Workshop on Future Low-Energy Neutrino Experiments
Bryant Conference Center
University of Alabama





April 30, 9 AM - 5 PM



Registration (9:00 AM - 9:50 AM)
Welcome (9:50 AM - 10 AM) Jerry Busenitz
Session 1 Motivation and context (10 AM - 12 PM) Moderator: Maury Goodman
1. Parameter degeneracy and reactor neutrino experiments. (pdf) Osamu Yasuda, Tokyo Metropolitan University 45'
2. General goals of a reactor neutrino experiment. (pdf) Mike Shaevitz, Columbia University 45'
Lunch (12-1:30 PM)
Session 2 Proposals and ideas for a reactor experiment to measure Ue3-I (1:30 - 5 PM) Moderator: Andreas Piepke
1. Precision (sin(2*theta13))**2 measurement using Japanese reactors. (pdf) Fumihiko Suekane, Tohoku University 60'
2. One-reactor two-detector experiment to search for Ue3 at Krasnoyarsk. (ppt) Valery Sinev for Lev Mikaelyan, Kurchatov Institute 40'
Coffee break (20 minutes)
3. The Krasnoyarsk neutrino underground site. (ppt) Valery Sinev for Vladimir Martemiyanov, Kurchatov Institute 30'
4. Nuclear cities initiative. (ppt) Maury Goodman, Argonne 10'
5. Reactor neutrino measurement of theta13. (pdf) Karsten Heeger, LBL 30'




May 1, 9 AM - 5:00 PM



Session 3 Proposals and ideas for a reactor experiment to measure Ue3-II (9 AM - 12 PM) Moderator: Jerry Busenitz
1. Report from the European working group on a new reactor neutrino experiment. (ppt,Text report) Thierry Lasserre, Saclay and Max Planck Institut 30'
2. Investigation of some European sites for a new reactor experiment. (ppt) Thierry Lasserre, Saclay and Max Planck Institut 30'
Coffee break (20 minutes)
3. Possibilities for finding a site in the US for the next-generation reactor neutrino experiment. (ppt) Jonathan Link, Columbia University 30'
4. Comments on underground siting for reactor-based experiments and issues for discussion and future consideration. (pdf) Dave Reyna for Chris Laughton, Fermilab 30'
5. Other sites from around the world. (ppt) David Reyna, Argonne 10'
Lunch (12-1:30 PM)
Session 4 Systematics, experiment optimization, and detector costs. (1:30 PM - 5:00 PM) Moderator: Yuri Kamyshkov
1. Baseline optimization studies. (ppt) David Reyna, Argonne 30'
2. Detector costs and scaling. (ppt) Maury Goodman, Argonne 30'
3. Ideas for targeting the dominant systematic in reactor neutrino experiments. (ppt) Jonathan Link, Columbia University 30'
Coffee break (20 minutes)
4. Systematics (preliminary considerations). (ppt) Non-equilibrium antineutrino spectrum from a nuclear reactor. (ppt) Valery Sinev, Kurchatov Institute 30'
5. Experience with Gd-loaded scintillator in the Palo Verde experiment. (pdf) Andreas Piepke, University of Alabama. 20'




May 2, 9 AM - 1 PM



Session 5 Workshop conclusion and plans for future work. (9 AM - 1 PM)
Panel Discussion: Where do we go from here toward mounting a reactor neutrino experiment to measure Ue3? Summary notes Panel members:
Jerry Busenitz (moderator),
Thierry Lasserre,
Valery Sinev,
Mike Shaevitz,
Fumihiko Suekane
Coffee break (20 minutes)
2. Organization and planning to write a white paper on a reactor neutrino experiment to measure Ue3. (Prepared presentation,Summary notes on interested groups, white paper writing schedule, and future workshops) Moderated by Maury Goodman 60'
Workshop adjourns at 1 PM