Proposed antimatter detector in Boulby

[alanw]

Posting here, in the absence of a "Science" Special Interest Forum

Using antimatter to detect nuclear radiation

Discerning whether a nuclear reactor is being used to also create material for nuclear weapons is difficult, but capturing and analyzing antimatter particles has shown promise for monitoring what specific nuclear reactor operations are occurring, even from hundreds of miles away. Researchers...

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Discerning whether a nuclear reactor is being used to also create material for nuclear weapons is difficult, but capturing and analyzing antimatter particles has shown promise for monitoring what specific nuclear reactor operations are occurring, even from hundreds of miles away. Researchers have developed a detector that exploits Cherenkov radiation, sensing antineutrinos and characterizing their energy profiles from miles away as a way of monitoring activity at nuclear reactors. They proposed to assemble their device in northeast England and detect antineutrinos from reactors from all over the U.K. as well as in northern France.

 

[Martin Laverty]

On my reading of the actual article, the authors simulated a detector in the Boulby Mine and concluded that their modelled detector would not detect any of the UK's reactors (most of which would be decommissioning by the time a real detector could be built), let alone any further away, so there is no proposal to actually build anything. But there is scope for further modelling of different detectors...

I was stuck by this 'non-U' list of authors for one of the references: F. An, G. An, Q. An, V. Antonelli, E. Baussan, J. Beacom, L. Bezrukov, S. Blyth, R. Brugnera, M. B. Avanzini, J. Busto, A. Cabrera, H. Cai, X. Cai, A. Cammi, G. Cao, J. Cao, Y. Chang, S. Chen, S. Chen, Y. Chen, D. Chiesa, M. Clemenza, B. Clerbaux, J. Conrad, D. D’Angelo, H. D. Kerret, Z. Deng, Z. Deng, Y. Ding, Z. Djurcic, D. Dornic, M. Dracos, O. Drapier, S. Dusini, S. Dye, T. Enqvist, D. Fan, J. Fang, L. Favart, R. Ford, M. Göger-Neff, H. Gan, A. Garfagnini, M. Giammarchi, M. Gonchar, G. Gong, H. Gong, M. Gonin, M. Grassi, C. Grewing, M. Guan, V. Guarino, G. Guo, W. Guo, X.-H. Guo, C. Hagner, R. Han, M. He, Y. Heng, Y. Hsiung, J. Hu, S. Hu, T. Hu, H. Huang, X. Huang, L. Huo, A. Ioannisian, M. Jeitler, X. Ji, X. Jiang, C. Jollet, L. Kang, M. Karagounis, N. Kazarian, Z. Krumshteyn, A. Kruth, P. Kuusiniemi, T. Lachenmaier, R. Leitner, C. Li, J. Li, W. Li, W. Li, X. Li, X. Li, Y. Li, Y. Li, Z.-B. Li, H. Liang, G.-L. Lin, T. Lin, Y.-H. Lin, J. Ling, I. Lippi, D. Liu, H. Liu, H. Liu, J. Liu, J. Liu, J. Liu, Q. Liu, S. Liu, S. Liu, P. Lombardi, Y. Long, H. Lu, J. Lu, J. Lu, J. Lu, B. Lubsandorzhiev, L. Ludhova, S. Luo, V. Lyashuk, R. Möllenberg, X. Ma, F. Mantovani, Y. Mao, S. M. Mari, W. F. McDonough, G. Meng, A. Meregaglia, E. Meroni, M. Mezzetto, L. Miramonti, T. Mueller, D. Naumov, L. Oberauer, J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux, A. Olshevskiy, F. Ortica, A. Paoloni, H. Peng, J.-C. Peng, E. Previtali, M. Qi, S. Qian, X. Qian, Y. Qian, Z. Qin, G. Raffelt, G. Ranucci, B. Ricci, M. Robens, A. Romani, X. Ruan, X. Ruan, G. Salamanna, M. Shaevitz, V. Sinev, C. Sirignano, M. Sisti, O. Smirnov, M. Soiron, A. Stahl, L. Stanco, J. Steinmann, X. Sun, Y. Sun, D. Taichenachev, J. Tang, I. Tkachev, W. Trzaska, S. v. Waasen, C. Volpe, V. Vorobel, L. Votano, C.-H. Wang, G. Wang, H. Wang, M. Wang, R. Wang, S. Wang, W. Wang, Y. Wang, Y. Wang, Y. Wang, Z. Wang, Z. Wang, Z. Wang, Z. Wang, W. Wei, L. Wen, C. Wiebusch, B. Wonsak, Q. Wu, C.-E. Wulz, M. Wurm, Y. Xi, D. Xia, Y. Xie, Z. zhong Xing, J. Xu, B. Yan, C. Yang, C. Yang, G. Yang, L. Yang, Y. Yang, Y. Yao, U. Yegin, F. Yermia, Z. You, B. Yu, C. Yu, Z. Yu, S. Zavatarelli, L. Zhan, C. Zhang, H.-H. Zhang, J. Zhang, J. Zhang, Q. Zhang, Y.-M. Zhang, Z. Zhang, Z. Zhao, Y. Zheng, W. Zhong, G. Zhou, J. Zhou, L. Zhou, R. Zhou, S. Zhou, W. Zhou, X. Zhou, Y. Zhou, Y. Zhou, and J. Zou

 

[BertyBasset]

Looks like a bit citation farming going on?

