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Inverse-square law violation and reactor antineutrino anomaly

  • The International Workshop on Prospects of Particle Physics: “Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics” February 1–Ferbuary 8, 2015, Valday, Russia
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We discuss a possibility that the so-called reactor antineutrino anomaly can be, at least in part, explained by applying a quantum field-theoretical approach to neutrino oscillations, which in particular predicts a small deviation from the classical inverse-square law at short but macroscopic distances between the neutrino source and detector. An extensive statistical analysis of the reactor data is performed to examine this speculation.

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Naumov, D.V., Naumov, V.A. & Shkirmanov, D.S. Inverse-square law violation and reactor antineutrino anomaly. Phys. Part. Nuclei 48, 12–20 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779616060174

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