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Experimental instruments and technique

Creation of neutrino laboratory for carrying out experiment on search for a sterile neutrino at the SM-3 reactor

A. P. Serebrov^a, V. G. Ivochkin^a, R. M. Samoilov^a, A. K. Fomin^a, V. G. Zinov'ev^a, P. V. Neustroev^a, V. L. Golovtsov^a, N. V. Gruzinskii^a, V. A. Solovei^a, A. V. Chernyi^a, O. M. Zherebtsov^a, V. P. Martem'yanov^b, V. G. Tsinoev^b, V. G. Tarasenkov^b, V. I. Aleshin^b, A. L. Petelin^c, S. V. Pavlov^c, A. L. Izhutov^c, S. A. Sazontov^c, D. K. Ryazanov^c, M. O. Gromov^c, V. V. Afanas'ev^c, L. N. Matrosov^a, M. Yu. Matrosova^a

^a The Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, The National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute"
^b National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow
^c Scientific-Research Institute of Atomic Reactors

Abstract: To check the existence of a sterile neutrino, a neutrino laboratory aimed at searching reactor antineutrino oscillations is created at the SM-3 reactor. A prototype of a neutrino detector with a scintillator volume of 400 L is moved at distances 6–11 m from the core of the reactor. Background conditions are measured. It is shown that the cosmic rays background is the main problem in the experiment. The prospects of the search for reactor antineutrino oscillations at short distances are discussed.

Received: 23.04.2015