Status of KASKA: The Japanese Reactor $\sin^22\theta_{13}$ Project

TL;DR

This paper discusses the current status of the KASKA project, a proposed experiment to precisely measure the neutrino mixing angle $ heta_{13}$ using Japan's powerful reactor complex.

Contribution

It provides an update on the conceptual design and progress of the KASKA experiment aimed at measuring $ heta_{13}$ with high precision.

Findings

Progress in conceptual design of KASKA

Negotiations with electric power companies ongoing

KASKA aims for precise $ heta_{13}$ measurement

Abstract

Last year, in the NOON03 conference, we pointed out the importance of reactor $\sin^22\theta_{13}$ measurement and showed a realistic experimental idea to measure $\sin^22\theta_{13}$ precisely using world's most powerful reactor complex. Since then, the conceptual design of the experiment and negotiations with electric power company, have been progressing. In this proceedings for the NOON04 conference, the present status of the proposed experiment, now called KASKA, is described.