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Development of the detection of the neutrino magnetic moment using transitoin radiation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 07804018
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 素粒子・核・宇宙線
Research InstitutionNational Laboratory for High Energy Physics (KEK)

Principal Investigator

SAKUDA Makoto  KEK,Phys.Dept., Ass.Prof., 物理研究部, 助教授 (40178596)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) NAKANO Itsuo  Okayama Univ., Faculty of Science Dept., Ass.Prof., 理学部物理, 助教授 (90133024)
SHIRAI Junpei  KEK,Phys.Dept., Res.Asso., 物理研究部, 助手 (90171032)
鈴木 洋一郎  東京大学, 宇宙線研究所, 助教授 (70144425)
Project Period (FY) 1995 – 1996
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1996)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
Fiscal Year 1996: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1995: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
KeywordsTransition radiation / Neutrino / neutrino magnetic moment / ニュートリノ磁気能率
Research Abstract

In the standard model with the right-handed neutrino singlet (nu_R) the magnetic moment of the neutrino is estimated to be negligibly small : mu_<nu>=(3*10^<-19>m_<nu>)mu_B, where m_<nu> is the neutrino mass in units of eV and mu_B is the electron Bohr magneton. Thus, the existence of a neutrino magnetic moment at an order of 10^<-10> mu_B would require a modification of the standard model of the electro-weak interaction. The existing experimental upper bounds on the neutrino magnetic moment are still weak : mu(nu_e)<10^<-9>mu_B, mu(nu_<mu>)<10^<-9>mu_B, and mu(nu_r)<10^<-6>mu_B at the 90% CL.These experimental searches have been performed using the process of neutrino-electron elastic scattering and the e^+e^-*gammanunu^^- process. One of us recently proposed a new method to measure the neutrino magnetic moment using the transition radiation. Transition radiation is a well established electromagnetic phenomenon. It should also be produced when the neutrino with a magnetic moment cross … More es the interface between two different media. The probability of the radiation is about 10^<-12> (mu_<nu>/mu_B)^2 per interface and the energy spectrum of the radiation is uniform up to gammaomega_1, where gamma is the Lorentz factor of the neutrino (gamma=E_<nu>/m_<nu>) and omega_1 is the plasma frequency of the medium. It is noted that the energy intensity depends explicitly on the neutrino mass and that the energy emitted is as large as the incident neutrino energy depending on the neutrino mass. The experiment uses the reactor neutrinos with flux of F_<nu>=10^<13>nu^^-_e/cm^2/sec. We propose a detector consisting of a radiator with N Mylar films (area=100m^2, N-5x10^3, omega_1=20eV and thickness l_1=0.1mm) stretched in air (omega_2=0.8eV and spacing l_2=1mm). The produced gamma rays are detected by the 100 sets of scintillator strips. The energy and the direction of the gamma rays are reconstructed by using the multi-Comptom scattering events. The detection efficiency is estimated to be 48%, and the energy resolution and the angular resolution are estimated to be about 14% and 2.5 degrees. The experiment can reach mu_<nu> -5・10^<-9>mu_B after 1 year of data-taking. Less

Report

(3 results)
  • 1996 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1995 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1995-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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