Reactor Neutrino Experiments: Present and Future
Abstract
Reactor neutrinos have been an important tool for both discovery and precision measurement in the history of neutrino studies. Since the first generation of reactor neutrino experiments in the 1950s, the detector technology has been greatly advanced. New ideas, new knowledge, and modern software also enhanced the power of the experiments. The current reactor neutrino experiments, Daya Bay, Double Chooz, and RENO have led neutrino physics into the precision era. In this article, we will review these developments and accumulations, address the key issues in designing a state-of-art reactor neutrino experiment, and explain how the challenging requirements of determining the neutrino mass hierarchy with the next generation experiment JUNO could be realized in the near future.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1803.10162,
title = {Reactor Neutrino Experiments: Present and Future},
author = {Liang-Jian Wen and Jun Cao and Yi-Fang Wang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.10162},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
37 pages, 7 figures. This is the original version, and the final version was published in Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science, Vol.67:183-211. According to the copyright agreement, the e-print URL of the final article is posted: http://www.annualreviews.org/eprint/NAcP3pbUGgA3Utpmuhuz/full/10.1146/annurev-nucl-101916-123318