The San Onofre reactor neutrino experiment: a low energy test of the atmospheric neutrino anomaly.
Abstract
The long-standing solar neutrino deficit and the anomaly in the ratio of electron to muon neutrinos, found for neutrinos generated in the atmosphere, are intriguing hints at the existence of finite neutrino masses and flavor mixing. The authors are preparing a low energy long baseline ν-oscillation experiment, to test the latter phenomenon. A 12 ton segmented, Gd loaded liquid scintillation detector will be installed at 740 m distance from the San Onofre nuclear power station in California, in an underground vault.
- Publication:
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Weak and Electromagnetic Interactions in Nuclei - WEIN 95.
- Pub Date:
- 1995
- Bibcode:
- 1995wein.conf..599P
- Keywords:
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- Detectors: Neutrinos