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On the possibility of experimentally confirming the hypothesis of reactor antineutrino passage into a sterile state

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The “Neutrino-4” experiment for the 100-MW SM-3 reactor has been developed with the aim of testing the reactor antineutrino anomaly at Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute. The advantages of this reactor for studying the antineutrino anomaly are (i) a low background level and (ii) small dimensions (35 × 42 × 42 cm) of the active zone. Operation of a position-sensitive antineutrino detector comprising five working sections and moving so as to cover a region of distances within 6–13 m from the active zone has been simulated by the Monte-Carlo method. The range of experimental sensitivity with respect to the oscillation parameters Δm 2 and sin22θ is determined, which will make it possible to confirm the hypothesis of antineutrino oscillations into a sterile state.

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  1. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, Leningrad region, 188300, Russia

    A. P. Serebrov, A. K. Fomin, V. G. Zinov’ev, Yu. E. Loginov, M. S. Onegin, A. M. Gagarskiy, G. A. Petrov, 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, M. N. Svyatkin, A. L. Izhutov, S. A. Sazontov, D. K. Ryazanov, M. O. Gromov, N. S. Khramkov & V. I. Rykalin

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

    A. P. Serebrov, A. K. Fomin, V. G. Zinov’ev, Yu. E. Loginov, M. S. Onegin, A. M. Gagarskiy, G. A. Petrov, 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, M. N. Svyatkin, A. L. Izhutov, S. A. Sazontov, D. K. Ryazanov, M. O. Gromov, N. S. Khramkov & V. I. Rykalin

  3. State Scientific Centre-Research Institute of Atomic Reactors, Dimitrovgrad-10, Ulyanovsk region, 433510, Russia

    A. P. Serebrov, A. K. Fomin, V. G. Zinov’ev, Yu. E. Loginov, M. S. Onegin, A. M. Gagarskiy, G. A. Petrov, 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, M. N. Svyatkin, A. L. Izhutov, S. A. Sazontov, D. K. Ryazanov, M. O. Gromov, N. S. Khramkov & V. I. Rykalin

  4. Institute for High-Energy Physics, Protivno, Moscow region, 142281, Russia

    A. P. Serebrov, A. K. Fomin, V. G. Zinov’ev, Yu. E. Loginov, M. S. Onegin, A. M. Gagarskiy, G. A. Petrov, 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, M. N. Svyatkin, A. L. Izhutov, S. A. Sazontov, D. K. Ryazanov, M. O. Gromov, N. S. Khramkov & V. I. Rykalin

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Original Russian Text © A.P. Serebrov, A.K. Fomin, V.G. Zinov’ev, Yu.E. Loginov, M.S. Onegin, A.M. Gagarskiy, G.A. Petrov, 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, M.N. Svyatkin, A.L. Izhutov, S.A. Sazontov, D.K. Ryazanov, M.O. Gromov, N.S. Khramkov, V.I. Rykalin, 2013, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2013, Vol. 39, No. 14, pp. 25–33.

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Serebrov, A.P., Fomin, A.K., Zinov’ev, V.G. et al. On the possibility of experimentally confirming the hypothesis of reactor antineutrino passage into a sterile state. Tech. Phys. Lett. 39, 636–639 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785013070225

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