A high precision calorimeter for the SOX experiment

L. Papp, M. Agostini, K. Altenmüller, S. Appel, A. Caminata, R. Cereseto, L. Di Noto, S. Farinon, R. Musenich, B. Neumair, L. Oberauer, M. Pallavicini, S. Schönert, G. Testera, S. Zavatarelli

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Abstract

The SOX (Short distance neutrino Oscillations with BoreXino) experiment is being built to discover or reject eV-scale sterile neutrinos by observing short baseline oscillations of active-to-sterile neutrinos [1]. For this purpose, a 100 kCi 144Ce-144Pr antineutrino generator (CeSOX) will be placed under the BOREXINO detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. Thanks to its large size and very low background, BOREXINO is an ideal detector to discover or reject eV-scale sterile neutrinos. To reach the maximal sensitivity, we aim at determining the neutrino flux emitted by the antineutrino generator with a <1% accuracy. With this goal, TU München and INFN Genova are developing a vacuum calorimeter, which is designed to measure the source-generated heat with high accuracy.

Keywords

  • Calorimetry
  • eV-scale sterile neutrinos

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