Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2004-07-02
Phys.Rev. D70 (2004) 053011
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
20 pages, 8 figures, refs. added, typos corrected, version published in PRD
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.70.053011
In this work we present an accurate parameterization of the anti-neutrino flux produced by the isotopes 235U, 239Pu and 241Pu in nuclear reactors. We determine the coefficients of this parameterization, as well as their covariance matrix, by performing a fit to spectra inferred from experimentally measured beta spectra. Subsequently we show that flux shape uncertainties play only a minor role in the KamLAND experiment, however, we find that future reactor neutrino experiments to measure the mixing angle $\theta_{13}$ are sensitive to the fine details of the reactor neutrino spectra. Finally, we investigate the possibility to determine the isotopic composition in nuclear reactors through an anti-neutrino measurement. We find that with a 3 month exposure of a one ton detector the isotope fractions and the thermal reactor power can be determined at a few percent accuracy, which may open the possibility of an application for safeguard or non-proliferation objectives.
Huber Patrick
Schwetz Thomas
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