Publications by authors named "G G Deichert"

Article Synopsis
  • This Letter presents a precise measurement of the antineutrino spectrum from a reactor fueled exclusively with ^{235}U, using data from the PROSPECT-I detector.
  • The analysis doubled the previous measurements by utilizing previously unused segments of the detector, leading to a more accurate reconstruction of the antineutrino energy spectrum.
  • A notable excess in the antineutrino counts is observed in the 5-7 MeV energy range, indicating that the behavior of antineutrinos from ^{235}U cannot exclusively account for this anomaly compared to commercial reactors.
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The PROSPECT and STEREO collaborations present a combined measurement of the pure ^{235}U antineutrino spectrum, without site specific corrections or detector-dependent effects. The spectral measurements of the two highest precision experiments at research reactors are found to be compatible with χ^{2}/ndf=24.1/21, allowing a joint unfolding of the prompt energy measurements into antineutrino energy.

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A joint determination of the reactor antineutrino spectra resulting from the fission of ^{235}U and ^{239}Pu has been carried out by the Daya Bay and PROSPECT Collaborations. This Letter reports the level of consistency of ^{235}U spectrum measurements from the two experiments and presents new results from a joint analysis of both data sets. The measurements are found to be consistent.

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Reactor neutrino experiments have seen major improvements in precision in recent years. With the experimental uncertainties becoming lower than those from theory, carefully considering all sources of is important when making theoretical predictions. One source of that is often neglected arises from the irradiation of the nonfuel materials in reactors.

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This Letter reports the first measurement of the ^{235}U ν[over ¯]_{e} energy spectrum by PROSPECT, the Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum experiment, operating 7.9 m from the 85  MW_{th} highly enriched uranium (HEU) High Flux Isotope Reactor. With a surface-based, segmented detector, PROSPECT has observed 31678±304(stat) ν[over ¯]_{e}-induced inverse beta decays, the largest sample from HEU fission to date, 99% of which are attributed to ^{235}U.

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