Abstract
The aim of the SOX-Borexino project is to verify or falsify the existence of eV-scale sterile neutrinos. The existence of sterile neutrinos is suspected because of several anomalies, which were observed in previous experiments. A ~3.7 PBq electron antineutrino source made of 144Ce will be installed below the Borexino detector at LNGS, Italy, to search for short-baseline oscillations of active-to-sterile neutrinos within the detector volume. Source delivery and beginning of data acquisition is planned for end of 2016, preliminary results are expected already in 2017.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1481-1484 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Physics of Atomic Nuclei |
Volume | 79 |
Issue number | 11-12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1 2016 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Keywords
- Borexino
- astroparticle physics
- particle physics
- sterile neutrinos