王貽芳++曹俊++陳少敏++衡月昆++王萌
摘 要:中微子是研究超出標(biāo)準(zhǔn)模型新物理的關(guān)鍵與突破口之一。中微子振蕩是目前實(shí)驗(yàn)中直接觀測到的新物理現(xiàn)象,可以使用PMNS矩陣描述,矩陣中2011年以前未知的參數(shù)有θ13、m232的符號以及CP破壞相角δCP。其中θ13不僅是混合矩陣的基本參數(shù)之一,其大小也直接決定了目前實(shí)驗(yàn)技術(shù)手段對后兩個(gè)參數(shù)的測量能力,即決定了中微子理論與實(shí)驗(yàn)下一步發(fā)展的方向。大亞灣反應(yīng)堆中微子實(shí)驗(yàn)的物理目標(biāo)是精確測量,設(shè)計(jì)靈敏度為在90%置信區(qū)間上確定至0.01或更好。大亞灣實(shí)驗(yàn)使用8個(gè)全同的中微子探測器在山體覆蓋下做遠(yuǎn)近相對測量,降低本底,抵消反應(yīng)堆及探測器的關(guān)聯(lián)誤差,以達(dá)到設(shè)計(jì)精度。探測器系統(tǒng)和電子學(xué)系統(tǒng)得到良好的維護(hù),運(yùn)行穩(wěn)定。大亞灣實(shí)驗(yàn)的系統(tǒng)誤差可分為關(guān)聯(lián)誤差與非關(guān)聯(lián)誤差。最大的探測器非關(guān)聯(lián)誤差貢獻(xiàn)為慢信號能量cut的效率誤差,由探測器之間的相對能標(biāo)誤差決定,上述0.5%的能標(biāo)誤差帶來0.12%的效率誤差,優(yōu)于設(shè)計(jì)目標(biāo)0.24%。最大的關(guān)聯(lián)系統(tǒng)誤差為spill-in誤差,通過研究刻度數(shù)據(jù)給出降低該誤差的可行性。除了利用釓俘獲方法測量θ13以外,還實(shí)現(xiàn)了利用氫俘獲方法獨(dú)立精確測量θ13。完成了超新星觸發(fā)系統(tǒng)設(shè)計(jì),并加入國際超新星預(yù)警系統(tǒng)。在物理分析平臺方面,針對不斷增大的數(shù)據(jù)量,擴(kuò)大了CPU和硬盤資源,建立了計(jì)算環(huán)境監(jiān)控管理系統(tǒng)、設(shè)計(jì)了新的軟件框架,實(shí)現(xiàn)了滿足分析需求的事例緩存機(jī)制。在能量刻度研究方面,完成了對2012年度刻度數(shù)據(jù)的分析,使正電子能量重建的精度達(dá)到了1.5%的精度。
關(guān)鍵詞:大亞灣中微子實(shí)驗(yàn) 中微子振蕩 刻度 重建 本底 超新星
2013 Annual Report of Physical Analysis for Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment
Wang Yifang1 Cao Jun1 Chen Shaomin2 Heng Yuekun1 Wang Meng3
(1.Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2.Tsinghua University; 3.Shandong University)
Abstract: Neutrino has been the one of the keys to sutdy the new physics beyond the Standard Model, since neutrino oscillation is the directly observed new physics phenomena. PMNS matrix is utilized to describe the neutrino oscillation, and before 2011, unknown parameters in the matrix are: θ13、sign of m232 and δCP.θ13 determines the future of neutrino theory and experiment, because its value determines with current technology, whether the other two parameters can be measured. The detectors and electronics systems have been maintained well and working in good condition. The Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment is designed to precisely measure to 0.01 or better at 90% C.L.. Eight ”functional” identical detectors are layed underground at two near sites and one far site for the near/far relative measurement, which fully cancels correlated uncertainty. Systematic uncertainty can be divided to correlated, which is fully canceled in the near/far relative measurement, and uncorrelated, which has a designed baseline 0.38% and designed goal 0.18%. The largest uncorrelated uncertainty contribution 0.12% is induced by relative energy scale uncertainty with a designed goal 0.24%. The improvement is mainly contributed to the excellent calibration and reconstruction. With hydrogen neutron capture method, an independent precision measurement of theta13 is implemented. The study and implement of the supernova trigger at Daya Bay is finished. The Daya Bay Experiment has joined SNEWS (SuperNova Early Warning System). The computing resources and hard disks have been increased. A computing resource monitoring system and a computing environment management system were developed. A new lightweight analysis framework was proposed and the data model was defined as well as the event buffer mechanism. As for the calibration system, we completed the detailed analysis using the calibration data taken in 2012, and the precision of positron energy reconstruction can reach 1.5%.
Key Words:Daya Bay neutrino experiment; Neutrino oscillation; Calibration; Reconstruction; Backgrounds; Supernova