To address uncertainties in satellite orbit error prediction,this study proposes a novel ensemble learning-based orbit prediction method specifically designed for the BeiDou navigation satellite system(BDS).Building o...To address uncertainties in satellite orbit error prediction,this study proposes a novel ensemble learning-based orbit prediction method specifically designed for the BeiDou navigation satellite system(BDS).Building on ephemeris data and perturbation corrections,two new models are proposed:attention-enhanced BPNN(AEBP)and Transformer-ResNet-BiLSTM(TR-BiLSTM).These models effectively capture both local and global dependencies in satellite orbit data.To further enhance prediction accuracy and stability,the outputs of these two models were integrated using the gradient boosting decision tree(GBDT)ensemble learning method,which was optimized through a grid search.The main contribution of this approach is the synergistic combination of deep learning models and GBDT,which significantly improves both the accuracy and robustness of satellite orbit predictions.This model was validated using broadcast ephemeris data from the BDS-3 MEO and inclined geosynchronous orbit(IGSO)satellites.The results show that the proposed method achieves an error correction rate of 65.4%.This ensemble learning-based approach offers a highly effective solution for high-precision and stable satellite orbit predictions.展开更多
Background The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO)has 20 kilo-ton liquid scintillator as target mass contained by a huge acrylic sphere to carry out the research on neutrino physics.Acrylic transmittance i...Background The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO)has 20 kilo-ton liquid scintillator as target mass contained by a huge acrylic sphere to carry out the research on neutrino physics.Acrylic transmittance is considered as an important optical performance of the JUNO Central Detector as it has a direct relationship to the number of photons detected by the JUNO Central Detector and further affects the energy resolution of JUNO.Motivation The transmittance requirement of acrylic spherical panel for the JUNO Central Detector is exceeding 96%at the wavelength of 420 nm in ultrapure water and a specific measurement system was built and studied in Institute of High Energy Physics for this purpose,as the existing equipment cannot perform the sample test in the liquid and support the long sample length of 120 mm.Methods After improving the technology of thermoforming,the transmittances of the acrylic spherical panels meet the requirement of JUNO,which guarantees the batch production of acrylic panels on time.The design of the measurement system,the constitution of hardware,the development of control and data acquisition software are introduced,and the measurement uncertainty of the system and the transmittance results of the acrylic samples from the spherical panel are discussed in this article.展开更多
Introduction The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO)is a multipurpose neutrino experiment designed to determine neutrino mass hierarchy,precisely measure oscillation parameters and study solar neutrinos,su...Introduction The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO)is a multipurpose neutrino experiment designed to determine neutrino mass hierarchy,precisely measure oscillation parameters and study solar neutrinos,supernova neutrinos and geo-neutrinos,etc.The central detector(CD)of JUNO has 20,000 tons liquid scintillator as target mass,which contains inside a huge acrylic sphere with inner diameter of 35.4 m,supported by a stainless steel structure.The whole structure of CD will be installed inside a cylindrical water pool,and the acrylic sphere will be submerged in the center of water pool.The operating temperature of CD is designed to be 21℃ as long as over 20 years,which is determined by the mechanical requirement of the structure and physics consideration.Methods For this operating temperature,a special cooling system will be used to maintain the temperature inside the water pool.The main structure of CD is composed of acrylic and stainless steel,and they have much different thermal expansion coefficients,strengths and life times.Change in temperature may affect the safety of CD.As part of reliability analysis,the effect of cooling system failure on the CD is considered,and finite element method is used in our thermal calculation.In this article,the temperature fields before and after cooling system failure are calculated and analyzed,and the temperatures of different locations of water pool after cooling system failure are compared and discussed in detail.展开更多
