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Double Chooz

Double Chooz. Daya bay. Reno. Reactor Neutrino Experiments. SNO+. Borexino. KamLAND. Thierry Lasserre CEA/Saclay/DSM/IRFU SPP & APC. European Strategy for Future Neutrino Physics October 1 st 2009. MeV Reactor Neutrinos.

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Double Chooz

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  1. Double Chooz Daya bay Reno Reactor Neutrino Experiments SNO+ Borexino KamLAND Thierry Lasserre CEA/Saclay/DSM/IRFU SPP & APC European Strategy for Future Neutrino Physics October 1st 2009

  2. MeV Reactor Neutrinos • Electron antineutrinos Emitted through Decays of Fission Products • FP of: 235U, 238U, 239Pu, 241Pu • Luminosity • : reactor constant • k : burn up dependent correction • up to 10% t0: ~3.5% 235U, 96.5% 238U T. Lasserre 01/10/2009

  3. Backgrounds & Signal Accidental Background n + Gd   ~ 8 MeV E >~ 1 MeV p Correlated Background Neutron slowing/thermalisation Electron antineutrino signature through inverse beta decay 511 keV n Gd 511 keV e+ e  ~ 8 MeV Gd n  ~ 8 MeV Prompt e+ (1-8 MeV) Delayed n Gd-capture (8 MeV) Time correlation: 30 s Space correlation: <1 m T. Lasserre 01/10/2009

  4. |Ue3|2 ν3 θ13 (Mass)2 Δmatm2= 3.10-3 eV2 ν2 Δmsol2 = 8.10-5 eV2 ν1 νµ ντ |Uµi|2 νe |Uei|2 |Uτi|2

  5. (νe) (νe) νi • Simple oscillation formula •  depends sin2(213) & Δmatm2, weakly on Δmsol2 • MeV electron antineutrinos  only disappearance experiments sin2(213) measurement independent of -CP • MeV neutrinos+ 1 km baseline  negligible matter effects O[10-4]  sin2(213) measurement independent of sign(m213) ‘clean’ θ13 information Underlying ν-Oscillation Physics d u e- e+ Uei* Uei W W d u Reactor core Target H T. Lasserre 01/10/2009

  6. e,, Near detector Far detector e e,µ,τ The experimental concept for θ13 Lev Mikaelyan (Kurchatov, 2000) P(e e) = 1-sin2(213)sin2(m231L/4E) e+ spectrum Far Detetector Stat. Errors m2atm= 3.0 10-3 eV2 sin2(213)=0.12 ~1021e/s Far/Near ratio Far detector(s) Near detecto’(s) Nuclear Power Station 1-2 km <500 m T. Lasserre 01/10/2009

  7. Double Chooz Reactor Detector 120 m.w.e. 300 m.w.e. 4.27 GWth

  8. Double Chooz France Spain http://doublechooz.in2p3.fr/ Germany U.S.A Japan Russia Brazil U.K. 130 physicists 35 laboratories

  9. 300 mwe Hill topology 1115 m East Reactor 998 m West Reactor 351 m 465 m 115 mwe Flat topology Chooz site in French Ardennes Iso - Near/Far flux Far T. Lasserre 01/10/2009 Near

  10. Tunnel entrance Tunnel: 140 m Chooz-A Power Plant Being dismantled Neutrino Laboratory Far Site Status Liquid Storage Building • - Laboratory status: • Site of the CHOOZ experiment • Integration ongoing • Features: • 1 km baseline (15 000 y-1) • 300 m.w.e. (hill topology) • µ-Rate: ~20 Hz @IV • ISO 6 Clean Room • Liquid storage building: • Liquids delivery in Nov/Dec (14°C) Safety files accepted by French authorities (ASN) T. Lasserre 01/10/2009

  11. Neutrino Lab 85 m open air ramp 155 m of gallery DC Higgs building … Near Site Status 100 m • - Status: • - Fully Funded (7 partners) • - Site Engineering Study Completed • - Complementary bore hole study in Oct. - Schedule: laboratory delivery mid-2011 • - Features: • - 400 m from nuclear cores (150 000 y-1) • - A 155 m tunnel to access the new lab • - 115 m.w.e (almost flat topology) • - µ-Rate: ~250 Hz @IV Hill side Schiste-Gres rock T. Lasserre 01/10/2009

  12. Detector Design Electronics & DAQ CEA-DSM-IRFU (thechnical coordination) New 4-region large detector concept from Double Chooz Coll. (2003) http://bama.ua.edu/~busenitz/rnu2003_talks/lasserre1.doc • Outer Veto:plastic scintillator strips(400 mm) • -Target:10,3 m3 scintillator doped with 0,1g/l of Gd compound in an acryclic vessel(8 mm) • γ-Catcher: 22,3 m3 scintillator in an acrylic vessel(12 mm) • Buffer:110 m3 of mineral oil in a stainless steel vessel (3 mm) viewed by 390 PMTs • Inner Veto:90m3 of scintillator in a steel vessel equipped with 78 PMTs • Veto Vessel(10mm) & Steel Shielding(150 mm) (4 liquid densities adjusted at 0,8000,005) T. Lasserre 01/10/2009

