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Creation of neutrino laboratory for carrying out experiment on search for a sterile neutrino at the SM-3 reactor

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To check the existence of a sterile neutrino, a neutrino laboratory aimed at searching reactor antineutrino oscillations is created at the SM-3 reactor. A prototype of a neutrino detector with a scintillator volume of 400 L is moved at distances 6–11 m from the core of the reactor. Background conditions are measured. It is shown that the cosmic rays background is the main problem in the experiment. The prospects of the search for reactor antineutrino oscillations at short distances are discussed.

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  1. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, Leningradskaya oblast, 188300, Russia

    A. P. Serebrov, V. G. Ivochkin, R. M. Samoilov, A. K. Fomin, V. G. Zinov’ev, P. V. Neustroev, V. L. Golovtsov, N. V. Gruzinskii, V. A. Solovei, A. V. Chernyi, O. M. Zherebtsov, L. N. Matrosov & M. Yu. Matrosova

  2. National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, pl. Kurchatova 1, Moscow, 123182, Russia

    V. P. Martem’yanov, V. G. Tsinoev, V. G. Tarasenkov & V. I. Aleshin

  3. State Scientific Center Research Institute of Atomic Reactors, Dimitrovgrad, Ul’yanovskaya oblast, 433510, Russia

    A. L. Petelin, S. V. Pavlov, A. L. Izhutov, S. A. Sazontov, D. K. Ryazanov, M. O. Gromov & V. V. Afanas’ev

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Original Russian Text © A.P. Serebrov, V.G. Ivochkin, R.M. Samoilov, A.K. Fomin, V.G. Zinov’ev, P.V. Neustroev, V.L. Golovtsov, N.V. Gruzinskii, V.A. Solovei, A.V. Chernyi, O.M. Zherebtsov, V.P. Martem’yanov, V.G. Tsinoev, V.G. Tarasenkov, V.I. Aleshin, A.L. Petelin, S.V. Pavlov, A.L. Izhutov, S.A. Sazontov, D.K. Ryazanov, M.O. Gromov, V.V. Afanas’ev, L.N. Matrosov, M.Yu. Matrosova, 2015, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2015, Vol. 60, No. 12, pp. 128–137.

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Serebrov, A.P., Ivochkin, V.G., Samoilov, R.M. et al. Creation of neutrino laboratory for carrying out experiment on search for a sterile neutrino at the SM-3 reactor. Tech. Phys. 60, 1863–1871 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106378421512018X

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