The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO)features a 20 kt multi-purpose underground liquid scintillator sphere as its main detector.Some of JUNO's features make it an excellent location for^8B solar neut...The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO)features a 20 kt multi-purpose underground liquid scintillator sphere as its main detector.Some of JUNO's features make it an excellent location for^8B solar neutrino measurements,such as its low-energy threshold,high energy resolution compared with water Cherenkov detectors,and much larger target mass compared with previous liquid scintillator detectors.In this paper,we present a comprehensive assessment of JUNO's potential for detecting^8B solar neutrinos via the neutrino-electron elastic scattering process.A reduced 2 MeV threshold for the recoil electron energy is found to be achievable,assuming that the intrinsic radioactive background^(238)U and^(232)Th in the liquid scintillator can be controlled to 10^(-17)g/g.With ten years of data acquisition,approximately 60,000 signal and 30,000 background events are expected.This large sample will enable an examination of the distortion of the recoil electron spectrum that is dominated by the neutrino flavor transformation in the dense solar matter,which will shed new light on the inconsistency between the measured electron spectra and the predictions of the standard three-flavor neutrino oscillation framework.IfDelta m^(2)_(21)=4.8times10^(-5);(7.5times10^(-5))eV^(2),JUNO can provide evidence of neutrino oscillation in the Earth at approximately the 3sigma(2sigma)level by measuring the non-zero signal rate variation with respect to the solar zenith angle.Moreover,JUNO can simultaneously measureDelta m^2_(21)using^8B solar neutrinos to a precision of 20% or better,depending on the central value,and to sub-percent precision using reactor antineutrinos.A comparison of these two measurements from the same detector will help understand the current mild inconsistency between the value of Delta m^2_(21)reported by solar neutrino experiments and the KamLAND experiment.展开更多
Background During the research phase of acrylic panel for the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO)central detector(CD),the darkroom transmittance measurement system(DTMS)was designed and built,and a massive...Background During the research phase of acrylic panel for the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO)central detector(CD),the darkroom transmittance measurement system(DTMS)was designed and built,and a massive amount of measurements were carried out to help determine the composition and processing techniques of the acrylic panel.Motivation The mass production of acrylic panels was started after the pilot production.The requirement of transmittance measurement put forward new demands on operation,and a new measurement system was considered to support removable and non-destructive measurement on site.Result After the accomplishment of design,development and verification were completed,the laser measurement system came into use in the acrylic workshop of Taixing Donchamp Acrylic Ltd,and the transmittance results of acrylic spherical panels met the requirement of JUNO.The optical design,tooling design,data processing interface and uncertainty analyses of the laser measurement system are discussed in detail,and the measured transmittance results are also introduced in this article.展开更多
Background The Central Detector(CD)of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO)uses 20,000 tons of liquid scintillator as target mass,and the design value of energy resolution of neutrino is 3%at 1 meV.Acryl...Background The Central Detector(CD)of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO)uses 20,000 tons of liquid scintillator as target mass,and the design value of energy resolution of neutrino is 3%at 1 meV.Acrylic transmittance is an important parameter for CD in order to maximize the detection of scintillating photons.Motivation The composition and processing techniques of acrylic can surely affect its transmittance.How the composition,thermoforming temperature,heat preservation time and surface treatment process of acrylic affect its transmittance was measured and analyzed.Methods According to these studies,JUNO determined its special acrylic composition and processing techniques:no components of plasticizer or anti-UV in the composition,decreasing the time span and temperature during the demolding of flat panel,and adopting suitable thermoforming temperature of spherical panel.Results Finally,the preproduction of spherical acrylic panels meets the JUNO requirement confirming a transmittance in ultrapure water greater than 96%at the wavelength of 420 nm.展开更多
The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO)is a multi-purpose neutrino experiment under construction in South China.This paper presents an updated estimate of JUNO’s sensitivity to neutrino mass ordering usin...The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO)is a multi-purpose neutrino experiment under construction in South China.This paper presents an updated estimate of JUNO’s sensitivity to neutrino mass ordering using the reactor antineutrinos emitted from eight nuclear reactor cores in the Taishan and Yangjiang nuclear power plants.This measurement is planned by studying the fine interference pattern caused by quasi-vacuum oscillations in the oscillated antineutrino spectrum at a baseline of 52.5 km and is completely independent of the CP violating phase and neutrino mixing angleθ_(23).The sensitivity is obtained through a joint analysis of JUNO and Taishan Antineutrino Observatory(TAO)detectors utilizing the best available knowledge to date about the location and overburden of the JUNO experimental site,local and global nuclear reactors,JUNO and TAO detector responses,expected event rates and spectra of signals and backgrounds,and systematic uncertainties of analysis inputs.We find that a 3σmedian sensitivity to reject the wrong mass ordering hypothesis can be reached with an exposure of about 6.5 years×26.6 GW thermal power.展开更多
