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The first indication of neutrino-induced nuclear fission

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Title/Author:	The first indication of neutrino-induced nuclear fission/ by Tyler Johnson.
Author:	Johnson, Tyler.
Published:	Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland : : 2025.,
Description:	xiv, 327 p. :ill. (chiefly col., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Notes:	"Doctoral thesis accepted by Duke University, Durham, USA."
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Measurement Science and Instrumentation. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-01936-3
ISBN:	9783032019363

The first indication of neutrino-induced nuclear fission
Johnson, Tyler.

The first indication of neutrino-induced nuclear fission[electronic resource] /by Tyler Johnson. - Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2025. - xiv, 327 p. :ill. (chiefly col., digital ;24 cm. - Springer theses,2190-5061. - Springer theses..

"Doctoral thesis accepted by Duke University, Durham, USA."

1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Background -- 3 Neutrinos at the SNS -- 4 Neutrino-Induced Fission on Thorium -- 5 The NuThor Detector.

This book reports on the full-stack experimental search (from inception to discovery) of the first observation of neutrino-induced fission. Over fifty years ago, physicists predicted that neutrinos, such as those from supernova or nuclear reactors, could fission heavy nuclei. This "new way to split the atom" could serve as an exciting new way to observe low-energy neutrinos and would also play an important role in the creation of heavy nuclei in neutrino-rich astrophysical environments-for instance, in the R-process for nucleosynthesis. The challenge in detecting this interaction and thus confirming its existence was twofold: the neutrino interacts only rarely; and the targets of interest must be fissionable, and therefore already produce large radioactive backgrounds. This landmark thesis describes the inception, design, construction, and operation of the first measurement of neutrino-induced fission and the presentation of the first exciting results from the work. It is the first measurement of neutrino-induced fission and the first measurement of a neutrino cross-section on an unstable nucleus. The work is an open door for new experiments designed to search for new "NuFission" interactions and find new applications for this new approach to neutrino detection.

ISBN: 9783032019363

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-032-01936-3doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

769080
Measurement Science and Instrumentation.

LC Class. No.: QC790

Dewey Class. No.: 539.762

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