10 results on '"Inoue, K."'
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2. REACTOR NEUTRINO EXPERIMENTS.
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INOUE, K.
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NEUTRINOS , *SOLAR radiation , *SOLAR neutrinos , *LEPTONS (Nuclear physics) , *OSCILLATIONS , *FLUCTUATIONS (Physics) - Abstract
Previous searches for neutrino oscillations with reactor neutrinos have been done only with baselines less than 1 km. The observed neutrino flux was consistent with the expectation and only excluded regions were drawn on the neutrino-oscillation-parameter space. Thus, those experiments played important roles in understanding neutrinos from fission reactors. Based on the knowledge from those experiments, an experiment with about a 180 km baseline became possible. Results obtained from this baseline experiment showed evidence for reactor neutrino disappearance and finally provide a resolution for the long standing solar neutrino problem when combined with results from the solar neutrino experiments. Several possibilities to explore the last unmeasured mixing angle θ13 with reactor neutrinos have recently been proposed. They will provide complementary information to long baseline accelerator experiments when one tries to solve the degeneracy of oscillation parameters. Reactor neutrinos are also useful to study the neutrino magnetic moment and the most stringent limits from terrestrial experiments are obtained by measuring the elastic scattering cross section of reactor neutrinos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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3. Abundances of Uranium and Thorium Elements in Earth Estimated by Geoneutrino Spectroscopy.
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Abe, S., Asami, S., Eizuka, M., Futagi, S., Gando, A., Gando, Y., Gima, T., Goto, A., Hachiya, T., Hata, K., Hosokawa, K., Ichimura, K., Ieki, S., Ikeda, H., Inoue, K., Ishidoshiro, K., Kamei, Y., Kawada, N., Kishimoto, Y., and Koga, M.
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THORIUM , *NEUTRINOS , *URANIUM , *EARTH'S mantle , *RADIOACTIVE decay , *CHONDRITES , *EARTH (Planet) - Abstract
The decay of the primordial isotopes 238U, 235U, 232Th, and 40K has contributed to the terrestrial heat budget throughout the Earth's history. Hence, the individual abundance of those isotopes are key parameters in reconstructing contemporary Earth models. The geoneutrinos produced by the radioactive decays of uranium and thorium have been observed with the Kamioka Liquid‐Scintillator Antineutrino Detector (KamLAND). Those measurements have been improved with more than 18‐year observation time, and improvement in detector background levels mainly with an 8‐year nearly reactor‐free period, which now permit spectroscopy with geoneutrinos. Our results yield the first constraint on both uranium and thorium heat contributions. The KamLAND result is consistent with geochemical estimations based on elemental abundances of chondritic meteorites and mantle peridotites. The High‐Q model is disfavored at 99.76% C.L. and a fully radiogenic model is excluded at 5.2σ assuming a homogeneous heat producing element distribution in the mantle. Plain Language Summary: The energy to drive the Earth's engine comes from two different sources: primordial and radiogenic. Primordial energy comes from the added heat by collisions of accreting material and less so by the energy accompanying the sinking of metal to form the core. The radioactive decays of heat producing elements (i.e., potassium, thorium, and uranium) also generate energy and some of these decaying elements produce antineutrinos (geoneutrinos). Geoneutrino measurements provide the Earth's fuel gauge for its radiogenic power supply and insights into the planet's cooling history. The measurement accuracy of the KamLAND experiment has been improved by an 18‐year long‐term observation and a reduction of the significant background generated by commercial reactors. Consequently, modern geoneutrino measurements have entered an era of distinct spectroscopic contributions coming from uranium and thorium. The KamLAND result is consistent with compositional models for the bulk silicate Earth (the crust plus the mantle) predicting low to medium radiogenic heat (10–20 TW (1012 W)) and disfavor high concentration models (30 TW). This constraint sets the best limit on the permissible radiogenic energy budget in the Earth. Geoneutrino observations now begin to make significant contributions to the understanding of fundamental driving forces powering the Earth dynamic behavior. Key Points: Geoneutrino measurement with low reactor neutrino backgrounds improves the distinct spectroscopic contributions of U and ThRadiogenic power in the Earth estimated from this geoneutrino measurement is consistent with a range of models and disfavors the higher power modelIdentifying the Earth's mantle contribution to the total geoneutrino flux strongly depends on an accurate estimation of the crustal contribution [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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4. Limits on Astrophysical Antineutrinos with the KamLAND Experiment.
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Abe, S., Asami, S., Gando, A., Gando, Y., Gima, T., Goto, A., Hachiya, T., Hata, K., Hayashida, S., Hosokawa, K., Ichimura, K., Ieki, S., Ikeda, H., Inoue, K., Ishidoshiro, K., Kamei, Y., Kawada, N., Kishimoto, Y., Kinoshita, T., and Koga, M.