The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO)is a large liquid scintillator detector designed to explore many topics in fundamental physics.In this study,the potential of searching for proton decay in the p→νK...The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO)is a large liquid scintillator detector designed to explore many topics in fundamental physics.In this study,the potential of searching for proton decay in the p→νK^(+)mode with JUNO is investigated.The kaon and its decay particles feature a clear three-fold coincidence signature that results in a high efficiency for identification.Moreover,the excellent energy resolution of JUNO permits suppression of the sizable background caused by other delayed signals.Based on these advantages,the detection efficiency for the proton decay via p→νK^(+)is 36.9%±4.9%with a background level of 0.2±0.05(syst)±0.2(stat)events after 10 years of data collection.The estimated sensitivity based on 200 kton-years of exposure is 9.6×1033 years,which is competitive with the current best limits on the proton lifetime in this channel and complements the use of different detection technologies.展开更多
Introduction Cosmic-ray muon imaging is a kind of nondestructive detection technology which can be used to detect unknown objects in geological exploration,civil engineering and nuclear safety.Transmission imaging and...Introduction Cosmic-ray muon imaging is a kind of nondestructive detection technology which can be used to detect unknown objects in geological exploration,civil engineering and nuclear safety.Transmission imaging and scattering tomography schemes are studied.Method The transmission scheme uses a multilayer detector to measure the direction of a cosmic-ray muon passing through an object.The scattering scheme involves placing two detectors upstream and downstream of the object to record the incident and exit directions of the muon passing through the object.The effect of the detector resolution on the imaging clarity of transmission imaging was studied.The applicable scenarios of the two schemes were analyzed.Results The results by calculating show that in the transmission imaging of a hundred-meter object,a spatial resolution of 2.5 m can be achieved,and Cu and Fe can be discriminated with a density difference of 1.1 g/cm3.Scattering tomography is mainly suitable for meter-level objects,which can detect 0.2 m chamber and distinguish 0.05 m heavy metal blocks in rock.展开更多
JUNO is a multi-purpose neutrino observatory under construction in the south of China.This publication presents new sensitivity estimates for the measurement of the △m_(31)^(2),△m_(21)^(2),sin^(2)θ_(12),and sin^(2)...JUNO is a multi-purpose neutrino observatory under construction in the south of China.This publication presents new sensitivity estimates for the measurement of the △m_(31)^(2),△m_(21)^(2),sin^(2)θ_(12),and sin^(2)θ_(13) oscillation parameters using reactor antineutrinos,which is one of the primary physics goals of the experiment.The sensitivities are obtained using the best knowledge available to date on the location and overburden of the experimental site,the nuclear reactors in the surrounding area and beyond,the detector response uncertainties,and the reactor antineutrino spectral shape constraints expected from the TAO satellite detector.It is found that the △m_(21)^(2) and sin^(2)θ_(12) oscillation parameters will be determined to 0.5%precision or better in six years of data collection.In the same period,the △m_(31)^(2) parameter will be determined to about 0.2%precision for each mass ordering hypothesis.The new precision represents approximately an order of magnitude improvement over existing constraints for these three parameters.展开更多
Purpose A compact T0 detector with high time resolution is developed.Methods The T0 detector is based on a multi-anode MCP-PMT coupled with two fused quartzes.The characteristics of this MCP-PMT are studied by a fast ...Purpose A compact T0 detector with high time resolution is developed.Methods The T0 detector is based on a multi-anode MCP-PMT coupled with two fused quartzes.The characteristics of this MCP-PMT are studied by a fast laser pulse in laboratory firstly.Cosmic ray test has been carried out to study T0 detector's signal features and time resolution.Conclusions by off-line analysis The T0 detector's time resolution is less than 40 ps for the cosmic ray events.It can be applicable in cosmic ray test,beam test,collider experiment and detector developments.展开更多
基金funded by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDA28040300)Project for Guangxi Science and Technology Base,and Talents(Grant No.GK AD22035957)+1 种基金the Informatization Plan of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.CAS-WX2021SF-0304)the West Light Foundation of the ChineseAcademy of Sciences(Grant No.XAB2021YN19).
