Neutrino Oscillations: the RENO experiment

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Abstract

Neutrinos are the Universe's second most common particles after the photons. The three flavor eigenstates are the mixture of the three mass eigenstates. This mixture of neutrinos can generally be parameterized by the three so-called mixing angles ($\theta_{12}$, $\theta_{23}$, $\theta_{13}$) and a CP phase. A non-zero value for $\theta_{13}$ has opened up a window to eventually be able to measure the above-mentioned CP phase, which provide information about the existing matter-antimatter asymmetry in the Universe. RENO (Reactor Experiment for Neutrino Oscillation) is a South-Korean experiment which studies electron antineutrinos from nuclear power plants to directly determine the value of $\theta_{13}$. In this work, we present an overview of the experiment as well as the results of the statistical analysis using the most updated data.

Authors

  • Karla Tellez Giron Flores

    The University of Texas at El Paso

  • Jesus Escamilla Roa

    Instituto Politecnico Nacional

  • Jorge Lopez

    University of Texas at El Paso, The University of Texas at El Paso, University of Texas El Paso, UTEP Physics Department, University of Texas, El Paso