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Detection of Antineutrinos for Reactor Monitoring

  • Kim, Yeongduk (Center for Underground Physics, Institute of Basic Science)
  • Received : 2016.02.10
  • Accepted : 2016.02.11
  • Published : 2016.04.25
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Abstract

Reactor neutrinos have been detected in the past 50 years by various detectors for different purposes. Beginning in the 1980s, neutrino physicists have tried to use neutrinos to monitor reactors and develop an optimized detector for nuclear safeguards. Recently, motivated by neutrino oscillation physics, the technology and scale of reactor neutrino detection have progressed considerably. In this review, I will give an overview of the detection technology for reactor neutrinos, and describe the issues related to further improvements in optimized detectors for reactor monitoring.

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