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| author | Han, Keyu Qian, Juncheng Chen, Shaomin |
| author_facet | Han, Keyu Qian, Juncheng Chen, Shaomin |
| contents | As a unique probe for geophysical research, geoneutrinos can reveal the distribution of internal heat sources in the Earth by detecting electron antineutrinos produced by the radioactive decay of $^{238}$U, $^{232}$Th, and $^{40}$K. However, commercial nuclear power plants continuously produce the same type of electron antineutrinos, which constitute a primary background difficult to eliminate in geoneutrino experiments. As geoneutrino measurements and reactor background modeling approach sub-percent precision, even small matter-induced corrections to reactor antineutrino propagation require quantitative assessment. In this paper, we develop a high-precision prediction framework for reactor neutrino fluxes at underground labs, using global reactor operating data, reactor-to-detector distances, and matter effects (MSW) on neutrino propagation through the Earth. To solve the three-flavor MSW evolution efficiently, we implement a second-order Strang-splitting solver in the vacuum mass basis. Within this framework, we have calculated the reactor neutrino oscillation probabilities, including the MSW effect under one-dimensional (spherically symmetric) and three-dimensional (including lateral inhomogeneities) Earth models, and compared them with the vacuum oscillation scenario, to assess the impact of Earth's structural features on the accuracy of reactor neutrino flux predictions. |
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| spellingShingle | Worldwide Reactor Neutrino Propagation to Underground Labs: Matter Effects and Flux Predictions Han, Keyu Qian, Juncheng Chen, Shaomin High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Experiment As a unique probe for geophysical research, geoneutrinos can reveal the distribution of internal heat sources in the Earth by detecting electron antineutrinos produced by the radioactive decay of $^{238}$U, $^{232}$Th, and $^{40}$K. However, commercial nuclear power plants continuously produce the same type of electron antineutrinos, which constitute a primary background difficult to eliminate in geoneutrino experiments. As geoneutrino measurements and reactor background modeling approach sub-percent precision, even small matter-induced corrections to reactor antineutrino propagation require quantitative assessment. In this paper, we develop a high-precision prediction framework for reactor neutrino fluxes at underground labs, using global reactor operating data, reactor-to-detector distances, and matter effects (MSW) on neutrino propagation through the Earth. To solve the three-flavor MSW evolution efficiently, we implement a second-order Strang-splitting solver in the vacuum mass basis. Within this framework, we have calculated the reactor neutrino oscillation probabilities, including the MSW effect under one-dimensional (spherically symmetric) and three-dimensional (including lateral inhomogeneities) Earth models, and compared them with the vacuum oscillation scenario, to assess the impact of Earth's structural features on the accuracy of reactor neutrino flux predictions. |
| title | Worldwide Reactor Neutrino Propagation to Underground Labs: Matter Effects and Flux Predictions |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Experiment |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.25655 |