Neutrino scattering and the reactor antineutrino anomaly
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2017-12-20
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Institute of Physics Publishing
Abstract
Low energy threshold reactor experiments have the potential to give insight into the light sterile neutrino signal provided by the reactor antineutrino anomaly and the gallium anomaly. In this work we analyze short baseline reactor experiments that detect by elastic neutrino electron scattering in the context of a light sterile neutrino signal. We also analyze the sensitivity of experimental proposals of coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering (CENNS) detectors in order to exclude or confirm the sterile neutrino signal with reactor antineutrinos. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
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Astrophysics, Electron scattering, Elementary particles, Neutrons, Low energy thresholds, Short base lines, Sterile neutrinos, Coherent scattering