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Searching for Hidden Neutrons with a Reactor Neutrino Experiment: Constraints from the STEREO Experiment.
العنوان: | Searching for Hidden Neutrons with a Reactor Neutrino Experiment: Constraints from the STEREO Experiment. |
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المؤلفون: | Almazán H; Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany., Bernard L; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3, 38000 Grenoble, France., Blanchet A; IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France., Bonhomme A; Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany., Buck C; Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany., Del Amo Sanchez P; Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules - IN2P3, 74000 Annecy, France., El Atmani I; IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France., Labit L; Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules - IN2P3, 74000 Annecy, France., Lamblin J; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3, 38000 Grenoble, France., Letourneau A; IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France., Lhuillier D; IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France., Licciardi M; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3, 38000 Grenoble, France., Lindner M; Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany., Materna T; IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France., Méplan O; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3, 38000 Grenoble, France., Pessard H; Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules - IN2P3, 74000 Annecy, France., Pignol G; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3, 38000 Grenoble, France., Réal JS; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3, 38000 Grenoble, France., Ricol JS; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3, 38000 Grenoble, France., Roca C; Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany., Rogly R; IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France., Salagnac T; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3, 38000 Grenoble, France., Sarrazin M; Institut UTINAM, UMR 6213 CNRS, Université Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 25000 Besançon, France.; Department of Physics, University of Namur, 61 rue de Bruxelles, B-5000 Namur, Belgium., Savu V; IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France., Schoppmann S; Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany., Soldner T; Institut Laue-Langevin, CS 20156, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France., Stutz A; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC-IN2P3, 38000 Grenoble, France., Vialat M; Institut Laue-Langevin, CS 20156, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France. |
المصدر: | Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2022 Feb 11; Vol. 128 (6), pp. 061801. |
نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
اللغة: | English |
بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: American Physical Society Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0401141 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1079-7114 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00319007 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Phys Rev Lett Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE; MEDLINE |
أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: New York : American Physical Society |
مستخلص: | Different extensions of the standard model of particle physics, such as braneworld or mirror matter models, predict the existence of a neutron sterile state, possibly as a dark matter candidate. This Letter reports a new experimental constraint on the probability p for neutron conversion into a hidden neutron, set by the STEREO experiment at the high flux reactor of the Institut Laue-Langevin. The limit is p<3.1×10^{-11} at 95% C.L. improving the previous limit by a factor of 13. This result demonstrates that short-baseline neutrino experiments can be used as competitive passing-through-walls neutron experiments to search for hidden neutrons. |
تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20220225 Latest Revision: 20220228 |
رمز التحديث: | 20240628 |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.061801 |
PMID: | 35213177 |
قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
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