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View article: Muon tracking in a LiquidO opaque scintillator detector
Muon tracking in a LiquidO opaque scintillator detector Open
LiquidO is an innovative radiation detector concept. The core idea is to exploit stochastic light confinement in a highly scattering medium to self-segment the detector volume. In this paper, we demonstrate event-by-event muon tracking in …
View article: COCOA: A compact Compton camera for astrophysical observation of MeV-scale gamma rays
COCOA: A compact Compton camera for astrophysical observation of MeV-scale gamma rays Open
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View article: The Stochastic Light Confinement of LiquidO
The Stochastic Light Confinement of LiquidO Open
Light-based detectors have been widely used in fundamental research and industry since their inception in the 1930s. The energy particles deposit in these detectors is converted to optical signals via the Cherenkov and scintillation mechan…
Multi-calorimetry in light-based neutrino detectors Open
A bstract Neutrino detectors are among the largest photon detection instruments, built to capture scarce photons upon energy deposition. Many discoveries in neutrino physics, including the neutrino itself, are inseparable from the advances…
View article: White paper on light sterile neutrino searches and related phenomenology
White paper on light sterile neutrino searches and related phenomenology Open
This white paper provides a comprehensive review of our present understanding of experimental neutrino anomalies that remain unresolved, charting the progress achieved over the last decade at the experimental and phenomenological level, an…
Precision Neutrino Oscillation Physics with the Daya Bay and DUNE Experiments Open
The team supported by this grant made significant contributions to the final results of the Daya Bay Reactor Antineutrino Experiment. This experiment utilized eight identically designed antineutrino detectors positioned at varying distance…
View article: Particle physics using reactor antineutrinos
Particle physics using reactor antineutrinos Open
Nuclear reactors are uniquely powerful, abundant, and flavor-pure sources of antineutrinos that have played a central role in the discovery of the neutrinos and in elucidation of their properties. This continues through a broad range of ex…
View article: Multi-Calorimetry in Light-based Neutrino Detectors
Multi-Calorimetry in Light-based Neutrino Detectors Open
Neutrino detectors are among the largest photon detection instruments, built to capture scarce photons upon energy deposition. Many discoveries in neutrino physics, including the neutrino itself, are inseparable from the advances in photon…
View article: Searches for baryon number violation in neutrino experiments: a white paper
Searches for baryon number violation in neutrino experiments: a white paper Open
Baryon number conservation is not guaranteed by any fundamental symmetry within the standard model, and therefore has been a subject of experimental and theoretical scrutiny for decades. So far, no evidence for baryon number violation has …
View article: Probing Earth's Missing Potassium using the Unique Antimatter Signature of Geoneutrinos
Probing Earth's Missing Potassium using the Unique Antimatter Signature of Geoneutrinos Open
The formation of the Earth remains an epoch with mysterious puzzles extending to our still incomplete understanding of the planet's potential origin and bulk composition. Direct confirmation of the Earth's internal heat engine was accompli…
View article: Snowmass Neutrino Frontier Report
Snowmass Neutrino Frontier Report Open
This report summarizes the current status of neutrino physics and the broad and exciting future prospects identified for the Neutrino Frontier as part of the 2021 Snowmass Process.
View article: Synergies and prospects for early resolution of the neutrino mass ordering
Synergies and prospects for early resolution of the neutrino mass ordering Open
The measurement of neutrino mass ordering (MO) is a fundamental element for the understanding of leptonic flavour sector of the Standard Model of Particle Physics. Its determination relies on the precise measurement of $$\Delta m^2_{31}$$ …
Searches for Baryon Number Violation in Neutrino Experiments: A White Paper Open
Baryon number conservation is not guaranteed by any fundamental symmetry within the Standard Model, and therefore has been a subject of experimental and theoretical scrutiny for decades. So far, no evidence for baryon number violation has …
View article: High Energy Physics Opportunities Using Reactor Antineutrinos
High Energy Physics Opportunities Using Reactor Antineutrinos Open
Nuclear reactors are uniquely powerful, abundant, and flavor-pure sources of antineutrinos that continue to play a vital role in the US neutrino physics program. The US reactor antineutrino physics community is a diverse interest group enc…
Nuclear Data to Reduce Uncertainties in Reactor Antineutrino Measurements Open
The large quantities of antineutrinos produced through the decay of fission fragments in nuclear reactors provide an opportunity to study the properties of these particles and investigate their use in reactor monitoring. The reactor antine…
View article: Slice-Based Analog Design
Slice-Based Analog Design Open
Advances over the last decades in electronic design automation (EDA) for the design of digital integrated circuits (ICs), have led to the development of a robust set of tools and methodologies that automate almost all low-level phases of t…
Physics Fundamentals, Engineering Design, And Research: An Integrated Approach To The Development Of A Three Week Shortcourse Open
NOTE: The first page of text has been automatically extracted and included below in lieu of an abstract Physics Fundamentals, Engineering Design, and Research: An Integrated Approach to the Development of a Three-Week Shortcourse 1. Abstra…
Incorporating Scientific Analysis And Problem Solving Skills Into A Physics And Engineering Summer Course Open
NOTE: The first page of text has been automatically extracted and included below in lieu of an abstract Incorporating Scientific Analysis and Problem-Solving Skills into a Physics and Engineering Summer Course Abstract The Young Engineerin…
Synergies and Prospects for Early Resolution of the Neutrino Mass Ordering Open
The measurement of neutrino Mass Ordering (MO) is a fundamental element for the understanding of leptonic flavour sector of the Standard Model of Particle Physics. Its determination relies on the precise measurement of $\Delta m^2_{31}$ an…
The JUNO Experiment: Physics Prospects, Design and Status Open
The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is a 20 kton liquid scintillator detector that will study the reactor antineutrinos emitted by two nuclear power plants in the southeast of China at a baseline of about 53 km. With an un…
Neutrino Physics with Nuclear Reactors: An Overview Open
Nuclear reactors provide an excellent environment for studying neutrinos and continue to play a critical role in unveiling the secrets of these elusive particles. A rich experimental program with reactor antineutrinos is currently ongoing,…