May 21 – 23, 2026
Chonnam National University, Natural Science Building No. 1
Asia/Seoul timezone

CPNR 3 - RENE: Physics Motivation and Status of the RENE Experiment

May 22, 2026, 11:00 AM
30m
1st floor, Science hall (Chonnam National University, Natural Science Building No. 1)

1st floor, Science hall

Chonnam National University, Natural Science Building No. 1

Department of Physics, Chonnam National University Yongbong-ro 77 (Yongbong-dong), Puk-gu, Gwangju, Korea 61186

Speaker

Mr 은규 윤

Description

The Reactor Experiment for Neutrinos and Exotics (RENE) is a short-baseline reactor neutrino experiment aimed at searching for sterile neutrinos through oscillation measurements at a distance of about 23 m from the Hanbit Nuclear Power Plant in Yeonggwang, Korea. The detector features a 0.5% gadolinium-loaded liquid scintillator target surrounded by a liquid scintillator gamma catcher and is equipped with 20-inch photomultiplier tubes for scintillation light detection.

In this presentation, we introduce the physics goals of the RENE experiment, the inverse beta decay detection principle, and the current status of detector development and Monte Carlo simulation.

Presentation materials