文摘To address uncertainties in satellite orbit error prediction,this study proposes a novel ensemble learning-based orbit prediction method specifically designed for the BeiDou navigation satellite system(BDS).Building on ephemeris data and perturbation corrections,two new models are proposed:attention-enhanced BPNN(AEBP)and Transformer-ResNet-BiLSTM(TR-BiLSTM).These models effectively capture both local and global dependencies in satellite orbit data.To further enhance prediction accuracy and stability,the outputs of these two models were integrated using the gradient boosting decision tree(GBDT)ensemble learning method,which was optimized through a grid search.The main contribution of this approach is the synergistic combination of deep learning models and GBDT,which significantly improves both the accuracy and robustness of satellite orbit predictions.This model was validated using broadcast ephemeris data from the BDS-3 MEO and inclined geosynchronous orbit(IGSO)satellites.The results show that the proposed method achieves an error correction rate of 65.4%.This ensemble learning-based approach offers a highly effective solution for high-precision and stable satellite orbit predictions.
基金supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDA100102)
文摘Background The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO)has 20 kilo-ton liquid scintillator as target mass contained by a huge acrylic sphere to carry out the research on neutrino physics.Acrylic transmittance is considered as an important optical performance of the JUNO Central Detector as it has a direct relationship to the number of photons detected by the JUNO Central Detector and further affects the energy resolution of JUNO.Motivation The transmittance requirement of acrylic spherical panel for the JUNO Central Detector is exceeding 96%at the wavelength of 420 nm in ultrapure water and a specific measurement system was built and studied in Institute of High Energy Physics for this purpose,as the existing equipment cannot perform the sample test in the liquid and support the long sample length of 120 mm.Methods After improving the technology of thermoforming,the transmittances of the acrylic spherical panels meet the requirement of JUNO,which guarantees the batch production of acrylic panels on time.The design of the measurement system,the constitution of hardware,the development of control and data acquisition software are introduced,and the measurement uncertainty of the system and the transmittance results of the acrylic samples from the spherical panel are discussed in this article.
基金This work is supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDA100102).
文摘Introduction The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO)is a multipurpose neutrino experiment designed to determine neutrino mass hierarchy,precisely measure oscillation parameters and study solar neutrinos,supernova neutrinos and geo-neutrinos,etc.The central detector(CD)of JUNO has 20,000 tons liquid scintillator as target mass,which contains inside a huge acrylic sphere with inner diameter of 35.4 m,supported by a stainless steel structure.The whole structure of CD will be installed inside a cylindrical water pool,and the acrylic sphere will be submerged in the center of water pool.The operating temperature of CD is designed to be 21℃ as long as over 20 years,which is determined by the mechanical requirement of the structure and physics consideration.Methods For this operating temperature,a special cooling system will be used to maintain the temperature inside the water pool.The main structure of CD is composed of acrylic and stainless steel,and they have much different thermal expansion coefficients,strengths and life times.Change in temperature may affect the safety of CD.As part of reliability analysis,the effect of cooling system failure on the CD is considered,and finite element method is used in our thermal calculation.In this article,the temperature fields before and after cooling system failure are calculated and analyzed,and the temperatures of different locations of water pool after cooling system failure are compared and discussed in detail.
