DANSS: Detector of the reactor AntiNeutrino based on Solid Scintillator
Result description
The DANSS project is aimed at creating a relatively compact neutrino spectrometer which does not contain any flammable or other dangerous liquids and may therefore be located very close to the core of an industrial power reactor. As a result, it is expected that high neutrino flux would provide about 15,000 IBD interactions per day in the detector with a sensitive volume of 1 m3. High segmentation of the plastic scintillator will allow to suppress a background down to a ~1% level. Numerous tests performed with a simplified pilot prototype DANSSino under a 3 GWth reactor of the Kalinin NPP have demonstrated operability of the chosen design. The DANSS detector surrounded with a composite shield is movable by means of a special lifting gear, varying the distance to the reactor core in a range from 10 m to 12 m. Due to this feature, it could be used not only for the reactor monitoring, but also for fundamental research including short-range neutrino oscillations to the sterile state. Supposing one-year measurement, the sensitivity to the oscillation parameters is expected to reach a level of sin2(2θnew) ~ 5 x 10-3 with Δ m2 c (0.02-5.0) eV2.
Keywords
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
Alternative codes found
RIV/61389005:_____/16:00506282
Result on the web
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
DANSS: Detector of the reactor AntiNeutrino based on Solid Scintillator
Original language description
The DANSS project is aimed at creating a relatively compact neutrino spectrometer which does not contain any flammable or other dangerous liquids and may therefore be located very close to the core of an industrial power reactor. As a result, it is expected that high neutrino flux would provide about 15,000 IBD interactions per day in the detector with a sensitive volume of 1 m3. High segmentation of the plastic scintillator will allow to suppress a background down to a ~1% level. Numerous tests performed with a simplified pilot prototype DANSSino under a 3 GWth reactor of the Kalinin NPP have demonstrated operability of the chosen design. The DANSS detector surrounded with a composite shield is movable by means of a special lifting gear, varying the distance to the reactor core in a range from 10 m to 12 m. Due to this feature, it could be used not only for the reactor monitoring, but also for fundamental research including short-range neutrino oscillations to the sterile state. Supposing one-year measurement, the sensitivity to the oscillation parameters is expected to reach a level of sin2(2θnew) ~ 5 x 10-3 with Δ m2 c (0.02-5.0) eV2.
Czech name
—
Czech description
—
Classification
Type
Jx - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
BG - Nuclear, atomic and molecular physics, accelerators
OECD FORD branch
—
Result continuities
Project
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Instrumentation
ISSN
1748-0221
e-ISSN
—
Volume of the periodical
11
Issue of the periodical within the volume
11
Country of publishing house
IT - ITALY
Number of pages
26
Pages from-to
—
UT code for WoS article
—
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84999863236
Basic information
Result type
Jx - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP
BG - Nuclear, atomic and molecular physics, accelerators
Year of implementation
2016