TY - JOUR
T1 - First result of a search for Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background in SK-Gd experiment
AU - Super-Kamiokande Collaboration
AU - Harada, M.
AU - Abe, K.
AU - Bronner, C.
AU - Hayato, Y.
AU - Hiraide, K.
AU - Hosokawa, K.
AU - Ieki, K.
AU - Ikeda, M.
AU - Kameda, J.
AU - Kanemura, Y.
AU - Kaneshima, R.
AU - Kashiwagi, Y.
AU - Kataoka, Y.
AU - Miki, S.
AU - Mine, S.
AU - Miura, M.
AU - Moriyama, S.
AU - Nakano, Y.
AU - Nakahata, M.
AU - Nakayama, S.
AU - Noguchi, Y.
AU - Sato, K.
AU - Sekiya, H.
AU - Shiba, H.
AU - Shimizu, K.
AU - Shiozawa, M.
AU - Sonoda, Y.
AU - Suzuki, Y.
AU - Takeda, A.
AU - Takemoto, Y.
AU - Tanaka, H.
AU - Yano, T.
AU - Han, S.
AU - Kajita, T.
AU - Okumura, K.
AU - Tashiro, T.
AU - Tomiya, T.
AU - Wang, X.
AU - Yoshida, S.
AU - Fernandez, P.
AU - Labarga, L.
AU - Ospina, N.
AU - Zaldivar, B.
AU - Pointon, B. W.
AU - Kearns, E.
AU - Raaf, J. L.
AU - Drapier, O.
AU - Paganini, P.
AU - Quilain, B.
AU - Gonin, M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright owned by the author(s) under the terms of the Creative Commons.
PY - 2024/9/27
Y1 - 2024/9/27
N2 - Since 2020, Super-Kamiokande (SK) detector has been updated by loading gadolinium (Gd) as a new experimental phase, ‘SK-Gd.’ In the SK-Gd experiment, we can search low-energy electron antineutrinos via inverse-beta decay with efficient neutron identification thanks to high cross-section and high-energy gamma-ray emission of thermal neutron capture on Gd. Until July 2022, the observation is operated with the 0.01% Gd mass concentration. The neutron capture fraction on Gd is about 50% in this situation. In this paper, the first search result for the flux of astrophysical electron antineutrinos for the energy range of O(10) MeV in SK-Gd with a 22.5 × 552 kton·day exposure at 0.01% Gd mass concentration of the initial stage of SK-Gd is reported.
AB - Since 2020, Super-Kamiokande (SK) detector has been updated by loading gadolinium (Gd) as a new experimental phase, ‘SK-Gd.’ In the SK-Gd experiment, we can search low-energy electron antineutrinos via inverse-beta decay with efficient neutron identification thanks to high cross-section and high-energy gamma-ray emission of thermal neutron capture on Gd. Until July 2022, the observation is operated with the 0.01% Gd mass concentration. The neutron capture fraction on Gd is about 50% in this situation. In this paper, the first search result for the flux of astrophysical electron antineutrinos for the energy range of O(10) MeV in SK-Gd with a 22.5 × 552 kton·day exposure at 0.01% Gd mass concentration of the initial stage of SK-Gd is reported.
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85189357815
SN - 1824-8039
VL - 444
JO - Proceedings of Science
JF - Proceedings of Science
M1 - 1173
T2 - 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2023
Y2 - 26 July 2023 through 3 August 2023
ER -