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Methods and problems in low energy neutrino experiments (solar, reactors, geo-)
I
G. Ranucci
ISAPP 2011International School on Astroparticle physics
THE NEUTRINO PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS
July 26th - August 5th, 2011Varenna - Italy
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Summary of the topics
-Neutrino detection overview
-Radiochemical methodology
-Scintillation methods
-Cerenkov approach
-Low background implications in low energy neutrino search
With examples of applications taken from experiments
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and geo-neutrinos (anti- )n
(not discussed here)
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fundamental
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Rome - 3 July, 2009 Gioacchino Ranucci - I.N.F.N. Sez. di Milano
Neutrino production in the Sun
pp
from: pp
pep 7Be 8B
hep
The pp chain reactionThe CNO cycle
There are different steps in which energy (and neutrinos) are produced
Monocrhomatic ν’s(2 bodies in the final state)
In our star > 99% of the energy is created in this reaction
In the Sun < 1% More important in heavier stars
CNO from: 13N 15O 17F
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Neutrino production in the Sun
Neutrino energy spectrum as predicted bythe Solar Standard Model (SSM)
John Norris Bahcall
(Dec. 30, 1934 – Aug. 17, 2005)
7Be: 384 keV (10%)
862 keV (90%)
Pep: 1.44 MeV
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Solar neutrino experiments: a more than four decades long saga
Radiochemical experiments
Homestake (Cl)
Gallex/GNO (Ga)
Sage (Ga)
Real time Cherenkov experiments
Kamiokande/Super-Kamiokande
SNO
Scintillator experiments
Borexino
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This is equivalent to find a needle in a haystack
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Selection of construction materials
Triple strategy
Pulse shape analysis to reject background pulses
Calibrations of the instruments
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Output (measured neutrino flux) of the Gallex/GNO and Sage experiments compared to the model prediction
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Important part of the overall methodology: global calibration with a 51Cr neutrino source
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IcecubeAntaresNemo
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The angle is n
1cos
The spectrum has a dependence 21
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Cerenkov light is produced in a pool reactor where the core is submerged in water
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(Sudbury Neutrino Observatory)
n m and nt
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has employed
Third phase: helium 3 proportional counters deployed in the detector mainly to cross check results of phase 2
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Summary of Signatures in SNO (D2O)
Charged-Current (CC)e+d e-+p+pEthresh = 1.4 MeV
e only
Elastic Scattering (ES) (D2O & H2O)x+e- x+e-
x, but enhanced for e Events point away from the sun.
Neutral-Current (NC) x+d x+n+p Ethresh = 2.2 MeV
Equally sensitive to e nm t
3 ways todetect neutrons
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Acrylic vessel (AV) 12 m diameter
1700 tonnes H2O inner shielding
1000 tonnes D2O($300 million)
5300 tonnes H2O outer shielding
~9500 PMT’s
Creighton mineSudbury, CA
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory: SNO6800 feet (~2km) underground
The heavy water has been returned and development work is in progress on SNO+ with liquid scintillator and 150Nd additive.
- Entire detectorBuilt as a Class 2000
Clean room- Low RadioactivityDetector materials
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An example of a cerenkov event
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Accurate measurement of physics processes in the SNO detector requires a chain of calibrations and calculations to link the photomultiplier data to a full description of the interaction in terms of energy, direction, and particle typeSources deployed everywhere in the detector volume
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Gioacchino Ranucci - I.N.F.N. Sez. di Milano
Rome - 3 July, 2009
3He CountersNov 04 – Nov 06
n 3He t p
proportional counters s = 5330 b
event-by-event separation
PRL 101, 111301 (2008)
Pure D2O
Nov 99 – May 01
n d t g
(Eg = 6.25 MeV)
PRL 87, 071301 (2001)
PRL 89, 011301 (2002)
PRL 89, 011302 (2002)
PRC 75, 045502 (2007)
SaltJul 01 – Sep 03
n 35Cl 36Cl g
(Eg = 8.6 MeV)
enhanced NC rate and separation
PRL 92, 181301 (2004)
PRC 72, 055502 (2005)
Three Phases of SNO
archival papers with complete details
SNO+
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stat stat + systResults of the 3 Phases
p-value for consistency of NC/CC/ES in the salt & NCD phases + D2O NC(unconstr) is 32.8%
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Art MacDonald@Neutel 2009
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The two outputs (measured neutrino flux) of the SNO experiment compared to the model prediction
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For general informationThe NC and CC measurements from SNO together with the other solar (and KamLAND) experiments proved to be pivotal to determine the values of the oscillation parameters
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Other example of Cerenkov detector
Detection via ne scattering as third detection method in SNO
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Background level
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Super-Kamiokande History
11146 ID PMTs(40% coverage)
5182 ID PMTs(19% coverage)
11129 ID PMTs(40% coverage)
EnergyThreshold(total electron energy)
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
SK-I SK-II SK-III SK-IV
Acrylic (front)+ FRP (back)
ElectronicsUpgrade
SK-I SK-II SK-III SK-IV
5.0 MeV 7.0 MeV 4.5 MeVwork in progress
< 4.0 MeVtarget
inner detector mass: 32kton fiducial mass: 22.5kton
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Background issues5.0-5.5MeV 5.5-6.0MeV
6.0-6.5MeVFiducial volume is central 13.3ktSK has lower background level
in these central 13.3kt throughout the years of operation
SK-ISK-III
cosqsun
1-1 0
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The two outputs (measured neutrino flux) of Kamiokande/Superkamiokande compared to the model prediction
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and SNO+ (planned)
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Delocalized molecular orbital
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Some examples of scintillator based detectors
Borexino (low energy solar neutrino detector) described in the following at length as paradigmatic example of a scintillator detector
Chooz (reactor neutrino detector)
KamLAND (reactor neutrino detector)
Planned: SNO+ and LENS