Abstract
Discrepancies observed between measured data and theoretical predictions of reactor antineutrino experiments at short distances are known as the Reactor Antineutrino Anomaly (RAA). RAA require an accurate assessment of the flux and energy spectrum of electron antineutrinos taking into account the various sources of systematic errors due to theoretical and experimental uncertainties. The strategy of the SoLid collaboration is to use state-of-theart methods to predict the antineutrino flux and energy spectrum, based on a detailed 3D model of the BR2 core for the MCNP6 (CINDER'90) code. In this paper, we discuss the various assumptions and approximations adopted in the BR2 reactor core model and their effect on the calculated fission rates and antineutrino spectrum.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2019) |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of a meeting held 25-29 August 2019, Portland, Oregon, USA. |
Publisher | American Nuclear Society |
Pages | 991-1001 |
Number of pages | 11 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780894487699 |
State | Published - Aug 2019 |
Event | International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering 2019 - Portland Mariott Downtown Waterfrond, Portland Duration: 25 Aug 2019 → 29 Aug 2019 https://www.mc2019.org/ |
Conference
Conference | International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering 2019 |
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Abbreviated title | M and C 2019 |
Country/Territory | United States |
City | Portland |
Period | 2019-08-25 → 2019-08-29 |
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