Allega, A, Anderson, M R, Andringa, S, Antunes, J, Askins, M, Auty, D J, Bacon, A, Barros, N, Barão, F, Bayes, R, Beier, E W, Falk, E, Peeters, S, Rigan, M and others, (2023) Evidence of antineutrinos from distant reactors using pure water at SNO+. Physical Review Letters, 130. a091801 1-8. ISSN 0031-9007

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Abstract

The SNO + Collaboration reports the first evidence of reactor antineutrinos in a Cherenkov detector. The nearest nuclear reactors are located 240 km away in Ontario, Canada. This analysis uses events with energies lower than in any previous analysis with a large water Cherenkov detector. Two analytical methods are used to distinguish reactor antineutrinos from background events in 190 days of data and yield consistent evidence for antineutrinos with a combined significance of 3.5σ.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
SWORD Depositor:	Mx Elements Account
Depositing User:	Mx Elements Account
Date Deposited:	17 Mar 2023 10:54
Last Modified:	05 Apr 2023 16:30
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/111250

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