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Title: Neutrino oscillation studies with reactors

Abstract

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.

Authors:
 [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)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
OSTI Identifier:
1177002
Report Number(s):
BNL-107666-2015-JA; BNL-107666-2015-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723; R&D Project: PO-022; KA2201020; TRN: US1600715
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC00112704; NSF-1205977
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

Citation Formats

Vogel, P., Wen, L.J., and Zhang, C. Neutrino oscillation studies with reactors. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1038/ncomms7935.
Vogel, P., Wen, L.J., & Zhang, C. Neutrino oscillation studies with reactors. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7935
Vogel, P., Wen, L.J., and Zhang, C. Mon . "Neutrino oscillation studies with reactors". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7935. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1177002.
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abstractNote = {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.},
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year = {Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
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