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Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 2025 Volume 122, Issue 1, Pages 3–9 (Mi jetpl7542)

FIELDS, PARTICLES, AND NUCLEI

Search for large extra dimensions in the DANSS experiment

I. G. Alekseevabcd, V. V. Belovea, A. D. Bystryakovefc, P. A. Gorovtsovc, M. V. Danilovba, I. V. Zhitnikovea, D. R. Zinatulinage, S. V. Kazartsevea, A. S. Kobyakindcb, A. L. Krapivacbd, A. S. Kuzntesovc, I. V. Machikhil'yanh, N. A. Mashindcb, D. V. Medvedeve, V. M. Nesterovdb, D. V. Ponomarevhae, V. Yu. Rusinovdb, E. I. Samigullinbd, D. N. Sviridadab, N. A. Skrobovaabd, E. I. Tarkovskiid, D. V. Filosofove, M. V. Fominae, E. A. Shevchike, M. V. Shirchenkoae, Yu. A. Shitovi, E. A. Yakusheve

a Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117312 Russia
b Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991 Russia
c Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University), Dolgoprudny, Moscow region, 141701 Russia
d National Research Center Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, 123182 Russia
e Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow region, 141701 Russia
f fDubna State University, Dubna, Moscow region, 141982 Russia
g Voronezh State University, Voronezh, 394018 Russia
h Dukhov Automatics Research Institute, Moscow, 127055 Russia
i Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Czech Technical University in Prague, Husova 240/5, 110 00 Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract: The DANSS detector is located near the power reactor at the Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant (at distances of $10.9$$12.9$ m) and is able to detect up to 5000 antineutrino events per day. The results of the search for Large Extra Dimensions in the simplest case of a single dominant large extra dimension are discussed. The particle oscillations to a finite-size extra dimension are assumed in this theory, and its predictions depend on the difference between the squared masses, as well as on the absolute scale of the neutrino masses. The sensitivity of the experiment to Large Extra Dimensions for various values of the model parameters such as the size of the large extra dimension a and the lightest-neutrino mass ${{m}_{0}}$ can be determined by its Monte Carlo simulation. No statistically significant indications of the existence of Large Extra Dimensions have been obtained from the analysis of almost 5.8 million antineutrino events (the statistical confidence of the best point is only $2.0\sigma$ ($1.8\sigma$) for the normal (inverted) ordering of neutrino masses). The bounds have been determined for the size of the extra dimension and the lightest neutrino mass. These bounds for a number of regions are the best in the world. These bounds exclude a large fraction of the parameters preferable for explaining the gallium anomaly and the reactor antineutrino anomaly in this model, including the corresponding best points.

Received: 02.04.2025
Revised: 20.05.2025
Accepted: 22.05.2025

DOI: 10.31857/S0370274X25070011


 English version:
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters, 2025, 122:1, 1–7


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