Reactor Experiment for Neutrino Oscillation
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RENO is a long baseline neutrino oscillation
experiment in South Korea
. Its goal is to measure or set a limit on θ13, a neutrino oscillation parameter responsible for changing electron neutrino
s into other neutrinos.
Neutrino oscillation
Neutrino oscillation is a quantum mechanical phenomenon predicted by Bruno Pontecorvowhereby a neutrino created with a specific lepton flavor can later be measured to have a different flavor. The probability of measuring a particular flavor for a neutrino varies periodically as it propagates...
experiment in South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
. Its goal is to measure or set a limit on θ13, a neutrino oscillation parameter responsible for changing electron neutrino
Electron neutrino
The electron neutrino is a subatomic lepton elementary particle which has no net electric charge. Together with the electron it forms the first generation of leptons, hence its name electron neutrino...
s into other neutrinos.