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| Article number | 091801 |
|---|---|
| <mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 1/03/2023 |
| <mark>Journal</mark> | Physical review letters |
| Issue number | 9 |
| Volume | 130 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Publication Status | Published |
| <mark>Original language</mark> | English |
The SNO+ Collaboration reports the first evidence of reactor antineutrinos in a Cherenkov detector. The nearest nuclear reactors are located 240 km away in Ontario, Canada. This analysis uses events with energies lower than in any previous analysis with a large water Cherenkov detector. Two analytical methods are used to distinguish reactor antineutrinos from background events in 190 days of data and yield consistent evidence for antineutrinos with a combined significance of 3.5σ.