The Taishan Antineutrino Observatory(TAO)is a satellite experiment of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory,located near the Taishan nuclear power plant(NPP).The TAO aims to measure the energy spectrum of reac...The Taishan Antineutrino Observatory(TAO)is a satellite experiment of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory,located near the Taishan nuclear power plant(NPP).The TAO aims to measure the energy spectrum of reactor antineutrinos with unprecedented precision,which would benefit both reactor neutrino physics and the nuclear database.A detector geometry and event visualization system was developed for the TAO.The software was based on ROOT packages and embedded in the TAO offline software framework.This provided an intuitive tool for visualizing the detector geometry,tuning the reconstruction algorithm,understanding neutrino physics,and monitoring the operation of reactors at NPP.Further applications of the visualization system in the experimental operation of TAO and its future development are discussed.展开更多
Observing nuclear neutrinoless double beta (0vββ) decay would be a revolutionary result in particle physics.Observing such a decay would prove that the neutrinos are their own antiparticles,help to study the absolut...Observing nuclear neutrinoless double beta (0vββ) decay would be a revolutionary result in particle physics.Observing such a decay would prove that the neutrinos are their own antiparticles,help to study the absolute mass of neutrinos,explore the origin of their mass,and may explain the matter-antimatter asymmetry in our universe by lepton number violation.We propose developing a time projection chamber (TPC) using high-pressure ^(82)SeF_(6) gas and Topmetal silicon sensors for readout in the China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL) to search for neutrinoless double beta decay of82Se,called the NvDEx experiment.Besides being located at CJPL with the world’s thickest rock shielding,NvDEx combines the advantages of the high Qββ(2.996 MeV) of82Se and the TPC’s ability to distinguish signal and background events using their different topological characteristics.This makes NvDEx unique,with great potential for low-background and high-sensitivity 0 vββsearches.NvDEx-100,a NvDEx experiment phase with 100 kg of SeF_(6)gas,is being built,with plans to complete installation at CJPL by 2025.This report introduces 0 vββ physics,the NvDEx concept and its advantages,and the schematic design of NvDEx-100,its subsystems,and background and sensitivity estimation.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12175321,11975021,and 11675275)the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDA10010900)。
文摘The Taishan Antineutrino Observatory(TAO)is a satellite experiment of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory,located near the Taishan nuclear power plant(NPP).The TAO aims to measure the energy spectrum of reactor antineutrinos with unprecedented precision,which would benefit both reactor neutrino physics and the nuclear database.A detector geometry and event visualization system was developed for the TAO.The software was based on ROOT packages and embedded in the TAO offline software framework.This provided an intuitive tool for visualizing the detector geometry,tuning the reconstruction algorithm,understanding neutrino physics,and monitoring the operation of reactors at NPP.Further applications of the visualization system in the experimental operation of TAO and its future development are discussed.
基金This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Nos.2021YFA1601300 and 2022YFA1604703)From-0-to-1 Original Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.ZDBS-LY-SLH014)+1 种基金International Partner Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.GJHZ2067)National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Science Fund Project(No.12105110).
文摘Observing nuclear neutrinoless double beta (0vββ) decay would be a revolutionary result in particle physics.Observing such a decay would prove that the neutrinos are their own antiparticles,help to study the absolute mass of neutrinos,explore the origin of their mass,and may explain the matter-antimatter asymmetry in our universe by lepton number violation.We propose developing a time projection chamber (TPC) using high-pressure ^(82)SeF_(6) gas and Topmetal silicon sensors for readout in the China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL) to search for neutrinoless double beta decay of82Se,called the NvDEx experiment.Besides being located at CJPL with the world’s thickest rock shielding,NvDEx combines the advantages of the high Qββ(2.996 MeV) of82Se and the TPC’s ability to distinguish signal and background events using their different topological characteristics.This makes NvDEx unique,with great potential for low-background and high-sensitivity 0 vββsearches.NvDEx-100,a NvDEx experiment phase with 100 kg of SeF_(6)gas,is being built,with plans to complete installation at CJPL by 2025.This report introduces 0 vββ physics,the NvDEx concept and its advantages,and the schematic design of NvDEx-100,its subsystems,and background and sensitivity estimation.