  13. Glove Box Fish-line GC guide Tube Articulated Arm Embedded LED calibration system 385, 420, 470 nm Embedded LED calibration system 385, 420, 470 nm Buffer guide Tube Detector Calibration Systems T. Lasserre 01/10/2009

  14. 250 ton Steel Shielding T. Lasserre 01/10/2009

  15. Inner Muon Veto T. Lasserre 01/10/2009

  16. Inner Veto PMTs & Buffer Vessel T. Lasserre 01/10/2009

  17. 5/6 PMT Integration Completed T. Lasserre 01/10/2009

  18. Acrylic Vessels T. Lasserre 01/10/2009

  19. Integration Ongoing T. Lasserre 01/10/2009

  20. Target 4x6m3 PVDF Tanks Tunnel Entrance GC 25 m3 Isocontainer Neutrino Laboratory Stainless Steel Buffer Tank 3x40 m3 Entrance 1 Stainless Steel Veto Tank 3x30 m3 Entrance 2 14 m 9 m DFOS & Auxilary, Safety Systems Far Detector Fluid Building Detector Filling • 250 m3 of liquid scintillator & mineral oil • 22 m3 Gd-Scintillator ready to be mixed • Complex filling system to be installed by January 2010 • Target Weighing measurement @0,2% to control the number of free H T. Lasserre 01/10/2009

  21. Complementary With T2K Far detector (1km) alone Both detectors 1 km & 400 m Sensitivity (Limit) Timeline m2atm = 2.5 10-3 eV2 (20% uncertainty) • Efficiencies included • 1% ‘bin-bin’ uncorrelated error on background subtraction. • Systematics 1Det = CHOOZ • Systematics 2Det: • - σabs = 2.0% • - σrel = 0.6% • - σscl = 0.5% • - σshp = 2.0% • - σΔm2= 20% sys=2.5% sys=0.6% Excluded by CHOOZ 3 0 1 4 2 5 years T. Lasserre 01/10/2009

  22. Double Chooz Status • 2009 Far detector construction & intégration • 04/2010 Start of phase I : Far 1 km detector alone sin2(213) < 0.06 after 1,5 y (90% C.L.) if no-oscillation • 2010/11 Near Lab Excavation •  Near Detector Integration • 2011 Start of phase II : both near and far detectors sin2(213) < 0.03 after 3 y(90% C.L.) if no-oscillation

  23. Daya Bay Courtesy : K.. Luk 923 m.w.e. Reactor Detector 291 m.w.e. >3 km tunnel New surface infrastructure 3 laboratory hall 8 detectors Gd-volume: 200 m3 255 m.w.e. 2.9 GWth Daya Bay nuclear power station in China

  24. Status of DayaBay Construction of near hall Access tunnel to the underground halls well advanced Detector mechanics: 5-m SST vessel, 4-m and 3-m acrylic vessels in assembly hall T. Lasserre 01/10/2009

  25. 0.05 Sensitivity in sin2213 (90%CL) 0.04 0.03 0 1 2 3 4 5 Number of years of data taking 0.02 0.01 0. Sensitivity & Milestones of Daya Bay 0.38% relative detector syst. uncertainty m231 = 2.5  103 eV2 Sensitivity in sin22θ13: sin22θ13 < 0.01 @ 90% CL in 3 years of data taking • Aug 2009: Begin detector assembly • Fall 2009: Begin detector installation in experimental halls • Fall 2010: Start data taking with first near hall • Summer 2011: Start data taking with all detectors

  26. RENO Courtesy : S. B. Kim 2 detectors Gd-volume: 40 m3 Reactor Detector 230 m.w.e. 2.73 GWth 675 m.w.e. Yong gwang nuclear power station in Korea

  27. Near & far tunnels are completed (2008.6~2009.3) by Daewoo Eng. Co. Korea

  28. Buffer steel tanks are installed by NIVAK Co. Korea (2009.6~2009.9)

  29. Status Report of RENO • RENO is suitable for measuring • sin2(2θ13) > 0.02 • Civil constructioncompleted • Buffer steel containers are installed • PMT installation start in Dec. 09 • Acrylic containers will be completed until Nov. 2009 • Data –taking is expected to start in mid 2010 • International collaborators are being invited

  30. θ12

  31. ReactorMeasurement of θ12 • Connecting the v1 – v2 (solar) neutrino pair with the electron flavor •  Already KamLAND, Borexino, SNO+? •  A new disapearance experiment located at • the oscillation maximum : • Sensitivity (see Phys. Rev. D 71, 013005 2005) •  Exposure: 60 GWth . Ton . Year •  4% systematics, error on sin2(12) : 2% (1σ) • No project funded but a few sites have been discussed: • Sado Island (Japan), 55 km from Kashiwasaki power plant • San Onofre (US), with the Hano Hano detector underwater • Rustrel (500 mwe, France), Cruas (12 GW, 73 km), Tricastin (12 GW, 59 km) 1 Nos/Nnoosc T. Lasserre 01/10/2009

  32. Conclusion and Outlook • A reactor neutrino community in Europe • Prospect on θ13 •  Double Chooz, based in Europe •  Daya Bay & Reno, based in Asia •  Start data taking in 2010 •  Constraint on sin2(2θ13) ~ 0.01-0.03 by 2014 • Prospect on θ12 • An efficient possibility getting sin2(12) @2% (1σ) • Needed? 1 T. Lasserre 01/10/2009

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