Determination of neutrino incoming direction in the CHOOZ experiment and its application to supernova explosion location by scintillator detectors
- 6 December 1999
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 61 (1)
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.61.012001
Abstract
The CHOOZ experiment measured the antineutrino flux at a distance of about 1 Km from two nuclear reactors in order to detect possible neutrino oscillations with squared mass differences as low as 10**-3 eV**2 for full mixing. We show that the data analysis of the electron antineutrino events, collected by our liquid scintillation detector, locates the antineutrino source within a cone of half-aperture of about 18 degrees at the 68% C.L.. We discuss the implications of this experimental result for tracking down a supernova explosion.Comment: Submitted to Physical ReviewKeywords
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