XXth International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics
Henry Tsz-king Wong
Research Program of the TEXONO Collaboration: Status, Results and Plans
The TEXONO collaboration has been built up among scientists from
Taiwan and China to pursue an experimental program in neutrino and
astro-particle physics. The "flagship" efforts have been the study of
low energy neutrino physics at the Kuo-Sheng Power Reactor Plant in
Taiwan. The Reactor Laboratory is equipped with flexibly-designed
shieldings, cosmic veto systems, electronics and data acquisition
systems which can function with different detector schemes. Data
taking during the Reactor Period June01 till April02 is based on an
Ultra Low Background High Purity Germanium detector and 46 kg of
CsI(Tl) crystal scintillator operating in parallel. A threshold of 5
keV has been achieved for the germanium detector, and the background
level is comparable to those of Dark Matter experiments
underground. We expect to reach and improve on the current
sensitivities in neutrino magnetic moment searches from this data
set. The updated results will be presented. The other analysis topics
for this Reactor Period and the extended TEXONO program will be
outlined.
Based on "Research Program of the TEXONO Collaboration:
Status and Highlights"
hep-ex/0201001
See also
TEXONO Homepage
and Poster in
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