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Neutrino Experiments 1. Neutrinos and n observatories 2. Establishing n oscillation & mixing 3. Present questions and experiments Sofia Andringa, LIP July 2017 17th JINR-ISU Baikal Summer School on Physics of Elementary Particles and Astrophysics What are neutrinos? 1, 2, 3 n Neutrino n sources detection 1. Neutrinos and n observatories Discovery of neutrino oscillations the elementary particles g . g . W,Z Neutrino masses not to scale: == ZERO in the Standard Model what are neutrinos? 1930: an “undetected particle” ensuring energy conservation in b-decays (Pauli) Dear Radioactive Ladies and Gentlemen, (...) I have hit upon a desperate remedy to save (...) the law of energy conservation. (...) emitted together with the electron, in such a way that the sum of the energies (...) is constant. (...) electrically neutral particles (...) s n (Z,A) –> (Z+1,A) + b mass not larger than 0.01 proton mass(...) o r t c M(Z,A) = M(Z+1,A) + E e (...) the question concerning experimental proof of l e n –> p + e⁻ + v such a neutron, if it has something like about 10 times n i the penetrating capacity of a g -ray. y t i s n e t n I Electron kinetic energy (MeV) “inverse beta decay” 1934: Fermi, “attempt at a theory of b rays” weak interaction (GF~10⁻⁵ GeV ⁻ ²) cross-section ~ 10⁻⁴⁴ cm² for E ~ MeV mean free path of 10¹⁹ m in water or 1 out of 10¹⁹ interact in 1m of water need both a large number of neutrinos and a large number of targets (electron anti-)neutrinos detected 25 years after first proposal the Reines and Cowen experiment delayed coincidences in liquid scintilator Reines nobel lecture(1995) to detect neutrinos from nuclear reactors electron / muon / neutrino p -> mn -> enn are all the neutrinos the same? 3 types of detectable neutrinos Electron neutrino (1956) Muon neutrino (1962) (by Lederman, Steinberg & Schwartz, at BNL) following suggestion by B. Pontecorvo (1960) Tau neutrino (2000) (by DONUT, at Fermilab) following the discovery of the tau lepton (1975), the bottom quark (1977), and the top quark (1995) measuring 3 undetected neutrinos 3 neutrinos (m<45 GeV) @ LEP nx Z nx all neutrinos are missing ET @ LHC neutral and charged interactions Neutrino is not seen n but transfers energy to matter Lepton of the same family Z⁰ n E > m=511 keV, e W 106 MeV, m 1.78 GeV, t ICARUS (Lar TPC) @ CNGS, nm with E=17 GeV interactions increase with energy nm n, m Z,W (Quasi)Elastic to Deep Inelastic N(p, n) p, n, p, D -> pp / pn, many p, ... K2K 1 GeV interaction cross-section sources of neutrinos ~ 30 orders of magnitude detected Geo anti-neutrino 3 x 113 / cm³ observations Geo (Borexino) SN1987A (Kamioka-II) Astro (IceCube) Sun (SuperK) neutrino detector requirements Large and uniform target for neutrino interaction Sensitive detection medium for produced particles Transparent for signal propagation (usually the signal is light) Baikal Good efficiency and high coverage for (light) signal detection + Low background environment shielded from cosmic rays (and radioactivity at low E) ... water is one of the favorite media underground telescopes 1967 – start of construction 1977 – BUST (SN1987A n) Baksan Underground Scintillator Telescope 11m x 280 m² 3180 detectors, 330 tons of liquid scint. 1987 – SAGE (Solar pp n) Soviet-American Gallium Experiment 50 tons of liquid Ga 2017 – being extended detecting Supernovae a Supernova explodes in the Large Magallean Cloud and SNEWS in February 23rd 1987 it is even visible with naked high Neutrino observatories saw coincident events, three hours before! Baksan Underground Scintillator Telescope KamiokaNDE 4-level building, 11m x 280 m² Nucleon Decay Experiment in Japan 3180 detectors, 330 tons of liquid scint. observing protons in 1 kton of water monitoring the Sun with neutrinos SAGE: n + Ga(31p,40n) --> Ge(32p,39n) main nuclear fusion process 50 tons of liquid Ga, 15 Ge atoms/month in the Sun is 2e⁻ + 4p -> ⁴He + 2 n + 27 MeV n g ~60% of the expected