Combined analysis of neutrino decoherence at reactor experiments

André de Gouvêa, Valentina De Romeri, Christoph A. Ternes*

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Abstract

Reactor experiments are well suited to probe the possible loss of coherence of neutrino oscillations due to wave-packets separation. We combine data from the short-baseline experiments Daya Bay and the Reactor Experiment for Neutrino Oscillation (RENO) and from the long baseline reactor experiment KamLAND to obtain the best current limit on the reactor antineutrino wave-packet width, σ > 2.1 × 10−4 nm at 90% CL. We also find that the determination of standard oscillation parameters is robust, i.e., it is mostly insensitive to the presence of hypothetical decoherence effects once one combines the results of the different reactor neutrino experiments.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number42
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2021
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2021

Keywords

  • Beyond Standard Model
  • Neutrino Physics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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