000315655 001__ 315655 000315655 005__ 20211110140144.0 000315655 0247_ $$2datacite_doi$$a10.3204/DESY-THESIS-2016-032 000315655 037__ $$aPUBDB-2016-06001 000315655 0881_ $$aDESY-THESIS-2016-032 000315655 088__ $$2DESY$$aDESY-THESIS-2016-032 000315655 1001_ $$0P:(DE-H253)PIP1011853$$aMeyer, Mikko$$b0$$eCorresponding author$$gmale 000315655 245__ $$aSOX - Towards the Detection of Sterile Neutrinos in Borexino : Beta Spectrum Modeling, Monte Carlo Development and Sensitivity Studies for the Sterile Neutrino Search in Borexino$$f2011-10-01 - 2016-11-30 000315655 260__ $$aHamburg$$bVerlag Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron$$c2016 000315655 300__ $$a178 000315655 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Dissertation 000315655 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aDISSERTATION 000315655 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aPHDTHESIS 000315655 3367_ $$02$$2EndNote$$aThesis 000315655 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)29$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aReport$$mreport 000315655 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)11$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aDissertation / PhD Thesis$$bphd$$mphd$$s1481203598_5010 000315655 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$adoctoralThesis 000315655 4900_ $$0PERI:(DE-600)1437131-5$$aDESY-THESIS$$x1435-8085 000315655 500__ $$aPOF ist korrekt, wurde von -L- überprüft, pdf-A lässt sich nicht erstellen 7.12.16 000315655 502__ $$aUniversität Hamburg, Diss., 2016$$bDr.$$cUniversität Hamburg$$d2016 000315655 520__ $$aSeveral experiments have reported anomalies in the neutrino sector which might be explained by the existence of a fourth (sterile) neutrino with a squared mass difference of about 1 eV 2 to the other three active neutrinos. The SOX project is part of the experimental program of the Borexino experiment and seeks for a clarification of the observed anomalies. For that purpose an artificial antineutrino source ( 144 Ce− 144 Pr) and possibly neutrino source ( 51 Cr) will be deployed underneath the large low background detector Borexino. The detector pro- vides both energy and vertex resolution to observe a possible oscillation signature within the detector volume. The calculation of the antineutrino spectrum is based on existing theoreti- cal models and was performed within this thesis. The modeling includes several sub-leading corrections particularly such as finite size of the nucleus, screening of the atomic electrons and radiative effects. Related to this work, dedicated Monte Carlo generators have been de- veloped to simulate the inverse beta decay reaction and the (anti)neutrino elastic scattering off electrons. Based on a profile likelihood analysis, the sensitivity to the sterile neutrino search of the SOX project was evaluated. The results obtained from this analysis confirm that the currently allowed parameter regions for sterile neutrinos can be tested at 95% confi- dence level. Finally, an alternative concept for the sterile neutrino search is presented which is based on a cyclotron and a Beryllium target near Borexino (Borexino+IsoDAR). 000315655 536__ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF3-899$$a899 - ohne Topic (POF3-899)$$cPOF3-899$$fPOF III$$x0 000315655 650_7 $$xDiss. 000315655 693__ $$0EXP:(DE-MLZ)NOSPEC-20140101$$5EXP:(DE-MLZ)NOSPEC-20140101$$eNo specific instrument$$x0 000315655 7001_ $$0P:(DE-H253)PIP1004186$$aHagner, Caren$$b1$$eThesis advisor 000315655 7001_ $$0P:(DE-H253)PIP1004219$$aWonsak, Bjoern Soenke$$b2$$eThesis advisor 000315655 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/315655/files/desy-thesis-16-032.title.pdf$$yOpenAccess 000315655 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/315655/files/pdf-A.pdf$$yOpenAccess 000315655 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/315655/files/desy-thesis-16-032.title.gif?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yOpenAccess 000315655 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/315655/files/desy-thesis-16-032.title.jpg?subformat=icon-180$$xicon-180$$yOpenAccess 000315655 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/315655/files/desy-thesis-16-032.title.jpg?subformat=icon-700$$xicon-700$$yOpenAccess 000315655 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/315655/files/desy-thesis-16-032.title.pdf?subformat=pdfa$$xpdfa$$yOpenAccess 000315655 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/315655/files/pdf-A.gif?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yOpenAccess 000315655 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/315655/files/pdf-A.jpg?subformat=icon-1440$$xicon-1440$$yOpenAccess 000315655 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/315655/files/pdf-A.jpg?subformat=icon-180$$xicon-180$$yOpenAccess 000315655 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/315655/files/pdf-A.jpg?subformat=icon-640$$xicon-640$$yOpenAccess 000315655 909CO $$ooai:bib-pubdb1.desy.de:315655$$pdnbdelivery$$pdriver$$pVDB$$popen_access$$popenaire 000315655 9101_ $$0I:(DE-HGF)0$$6P:(DE-H253)PIP1011853$$aExternes Institut$$b0$$kExtern 000315655 9101_ $$0I:(DE-HGF)0$$6P:(DE-H253)PIP1004186$$aExternes Institut$$b1$$kExtern 000315655 9101_ $$0I:(DE-HGF)0$$6P:(DE-H253)PIP1004219$$aExternes Institut$$b2$$kExtern 000315655 9131_ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF3-899$$1G:(DE-HGF)POF3-890$$2G:(DE-HGF)POF3-800$$3G:(DE-HGF)POF3$$4G:(DE-HGF)POF$$aDE-HGF$$bProgrammungebundene Forschung$$lohne Programm$$vohne Topic$$x0 000315655 9141_ $$y2016 000315655 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0510$$2StatID$$aOpenAccess 000315655 920__ $$lyes 000315655 9201_ $$0I:(DE-H253)UNI_EXP-20120731$$kUNI/EXP$$lUni Hamburg / Experimentalphysik$$x0 000315655 980__ $$aphd 000315655 980__ $$aVDB 000315655 980__ $$areport 000315655 980__ $$aI:(DE-H253)UNI_EXP-20120731 000315655 980__ $$aUNRESTRICTED 000315655 9801_ $$aFullTexts