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SOLAR neutrinos , *NEUTRINO interactions , *ANTINEUTRINOS , *BETA decay , *LIQUID scintillators , *NEUTRINOS , *NEUTRINO detectors - Abstract
We report on a search for electron antineutrinos ( ν ÂŻ e ) from astrophysical sources in the neutrino energy range 8.3â€"30.8 MeV with the KamLAND detector. In an exposure of 6.72 kton-year of the liquid scintillator, we observe 18 candidate events via the inverse beta decay reaction. Although there is a large background uncertainty from neutral current atmospheric neutrino interactions, we find no significant excess over background model predictions. Assuming several supernova relic neutrino spectra, we give upper flux limits of 60â€"110 cmâ'2 sâ'1 (90% confidence level, CL) in the analysis range and present a model-independent flux. We also set limits on the annihilation rates for light dark matter pairs to neutrino pairs. These data improve on the upper probability limit of 8B solar neutrinos converting into ν ÂŻ e , P ν e â†' ν ÂŻ e < 3.5 Ă— 10 â' 5 (90% CL) assuming an undistorted ν ÂŻ e shape. This corresponds to a solar ν ÂŻ e flux of 60 cmâ'2 sâ'1 (90% CL) in the analysis energy range. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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5. Search for Solar Flare Neutrinos with the KamLAND Detector.
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Abe, S., Asami, S., Gando, A., Gando, Y., Gima, T., Goto, A., Hachiya, T., Hata, K., Hayashida, S., Hosokawa, K., Ichimura, K., Ieki, S., Ikeda, H., Inoue, K., Ishidoshiro, K., Kamei, Y., Kawada, N., Kishimoto, Y., Kinoshita, T., and Koga, M.
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SOLAR neutrinos , *NEUTRINO detectors , *NEUTRINOS , *SOLAR flares , *ELECTRONS - Abstract
We report the result of a search for neutrinos in coincidence with solar flares from the GOES flare database. The search was performed on a 10.8 kton-year exposure of KamLAND collected from 2002 to 2019. This large exposure allows us to explore previously unconstrained parameter space for solar flare neutrinos. We found no statistical excess of neutrinos and established 90% confidence level upper limits of 8.4 × 107 cm−2 (3.0 × 109 cm−2) on the electron antineutrino (electron neutrino) fluence at 20 MeV normalized to the X12 flare, assuming that the neutrino fluence is proportional to the X-ray intensity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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6. KamLAND's search for correlated low-energy electron antineutrinos with astrophysical neutrinos from IceCube.
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Abe, S., Asami, S., Eizuka, M., Futagi, S., Gando, A., Gando, Y., Gima, T., Goto, A., Hachiya, T., Hata, K., Hosokawa, K., Ichimura, K., Ieki, S., Ikeda, H., Inoue, K., Ishidoshiro, K., Kamei, Y., Kawada, N., Kishimoto, Y., and Kinoshita, T.
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NEUTRINO interactions , *NEUTRINO detectors , *ANTINEUTRINOS , *ELECTRONS , *NEUTRINOS , *CONFIDENCE intervals - Abstract
We report the results of a search for MeV-scale astrophysical neutrinos in KamLAND presented as an excess in the number of coincident neutrino interactions associated with the publicly available high-energy neutrino datasets from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. We find no statistically significant excess in the number of observed low-energy electron antineutrinos in KamLAND, given a coincidence time window of ± 500 s, ± 1,000 s, ± 3,600 s, and ± 10,000 s around each of the IceCube neutrinos. We use this observation to present limits from 1.8 MeV to 100 MeV on the electron antineutrino fluence, assuming a mono-energetic flux. We then compare the results to several astrophysical measurements performed by IceCube and place a limit at the 90% confidence level on the electron antineutrino isotropic thermal luminosity from the TXS 0506+056 blazar. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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7. 7Be solar neutrino measurement with KamLAND.
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Gando, A., Gando, Y., Hanakago, H., Ikeda, H., Inoue, K., Ishidoshiro, K., Ishikawa, H., Kishimoto, Y., Koga, M., Matsuda, R., Matsuda, S., Mitsui, T., Motoki, D., Nakajima, K., Nakamura, K., Obata, A., Oki, A., Oki, Y., Otani, M., and Shimizu, I.
