List of neutrino experiments

This is a non-exhaustive list of neutrino experiments, neutrino detectors, and neutrino telescopes.

Abbreviation	Full name	Sensitivity[a]	Type	Induced reaction	Type of reaction[b]	Detector	Type of detector	Threshold energy	Location	Operation	Home page
ANNIE	Accelerator Neutrino Neutron Interaction Experiment								SciBooNE Hall, Illinois, United States	future	[1]
ANTARES	Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss Environmental RESearch	ATM, CR, AGN, PUL	ν e, ν μ, ν τ						Mediterranean Sea, France	2006–	[2]
ARIANNA	Antarctic Ross Ice-Shelf ANtenna Neutrino Array	S, CR, AGN, ?	ν e, ν μ, ν τ						Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica	future	[3]
BDUNT (NT-200+)	Baikal Deep Underwater Neutrino Telescope	S, ATM, LS, AGN, PUL	ν e, ν μ, ν τ		CC, NC	Water (H2O)	Cherenkov	≈10 GeV	Lake Baikal, Russia	1993–	[4]
BOREXINO	BORon EXperiment	LS	ν e	ν x + e− → ν x + e−	ES	LOS shielded by water	Scintillation	250–665 keV	Gran Sasso, Italy	May 2007–	[5] [6]
CHANDLER	Carbon Hydrogen AntiNeutrino Detector with a Lithium Enhanced Roghavan-optical-lattice	R	ν e	ν e + p → e+ + n	CC	WLS Plastic Scintillating Cubes and Lithium-6-loaded Zinc Sulfide Sheets	Scintillation	1.8 MeV	North Anna, Virginia, USA	June 2017-	[7]
CLEAN	Cryogenic Low-Energy Astrophysics with Neon	LS, SN, WIMP	ν e	ν x + e− → ν x + e− ν e + 20 Ne → ν e + 20 Ne	ES ES	Liquid Ne (10 t)	Scintillation			future	[8]
COBRA	Cadmium zinc telluride 0-neutrino double-Beta Research Apparatus			64 Zn + e− → 64 Ni + e+ 70 Zn → 70 Ge + e− + e− 106 Cd → 106 Pd + e+ + e+ 108 Cd + e− + e− → 108 Pd 114 Cd → 114 Sn + e− + e− 116 Cd → 116 Sn + e− + e− 120 Te + e− → 120 Sn + e+ 128 Te → 128 Xe + e− + e− 130 Te → 130 Xe + e− + e−	BB	Cadmium zinc telluride			Gran Sasso, Italy	2007–	[9]
COHERENT	COHERENT	AC	ν μ, ν μ, ν e	ν + nucleus → ν + nucleus	NC	CsI[Na], NaI[Tl], HPGe, LAr	Coherent Elastic Neutrino Nucleus Scattering (CEvNS)	few keV nuclear recoil energy	Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Nov 2016-	[10]
Daya Bay	Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment	R	ν e	ν e + p → e+ + n	CC	Gd-doped LAB (LOS)	Scintillation	1.8 MeV	Daya Bay, China	2011–	[11]
Double Chooz	Double Chooz Reactor Neutrino Experiment	R	ν e	ν e + p → e+ + n	CC	Gd-doped LOS	Scintillation	1.8 MeV	Chooz, France	2011–	[12]
DUNE	Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment					Liquid argon	Scintillation		Homestake Mine (South Dakota)	construction start 2017	[13]
EXO-200	Enriched Xenon Observatory			134 Xe → 134 Ba + e− + e− 136 Xe → 136 Ba + e− + e−	BB	Liquid Xenon			WIPP, New Mexico	2009–	[14]