基金This work was supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences,the National Key R&D Program of China,the CAS Center for Excellence in Particle Physics,the Joint Large Scale Scientific Facility Funds of the NSFC and CAS,Wuyi University,and the Tsung-Dao Lee Instiute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China,the In stiut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique de Particules(IN2P3)in France,the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare(INFN)in Italy,the Fond de la Recherche Scintifique(F.R.S-FNRS)and FWO under the"Excellence of Science-EOS"in Belgium,the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientificoce Tecnologico in Brazil,the Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desrrollo in Chile,the Charles University Research Centre and the Ministry of Education,Youth,and Sports in Czech Republic,the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG),the Helmholtz Association,and the Cluster of Exellence PRISMA+in Germany,the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research(JINR),Lomonosov Moscow State University,and Russian Foundation for Basic Research(RFBR)in Russia,the MOST and MOE in Taiwan,the Chu-lalongkorm University and Suranaree University of Technology in Thailand,and the University of aliformia at Irvine in USA.
文摘The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO)features a 20 kt multi-purpose underground liquid scintillator sphere as its main detector.Some of JUNO's features make it an excellent location for^8B solar neutrino measurements,such as its low-energy threshold,high energy resolution compared with water Cherenkov detectors,and much larger target mass compared with previous liquid scintillator detectors.In this paper,we present a comprehensive assessment of JUNO's potential for detecting^8B solar neutrinos via the neutrino-electron elastic scattering process.A reduced 2 MeV threshold for the recoil electron energy is found to be achievable,assuming that the intrinsic radioactive background^(238)U and^(232)Th in the liquid scintillator can be controlled to 10^(-17)g/g.With ten years of data acquisition,approximately 60,000 signal and 30,000 background events are expected.This large sample will enable an examination of the distortion of the recoil electron spectrum that is dominated by the neutrino flavor transformation in the dense solar matter,which will shed new light on the inconsistency between the measured electron spectra and the predictions of the standard three-flavor neutrino oscillation framework.IfDelta m^(2)_(21)=4.8times10^(-5);(7.5times10^(-5))eV^(2),JUNO can provide evidence of neutrino oscillation in the Earth at approximately the 3sigma(2sigma)level by measuring the non-zero signal rate variation with respect to the solar zenith angle.Moreover,JUNO can simultaneously measureDelta m^2_(21)using^8B solar neutrinos to a precision of 20% or better,depending on the central value,and to sub-percent precision using reactor antineutrinos.A comparison of these two measurements from the same detector will help understand the current mild inconsistency between the value of Delta m^2_(21)reported by solar neutrino experiments and the KamLAND experiment.
基金This work is supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDA100102).
文摘Background During the research phase of acrylic panel for the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO)central detector(CD),the darkroom transmittance measurement system(DTMS)was designed and built,and a massive amount of measurements were carried out to help determine the composition and processing techniques of the acrylic panel.Motivation The mass production of acrylic panels was started after the pilot production.The requirement of transmittance measurement put forward new demands on operation,and a new measurement system was considered to support removable and non-destructive measurement on site.Result After the accomplishment of design,development and verification were completed,the laser measurement system came into use in the acrylic workshop of Taixing Donchamp Acrylic Ltd,and the transmittance results of acrylic spherical panels met the requirement of JUNO.The optical design,tooling design,data processing interface and uncertainty analyses of the laser measurement system are discussed in detail,and the measured transmittance results are also introduced in this article.
基金the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDA100102).
