27–30 mars 2023
Kyoto
Fuseau horaire Asia/Tokyo

Measurement of cosmogenic Li-9 in SK-Gd

Non programmé
20m

Orateur

Masataka Shinoki (Tokyo University of Science)

Description

We measured $^9\mathrm{Li}$ isotopic nuclei produced by muon spallation using the data taken from 2020 to 2022 by the Super-Kamiokande detector with 0.011% gadolinium concentration in water. $^9\mathrm{Li}$ is a long-lived radioactive isotope with a lifetime of about 0.26 seconds. It emits an electron and a neutron at a branching ratio of 50.8%, which is difficult to distinguish from the inverse beta decay caused by anti-electron neutrinos. Therefore, $^9\mathrm{Li}$ is one of the main background sources. In this study, the energy spectrum of the electrons was measured with a threshold at 4.5 MeV which is lowered from the previous result with 7.5MeV threshold measured with pure water. We will report the measurement method and analysis status in this poster.

Auteur principal

Masataka Shinoki (Tokyo University of Science)

Co-auteur

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