GALLEX	GALLium EXperiment	LS	ν e	ν e + 71 Ga → 71 Ge + e−	CC	GaCl3 (30 t)	Radiochemical	233.2 keV	Gran Sasso, Italy	1991–1997	[15]
GERDA	The GERmanium Detector Array	BB	ν e	76 Ge → 76 As + e− + e−	BB	HPGe	Semiconductor		Gran Sasso, Italy		[16]
GNO	Gallium Neutrino Observatory	LS	ν e	ν e + 71 Ga → 71 Ge + e−	CC	GaCl3 (30 t)	Radiochemical	233.2 keV	Gran Sasso, Italy	May 1998–Apr 2003	[17]
GRAND	Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection	AGN, CR, ?	ν τ	ν τ + N → τ− + X	CC	Electromagnetic waves caused by τ− through extensive air showers in the atmosphere.	Radio	1017 eV	China	Proposed	[18]
HALO	Helium And Lead Observatory	SN	ν e, ν x	ν e + 208 Pb → e− + 209 Bi * ν + 208 Pb → ν + 208 Pb *	CC, NC	Lead (79 t) and 3He	High-Z	≈10 MeV	Creighton Mine, Ontario	2012–	[19]
HERON	Helium Roton Observation of Neutrinos	LS	ν e (mainly)	ν e + e− → ν e + e−	NC	Superfluid He	Rotational excitation	1 MeV		future	[20]
HOMESTAKE–CHLORINE	Homestake chlorine experiment	S	ν e	37 Cl + ν e → 37 Ar * + e− 37 Ar * → 37 Cl + e+ + ν e	CC	C2Cl4 (615 t)	Radiochemical	814 keV	Homestake Mine, South Dakota	1967–1998	[21]
HOMESTAKE–IODINE	Homestake iodine experiment	S	ν e	ν + e− → ν + e− ν e + 127 I → 127 Xe + e−	ES CC	NaI in water	Radiochemical	789 keV	Homestake Mine, South Dakota	future	[22]
Hyper-Kamiokande	Hyper-Kamiokande	S, ATM, SN, AC	ν e, ν μ ν e, ν μ	ν e + e− → ν e + e− ν e + n → e− + p (+π, +X) ν μ + n → μ− + p (+π, +X) ν e + p → e+ + n (+π, +X) ν μ + p → μ+ + n (+π, +X)	ES, CC, (NC)	water	Cherenkov	200 MeV	Tokai and Kamioka, Japan	2027- (under construction)	[23]
ICARUS	Imaging Cosmic And Rare Underground Signal	S, ATM, GSN	ν e, ν μ, ν τ	ν + e− → ν + e−	ES	Liquid Ar	Cherenkov	5.9 MeV	Gran Sasso, Italy	2010–	[24]
IceCube	IceCube Neutrino Detector	ATM, CR, AGN, ?	ν e, ν μ, ν τ	ν + N → ν + Cascade , ν + N → Charged lepton + Cascade	CC, NC	Water ice (1 km3)	Cherenkov	≈10 GeV	South Pole, Antarctica	2006–	[25]
India-based Neutrino Observatory	Iron Calorimeter Detector @ India-based Neutrino Observatory	ATM	ν μ	ν μ+Fe→ μ− +X	CC (dominant), NC	Magnetised iron (50 kton)	RPC active detector elements	≈0.6 GeV	Theni, Tamil Nadu, India	2012– (lab construction); 2018– (detector operation) NOTE: Lots of social movements which would potentially stop this construction.	[26]
JUNO	Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory	R	ν e	ν e + p → e+ + n	CC	LAB (LOS) + PPO + Bis-MSB	Scintillation		Kaiping, China	2014– (construction)	[27]
Kamiokande	Kamioka Nucleon Decay Experiment	S, ATM	ν e	ν + e− → ν + e−	ES	Water (H2O)	Cherenkov	7.5 MeV	Kamioka, Japan	1986–1995	[28]
KamLAND	Kamioka Liquid Scintillator Antineutrino Detector	R	ν e	ν e + p → e+ + n	CC	LOS	Scintillation	1.8 MeV	Kamioka, Japan	2002–	[29]