文摘Background The Central Detector(CD)of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO)uses 20,000 tons of liquid scintillator as target mass,and the design value of energy resolution of neutrino is 3%at 1 meV.Acrylic transmittance is an important parameter for CD in order to maximize the detection of scintillating photons.Motivation The composition and processing techniques of acrylic can surely affect its transmittance.How the composition,thermoforming temperature,heat preservation time and surface treatment process of acrylic affect its transmittance was measured and analyzed.Methods According to these studies,JUNO determined its special acrylic composition and processing techniques:no components of plasticizer or anti-UV in the composition,decreasing the time span and temperature during the demolding of flat panel,and adopting suitable thermoforming temperature of spherical panel.Results Finally,the preproduction of spherical acrylic panels meets the JUNO requirement confirming a transmittance in ultrapure water greater than 96%at the wavelength of 420 nm.
基金Supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences,the National Key R&D Program of Chinathe CAS Center for Excellence in Particle Physics,Wuyi University,and the TsungDao Lee Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China+3 种基金the Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique de Particules(IN2P3)in Francethe Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare(INFN)in Italy,the Italian-Chinese collaborative research program MAECI-NSFC,the Fond de la Recherche Scientifique(F.R.S-FNRS)and FWO under the“Excellence of Science–EOS”in Belgium,the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient´ıfico e Tecnol`ogico in Brazil,the Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo and ANID-Millennium Science Initiative Program-ICN2019_044 in Chilethe Charles University Research Centre and the Ministry of Education,Youth,and Sports in Czech Republic,the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG)the Helmholtz Association,and the Cluster of Excellence PRISMA+in Germany,the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research(JINR)and Lomonosov Moscow State University in Russia,the joint Russian Science Foundation(RSF)and National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)research program,the MOST and MOE in Taiwan,China,the Chulalongkorn University and Suranaree University of Technology in Thailand,University of California at Irvine and the National Science Foundation in the US。
文摘The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO)is a multi-purpose neutrino experiment under construction in South China.This paper presents an updated estimate of JUNO’s sensitivity to neutrino mass ordering using the reactor antineutrinos emitted from eight nuclear reactor cores in the Taishan and Yangjiang nuclear power plants.This measurement is planned by studying the fine interference pattern caused by quasi-vacuum oscillations in the oscillated antineutrino spectrum at a baseline of 52.5 km and is completely independent of the CP violating phase and neutrino mixing angleθ_(23).The sensitivity is obtained through a joint analysis of JUNO and Taishan Antineutrino Observatory(TAO)detectors utilizing the best available knowledge to date about the location and overburden of the JUNO experimental site,local and global nuclear reactors,JUNO and TAO detector responses,expected event rates and spectra of signals and backgrounds,and systematic uncertainties of analysis inputs.We find that a 3σmedian sensitivity to reject the wrong mass ordering hypothesis can be reached with an exposure of about 6.5 years×26.6 GW thermal power.
基金supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciencesthe National Key R&D Program of China+22 种基金the CAS Center for Excellence in Particle PhysicsWuyi Universitythe Tsung-Dao Lee Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Chinathe Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique de Particules (IN2P3) in Francethe Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) in Italythe Italian-Chinese collaborative research program MAECI-NSFCthe Fond de la Recherche Scientifique (F.R.S-FNRS)FWO under the "Excellence of Science-EOS" in Belgiumthe Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnològico in Brazilthe Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo in Chilethe Charles University Research Centrethe Ministry of Education,Youth,and Sports in Czech Republicthe Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)the Helmholtz Associationthe Cluster of Excellence PRISMA+ in Germanythe Joint Institute of Nuclear Research (JINR)Lomonosov Moscow State University in Russiathe joint Russian Science Foundation (RSF)National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) research programthe MOST and MOE in Taiwan,Chinathe Chulalongkorn UniversitySuranaree University of Technology in Thailandthe University of California at Irvine in USA
文摘The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO)is a large liquid scintillator detector designed to explore many topics in fundamental physics.In this study,the potential of searching for proton decay in the p→νK^(+)mode with JUNO is investigated.The kaon and its decay particles feature a clear three-fold coincidence signature that results in a high efficiency for identification.Moreover,the excellent energy resolution of JUNO permits suppression of the sizable background caused by other delayed signals.Based on these advantages,the detection efficiency for the proton decay via p→νK^(+)is 36.9%±4.9%with a background level of 0.2±0.05(syst)±0.2(stat)events after 10 years of data collection.The estimated sensitivity based on 200 kton-years of exposure is 9.6×1033 years,which is competitive with the current best limits on the proton lifetime in this channel and complements the use of different detection technologies.
