A simple model of reactor cores for reactor neutrino flux calculations for the KamLAND experiment

K. Nakajima, K. Inoue, K. Owada, F. Suekane, A. Suzuki, G. Hirano, S. Kosaka, T. Ohta, H. Tanaka

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Abstract

KamLAND is a reactor neutrino oscillation experiment with a very long baseline. This experiment successfully measured oscillation phenomena of reactor antineutrinos coming mainly from 53 reactors in Japan. In order to extract the results, it is necessary to accurately calculate time-dependent antineutrino spectra from all the reactors. A simple model of reactor cores and code implementing it were developed for this purpose. This paper describes the model of the reactor cores used in the KamLAND reactor analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)837-844
Number of pages8
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume569
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006 Dec 21

Keywords

  • Fission rate calculation
  • KamLAND
  • Neutrino oscillation
  • Nuclear fuel
  • Reactor antineutrino

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