Neutron Capture and the Antineutrino Yield from Nuclear Reactors
Neutron Capture and the Antineutrino Yield from Nuclear Reactors
We identify a new, flux-dependent correction to the antineutrino spectrum as produced in nuclear reactors. The abundance of certain nuclides, whose decay chains produce antineutrinos above the threshold for inverse beta decay, has a nonlinear dependence on the neutron flux, unlike the vast majority of antineutrino producing nuclides, whose decay …