Speaker
Dr
Matthieu Vivier
(CEA-Saclay)
Description
The Double Chooz reactor antineutrino experiment aims for a precision measurement of the neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{13}$, by measuring an energy-dependent deficit in the detected antineutrino spectrum. Double Chooz is located at the Chooz nuclear power plant in France, and currently operates with a single far detector filled with gadolinium-loaded liquid scintillator at a baseline of 1.05\,km. A second near identical detector is currently finished being assembled, and will start its commissioning phase.
In this talk, I will give an overview of the current status of the experiment. The physics motivations and the working principle of the detectors will be briefly reviewed. The different measurements of $\theta_{13}$ conducted so far by the collaboration, each sensitive to different systematics and giving consistent results, will be presented, with a special emphasis on the latest $\theta_{13}$ oscillation results. Finally, a brief status of the near detector on-site integration will be presented.
| WG1: Neutrino Oscillation Physics (Yes/No) | Yes |
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| WG2: Neutrino Scattering Physics (Yes/No) | No |
| WG3: Accelerator Physics (Yes/No) | No |
| WG4: Muon Physics (Yes/No) | No |
| Type of presentation | Oral presentation |
Author
Dr
Matthieu Vivier
(CEA-Saclay)
