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, USA future
ANTARES Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss Environmental RESearch ATM, CR, AGN, PUL ν
e, ν
μ, ν
τ		 Mediterranean Sea, France 2006–
ARIANNA Antarctic Ross Ice-Shelf ANtenna Neutrino Array S, CR, AGN, ? ν
e, ν
μ, ν
τ		 Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica future
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–
BOREXINO BORon EXperiment LS ν
e		 νx + e− → νx + e− ES LOS shielded by water Scintillation 250–665 keV Gran Sasso, Italy May 2007–
CLEAN Cryogenic Low-Energy Astrophysics with Neon LS, SN, WIMP ν
e		 νx + e− → νx + e−

ν
e + 20Ne → ν
e + 20Ne

ES
ES		 Liquid Ne (10 t) Scintillation future
COBRA Cadmium zinc telluride 0-neutrino double-Beta Research Apparatus 64Zn + e− → 64Ni + e+
70Zn → 70Ge + e− + e−
106Cd → 106Pd + e+ + e+
108Cd + e− + e− → 108Pd
114Cd → 114Sn + e− + e−
116Cd → 116Sn + e− + e−
120Te + e− → 120Sn + e+
128Te → 128Xe + e− + e−
130Te → 130Xe + e− + e−		 BB Cadmium zinc telluride Gran Sasso, Italy 2007–
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–
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–
EXO-200 Enriched Xenon Observatory 134Xe → 134Ba + e− + e−
136Xe → 136Ba + e− + e−		 BB Liquid Xenon WIPP, New Mexico 2009–
GALLEX GALLium EXperiment LS ν
e		 ν
e + 71Ga → 71Ge + e− 		CC GaCl3 (30 t) Radiochemical 233.2 keV Gran Sasso, Italy 1991–1997
GERDA The GERmanium Detector Array BB ν
e		 76Ge → 76As + e− + e− BB HPGe Semiconductor Gran Sasso, Italy
GNO Gallium Neutrino Observatory LS ν
e		 ν
e + 71Ga → 71Ge + e− 		CC GaCl3 (30 t) Radiochemical 233.2 keV Gran Sasso, Italy May 1998–Jan 2002
HALO Helium And Lead Observatory SN ν
e, νx		 ν
e + 208Pb → e− + 209Bi*
ν + 208Pb → ν + 208Pb* 		CC, NC Lead (79 t) and 3He High-Z ~10 MeV Creighton Mine, Ontario 2012–
HERON Helium Roton Observation of Neutrinos LS ν
e (mainly)		 ν
e + e− → ν
e + e− 		NC Superfluid He Rotational excitation 1 MeV future
HOMESTAKE–CHLORINE Homestake chlorine experiment S ν
e		 37Cl + ν
e → 37Ar* + e−
37Ar* → 37Cl + e+ + ν
e 		CC C2Cl4 (615 t) Radiochemical 814 keV Homestake Mine, South Dakota 1967–1998
HOMESTAKE–IODINE Homestake iodine experiment S ν
e		 ν + e− → ν + e−
ν
e + 127I → 127Xe + e− 		ES
CC		 NaI in water Radiochemical 789 keV Homestake Mine, South Dakota future
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–
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–
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)
JUNO Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory R ν
e		 ν
e + p → e+ + n 		CC LAB (LOS) + PPO + Bis-MSB Scintillation Kaiping, China 2014– (construction)
Kamiokande Kamioka Nucleon Decay Experiment S, ATM ν
e		 ν + e− → ν + e− ES Water (H2O) Cherenkov 7.5 MeV Kamioka, Japan 1986–1995
KamLAND Kamioka Liquid Scintillator Antineutrino Detector R ν
e		 ν
e + p → e+ + n 		CC LOS Scintillation 1.8 MeV Kamioka, Japan 2002–
KM3NeT KM3 Neutrino Telescope S, ATM, CR, SN, AGN, PUL ν
μ,ν
e,ν
τ		 Sea water (~5 km3) Cherenkov Mediterranean Sea
LAGUNA Large Apparatus studying Grand Unification and Neutrino Astrophysics future
LBNE/DUNE Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment / Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment Homestake Mine (South Dakota) future
LENS Low Energy Neutrino Spectroscopy LS ν
e		 ν
e + 115In → 115Sn + ν
e + 2γ 		CC In-doped LOS Scintillation 120 keV
Majorana Demonstrator The Majorana Demonstrator BB ν
e		 76Ga → 76As + e− + e− BB HPGe Semiconductor 2039 keV Homestake Mine, South Dakota construction start 2012
MicroBooNE AC, SN ν
e, ν
μ 		ES, NC, CC Liquid Argon TPC few MeV Illinois, USA 2014
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, USA 2009–
MiniBooNE Mini Booster Neutrino Experiment AC ν
e, ν
μ 		ν
e + 12C → e− + X		 CC Mineral oil (1000 t) Cherenkov ~100 keV Illinois, USA 2002–
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
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–
NEMO Experiment Neutrino Ettore Majorana Observatory Fréjus Road Tunnel, Italy/France 2003–
MOON Molybdenum Observatory Of Neutrinos LS, LSN ν
e		 ν
e + 100Mo → 100Tc + e− 		CC 100Mo (1 kt) + MoF6 (gas) Scintillation 168 keV Washington, USA
NEMO Telescope NEutrino Mediterranean Observatory Mediterranean Sea, Italy 2007–
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–
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–
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–
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 + 71Ga → 71Ge + e− 		CC GaCl3 Radiochemical 233.2 keV Baksan Valley, Russia 1990–2006
SciBooNE SciBar (Scintillator Bar) Booster Neutrino Experiment AC ν
μ		 ν
μ + 12C → μ− + X		 CC, NC Plastic (CH,10 ton) Scintillation ~100 keV Illinois, USA 2007–2008
SNO Sudbury Neutrino Observatory S, ATM, GSN ν
e, ν
μ, ν
τ		 ν
e + 2D → 2p + e−
νx + 2D → νx + 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
SNO+ SNO with liquid scintillator S,LS,R,T,

SN,LSN

 ν
e		 νx + e− → νx + e−

ν
e + p → e+ + n

 ES, BB linear alkylbenzene (LAB) + PPO Scintillation ≈≤1MeV Creighton Mine, Ontario 2014–
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–
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-
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

^[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)

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