Attempt to Detect the Antineutrinos from a Nuclear Reactor by the Cl37(ν¯, e- )A37 Reaction
Abstract
Tanks containing 200 and 3900 liters of carbon tetrachloride were irradiated outside of the shield of the Brookhaven reactor in an attempt to induce the reaction Cl37(ν¯, e-)A37 with fission product antineutrinos. The experiments serve to place an upper limit on the antineutrino capture cross section for the reaction of 2×10-42 cm2 per atom. Cosmic-ray-induced A37 was observed and the production rate measured at 14 100 feet altitude and sea level. Measurements with the 3900-liter container shielded from cosmic rays with 19 feet of earth permit placing an upper limit on the neutrino flux from the sun.
- Publication:
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Physical Review
- Pub Date:
- February 1955
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRev.97.766
- Bibcode:
- 1955PhRv...97..766D