Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, United States of America.
Rep Prog Phys. 2019 Mar;82(3):036201. doi: 10.1088/1361-6633/aae881. Epub 2018 Oct 15.
Neutrinos produced by nuclear reactors have played a major role in advancing our knowledge of the properties of neutrinos. The first direct detection of the neutrino, confirming its existence, was performed using reactor neutrinos. More recent experiments utilizing reactor neutrinos have also found clear evidence for neutrino oscillation, providing unique input for the determination of neutrino mass and mixing. Ongoing and future reactor neutrino experiments will explore other important issues, including the neutrino mass hierarchy and the search for sterile neutrinos and other new physics beyond the standard model. In this article, we review the recent progress in physics using reactor neutrinos and the opportunities they offer for future discoveries.
反应堆中产生的中微子在增进我们对中微子性质的认识方面发挥了重要作用。首次利用反应堆中微子直接探测到中微子，证实了其存在。利用反应堆中微子进行的最近实验也为中微子振荡提供了明确证据，为确定中微子质量和混合提供了独特的信息。正在进行和未来的反应堆中微子实验将探索其他重要问题，包括中微子质量顺序和寻找惰性中微子以及标准模型之外的其他新物理。本文综述了利用反应堆中微子进行的物理研究的最新进展及其为未来发现提供的机会。