KM3NeT	KM3 Neutrino Telescope	S, ATM, CR, SN, AGN, PUL	ν μ, ν e, ν τ			Sea water (≈5 km3)	Cherenkov		Mediterranean Sea	2014–	[30]
LAGUNA	Large Apparatus studying Grand Unification and Neutrino Astrophysics									future	[31]
LENS	Low Energy Neutrino Spectroscopy	LS	ν e	ν e + 115 In → 115 Sn + ν e + 2 γ	CC	In-doped LOS	Scintillation	120 keV			[32] [33]
Majorana Demonstrator	The Majorana Demonstrator	BB	ν e	76 Ge → 76 As + e− + e−	BB	HPGe	Semiconductor	2039 keV	Homestake Mine, South Dakota	construction start 2012	[34]
MicroBooNE		AC, SN	ν e, ν μ		ES, NC, CC	Liquid Argon	TPC	few MeV	Illinois, United States	2014-	[35]
MINERvA	Main Injector ExpeRiment for v-A	AC	ν μ	many	CC, NC	Solid scintillator, targets of Liquid helium, Carbon, Water, Iron, Lead	Scintillation	≈0.5 GeV	Illinois, United States	2009–	[36]
MiniBooNE	Mini Booster Neutrino Experiment	AC	ν e, ν μ	ν e + 12 C → e− + X	CC	Mineral oil (1000 t)	Cherenkov	≈100 keV	Illinois, United States	2002–	[37]
MINOS	Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search	AC, ATM	ν e, ν μ	ν μ+nucleus → μ− +X	CC, NC	Solid scintillator	Scintillation	≈0.5 GeV	Illinois and Minnesota, United States	2005–2012	[38]
MINOS+	Upgraded electronics for MINOS	AC, ATM	ν e, ν μ,	ν μ+nucleus → μ− +X	CC, NC	Solid scintillator	Scintillation	≈0.5 GeV	Illinois and Minnesota, United States	2013–	[39]
NEMO-3	Neutrino Ettore Majorana Observatory	BB	ν e	100 Mo → 100 Ru + 2 e− 100 Se → 100 Kr + 2 e−	BB	Tracker + calorimeter	He+Ar wire chamber, plastic scintillators	150 keV	Modane Underground Laboratory, Fréjus Road Tunnel, France	2003–2011	[40]
MOON	Molybdenum Observatory Of Neutrinos	LS, LSN	ν e	ν e + 100 Mo → 100 Tc + e−	CC	100 Mo (1 kt) + MoF6 (gas)	Scintillation	168 keV	Washington, United States		[41]
NEMO Telescope	NEutrino Mediterranean Observatory								Mediterranean Sea, Italy	2007–	[42]
NEVOD	Cherenkov water detector NEVOD	ATM, CR	ν μ	ν μ + n → μ− + p ν μ + p → μ+ + n	CC	Water (H2O)	Cherenkov	≈2 GeV	Moscow, Russia	1993–	[43]
NEXT	Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon Time Projection Chamber	BB		136 Xe → 136 Ba + 2 e−	BB	Gaseous Xenon	Time projection chamber	≈10 keV	Canfranc, Spain	2016–	[44]
NOνA	NuMI Off-Axis νe Appearance	AC	ν e, ν μ	ν e+nucleus → e− +X	CC	Liquid scintillator	Scintillation	≈0.1 GeV	Illinois and Minnesota, United States	2011–	[45]
OPERA	Oscillation Project with Emulsion-tRacking Apparatus	AC	ν τ	ν τ+nucleus → τ− +X	CC	Lead/Emulsion	Nuclear Emulsion	≈1.0 GeV	LNGS (Italy) and CERN	2008–	[46]
Auger	Pierre Auger Observatory	CR					Cherenkov		Argentina		[47]
RENO	Reactor Experiment for Neutrino Oscillation	R	ν e	ν e + p → e+ + n	CC	Gd-doped LOS	Scintillation	1.8 MeV	South Korea	2011–
