Inauguration of second neutrino detector for Double Chooz experiment
Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 09:31
in Physics & Chemistry
Work on a second neutrino detector has just been completed by CNRS and CEA near the Chooz nuclear power plant in northeastern France. Its measurements will supplement those of the first detector installed five years ago to study, as part of the Double Chooz experiment, the characteristics of neutrinos, highly elusive elementary particles produced in abundance in the sun and nuclear reactors. Built 400 meters from the reactor core of the nuclear power plant, the second detector was inaugurated on September 25, 2014 in the presence of representatives of CNRS, CEA and local authorities, who contributed to the effort.