Open AccessSearch for sterile neutrinos with SOX: Monte Carlo studies of the experiment sensitivity and systematic effects
Author(s) -
D. Basilico,
B. Neumair,
J. Martýn,
Borexino
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1342/1/012107
Subject(s) - sterile neutrino , borexino , physics , neutrino , monte carlo method , solar neutrino , scintillator , nuclear physics , neutrino oscillation , sensitivity (control systems) , particle physics , detector , oscillation (cell signaling) , optics , statistics , electronic engineering , chemistry , engineering , biochemistry , mathematics
Some neutrino experiments reveal anomalous results which can make room for new physics beyond the three-flavor neutrino oscillation model. These hints suggest the existence of sterile neutrinos with mass m <eV. SOX will be a short-baseline disappearance experiment aiming to test this hypotesis, performed with the liquid scintillator detector Borexino at Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Italy [1]. Due to the good energy and position resolution, a light sterile neutrino can create an oscillatory pattern in the signal. The SOX sensitivity, the related analysis and systematics will be briefly discussed.