223 research outputs found
Inverse Beta Decay in a Nonequilibrium Antineutrino Flux from a Nuclear Reactor
The evolution of the reactor antineutrino spectrum toward equilibrium above
the inverse beta-decay threshold during the reactor operating period and the
decay of residual antineutrino radiation after reactor shutdown are considered.
It is found that, under certain conditions, these processes can play a
significant role in experiments seeking neutrino oscillations.Comment: 8 pages including 5 ps figure
Search for the Neutrino Magnetic Moment in the Non-Equilibrium Reactor Antineutrino Energy Spectrum
We study the time evolution of the typical nuclear reactor antineutrino
energy spectrum during reactor ON period and the decay of the residual
antineutrino spectrum after reactor is stopped. We find that relevant
variations of the soft recoil electron spectra produced via weak and magnetic
scattering process can play a signigicant role in
the current and planned searches for the neutrino magnetic moment at reactors.Comment: 4 pages LaTeX 2.09. 4 PS figures. Resume of seminar talks given at
Kurchatov Institute, March 1999
Reactor as a Source of Antineutrinos: Thermal Fission Energy
Deeper insight into the features of a reactor as a source of antineutrinos is
required for making further advances in studying the fundamental properties of
the neutrino. The relationship between the thermal power of a reactor and the
rate of the chain fission reaction in its core is analyzed.Comment: 15 pages in LaTex and 4 ps figure
Present and Future Experiments in Non-equilibrium Reactor Antineutrino Energy Spectrum
Considerable efforts that have been undertaken in the recent years in low
energy antineutrino experiments require further systematic investigations in
line of reactor antineutrino spectroscopy as a metrological basis of these
experiments. We consider some effects associated with the non-equilibrium of
reactor antineutrino radiation and residual antineutrino emission from spent
reactor fuel in contemporary antineutrino experiments.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures; Talk presented at International Conference
NANP-2005, Dubna, Russia, Jun.-2005; Submitted to Phys. Atom. Nuc
On Search for New Physics in Nonequilibrium Reactor Antineutrino Energy Spectrum
The calculations of the time-dependent reactor antineutrino energy spectrum
are presented. Some problems associated with sensitive searches for neutrino
magnetic moment and neutrino oscillations in reactor antineutrino flux are
considered.Comment: 4 pages in pdf file with figures. Talk presented at International
Conference NANP-2001, Dubna, Russia, Jun-200
Inverse beta decay reaction in Th and U fission antineutrino flux
Energy spectra of antineutrinos coming from Th and U
neutron-induced fission are calculated, relevant inverse beta decay
positron spectra and total cross sections are
found. This study is stimulated by a hypothesis that a self-sustained nuclear
chain reaction is burning at the center of the Earth ("Georeactor"). The
Georeactor, according to the author of this idea, provides energy necessary to
sustain the Earth's magnetic field. The Georeactor's nuclear fuel is U
and, probably, Th and U. Results of present study may appear to
be useful in future experiments aimed to test the Georector hypothesis and to
estimate its fuel components as a part of developments in geophysics and
astrophysics based on observations of low energy antineutrinos in Nature.Comment: 6 pages in LaTeX and 2 ps figures. Submitted to Physics of Atomic
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Comment on "The gravitomagnetic influence on gyroscopes and on the lunar orbit"
Analysis of the gauge residual freedom in the relativistic theory of lunar
motion demonstrates that lunar laser ranging (LLR) is not currently capable to
detect gravitomagnetic effects.Comment: 1 page, accepted to Physical Review Letter
Comment on 'Model-dependence of Shapiro time delay and the "speed of gravity/speed of light" controversy'
In a recent paper published in Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2004, vol. 21,
p. 3803 Carlip used a vector-tensor theory of gravity to calculate the Shapiro
time delay by a moving gravitational lens. He claimed that the relativistic
correction of the order of v/c beyond the static part of the Shapiro delay
depends on the speed of light c and, hence, the Fomalont-Kopeikin experiment is
not sensitive to the speed of gravity c_g. In this letter we analyze Carlip's
calculation and demonstrate that it implies a gravitodynamic (non-metric)
system of units based on the principle of the constancy of the speed of gravity
but it is disconnected from the practical method of measurement of astronomical
distances based on the principle of the constancy of the speed of light and the
SI metric (electrodynamic) system of units. Re-adjustment of
theoretically-admissible but practically unmeasurable Carlip's coordinates to
the SI metric system of units used in JPL ephemeris, reveals that the
velocity-dependent correction to the static part of the Shapiro time delay does
depend on the speed of gravity c_g as shown by Kopeikin in Classical and
Quantum Gravity, 2004, vol. 21, p. 1. This analysis elucidates the importance
of employing the metric system of units for physically meaningful
interpretation of gravitational experiments.Comment: 8 pages, no figures, accepted to Classical and Quantum Gravit
Shapiro Effect as a Possible Cause of the Low-Frequency Pulsar Timing Noise in Globular Clusters
A prolonged timing of millisecond pulsars has revealed low-frequency
uncorrelated noise, presumably of astrophysical origin, in the pulse arrival
time (PAT) residuals for some of them. In most cases, pulsars in globular
clusters show a low-frequency modulation of their rotational phase and spin
rate. The relativistic time delay of the pulsar signal in the curved space time
of randomly distributed and moving globular cluster stars (the Shapiro effect)
is suggested as a possible cause of this modulation.
Given the smallness of the aberration corrections that arise from the
nonstationarity of the gravitational field of the randomly distributed ensemble
of stars under consideration, a formula is derived for the Shapiro effect for a
pulsar in a globular cluster. The derived formula is used to calculate the
autocorrelation function of the low-frequency pulsar noise, the slope of its
power spectrum, and the behavior of the statistic that characterizes
the spectral properties of this noise in the form of a time function. The
Shapiro effect under discussion is shown to manifest itself for large impact
parameters as a low-frequency noise of the pulsar spin rate with a spectral
index of n=-1.8 that depends weakly on the specific model distribution of stars
in the globular cluster. For small impact parameters, the spectral index of the
noise is n=-1.5.Comment: 23 pages, 6 figure
Neutrino Oscillations at Reactors: What Next?
We shortly review past and future experiments at reactors aimed at searches
for neutrino masses and mixing. We also consider new idea to search at
Krasnoyarsk for small mixing angle oscillations in the atmosheric neutrino mass
parameter region.Comment: 9 pages, LaTeX 2.09, 6 Postscript figures. Talk given at
Non-Accelerator New Physics Conference, Dubna, 28.06-03.07.199
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