Precision Measurement of Reactor Antineutrino Oscillation at Kilometer-Scale Baselines by Daya Bay

• Published in: Physical review letters 2023-04, Vol.130 (16), p.161802-161802, Article 161802
• Main Authors: An, F P, Bai, W D, Balantekin, A B, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, G F, Cao, J, Chang, J F, Chang, Y, Chen, H S, Chen, H Y, Chen, S M, Chen, Y, Chen, Y X, Chen, Z Y, Cheng, J, Cheng, Z K, Cherwinka, J J, Chu, M C, Cummings, J P, Dalager, O, Deng, F S, Ding, Y Y, Ding, X Y, Diwan, M V, Dohnal, T, Dolzhikov, D, Dove, J, Duyang, H Y, Dwyer, D A, Gallo, J P, Gonchar, M, Gong, G H, Gong, H, Gu, W Q, Guo, J Y, Guo, L, Guo, X H, Guo, Y H, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, R W, Han, Y, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, K M, Heng, Y K, Hor, Y K, Hsiung, Y B, Hu, B Z, Hu, J R, Hu, T, Hu, Z J, Huang, H X, Huang, J H, Huang, X T, Huang, Y B, Huber, P, Jaffe, D E, Jen, K L, Ji, X L, Ji, X P, Johnson, R A, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, S H, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Langford, T J, Lee, J, Lee, J H C, Lei, R T, Leitner, R, Leung, J K C, Li, F, Li, H L, Li, J J, Li, Q J, Li, R H, Li, S, Li, S C, Li, W D, Li, X N, Li, X Q, Li, Y F, Li, Z B, Liang, H, Lin, C J, Lin, G L, Lin, S, Ling, J J, Link, J M, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, B R, Liu, J C, Liu, J L, Liu, J X, Lu, C, Lu, H Q, Luk, K B, Ma, B Z
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0031-9007; 1079-7114
• DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.161802

We present a new determination of the smallest neutrino mixing angle θ_{13} and the mass-squared difference Δm_{32}^{2} using a final sample of 5.55×10^{6} inverse beta-decay (IBD) candidates with the final-state neutron captured on gadolinium. This sample is selected from the complete dataset obtained by the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment in 3158 days of operation. Compared to the previous Daya Bay results, selection of IBD candidates has been optimized, energy calibration refined, and treatment of backgrounds further improved. The resulting oscillation parameters are sin^{2}2θ_{13}=0.0851±0.0024, Δm_{32}^{2}=(2.466±0.060)×10^{-3}  eV^{2} for the normal mass ordering or Δm_{32}^{2}=-(2.571±0.060)×10^{-3}  eV^{2} for the inverted mass ordering.