List of neutrino experiments

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List of neutrino experiments, neutrino detectors and neutrino telescopes.

[edit] General data

General data
Abbreviation	Experiment	Place	Home page	Collaborators	Scheduled operation
ANTARES	Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss Environmental RESearch	Mediterranean Sea, France	[1]		2006–
BOREXINO	BORon EXperiment	Gran Sasso, Italy	[2] [3]	LNGS, INFN et al.	May 2007–
CLEAN	Cryogenic Low-Energy Astrophysics with Neon		([4], PDF)	LANL	future
Daya Bay	Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment	Daya Bay, China	[5]		2009–
Double Chooz	Double Chooz Reactor Neutrino Experiment	Chooz, Ardennes, France	[6]		2008–
EXO					future
GALLEX	GALLium EXperiment	Gran Sasso, Italy	[7]	LNGS, INFN	1991–1997
GNO	Gallium Neutrino Observatory	Gran Sasso, Italy	[8]	LNGS, INFN	May 1998–Jan 2002
HERON	Helium Roton Observation of Neutrinos		[9]	LBNL	future
HOMESTAKE–CHLORINE	Homestake chlorine experiment	Homestake mine, South Dakota, USA	[10]	BNL	1967–1998
HOMESTAKE–IODINE	Homestake iodine experiment	Homestake mine, South Dakota, USA	[11]	BNL	future
ICARUS	Imaging Cosmic And Rare Underground Signal	Gran Sasso, Italy	[12]	CERN et al.
IceCube	IceCube Neutrino Detector	South Pole, Antarctica	[13]		2006–
Kamiokande	Kamioka Nucleon Decay Experiment	Kamioka, Japan	[14]		1986–1995
KamLAND	Kamioka Liquid Scintillator Antineutrino Detector	Kamioka, Japan	[15]		2002-
KM3NeT	KM3 Neutrino Telescope	Mediterranean, ?	[16]		2009–
LENS	Low Energy Neutrino Spectroscopy		[17] [18]	VT, ORNL, UNC, BNL, INR
Majorana	Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay in ⁷⁶Ge to measure neutrino mass	Homestake, SD, USA	[19]	Duke, LANL, LBNL, LLNL, ORNL, PNNL, TUNL, NC State, Osaka U, Queen's U, U Alberta, U Chicago, UNC, USC, USD, UT, UW, ITEP, JINR	future (~2010)
MOON	Molybdenum Observatory Of Neutrinos	Washington, USA	[20]
MiniBooNE	Mini Booster Neutrino Experiment	Illinois,USA	[21]	Fermilab	2002–
NEMO TELESCOPE	NEutrino Mediterranean Observatory	Mediterranean Sea, Italy	[22]		2007–
NOνA	NuMI Off-Axis ν_e Appearance	Illinois and Minnesota,USA	[23]	Fermilab and the University of Minnesota	2011–
SAGE	Soviet–American Gallium Experiment	Baksan valley, Russia	[24]		1990–2006
SNO	Sudbury Neutrino Observatory	Creighton Mine, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada	[25]	SNOLAB, LBNL	1999–2006
SNO+	SNO with liquid scintillator	Creighton Mine, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada	[26]	Queen's University, SNOLAB, et al.	2009–
SK	Super-Kamiokande	Kamioka, Gifu, Japan	[27] [28]		1996–
UNO	Underground Nucleon decay and neutrino Observatory	Henderson mine, Colorado	[29]	NUSL	future

[edit] Technical data

Technical data
Abbreviation	Sensitivity (1)	Sensitivity (2)	Induced reaction*	Type of reaction	Detector	Type of detector	threshold energy
BOREXINO	lS	$ν e$	ν_x + e⁻ → ν_x + e⁻	ES	LOS shielded by water	scintillation	250–665 keV
Double Chooz	R	$\bar\nu_e$	$\bar\nu_e$ + p → e⁺ + n	CC	Gd-doped LOS	scintillation	1.8 MeV
CLEAN	lS, SN, WIMP	$ν e$	v_x + e⁻ → v_x + e⁻ v_e + ²⁰Ne → v_e + ²⁰Ne	ES ES	10 t liquid Ne	scintillation	???
GALLEX	lS	$ν e$	v_e+⁷¹Ga → ⁷¹Ge+e⁻	CC	GaCl₃ (30 t Ga)	radiochemical	233.2 keV
GNO	lS	$ν e$	v_e+⁷¹Ga → ⁷¹Ge+e⁻	CC	GaCl₃ (30 t Ga)	radiochemical	233.2 keV
HERON	lS	mainly $ν e$	v_e + e⁻ → v_e + e⁻	NC	superfluid He	rotational excitation	1 MeV
HOMESTAKE–CHLORINE	S	$ν e$	³⁷Cl+v_e → ³⁷Ar+e⁻ ³⁷Ar^ → ³⁷Cl + e⁺ + v_e	CC	C₂Cl₄ (615 t)	radiochemical	814 keV
HOMESTAKE–IODINE	S	$ν e$	v_e + e⁻ → v_e + e⁻ v_e + ¹²⁷I → ¹²⁷Xe + e⁻	ES CC	NaI in water	radiochemical	789 keV
ICARUS	S, ATM, GSN	$ν e$ , $ν μ$ , $ν τ$	v_e + e⁻ → v_e + e⁻	ES	liquid Ar	Cherenkov	5.9 MeV
IceCube	S, ATM, CR, ?	$ν e$ , $ν μ$ , $ν τ$	v_e + e⁻ → v_e + e⁻ etc.	ES	1 km³ H₂O (ice)	ice Cherenkov	~10 MeV
Kamiokande	S, ATM	$ν e$	v_e + e⁻ → v_e + e⁻	ES	H₂O	Cherenkov	7.5 MeV
LENS	lS	$ν e$	v_e + ¹¹⁵In → ¹¹⁵Sn+e⁻+2γ	CC	LOS doped by In	scintillation	120 keV
MiniBooNE	AC	$ν e$ , $ν μ$	v_e+¹²C → e⁻ + X	CC	mineral oil (1 kton)	Cherenkov	~100 MeV
MOON	lS, lSN	$ν e$	v_e+¹⁰⁰Mo → ¹⁰⁰Tc+e⁻	CC	¹⁰⁰Mo (1 t) + MoF₆ (gas)	scintillation	168 keV
SAGE	lS	$ν e$	v_e+⁷¹Ga → ⁷¹Ge+e⁻	CC	GaCl₃	radiochemical	233.2 keV
SNO	S, ATM, GSN	$ν e$ , $ν μ$ , $ν τ$	v_e + ²₁D →p⁺+p⁺+e⁻ v_x + ²₁D →v_x+n^o+p⁺ v_e + e⁻ → v_e + e⁻	CC NC ES	1000 t D₂O	heavy water Čerenkov	3.5 MeV
Super Kamiokande	S, ATM, GSN	$ν e$ , $ν μ$ , $ν τ$	v_e + e⁻ → v_e + e⁻ v_e + n^o → e⁻ + p⁺ v_e + p⁺ → e⁺ + n^o	ES CC	H₂O	water Cherenkov
UNO	S, ATM, GSN, RSN	$ν e$ , $ν μ$ , $ν τ$	v_e + e⁻ → v_e + e⁻	ES	440 kt H₂O	water Cherenkov	???