64 research outputs found
Real-time Monitoring for the Next Core-Collapse Supernova in JUNO
Core-collapse supernova (CCSN) is one of the most energetic astrophysical
events in the Universe. The early and prompt detection of neutrinos before
(pre-SN) and during the SN burst is a unique opportunity to realize the
multi-messenger observation of the CCSN events. In this work, we describe the
monitoring concept and present the sensitivity of the system to the pre-SN and
SN neutrinos at the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), which is
a 20 kton liquid scintillator detector under construction in South China. The
real-time monitoring system is designed with both the prompt monitors on the
electronic board and online monitors at the data acquisition stage, in order to
ensure both the alert speed and alert coverage of progenitor stars. By assuming
a false alert rate of 1 per year, this monitoring system can be sensitive to
the pre-SN neutrinos up to the distance of about 1.6 (0.9) kpc and SN neutrinos
up to about 370 (360) kpc for a progenitor mass of 30 for the case
of normal (inverted) mass ordering. The pointing ability of the CCSN is
evaluated by using the accumulated event anisotropy of the inverse beta decay
interactions from pre-SN or SN neutrinos, which, along with the early alert,
can play important roles for the followup multi-messenger observations of the
next Galactic or nearby extragalactic CCSN.Comment: 24 pages, 9 figure
Potential of Core-Collapse Supernova Neutrino Detection at JUNO
JUNO is an underground neutrino observatory under construction in Jiangmen, China. It uses 20kton liquid scintillator as target, which enables it to detect supernova burst neutrinos of a large statistics for the next galactic core-collapse supernova (CCSN) and also pre-supernova neutrinos from the nearby CCSN progenitors. All flavors of supernova burst neutrinos can be detected by JUNO via several interaction channels, including inverse beta decay, elastic scattering on electron and proton, interactions on C12 nuclei, etc. This retains the possibility for JUNO to reconstruct the energy spectra of supernova burst neutrinos of all flavors. The real time monitoring systems based on FPGA and DAQ are under development in JUNO, which allow prompt alert and trigger-less data acquisition of CCSN events. The alert performances of both monitoring systems have been thoroughly studied using simulations. Moreover, once a CCSN is tagged, the system can give fast characterizations, such as directionality and light curve
Detection of the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background with JUNO
As an underground multi-purpose neutrino detector with 20 kton liquid scintillator, Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is competitive with and complementary to the water-Cherenkov detectors on the search for the diffuse supernova neutrino background (DSNB). Typical supernova models predict 2-4 events per year within the optimal observation window in the JUNO detector. The dominant background is from the neutral-current (NC) interaction of atmospheric neutrinos with 12C nuclei, which surpasses the DSNB by more than one order of magnitude. We evaluated the systematic uncertainty of NC background from the spread of a variety of data-driven models and further developed a method to determine NC background within 15\% with {\it{in}} {\it{situ}} measurements after ten years of running. Besides, the NC-like backgrounds can be effectively suppressed by the intrinsic pulse-shape discrimination (PSD) capabilities of liquid scintillators. In this talk, I will present in detail the improvements on NC background uncertainty evaluation, PSD discriminator development, and finally, the potential of DSNB sensitivity in JUNO
On the possibility that local mechanical forcing permits directionally-controlled long-range electron transfer along DNA-like molecular wires with no need of an external electric field
It is shown that in DNA-like molecules containing added, excess charges, such as electrons and holes (cation-radicals), it is possible by highly energetic, local, mechanical excitation at definite places of the chain to control the creation of breathers/bubbles and hence to control the long-range transfer of charges moving along the chain in a definite given direction with no external electric field needed
Molecular Aspects of Gall Formation Induced by Mites and Insects
Recent publications on gall formation induced on the leaves of dicotyledonous flowering plants by eriophyoid mites (Eriophyoidea) and representatives of four insect orders (Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera) are analyzed. Cellular and molecular level data on the stimuli that induce and sustain the development of both mite and insect galls, the expression of host plant genes during gallogenesis, and the effects of these galling arthropods on photosynthesis are considered. A hypothesis is proposed for the relationship between the size of galls and the volume of secretions injected by a parasite. Multistep, varying patterns of plant gene expression and accompanying histo-morphological changes in the transformed gall tissues are apparent. The main obstacle to better elucidating the nature of the induction of gallogenesis is the impossibility of collecting a sufficient amount of saliva for analysis, which is especially important in the case of microscopic eriophyoids. The use of modern omics technologies at the organismal level has revealed a spectrum of genetic mechanisms of gall formation at the molecular level but has not yet answered the questions regarding the nature of gall-inducing agents and the features of events occurring in plant cells at the very beginning of gall growth
Determination of activity of endotoxin gram-negative microorganisms in the diagnostics of sepsis in cancer patients.
