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Low Energy Neutrino Physics at the Kuo-Sheng Reactor Laboratory in Taiwan Overview of TEXONO Collaboration Kuo-Sheng Reactor Neutrino Laboratory Results on Neutrino Magnetic Moments Status on Neutrino-Electron Elastic Scattering R&D projects towards Neutrino-Nucleus Coherent Scattering ( coupled with H.Wong’s talk ) Summary Lin,, Shin-Ted/ 林興德 On Behalf of Taiwan Experiment On NeutrinO (TEXONO) Collaboration Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica / 中央研究院 @ TAUP2007,sendai Japan
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TEXONO Collaboration Collaboration : Taiwan (AS, INER, KSNPS, NTU) ; China (IHEP, CIAE, THU, NJU) ; Turkey (METU) ; India (BHU) ; Korea (KIMS) Program: Low Energy Neutrino & Astroparticle Physics Kuo-Sheng (KS) Reactor Neutrino Laboratory oscillation expts. m 0 anomalous properties & interactions reactor : high flux of low energy electron anti-neutrinos physics full of surprises, need intense -source ※ study/constraint new regime wherever experimentally accessible ※ explore possible new detection channels
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Kuo-Sheng Nuclear Power Plant KS NPS-II : 2 cores 2.9 GW KS Lab: 28 m from core#1
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Kuo Sheng Reactor Neutrino Laboratory Configuration: Modest yet Unique Flexible Design: Allows different detectors conf. for different physics Front View (cosmic veto, shielding, control room …..) Inner Target Volume
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Reactor Neutrino Spectrum /fission 235 U:3.4 238 U:0.5 239 Pu:1.8 241 Pu:0.4 U (n, ) 1.2 e ) ~ 6.4 X 10 12 / sec*cm 2 Reactor Operation Data
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R&D : Coh. ( N) T < 1 keV Results on ( e ) @T ~ 1-100 keV d dT) >> (d dT) SM T<<E d dT ∝ 1/T T << E d dT depends on total flux but NOT spectral shape On-Going Data Taking & Analysis SM ( e) T > 3 MeV Reactor Neutrino Interaction Cross-Sections massqualityDetector requirements
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KS Experiment: Period I, II, III,IV,V Detectors FADC Readout [16 ch., 20 MHz, 8 bit] ULB-HPGe [1 kg] CsI(Tl) Array Multi-Disks Array [few Tbs]
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8 Neutrino Electromagnetic Properties : Magnetic Moments fundamental neutrino properties & interaction ; necessary consequences of neutrino masses/ mixings Astrophysics bound on 10 -10 – 10 -12 B however, model dependence Study of anomalous e scattering is valid for - both Dirac/Majorana - both Diagonal/Transition i j Minimally Extended Standard Model: However, many models can enhance it significantly ( M, W R …..)
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Magnetic Moment Searches @ KS simple compact all-solid design : HPGe (mass 1 kg) enclosed by active NaI/CsI anti-Compton, further by passive shielding & cosmic veto selection: single-event after cosmic-veto, anti-Comp., PSD
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Data Analysis TEXONO data (570.7/127.8 days of Reactor On/OFF) background comparable to underground CDM experiment : ~ 1 day -1 keV -1 kg -1 (cpd) DAQ threshold 5 keV analysis threshold 12 keV Combined all information i / f Before/After cuts Spectrum ; SM Reactor On/Off e ( SM) e 2 e +/ - i f i f ff
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11 Systematic effects Best-fit The limit based on 570.7/127.8 days of Reactor ON/OFF: e ) <7.4 X 10 -11 B (90% CL) @ PRD 75 2007 Results on neutrino magnetic moment e ( SM) e 2 e e X10 -10 B e 2 = ־ 0.53 ± 0.59(stat.) ± 0.18(sys.)
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Search of at low threshold high signal rate & robustness: Gemma prelim. Result: e ) <5.4 X 10 -11 B (90% CL) @hep-ex0705.4576v1 Neutrino radiative decay
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13 e e scattering However, SM >>MM at few MeV ! The differential cross section can be represented SMMM
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CsI(Tl) Array (~200 kg) : e) Z =40 cm Single Crystal Q L Vs Q R (Raw Data) Region of Interest for SM e) Z = 0 cm 208 Tl 40 K 137 Cs Data analysis under way.. (40000/12000 day-kg for ON/OFF in PII to PV)
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15 Status of neutrino-electron scattering Background understanding and suppression --Multiple-hit analysis ( Cosmic ray tagged, cascades of 208 Th ) => sin 2 w @6900/2300day*kg of reactor ON/OFF X 3 data Global analysis of all spectra Expect:
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a fundamental neutrino interaction never been experimentally- observed ; a test of standard model ( T. Rashba’s talk ) an important interaction/energy loss channel in astrophysics media R & D on an ULEGe towards (kg-scale ; 100eV threshold ; 1cpd) experiment : allow for CDM search ( H.Wong’s talk ) & improve the neutrino magnetic moment [ search ~10 -11 B ] Neutrino-Nucleus Coherent Scattering
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17 Kuo-Sheng Neutrino Lab.: Modular & Flexible Design Physics Data Taking since 2001 ※ Unique HPGe Low Energy Data ※ Bkg Level ~ Underground CDM Expment Results published on ( PRL 03;PRD 07 )& reactor e ( PRD 05 ) and axion ( PRD 07 HM Chang’stalk ) Diversified Program in Parallel Main Thrust on ~200 kg CsI(Tl) [ ( e) …] ULEGe: for coh ( N) + CDM ( H.Wong’s talk ) Summary & Outlook
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