Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2008-09-29
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
12 pages, 7 eps figures
Scientific paper
We study the impact of very light sterile neutrinos (Delta m^2_new around 1 to 10 times 10^(-2) eV^2, sin^2 2theta_new<10^(-1)) on upcoming theta_13-driven reactor antineutrino experiments like Double-CHOOZ and Daya Bay. Oscillations driven by these vales of Delta m^2_new affect data in the near and far detectors differently and hence potentially modify the capability of these experimental setups to constrain and measure sin^2 2theta_13. We find that the hypothesis theta_new different from zero negatively impacts one's ability to either place an upper bound on sin^2 2theta_13 in the advent of no oscillation signal or measure sin^2 2theta_13 if a theta_13-driven signal is observed. The impact of sterile neutrino effects, however, depends significantly on one's ability to measure the recoil positron energy spectrum. If sin^2 2theta_new is larger than 10^(-2), upcoming theta_13-driven reactor antineutrino experiments should be able to measure sin^2 2theta_new and Delta m^2_new, along with sin^2 2theta_13, as long as one is sensitive to distortions in the recoil positron energy spectrum in the near (and far) detectors.
Gouvea Andre de
Wytock Thomas
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