2015/01/20 by A. P. Serebrov, V. G. Ivochkin, Serebrov, A. P. +45
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) #Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) #hep-ph #nucl-ex #physics.ins-det
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1501.04740
24 pages, 23 figures
arxiv created 2015/01/20 · arxiv updated 2015/01/21
In connection with the question of possible existence of sterile neutrino the laboratory on the basis of SM-3 reactor was created to search for oscillations of reactor antineutrino. A prototype of a neutrino detector with scintillator volume of 400 l can be moved at the distance of 6-11 m from the reactor core. The measurements of background conditions have been made. It is shown that the main experimental problem is associated with cosmic radiation background. Test measurements of dependence of a reactor antineutrino flux on the distance from a reactor core have been made. The prospects of search for oscillations of reactor antineutrino at short distances are discussed.