13: phenomenology, present status and prospect

Mauro Mezzetto (1) , Thomas Schwetz (2)

1 Instituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare
2 MPIK - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics

The leptonic mixing angle θ 13 is currently a high-priority topic in the field of neutrino physics, with five experiments under way, searching for neutrino oscillations induced by this angle. We review the phenomenology of θ 13 and discuss the information from present global oscillation data. A description of the upcoming reactor and accelerator experiments searching for a non-zero value of θ 13 is given, and we evaluate the sensitivity reach within the next few years.

Mots clés: Physical Sciences

Mauro Mezzetto, Thomas Schwetz. 13: phenomenology, present status and prospect. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 2010, 37 (10), pp.103001. ⟨10.1088/0954-3899/37/10/103001⟩. ⟨hal-00600764⟩