rate!! from measured luminosity: ~ 60 billion n / (cm² s) [exercise: calculate Solar flux] something wrong with the Sun? Counting at low energy with inverse b⁺ decay ⁷¹Ga -> ⁷¹Ge (E>0.2 MeV): => 60% of expected fluxes ³⁷ Cl -> ³ ⁷ Ar (E>0.8 MeV) => 30% of expected fluxes Seeing with “n-e scattering” => 50% of expected fluxes SN1987A detection && the solar neutrino problem lead to new experiments the new water Cherenkov detectors the Super Kamiokande 1000 m underground in Japan 50,000 ton of pure water + 2 000 in OD) m 11,000 PMT 50 cm ( 2 4 39m the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory 2000 m underground in Canada 1,000 ton of (salted) heavy water 9,000 PMT 50 cm (+ 90 in OD) 20 m the new water Cherenkov detectors the Super Kamiokande 1000 m underground in Japan 50,000 ton of pure water 11,000 PMT 50 cm (+ 2 000 in OD) the Super Kamiokande detector Cherenkov detectors Cherenkov effect PMTs velocity higher than ... SKI 1996-2001 SKII 2002-2005 (50% PMTs) SKIII 2006-2008 (100% PMTs) SKIV 2009-now (new electronics) KamiokaNDE II saw SN1987A, now discussing HiperKamiokande solar neutrinos in water 500 days and nights of exposure to Sun Flux is one half of what is expected from the Standard Solar Model Constant along years and seasons, equal during day and night (*) the new water Cherenkov detectors the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory 2000 m underground in Canada 1,000 ton of (salted) heavy water 9,000 PMT 50 cm (+ 90 in OD) Three different phases with different neutron capture efficiency: I – capture in D2O; II – in Salt (Cl*); III – in dedicated counters 20 m the Sudbury Neutrino Obsevatory located 2000 m underground In a still active nickel mine lots of heavy water in Canada solar neutrinos in (salted) heavy water 1) Electron scattering (as in H2O) n + e -> n + e (only 0.50 x SSM) instead of mixing neutrino types SNO can count them separately! [exercise: Feynman diagrams] 2) Charged Current, only ne 3) Neutral Current, all nx separating n counts in SNO radius Very low background in inner volume ES pointing to the Sun, confirms SK CC (one ring) vs NC (more rings) Normalization of the 4 components direction isotropy solution of the solar neutrino problem NC (all neutrinos) = 1.00 x Solar Model CC (ne) / NC (nx) = 0.35 the Sun is well! neutrinos change between production in the Sun and detection at Earth neutrinos must have mass 1 SNU = 10⁻ ³ ⁶ captures / atom /second n from Nature @ Super Kamiokande 500 days + nights exposure Flux lower than Solar ne Solar ne @ MeV Atmospheric ne ne nm nm @ GeV higher energy but lower flux nm / ne ~ 2 in all directions GeV events at Super Kamiokande nl l = e, m (t), n p, n, p,... p0 -> gg ep0 identifying electrons and muons l = e, m nl kinematics of e/m give n energy and direction no charge measurement muon neutrino disappearence p -> nm m -> nm nm ne e nm / ne ~ 2 Fluxes confirmed by ne 10 km cosq =1 10 000 km cosq =-1 first measurement of n oscillations expected from cosmic ray fluxes confirmed by electron measurements fit with 1 - sin²2q sin²(1.27 Dm² L/E) @GeV 1 10 100 1000 km first measurement of n oscillations nt new 1 - sin²2q sin²(1.27 Dm² L/E) results maximal amplitude at L ~ 500 km / E ~ 1 GeV Dm² ~ 10⁻ ³ eV² No time to change Fast m-t change @GeV 1 10 100 1000 km two neutrino oscillations Amplitude Frequency |Va> cosq sinq |V1> [ |V >]=[ -sin cos ][|V >] b q q 2 |V(0)> = |Va> = cosq |V1> + sinq |V2> |V(t )> = cosq exp[-i (E1 t – p1 x)] |V1> + sinq exp[-i (E2 t – p2 x)] |V2> 2 2 2 2 2 P=|<Vb(t)|Va>|² with L = ct Ei = p + mi ~ (p + mi /2E) oscillations and mass l (E, M) E²=P²+M² F = (Mx²-My²)/E For propagation, only energy and mass are relevant L = c.Time For interaction, only the energy and flavor are relevant Each mass has a combination of different interaction flavors and each flavor has a combination of the different masses Ve Vm Vt Mx and My at production and detection L = c.Time (interaction in dense matter can be seen as inducing an effective mass).