List of neutrino experiments

This is a non-exhaustive list of neutrino experiments, neutrino detectors, and neutrino telescopes.

Abbreviation	Full name	Sensitivity	Type	Induced reaction	Type of reaction	Detector	Type of detector	Threshold energy	Location	Operation	Home page
ANNIE	Accelerator Neutrino Neutron Interaction Experiment								SciBooNE Hall, Illinois, USA	future	[1]
ANTARES	Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss Environmental RESearch	ATM, CR, AGN, PUL	ν e, ν μ, ν τ						Mediterranean Sea, France	2006–	[2]
ARIANNA	Antarctic Ross Ice-Shelf ANtenna Neutrino Array	S, CR, AGN, ?	ν e, ν μ, ν τ						Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica	future	[3]
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–	[4]
BOREXINO	BORon EXperiment	LS	ν e	νx + e− → νx + e−	ES	LOS shielded by water	Scintillation	250–665 keV	Gran Sasso, Italy	May 2007–	[5] [6]
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	[7]
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–	[8]
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–	[9]
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–	[10]
EXO-200	Enriched Xenon Observatory			134Xe → 134Ba + e− + e− 136Xe → 136Ba + e− + e−	BB	Liquid Xenon			WIPP, New Mexico	2009–	[11]
GALLEX	GALLium EXperiment	LS	ν e	ν e + 71Ga → 71Ge + e−	CC	GaCl3 (30 t)	Radiochemical	233.2 keV	Gran Sasso, Italy	1991–1997	[12]
GERDA	The GERmanium Detector Array	BB	ν e	76Ge → 76As + e− + e−	BB	HPGe	Semiconductor		Gran Sasso, Italy		[13]
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	[14]
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–	[15]
HERON	Helium Roton Observation of Neutrinos	LS	ν e (mainly)	ν e + e− → ν e + e−	NC	Superfluid He	Rotational excitation	1 MeV		future	[16]
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	[17]
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	[18]
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–	[19]
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–	[20]
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)	[21]
JUNO	Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory	R	ν e	ν e + p → e+ + n	CC	LAB (LOS) + PPO + Bis-MSB	Scintillation		Kaiping, China	2014– (construction)	[22]
Kamiokande	Kamioka Nucleon Decay Experiment	S, ATM	ν e	ν + e− → ν + e−	ES	Water (H2O)	Cherenkov	7.5 MeV	Kamioka, Japan	1986–1995	[23]
KamLAND	Kamioka Liquid Scintillator Antineutrino Detector	R	ν e	ν e + p → e+ + n	CC	LOS	Scintillation	1.8 MeV	Kamioka, Japan	2002–	[24]
KM3NeT	KM3 Neutrino Telescope	S, ATM, CR, SN, AGN, PUL	ν μ,ν e,ν τ			Sea water (~5 km3)	Cherenkov		Mediterranean Sea	[25]
LAGUNA	Large Apparatus studying Grand Unification and Neutrino Astrophysics									future	[26]
LBNE/DUNE	Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment / Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment								Homestake Mine (South Dakota)	future	[27]
LENS	Low Energy Neutrino Spectroscopy	LS	ν e	ν e + 115In → 115Sn + ν e + 2γ	CC	In-doped LOS	Scintillation	120 keV			[28] [29]
Majorana Demonstrator	The Majorana Demonstrator	BB	ν e	76Ga → 76As + e− + e−	BB	HPGe	Semiconductor	2039 keV	Homestake Mine, South Dakota	construction start 2012	[30]
MicroBooNE		AC, SN	ν e, ν μ		ES, NC, CC	Liquid Argon	TPC	few MeV	Illinois, USA	2014	[31]
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–	[32]
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–	[33]
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	[34]
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–	[35]
NEMO Experiment	Neutrino Ettore Majorana Observatory								Fréjus Road Tunnel, Italy/France	2003–	[36]
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		[37]
NEMO Telescope	NEutrino Mediterranean Observatory								Mediterranean Sea, Italy	2007–	[38]
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–	[39]
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–	[40]
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–	[41]
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	[42]
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	[43]
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	[44]
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–	[45]
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–	[46] [47]
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-	[48]
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	[49]

^[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)

See also

• Aspera European Astroparticle network