Orateur
Philip Rubin
(George Mason University)
Description
By determining the disappearance rate of anti-neutrinos emitted from the Daya Bay and Ling Ao nuclear power plants in Southeast China, the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment will achieve a 1% sensitivity to sin(2*theta_13). The current best limit, by Chooz, is 17%. Beginning three years of data taking in 2011, Daya Bay will be the most precise of the new generation of experiments intended to determine the magnitude of theta_13 , the smallest, and as yet the only unmeasured, angle in the PMNS mixing matrix. A non-zero value is necessary for CP-violation in the neutrino sector. We present an overview of the technique to be employed and the status of construction.
Auteur principal
Philip Rubin
(George Mason University)
