Searching for Hidden Neutrons with a Reactor Neutrino Experiment: Constraints from the STEREO Experiment

H. Almazán; L. Bernard; A. Blanchet; A. Bonhomme; C. Buck; P. Del Amo Sanchez; I. El Atmani; L. Labit; J. Lamblin; A. Letourneau; D. Lhuillier; M. Licciardi; M. Lindner; T. Materna; O. Méplan; H. Pessard; G. Pignol; J. S. Réal; J. S. Ricol; C. Roca; R. Rogly; T. Salagnac; M. Sarrazin; V. Savu; S. Schoppmann; T. Soldner; A. Stutz; M. Vialat

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.061801

Searching for Hidden Neutrons with a Reactor Neutrino Experiment: Constraints from the STEREO Experiment

H. Almazán
, L. Bernard
, A. Blanchet
, A. Bonhomme
, C. Buck
, P. Del Amo Sanchez
, I. El Atmani
, L. Labit
, J. Lamblin
, A. Letourneau
, D. Lhuillier
, M. Licciardi
, M. Lindner
, T. Materna
, O. Méplan
, H. Pessard
, G. Pignol
, J. S. Réal
, J. S. Ricol
, C. Roca

R. Rogly, T. Salagnac, M. Sarrazin, V. Savu, S. Schoppmann, T. Soldner, A. Stutz, M. Vialat

Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
Nano-Bio Spectroscopy Group, Departamento Física de Materiales, DIPC
LTHE (UMR 5564 CNRS/IRD/Université de Grenoble)
Université Paris-Saclay
Sorbonne Université
Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Université Hassan II Aïn Chock - Casablanca et LASAARE
CNRS
UNamur
Institut Laue-Langevin

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Different extensions of the standard model of particle physics, such as braneworld or mirror matter models, predict the existence of a neutron sterile state, possibly as a dark matter candidate. This Letter reports a new experimental constraint on the probability p for neutron conversion into a hidden neutron, set by the STEREO experiment at the high flux reactor of the Institut Laue-Langevin. The limit is p<3.1×10-11 at 95% C.L. improving the previous limit by a factor of 13. This result demonstrates that short-baseline neutrino experiments can be used as competitive passing-through-walls neutron experiments to search for hidden neutrons.

langue originale	Anglais
Numéro d'article	061801
journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	128
Numéro de publication	6
Les DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.061801
état	Publié - 11 févr. 2022
Modification externe	Oui

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Almazán, H., Bernard, L., Blanchet, A., Bonhomme, A., Buck, C., Del Amo Sanchez, P., El Atmani, I., Labit, L., Lamblin, J., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Licciardi, M., Lindner, M., Materna, T., Méplan, O., Pessard, H., Pignol, G., Réal, J. S., Ricol, J. S., ... Vialat, M. (2022). Searching for Hidden Neutrons with a Reactor Neutrino Experiment: Constraints from the STEREO Experiment. Physical Review Letters, 128(6), Article 061801. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.061801

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