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Title: Neutrino oscillation studies with reactors

Journal Article · · Nature Communications
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7935· OSTI ID:1177002
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Kellog Radiation Lab.
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Inst. of High Energy Physics (IHEP)
  3. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Nuclear reactors are one of the most intense, pure, controllable, cost-effective and well-understood sources of neutrinos. Reactors have played a major role in the study of neutrino oscillations, a phenomenon that indicates that neutrinos have mass and that neutrino flavours are quantum mechanical mixtures. Over the past several decades, reactors were used in the discovery of neutrinos, were crucial in solving the solar neutrino puzzle, and allowed the determination of the smallest mixing angle θ13. In the near future, reactors will help to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy and to solve the puzzling issue of sterile neutrinos.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC00112704; NSF-1205977
OSTI ID:
1177002
Report Number(s):
BNL-107666-2015-JA; BNL-107666-2015-JAAM; R&D Project: PO-022; KA2201020; TRN: US1600715
Journal Information:
Nature Communications, Vol. 6; ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 38 works
Citation information provided by
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