 

[CJ]

On my reading of the actual article, the authors simulated a detector in the Boulby Mine and concluded that their modelled detector would not detect any of the UK's reactors (most of which would be decommissioning by the time a real detector could be built), let alone any further away, so there is no proposal to actually build anything. But there is scope for further modelling of different detectors...

I was stuck by this 'non-U' list of authors for one of the references: F. An, G. An, Q. An, V. Antonelli, E. Baussan, J. Beacom, L. Bezrukov, S. Blyth, R. Brugnera, M. B. Avanzini, J. Busto, A. Cabrera, H. Cai, X. Cai, A. Cammi, G. Cao, J. Cao, Y. Chang, S. Chen, S. Chen, Y. Chen, D. Chiesa, M. Clemenza, B. Clerbaux, J. Conrad, D. D’Angelo, H. D. Kerret, Z. Deng, Z. Deng, Y. Ding, Z. Djurcic, D. Dornic, M. Dracos, O. Drapier, S. Dusini, S. Dye, T. Enqvist, D. Fan, J. Fang, L. Favart, R. Ford, M. Göger-Neff, H. Gan, A. Garfagnini, M. Giammarchi, M. Gonchar, G. Gong, H. Gong, M. Gonin, M. Grassi, C. Grewing, M. Guan, V. Guarino, G. Guo, W. Guo, X.-H. Guo, C. Hagner, R. Han, M. He, Y. Heng, Y. Hsiung, J. Hu, S. Hu, T. Hu, H. Huang, X. Huang, L. Huo, A. Ioannisian, M. Jeitler, X. Ji, X. Jiang, C. Jollet, L. Kang, M. Karagounis, N. Kazarian, Z. Krumshteyn, A. Kruth, P. Kuusiniemi, T. Lachenmaier, R. Leitner, C. Li, J. Li, W. Li, W. Li, X. Li, X. Li, Y. Li, Y. Li, Z.-B. Li, H. Liang, G.-L. Lin, T. Lin, Y.-H. Lin, J. Ling, I. Lippi, D. Liu, H. Liu, H. Liu, J. Liu, J. Liu, J. Liu, Q. Liu, S. Liu, S. Liu, P. Lombardi, Y. Long, H. Lu, J. Lu, J. Lu, J. Lu, B. Lubsandorzhiev, L. Ludhova, S. Luo, V. Lyashuk, R. Möllenberg, X. Ma, F. Mantovani, Y. Mao, S. M. Mari, W. F. McDonough, G. Meng, A. Meregaglia, E. Meroni, M. Mezzetto, L. Miramonti, T. Mueller, D. Naumov, L. Oberauer, J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux, A. Olshevskiy, F. Ortica, A. Paoloni, H. Peng, J.-C. Peng, E. Previtali, M. Qi, S. Qian, X. Qian, Y. Qian, Z. Qin, G. Raffelt, G. Ranucci, B. Ricci, M. Robens, A. Romani, X. Ruan, X. Ruan, G. Salamanna, M. Shaevitz, V. Sinev, C. Sirignano, M. Sisti, O. Smirnov, M. Soiron, A. Stahl, L. Stanco, J. Steinmann, X. Sun, Y. Sun, D. Taichenachev, J. Tang, I. Tkachev, W. Trzaska, S. v. Waasen, C. Volpe, V. Vorobel, L. Votano, C.-H. Wang, G. Wang, H. Wang, M. Wang, R. Wang, S. Wang, W. Wang, Y. Wang, Y. Wang, Y. Wang, Z. Wang, Z. Wang, Z. Wang, Z. Wang, W. Wei, L. Wen, C. Wiebusch, B. Wonsak, Q. Wu, C.-E. Wulz, M. Wurm, Y. Xi, D. Xia, Y. Xie, Z. zhong Xing, J. Xu, B. Yan, C. Yang, C. Yang, G. Yang, L. Yang, Y. Yang, Y. Yao, U. Yegin, F. Yermia, Z. You, B. Yu, C. Yu, Z. Yu, S. Zavatarelli, L. Zhan, C. Zhang, H.-H. Zhang, J. Zhang, J. Zhang, Q. Zhang, Y.-M. Zhang, Z. Zhang, Z. Zhao, Y. Zheng, W. Zhong, G. Zhou, J. Zhou, L. Zhou, R. Zhou, S. Zhou, W. Zhou, X. Zhou, Y. Zhou, Y. Zhou, and J. Zou

The “et al.” is doing a lot of heavy lifting

 

[BertyBasset]

Et al, Brute? as Shakespeare may not have written.

 

[neutronix]

The “et al.” is doing a lot of heavy lifting

In quality journals the contribution of each author has to be stated, whether this will have any effect on high-energy physics papers, who knows. Guess that still wouldn't have prevented the head of department robber barons of science of the 60s-90s that freeloaded on everything published by their students, ex-students until the 4th generation of ex-students (Exodus 34:7, perhaps).

 

[Alex]

It looks like a list of words I get when I try to play countdown

 

[BertyBasset]

This is class - even if Bethe had nothing to do with it.

 

[legendrider]

We recently succeeded in detecting a new, sub-class of particle in Rampgill, which we have named the Moron.

The Moron consists of two or fewer Neurons, and travels slowly through lithic interstices, often in pairs or small clusters.

Whilst the Moron has not been directly observed, its existence is inferred from the trail of havoc it leaves in its wake, and by its interactions with iron and iron alloys in the presence of gravity.

It is likely that the Moron will self-annihilate, as its half-life is postulated to be lower than that of its parent particle, the Human.