Precision Measurements of Neutrino Oscillation Parameters with Reactor Neutrinos |
Neutrino mass and mixing are amongst the major discoveries of recent years. The discoveries at Super-Kamiokande, SNO, and KamLAND have provided unambiguous evidence for neutrino mass and demand that we make the first significant revision of the Standard Model. From the discovery of the free antineutrino to the first observation of antineutrino disappearance, reactor neutrino experiments have played an important role in the study of neutrino properties. Recent measurements with KamLAND now demonstrate unambiguously the oscillation of reactor antineutrinos and provide the most precise measurement of their mass splitting. Next-generation reactor experiments aim to search for the yet unknown neutrino mixing angle θ13 with unprecedented precision and may open the path towards the measurement of leptonic CP violation. I will discuss recent results of the KamLAND experiment and describe the prospects for the measurement of θ13 at Daya Bay. |
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