Measurement of theta{sub 13} with reactor neutrinos
Recent experimental results have provided unambiguous evidence that neutrinos have a small but finite mass and mix from one type into another. The phenomenon of neutrino mixing is characterized by the coupling between the neutrino flavor (nu{sub e,mu,tau}) and mass eigenstates (nu{sub 1,2,3}) and the associated mixing angles. Previous neutrino oscillation experiments have determined two of the three mixing angles in the neutrino mixing matrix, U{sub MNSP}. Using multiple neutrino detectors placed at different distances from a nuclear power plant, a future reactor neutrino experiment has the potential to discover and measure the coupling of the electron neutrino flavor to the third mass eigenstate, U{sub e3}, the last undetermined element of the neutrino mixing matrix.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Director, Office of Science. Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 827101
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-55935; R&D Project: 366256; TRN: US0403109
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: TAUP 2003 - Workshop on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, Seattle, WA (US), 09/05/2003--09/09/2003; Other Information: PBD: 13 Jul 2004
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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