Physics prospects of the Jinping neutrino experiment

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Contributors

  • John F. Beacom - , Ohio State University (Author)
  • Shaomin Chen - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • Jianping Cheng - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • Sayed N. Doustimotlagh - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • Yuanning Gao - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • Guanghua Gong - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • Hui Gong - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • Lei Guo - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • Ran Han - , China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (Author)
  • Hong Jian He - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • Xingtao Huang - , Shandong University (Author)
  • Jianmin Li - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • Jin Li - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • Mohan Li - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • Xueqian Li - , Nankai University (Author)
  • Wei Liao - , East China University of Science and Technology (Author)
  • Guey Lin Lin - , National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (Author)
  • Zuowei Liu - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • William McDonough - , University of Maryland, College Park (Author)
  • Ondřej Šrámek - , Charles University Prague (Author)
  • Jian Tang - , Sun Yat-Sen University (Author)
  • Linyan Wan - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • Yuanqing Wang - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • Zhe Wang - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • Zongyi Wang - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • Hanyu Wei - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • Yufei Xi - , Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (Author)
  • Ye Xu - , Fujian University of Technology (Author)
  • Xun Jie Xu - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • Zhenwei Yang - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • Chunfa Yao - , China Iron and Steel Research Institute Group (Author)
  • Minfang Yeh - , Brookhaven National Laboratory (Author)
  • Qian Yue - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • Liming Zhang - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • Yang Zhang - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • Zhihong Zhao - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • Yangheng Zheng - , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Author)
  • Xiang Zhou - , Wuhan University (Author)
  • Xianglei Zhu - , Tsinghua University (Author)
  • Kai Zuber - , Chair of Nuclear Physics (Author)

Abstract

The China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL), which has the lowest cosmic-ray muon flux and the lowest reactor neutrino flux of any laboratory, is ideal to carry out low-energy neutrino experiments. With two detectors and a total fiducial mass of 2000 tons for solar neutrino physics (equivalently, 3000 tons for geo-neutrino and supernova neutrino physics), the Jinping neutrino experiment will have the potential to identify the neutrinos from the CNO fusion cycles of the Sun, to cover the transition phase for the solar neutrino oscillation from vacuum to matter mixing, and to measure the geo-neutrino flux, including the Th/U ratio. These goals can be fulfilled with mature existing techniques. Efforts on increasing the target mass with multi-modular neutrino detectors and on developing the slow liquid scintillator will increase the Jinping discovery potential in the study of solar neutrinos, geo-neutrinos, supernova neutrinos, and dark matter.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number023002
JournalChinese Physics C
Volume41
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2017
Peer-reviewedYes

Keywords

Keywords

  • CJPL, geo-neutrino, Jinping neutrino experiment, solar neutrino, supernova neutrino