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ELASTIC scattering , *NEUTRINOS , *ELECTRONS , *SOLAR neutrinos , *MEASUREMENT - Abstract
We report a measurement of the neutrino-electron elastic scattering rate of 862 keV 7Be solar neutrinos based on a 165.4 kt d exposure of KamLAND. The observed rate is 582 ± 94(kt d)-1, which corresponds to an 862-keV 7Be solar neutrino flux of (3.26 ± 0.52) x 109 cm-2 s-1, assuming a pure electron-flavor flux. Comparing this flux with the standard solar model prediction and further assuming three-flavor mixing, a ve survival probability of 0.66 ±0.15 is determined from the KamLAND data. Utilizing a global three-flavor oscillation analysis, we obtain a total 7Be solar neutrino flux of (5.82 ± 1.02) x 109 cm-2 s-1, which is consistent with the standard solar model predictions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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8. Limit on Neutrinoless ββ Decay of 136Xe from the First Phase of KamLAND-Zen and Comparison with the Positive Claim in 76Ge.
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Gando, A., Gando, Y., Hanakago, H., Ikeda, H., Inoue, K., Ishidoshiro, K., Kato, R., Koga, M., Matsuda, S., Mitsui, T., Motoki, D., Nakada, T., Nakamura, K., Obata, A., Oki, A., Ono, Y., Otani, M., Shimizu, I., Shirai, J., and Suzuki, A.
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NEUTRINOS , *BETA decay , *ELECTRONS , *GERMANIUM , *SENSITIVITY analysis - Abstract
We present results from the first phase of the KamLAND-Zen double-beta decay experiment, corresponding to an exposure of 89.5 kg yr of 136Xe. We obtain a lower limit for the neutrinoless double-beta decay half-life of T0v1/2 >1.9 × 1025 yr at 90% C.L. The combined results from KamLAND-Zen and EXO-200 give T0v1/2 > 3.4 × 1025 yr at 90% C.L., which corresponds to a Majorana neutrino mass limit of
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9. SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL ANTINEUTRINO SOURCES WITH THE KamLAND DETECTOR.
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Gando, A., Gando, Y., Ichimura, K., Ikeda, H., Inoue, K., Kibe, Y., Kishimoto, Y., Koga, M., Minekawa, Y., Mitsui, T., Morikawa, T., Nagai, N., Nakajima, K., Nakamura, K., Narita, K., Shimizu, I., Shimizu, Y., Shirai, J., Suekane, F., and Suzuki, A.
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DARK matter , *INTERSTELLAR medium , *SUPERNOVA remnants , *NEUTRINO interactions , *ANNIHILATION reactions - Abstract
We present the results of a search for extraterrestrial electron antineutrinos (퐯̄e's) in the energy range 8.3 MeV < E퐯̄e < 31.8 MeV using the KamLAND detector. In an exposure of 4.53 kton-year, we identify 25 candidate events. All of the candidate events can be attributed to background, most importantly neutral current atmospheric neutrino interactions, setting an upper limit on the probability of 8B solar ve's converting into 퐯̄e's at 5.3 x 10-5 (90% CL), if we assume an undistorted 퐯̄e shape. This limit corresponds to a solar 퐯̄e flux of 93 cm-2 s-1 or an event rate of 1.6 events (kton-year)-1 above the energy threshold (E퐯̄e ≳ 8.3 MeV). The present data also allows us to set more stringent limits on the diffuse supernova neutrino flux and on the annihilation rates for light dark matter particles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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10. Experimental investigation of geologically produced antineutrinos with KamLAND.
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Araki, T., Enomoto, S., Furuno, K., Gando, Y., Ichimura, K., Ikeda, H., Inoue, K., Kishimoto, Y., Koga, M., Koseki, Y., Maeda, T., Mitsui, T., Motoki, M., Nakajima, K., Ogawa, H., Ogawa, M., Owada, K., Ricol, J.-S., Shimizu, I., and Shirai, J.
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ANTINEUTRINOS , *NEUTRINOS , *LEPTONS (Nuclear physics) , *RADIOACTIVITY , *LIQUID scintillators , *ENERGY dissipation , *RADIATION , *NUCLEAR reactions - Abstract
The detection of electron antineutrinos produced by natural radioactivity in the Earth could yield important geophysical information. The Kamioka liquid scintillator antineutrino detector (KamLAND) has the sensitivity to detect electron antineutrinos produced by the decay of 238U and 232Th within the Earth. Earth composition models suggest that the radiogenic power from these isotope decays is 16 TW, approximately half of the total measured heat dissipation rate from the Earth. Here we present results from a search for geoneutrinos with KamLAND. Assuming a Th/U mass concentration ratio of 3.9, the 90 per cent confidence interval for the total number of geoneutrinos detected is 4.5 to 54.2. This result is consistent with the central value of 19 predicted by geophysical models. Although our present data have limited statistical power, they nevertheless provide by direct means an upper limit (60 TW) for the radiogenic power of U and Th in the Earth, a quantity that is currently poorly constrained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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