Name: Observation of the electron anti-neutrino disappearance at Daya Bay
Start: 2012-03-20T15:00:00+01:00
End: 2012-03-20T16:00:00+01:00
Location: CERN

Description

After 8 years of planning and construction, the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment started physics data taking on Dec. 24, 2011. Over 55 days of data taking, first physics results are obtained. The disappearance of electron anti-neutrinos from reactors at a baseline of 1.7 km is observed, consistent with the expectation of the neutrino oscillation. The measured oscillation amplitude is sin^2 2theta_13 = 0.092 +- 0.016(stat) +- 0.005(syst), 5.2 sigma statistically significant from zero.

Organized by

Philippe BLOCH/PH............................................ Tea and Coffee will be served at 14h30

Webcast

There is a live webcast for this event

Observation of the electron anti-neutrino disappearance at Daya Bay

by Prof. Yifang Wang (Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Chinese Academy of Sciences,)

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

CERN