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The Design and Sensitivity of JUNO's scintillator radiopurity pre-detector OSIRIS
The OSIRIS detector is a subsystem of the liquid scintillator fillling chain
of the JUNO reactor neutrino experiment. Its purpose is to validate the
radiopurity of the scintillator to assure that all components of the JUNO
scintillator system work to specifications and only neutrino-grade scintillator
is filled into the JUNO Central Detector. The aspired sensitivity level of
g/g of U and Th requires a large (20 m)
detection volume and ultralow background levels. The present paper reports on
the design and major components of the OSIRIS detector, the detector simulation
as well as the measuring strategies foreseen and the sensitivity levels to U/Th
that can be reached in this setup
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JUNO Physics and Detector
The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is a 20 kton LS detector
at 700-m underground. An excellent energy resolution and a large fiducial
volume offer exciting opportunities for addressing many important topics in
neutrino and astro-particle physics. With 6 years of data, the neutrino mass
ordering can be determined at 3-4 sigma and three oscillation parameters can be
measured to a precision of 0.6% or better by detecting reactor antineutrinos.
With 10 years of data, DSNB could be observed at 3-sigma; a lower limit of the
proton lifetime of 8.34e33 years (90% C.L.) can be set by searching for
p->nu_bar K^+; detection of solar neutrinos would shed new light on the solar
metallicity problem and examine the vacuum-matter transition region. A
core-collapse supernova at 10 kpc would lead to ~5000 IBD and ~2000 (300)
all-flavor neutrino-proton (electron) scattering events. Geo-neutrinos can be
detected with a rate of ~400 events/year. We also summarize the final design of
the JUNO detector and the key R&D achievements. All 20-inch PMTs have been
tested. The average photon detection efficiency is 28.9% for the 15,000 MCP
PMTs and 28.1% for the 5,000 dynode PMTs, higher than the JUNO requirement of
27%. Together with the >20 m attenuation length of LS, we expect a yield of
1345 p.e. per MeV and an effective energy resolution of 3.02%/\sqrt{E (MeV)}$
in simulations. The underwater electronics is designed to have a loss rate
<0.5% in 6 years. With degassing membranes and a micro-bubble system, the radon
concentration in the 35-kton water pool could be lowered to <10 mBq/m^3.
Acrylic panels of radiopurity <0.5 ppt U/Th are produced. The 20-kton LS will
be purified onsite. Singles in the fiducial volume can be controlled to ~10 Hz.
The JUNO experiment also features a double calorimeter system with 25,600
3-inch PMTs, a LS testing facility OSIRIS, and a near detector TAO
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JUNO sensitivity to low energy atmospheric neutrino spectra
Atmospheric neutrinos are one of the most relevant natural neutrino sources
that can be exploited to infer properties about cosmic rays and neutrino
oscillations. The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) experiment,
a 20 kton liquid scintillator detector with excellent energy resolution is
currently under construction in China. JUNO will be able to detect several
atmospheric neutrinos per day given the large volume. A study on the JUNO
detection and reconstruction capabilities of atmospheric and
fluxes is presented in this paper. In this study, a sample of atmospheric
neutrino Monte Carlo events has been generated, starting from theoretical
models, and then processed by the detector simulation. The excellent timing
resolution of the 3'' PMT light detection system of JUNO detector and the much
higher light yield for scintillation over Cherenkov allow to measure the time
structure of the scintillation light with very high precision. Since
and interactions produce a slightly different light pattern, the
different time evolution of light allows to discriminate the flavor of primary
neutrinos. A probabilistic unfolding method has been used, in order to infer
the primary neutrino energy spectrum from the detector experimental
observables. The simulated spectrum has been reconstructed between 100 MeV and
10 GeV, showing a great potential of the detector in the atmospheric low energy
region
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