SuperChooz Physics

SuperChooz relies on high-precision detection of reactor and solar neutrinos. The first studies, back in 2018-2019, explored the reactor neutrino potential only. This was reported at the EPS-HEP-2019 conference (Ghent, Belgium; July 2019), where the first sensitivity on θ13 was release (a possible improvement by 10x in precision relative to today’s world best precision), and the prospect explorations of unitarity violation were under starting consideration.

First official presentation where the main studies leading to the SuperChooz experiment proposal are presented in Ghent (Belgium) in the High Energy Physics of the European Physics Society (July 2019) [talk]. From the start the main goal is to use high precision standard neutrino oscillation phenomenon to go beyond the phenomenology of the Standard Model of Particle Physics, if possible.

Other physics channels of interest are linked to the detection of geoneutrinos, supernovae (core-collapse and galaxy remnant) as well as atmospherics neutrinos, thus opening a potential for a vast physics range. Physics beyond those listed topics may be also possible (even expected) and will follow subsequent explorations in the future.

The first official international release of the SuperChooz and its SuperChooz Pathfinder phase was in an CERN EP-Seminar (see indico, slides, videocast) on the 29th of November 2022. A pre-released in France took place in a dedicated seminar at the IJCLab  (Orsay, France) on the 20th of June 2022.