• Media type: Electronic Conference Proceeding
  • Title: CeSOX: An experimental test of the sterile neutrino hypothesis with Borexino
  • Contributor: Gromov, M. [Author]; Agostini, M. [Author]; Bonfini, G. [Author]; Smirnov, O. [Author]; Sotnikov, A. [Author]; Stokes, L. F. F. [Author]; Suvorov, Y. [Author]; Tartaglia, R. [Author]; Testera, G. [Author]; Thurn, J. [Author]; Toropova, M. [Author]; Trantel, A. [Author]; Unzhakov, E. [Author]; Bravo, D. [Author]; Veyssiére, C. [Author]; Vishneva, A. [Author]; Vivier, M. [Author]; Vogelaar, R. B. [Author]; von Feilitzsch, F. [Author]; Wang, H. [Author]; Weinz, S. [Author]; Wojcik, M. [Author]; Wurm, M. [Author]; Yokley, Z. [Author]; [...]
  • imprint: IOP Publ., 2017
  • Published in: Journal of physics / Conference Series 934, 012003 - (2017). doi:10.1088/1742-6596/934/1/012003 ; 3rd International Conference on Particle Physics and Astrophysics (ICPPA 2017), Moscow, Russia, 2017-10-02 - 2017-10-06
  • Language: English
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/934/1/012003
  • ISSN: 1742-6596; 1742-6588
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  • Description: The third phase of the Borexino experiment that's referred to as SOX is devoted to test the hypothesis of the existence of one (or more) sterile neutrinos at a short baseline (~5–10m). The experimental measurement will be made with artificial sources namely with a 144Ce–144Pr antineutrino source at the first stage (CeSOX) and possibly with a 51Cr neutrino source at the second one. The fixed 144Ce–144Pr sample will be placed beneath the detector in a special pit and the initial activity will be about 100 – 150 kCi. The start of data taking is scheduled for April 2018. The article gives a short description of the preparation for the first stage and shows the expected sensitivity.
  • Access State: Open Access