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RESEARCH PRODUCT
The $^{144}$Ce source for SOX
A. PocarO. SmirnovMarcin WójcikA. CaminataMatthias LaubensteinE. V. UnzhakovD. KrynAldo IanniT. LasserreS. AppelL. PappM. D. SkorokhvatovM. D. SkorokhvatovMichael WurmM. VivierE. MeroniK. JedrzejczakFausto OrticaZ. YokleyA. V. DerbinJ. ThurnB. CaccianigaD. A. SemenovS. FarinonM. ObolenskyB. LehnertL. ScolaC. VeyssiereKai ZuberK. ChoiN. JonqueresM. GromovLothar OberauerS. WeinzTobias LachenmaierMarco GiammarchiAlessandra ReT. HoudyS. ManeckiG. TesteraCristiano GalbiatiJ. MaricicE. LitvinovichE. LitvinovichG. MentionN. RossiJay Burton BenzigerI. N. MachulinI. N. MachulinL. PerassoN. BertonMarco PallaviciniD. D'angeloV. FischerG. BonfiniDenis KorablevC. GhianoMatteo AgostiniF. LombardiA. RazetoFrank CalapriceSuvorovSuvorovM. CribierHardy SimgenM. KaiserM. Goeger-neffR. B. VogelaarS. DaviniI. S. DrachnevJ. WinterB. NeumairLivia LudhovaG. KorgaD. FrancoA. M. GorettiA. S. ChepurnovM. S. MeyerK. FomenkoG. LukyanchenkoG. LukyanchenkoM. DureroJ. M. LinkR. TartagliaPaolo LombardiS. V. SukhotinF. Von FeilitzschLino MiramontiO. ZaimidorogaH. WangAldo RomaniL. Di NotoW. ManeschgV. V. KobychevMichele MontuschiG. BelliniCaren HagnerR. RoncinP. CavalcanteM. MisiaszekKornoukhovS. SchönertA.v. EtenkoD. BravoAndrea IanniD. BickSandra ZavatarelliGioacchino RanucciJ. GaffiotE. V. HungerfordA. SotnikovF. GabrieleV. N. MuratovaR. MusenichG. ZuzelS. MarcocciM. ToropovaK. Altenmüllersubject
HistorySterile neutrinoParticle physicsenergy: decay[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ACC-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Accelerator Physics [physics.acc-ph]Scintillator01 natural sciences7. Clean energyEducationNuclear physicsPhysics and Astronomy (all)0103 physical sciencesddc:530010306 general physicsNeutrino oscillationparticle sourceBorexinoPhysicslifetimenucleusSecular equilibriumneutrino: sterileantineutrinosensitivitySpent nuclear fuelComputer Science ApplicationsGran SassoceriumDecay energyradioactivityBorexinoneutrino: oscillationproductionNeutrinodescription
International audience; The SOX (Short distance neutrino Oscillations with BoreXino) project aims at testing the light sterile neutrino hypothesis. To do so, two artificials sources of antineutrinos and neutrinos respectively will be consecutively deployed at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in close vicinity to Borexino, a large liquid scintillator detector. This document reports on the source production and transportation. The source should exhibit a long lifetime and a high decay energy, a requirement fullfilled by the (144)Ce-(144)Pr pair at secular equilibrium. It will be produced at FSUE “Mayak” PA using spent nuclear fuel. It will then be shielded and packed according to international regulation and shipped to LNGS across Europe. Knowledge of the Cerium antineutrino generator (CeANG) parameters is crucial for SOX as it can strongly impact the experiment sensitivity. Several apparatuses are being used or designed to characterize CeANG activity, radioactive emission and content. An overview of the measurements performed so far is presented here.
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