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TL;DR: In this article, neutrino oscillations involving eV-scale neutrinos were investigated in the context of short and long-baseline ac- celerator, reactor, and radioactive source experiments.
Abstract: Neutrino oscillations involving eV-scale neutrino mass states are investigated in the context of global neutrino oscillation data including short and long-baseline ac- celerator, reactor, and radioactive source experiments, as well as atmospheric and solar neutrinos. We consider sterile neutrino mass schemes involving one or two mass-squared dierences at the eV 2 scale denoted by 3+1, 3+2, and 1+3+1. We discuss the hints for
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University of Padua1, University of Milan2, University of Silesia in Katowice3, University of Pavia4, University of Granada5, CERN6, Polytechnic University of Milan7, Academia Sinica8, University of California, Los Angeles9, University of Warsaw10, University of Turin11, Warsaw University of Technology12
21 Jul 2004-Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
TL;DR: The ICARUS T600 liquid argon (LAr) time projection chamber (TPC) is the largest LAr TPC ever built, with a size of about 500 tons of fully imaging mass as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: We have constructed and operated the ICARUS T600 liquid argon (LAr) time projection chamber (TPC). The ICARUS T600 detector is the largest LAr TPC ever built, with a size of about 500 tons of fully imaging mass. The design and assembly of the detector relied on industrial support and represents the applications of concepts matured in laboratory tests to the kton scale. The ICARUS T600 was commissioned for a technical run that lasted about 3 months. During this period all the detector features were extensively tested with an exposure to cosmic-rays at surface with a resulting data collection of about 30 000 events. The detector was developed as the first element of a modular design. Thanks to the concept of modularity, it will be possible to realize a detector with several ktons active mass, to act as an observatory for astroparticle and neutrino physics at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory and a second-generation nucleon decay experiment. In this paper a description of the ICARUS T600 is given, detailing its design specifications, assembly procedures and acceptance tests. Commissioning procedures and results of the technical run are also reported, as well as results from the off-line event reconstruction.
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11 Mar 2009-Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
TL;DR: Borexino as discussed by the authors, a large volume detector for low energy neutrino spectroscopy, is currently running underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy.
Abstract: Borexino, a large volume detector for low energy neutrino spectroscopy, is currently running underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy. The main goal of the experiment is the real-time measurement of sub-MeV solar neutrinos, and particularly of the monoenergetic (862 keV) 7 Be electron capture neutrinos, via neutrino–electron scattering in an ultra-pure liquid scintillator. This paper is mostly devoted to the description of the detector structure, the photomultipliers, the electronics, and the trigger and calibration systems. The real performance of the detector, which always meets, and sometimes exceeds, design expectations, is also shown. Some important aspects of the Borexino project, i.e. the fluid handling plants, the purification techniques and the filling procedures, are not covered in this paper and are, or will be, published elsewhere (see Introduction and Bibliography).
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University of Paris1, University of Massachusetts Amherst2, Augustana University3, University of California, Los Angeles4, Princeton University5, Fermilab6, University of Milan7, Roma Tre University8, University of Genoa9, University of Chicago10, Moscow State University11, University of Houston12, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute13, University of Hawaii at Manoa14, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research15, University of Strasbourg16, Black Hills State University17, Virginia Tech18, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine19, Temple University20, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory21, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI22, Kurchatov Institute23, University of Perugia24, University of California, Davis25, Jagiellonian University26, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory27
TL;DR: The first results of a direct search for dark matter operating in the underground Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) and searching for the rare nuclear recoils possibly induced by weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) were reported in this paper.
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Max Planck Society1, Technische Universität München2, Dresden University of Technology3, University of Tübingen4, Kurchatov Institute5, Russian Academy of Sciences6, University of Zurich7, University of Milano-Bicocca8, University of Padua9, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research10, Jagiellonian University11, Shanghai Jiao Tong University12, TÜV SÜD13, University of Milan14, Bosch15
TL;DR: The Gerda detector as mentioned in this paper performed a search for neutrinoless double beta decay of 76Ge with the eponymous detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and started operation in November 2011.
Abstract: The Gerda collaboration is performing a search for neutrinoless double beta decay of 76Ge with the eponymous detector. The experiment has been installed and commissioned at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and has started operation in November 2011. The design, construction and first operational results are described, along with detailed information from the R&D phase.
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