2018/01/31 by Xin Qian, Jen-Chieh Peng
Physics and Astronomy · #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Measurements of neutrino speed #Neutrino #Neutrino Physics Research #Neutrino oscillation #Physics beyond the Standard Model #Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques #Solar neutrino problem #Sterile neutrino #hep-ex #hep-ph #nucl-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1361-6633/aae881
published as Rep. Prog. Phys. 82 036201 (2019) · 39 pages, 24 figures, 6 tables, review prepared for 'Reports on Progress in Physics', matched to final accepted version
openalex created_date 2018/01/26 · arxiv created 2018/10/11 · openalex publication_date 2018/10/15 · arxiv updated 2019/02/26 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Neutrinos produced by nuclear reactors have played a major role in advancing our knowledge of the properties of neutrinos. The first direct detection of the neutrino, confirming its existence, was performed using reactor neutrinos. More recent experiments utilizing reactor neutrinos have also found clear evidence for neutrino oscillation, providing unique input for the determination of neutrino mass and mixing. Ongoing and future reactor neutrino experiments will explore other important issues, including the neutrino mass hierarchy and the search for sterile neutrinos and other new physics beyond the standard model. In this article, we review the recent progress in physics using reactor neutrinos and the opportunities they offer for future discoveries.