文摘Introduction Cosmic-ray muon imaging is a kind of nondestructive detection technology which can be used to detect unknown objects in geological exploration,civil engineering and nuclear safety.Transmission imaging and scattering tomography schemes are studied.Method The transmission scheme uses a multilayer detector to measure the direction of a cosmic-ray muon passing through an object.The scattering scheme involves placing two detectors upstream and downstream of the object to record the incident and exit directions of the muon passing through the object.The effect of the detector resolution on the imaging clarity of transmission imaging was studied.The applicable scenarios of the two schemes were analyzed.Results The results by calculating show that in the transmission imaging of a hundred-meter object,a spatial resolution of 2.5 m can be achieved,and Cu and Fe can be discriminated with a density difference of 1.1 g/cm3.Scattering tomography is mainly suitable for meter-level objects,which can detect 0.2 m chamber and distinguish 0.05 m heavy metal blocks in rock.
基金Supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciencesthe National Key R&D Program of China+18 种基金the CAS Center for Excellence in Particle Physics,Wuyi Universitythe Tsung-Dao Lee Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Chinathe Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique de Particules(IN2P3)in Francethe Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare(INFN)in Italythe Italian-Chinese collaborative research program MAECI-NSFCthe Fond de la Recherche Scientifique(F.R.S-FNRS)FWO under the“Excellence of Science-EOS in Belgium”the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnològico in Brazilthe Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo and ANID-Millennium Science Initiative Program-ICN2019_044 in Chilethe Charles University Research Centre and the Ministry of Education,Youth,and Sports in Czech Republicthe Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG)the Helmholtz Associationthe Cluster of Excellence PRISMA+in Germanythe Joint Institute of Nuclear Research(JINR)and Lomonosov Moscow State University in Russiathe joint Russian Science Foundation(RSF)National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)research programthe MOST and MOE in Taiwanthe Chulalongkorn University and Suranaree University of Technology in Thailand,University of California at Irvinethe National Science Foundation in USA。
文摘JUNO is a multi-purpose neutrino observatory under construction in the south of China.This publication presents new sensitivity estimates for the measurement of the △m_(31)^(2),△m_(21)^(2),sin^(2)θ_(12),and sin^(2)θ_(13) oscillation parameters using reactor antineutrinos,which is one of the primary physics goals of the experiment.The sensitivities are obtained using the best knowledge available to date on the location and overburden of the experimental site,the nuclear reactors in the surrounding area and beyond,the detector response uncertainties,and the reactor antineutrino spectral shape constraints expected from the TAO satellite detector.It is found that the △m_(21)^(2) and sin^(2)θ_(12) oscillation parameters will be determined to 0.5%precision or better in six years of data collection.In the same period,the △m_(31)^(2) parameter will be determined to about 0.2%precision for each mass ordering hypothesis.The new precision represents approximately an order of magnitude improvement over existing constraints for these three parameters.
基金supported by National Natural Sci-ence Foundation of China Grant No.11605220State Key Labora-tory of Particle Detection and Electronics(Institute of High Energy Physics,CAS and University of Science and Technology of China)Grant Nos.H9294209TD and H9294208TD
文摘Purpose A compact T0 detector with high time resolution is developed.Methods The T0 detector is based on a multi-anode MCP-PMT coupled with two fused quartzes.The characteristics of this MCP-PMT are studied by a fast laser pulse in laboratory firstly.Cosmic ray test has been carried out to study T0 detector's signal features and time resolution.Conclusions by off-line analysis The T0 detector's time resolution is less than 40 ps for the cosmic ray events.It can be applicable in cosmic ray test,beam test,collider experiment and detector developments.
