European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (Apr 2024)

Study on the accidental background of the JSNS $$^2$$ 2  experiment

  • D. H. Lee,
  • S. Ajimura,
  • M. K. Cheoun,
  • J. H. Choi,
  • J. Y. Choi,
  • T. Dodo,
  • J. Goh,
  • K. Haga,
  • M. Harada,
  • S. Hasegawa,
  • T. Hiraiwa,
  • W. Hwang,
  • H. I. Jang,
  • J. S. Jang,
  • H. Jeon,
  • S. Jeon,
  • K. K. Joo,
  • D. E. Jung,
  • S. K. Kang,
  • Y. Kasugai,
  • T. Kawasaki,
  • E. J. Kim,
  • J. Y. Kim,
  • S. B. Kim,
  • W. Kim,
  • H. Kinoshita,
  • T. Konno,
  • I. T. Lim,
  • C. Little,
  • E. Marzec,
  • T. Maruyama,
  • S. Masuda,
  • S. Meigo,
  • S. Monjushiro,
  • D. H. Moon,
  • T. Nakano,
  • M. Niiyama,
  • K. Nishikawa,
  • M. Y. Pac,
  • H. W. Park,
  • J. S. Park,
  • R. G. Park,
  • S. J. M. Peeters,
  • C. Rott,
  • K. Sakai,
  • S. Sakamoto,
  • T. Shima,
  • C. D. Shin,
  • J. Spitz,
  • F. Suekane,
  • Y. Sugaya,
  • K. Suzuya,
  • M. Taira,
  • Y. Yamaguchi,
  • M. Yeh,
  • I. S. Yeo,
  • C. Yoo,
  • I. Yu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-12778-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 84, no. 4
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Abstract JSNS $$^2$$ 2 (J-PARC Sterile Neutrino Search at J-PARC Spallation Neutron Source) is an experiment that searches for sterile neutrinos via the observation of $$\bar{\nu }_{\mu } \rightarrow \bar{\nu }_{e}$$ ν ¯ μ → ν ¯ e appearance oscillations using muon decay-at-rest neutrinos. The JSNS $$^2$$ 2 experiment performed data taking from 2021. In this manuscript, a study of the accidental background is presented. The rate of the accidental background is ( $$9.29\pm 0.39) \times 10^{-8}$$ 9.29 ± 0.39 ) × 10 - 8 /spill with 0.75 MW beam power and comparable to the expected number of signal events.