Low Energy Neutrino Physics at the Kuo-Sheng Reactor Neutrino Laboratory in Taiwan
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A laboratory has been constructed by the TEXONO Collaboration at the Kuo-Sheng Reactor Power Plant in Taiwan to study low energy neutrino physics. The facilities of the laboratory are described. A limit on the neutrino magnetic moment of μν̄e < 1.3× 10 −10 μB at 90% confidence level has been achieved from measurements with a high-purity germanium detector. Other physics topics, as well as the various R&D program, are surveyed.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008