Baryons 2025 - International Conference on the Structure of Baryons

Status report of the RENE experiment

11 Nov 2025, 16:30

20m

2F Room 202A (ICC Jeju)

Invited Talk 8. New facilities and instrumentation Parallel Session D

Speaker

Dong Ho Moon (Chonnam National University (KR))

Description

The Reactor Experiment for Neutrinos and Exotics (RENE) is designed to investigate sterile neutrinos in the region of Δm² ~ 2 eV².
The prototype detector consists of a cylindrical target filled with 0.5 tons of gadolinium-loaded liquid scintillator (Gd-LS), surrounded by a box-shaped gamma catcher containing 1.5 tons of liquid scintillator (LS), and equipped with two 20-inch PMTs.
The baseline distance from the reactor core is approximately 24 meters.
The experiment is currently in the commissioning phase, with the prototype detector installed on the ground level to prepare for the first data-taking run at the tendon gallery of the Hanbit Nuclear Power Plant.
This presentation will report on the current status of preparations for the RENE experiment.

Presentation materials

Baryons2025_dhmoon_final_v1.pdf