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Using Reactors to Measure $\theta_{13}$

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2017-08-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

A next-generation neutrino oscillation experiment using reactor neutrinos could give important information on the size of mixing angle θ13\theta_{13}. The motivation and goals for a new reactor measurement are discussed in the context of other measurements using off-axis accelerator neutrino beams. The reactor measurements give a clean measure of the mixing angle without ambiguities associated with the size of the other mixing angles, matter effects, and effects due to CP violation. The key question is whether a next-generation experiment can reach the needed sensitivity goals to make a measurement for sin22θ13\sin^{2}2\theta_{13} at the 0.01 level. The limiting factors associated with a reactor disappearance measurement are described with some ideas of how sensitivities can be improved. Examples of possible experimental setups are presented and compared with respect to cost and sensitivity.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0306031,
  title  = {Using Reactors to Measure $\theta_{13}$},
  author = {M. H. Shaevitz and J. M. Link},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0306031},
  year   = {2017}
}