Search for neutrino oscillations at the palo verde nuclear reactors

F. Boehm, J. Busenitz, B. Cook, G. Gratta, H. Henrikson, J. Kornis, D. Lawrence, K. B. Lee, K. McKinny, L. Miller, V. Novikov, A. Piepke, Barry Ritchie, D. Tracy, P. Vogel, Y. F. Wang, J. Wolf

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Abstract

We report on the initial results from a measurement of the antineutrino flux and spectrum at a distance of about 800 m from the three reactors of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station using a segmented gadolinium-loaded scintillation detector. We find that the antineutrino flux agrees with that predicted in the absence of oscillations excluding at 90% C.L. ¯νe−¯νxoscillations with Δm2>1.12×10−3eV2 for maximal mixing and sin2θ>0.21 for large Δm2. Our results support the conclusion that the atmospheric neutrino oscillations observed by Super-Kamiokande do not involve #x00AF;νe.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3764-3767
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume84
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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