SAGE	Soviet–American Gallium Experiment	LS	ν e	ν e + 71 Ga → 71 Ge + e−	CC	Ga (metallic)	Radiochemical	233.2 keV	Baksan River valley, Russia	1989–	[48]
SciBooNE	SciBar (Scintillator Bar) Booster Neutrino Experiment	AC	ν μ	ν μ + 12 C → μ− + X	CC, NC	Plastic (CH,10 ton)	Scintillation	≈100 keV	Illinois, United States	2007–2008	[49]
SNO	Sudbury Neutrino Observatory	S, ATM, GSN	ν e, ν μ, ν τ	ν e + 2 D → 2 p + e− ν x + 2 D → ν x + n + p ν e + e− → ν e + e−	CC NC ES	Heavy water (1 kt D2O)	Cherenkov	3.5 MeV	Creighton Mine, Ontario	1999–2006	[50]
SNO+	SNO with liquid scintillator	S,LS,R,T, SN,LSN	ν e	ν x + e− → ν x + e− ν e + p → e+ + n	ES, BB	linear alkylbenzene (LAB) + PPO	Scintillation	≈≤1MeV	Creighton Mine, Ontario	2014–	[51]
SoLid	Short baseline Oscillation Search with Lithium-6 Detector	R	ν e	ν e + p → e+ + n	CC	plastic and anorganic scintillator	Scintillation	≈2 MeV	Mol, Belgium	2015-	[52]
STEREO	STErile neutrino REactor Oscillation experiment	R	ν e	ν e + p → e+ + n	CC	liquid organic scintillator loaded with Gd	Scintillation	≈2 MeV	Grenoble, France	2013-	[53]
Super-K	Super-Kamiokande	S, ATM, GSN	ν e, ν μ, ν τ	ν e + e− → ν e + e− ν e + n → e− + p ν e + p → e+ + n	ES CC CC	Water (H2O)	Cherenkov	200 MeV	Kamioka, Japan	1996–	[54] [55]
SuperNEMO	SuperNEMO	BB	ν e	100 Se → 100 Kr + 2 e− 150 Nd → 150 Sm + 2 e−	BB	Tracker + calorimeter	He+Ar wire chamber, plastic scintillators	150 keV	Modane Underground Laboratory, Fréjus Road Tunnel, France	2017-	[56]
T2K	Tokai to Kamioka	AC	ν e, ν μ ν e, ν μ	ν e + n → e− + p (+π, +X) ν μ + n → μ− + p (+π, +X) ν e + p → e+ + n (+π, +X) ν μ + p → μ+ + n (+π, +X)	CC (NC)	Water (H2O)	Cherenkov	200 MeV	Tokai, Japan Kamioka, Japan	2011-	[57]
UNO	Underground Nucleon decay and neutrino Observatory	S, ATM, GSN, RSN	ν e, ν μ, ν τ	ν e + e− → ν e + e−	ES	Water (440 kt H2O)	Cherenkov		Henderson Mine, Colorado	future	[58]
ENUBET	Enhanced NeUtrino BEams from kaon Tagging	AC	ν e, ν μ ν e, ν μ	ν e + n → e− + p (+π, +X) ν μ + n → μ− + p (+π, +X) ν e + p → e+ + n (+π, +X) ν μ + p → μ+ + n (+π, +X)	CC (NC)					future	[59]

^[a] Accelerator neutrino (AC), Active galactic nuclei neutrino (AGN), Atmospheric neutrino (ATM), Cosmic ray neutrino (CR), Low-energy solar neutrino (LS), Low-energy supernova neutrino (LSN), Pulsar neutrino (PUL), Reactor neutrino (R), Solar neutrino (S), Supernova neutrino (SN), Terrestrial neutrino (T).
^[b] Double beta decay (BB), Charged current (CC), Elastic scattering (ES), Neutral current (NC).

See also

• Aspera European Astroparticle network

External links

• "Experiments". Neutrino Unbound. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 2017-02-28. Regularly updated index of neutrino physics research.