Reactor Experiment for Neutrino Oscillation (RENO)
by
Seon-Hee Seo(SU Fysikum)
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Europe/Stockholm
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Description
Since the first postulation of the existence of neutrinos in 1930,
we have known nearly all properties of neutrinos as well as their
existence. In the standard model of particle physics, neutrinos
have three flavors (electron, muon and tau neutrinos) but with
very tiny masses which make them to oscillate from one flavor
to another. Most of the neutrino oscillation parameters are relatively
well measured except the last unknown mixing angle, theta_13,
which therefore becomes one of the hottest topics in neutrino
communities.
RENO aims to measure sin2(2*theta_13) > 0.02 for the three years
of data from anti-electron neutrinos produced in the world 2nd
largest nuclear power reactors in Yonggwang, South Korea.
RENO has nearly finished its construction and expected to take
data from April, 2011. In this talk I would like to introduce this
exciting experiment RENO and its status.