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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