A precise background evaluation model is coincidence method, which is widely used in reactor proposed to address the complex data structure of the delayed electron-antineutrino oscillation experiments. In this model, ...A precise background evaluation model is coincidence method, which is widely used in reactor proposed to address the complex data structure of the delayed electron-antineutrino oscillation experiments. In this model, effects from the muon veto, uncorrelated random background, and background are all studied analytically, simplifying the estimation of the systematic uncertainties of signal efficiency and accidental background rate. The results of the calculations are validated numerically with a number of simulation studies and also applied and validated in the recent Daya Bay hydrogen-capture based oscillation measurement.展开更多
基金Supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2013CB834302)National Natural Science Foundation of China(11235006,11475093)+1 种基金Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program(2012Z02161)Key Laboratory of Particle&Radiation Imaging(Tsinghua University),Ministry of Education
文摘A precise background evaluation model is coincidence method, which is widely used in reactor proposed to address the complex data structure of the delayed electron-antineutrino oscillation experiments. In this model, effects from the muon veto, uncorrelated random background, and background are all studied analytically, simplifying the estimation of the systematic uncertainties of signal efficiency and accidental background rate. The results of the calculations are validated numerically with a number of simulation studies and also applied and validated in the recent Daya Bay hydrogen-capture based oscillation measurement.
