2017
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.112501
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Dissecting Reactor Antineutrino Flux Calculations

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“…A variety of explanations related to antineutrino production in the core have also been provided to explain both the spectrum and flux anomalies. Some studies have pointed out possible explanations stemming from the beta-converted prediction, such as incorrect beta spectrum measurements [27,28] or incorrect aspects of the beta-to-ν e energy conversion procedure [29,30]. Other studies have renewed the use of summation predictions as a tool for understanding the anomalies' possible origins [27,28,[31][32][33].…”
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“…A variety of explanations related to antineutrino production in the core have also been provided to explain both the spectrum and flux anomalies. Some studies have pointed out possible explanations stemming from the beta-converted prediction, such as incorrect beta spectrum measurements [27,28] or incorrect aspects of the beta-to-ν e energy conversion procedure [29,30]. Other studies have renewed the use of summation predictions as a tool for understanding the anomalies' possible origins [27,28,[31][32][33].…”
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“…Very recently the flux of neutrinos coming from the fissions of 235 U and 239 Pu in the cores of Daya Bay reactors were measured [30] and were found to be about 5% less than predictions of the models [31,32]. Uncertainties in the subdominant corrections to beta-decay dominate the reactor neutrino spectra [33], the resolution of which would require measuring fission products of many isotopes [34]. For example three beta decays 92 Rb, 96 Y, and 142 Cs contribute 43% of the antineutrino flux emitted by nuclear reactors near 5.5 MeV.…”
Section: Reactor Neutrino Fluxmentioning
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“…This event deficit could also be explained with sterile neutrino ν e → ν e oscillation with squared-mass difference ∆m 2 ∼ 1 eV 2 . Another possible explanation of the reactor antineutrino anomaly could be the underestimation of the reactor antineutrino flux prediction [32]. Some study shows the reactor antineutrino flux uncertainty could be larger than 4% due to the unknown forbidden decays in hundreds of nuclei beta decay processes [15].…”
Section: The Reactor Antineutrino Anomaly and Gallium Neutrino Anomalymentioning
confidence: 99%