Review of Reactor Neutrino Oscillation Experiments

TL;DR

This paper reviews the status and potential of reactor neutrino oscillation experiments, focusing on measuring the neutrino mixing angle θ13, and discusses their sensitivities and current experimental efforts.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of current reactor neutrino experiments and analyzes their physics potential for measuring θ13.

Findings

Three main reactor experiments: Double Chooz, Daya Bay, Reno.

Discussion of experimental sensitivities to θ13.

Summary of accelerator experiments searching for neutrino oscillations.

Abstract

In this document we will review the current status of reactor neutrino oscillation experiments and present their physics potentials for measuring the $\theta_{13}$ neutrino mixing angle. The neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{13}$ is currently a high-priority topic in the field of neutrino physics. There are currently three different reactor neutrino experiments, \textsc{Double Chooz}, \textsc{Daya Bay} and \textsc{Reno} and a few accelerator neutrino experiments searching for neutrino oscillations induced by this angle. A description of the reactor experiments searching for a non-zero value of $\theta_{13}$ is given, along with a discussion of the sensitivities that these experiments can reach in the near future.