A high precision calorimeter for hunting the sterile neutrino in the SOX experiment

L. D. Noto, M. Agostini, K. Altenmüller, S. Appel, A. Caminata, L. Cappelli, R. Cesereto, S. Farinon, M. Gschwender, H. Hess, J. Martyn, R. Musenich, B. Neumair, M. Nieslony, T. Lachenmaier, L. Oberauer, M. Pallavicini, L. Papp, C. Rossi, S. RottenangerS. Schönert, G. Testera, A. Trantel, S. Weinz, M. Wurm, S. Zavatarelli

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

Abstract

A thermal calorimetric apparatus was designed, built and calibrated for measuring the activity of the artificial 144 Ce-144 Pr antineutrino source. This measurement will be performed at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy, just before the source insertion in the tunnel under the Borexino detector and a precision better than 1% is required for a disappearance technique measurement in the SOX (Short distance neutrino Oscillation with BoreXino) project. In this work the apparatus is described and the most important results from the calibration measurements are shown, where the final precision of few per thousand is demonstrated.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012015
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume1342
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Jan 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event15th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, TAUP 2017 - Sudbury, Canada
Duration: 24 Jun 201728 Jun 2017

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'A high precision calorimeter for hunting the sterile neutrino in the SOX experiment'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this