The Double Chooz experiment
Abstract
Double Chooz is a neutrino oscillation experiment that will measure the last unknown mixing angle θ or improve the current best limit by almost an order of magnitude. Its potential is a measurement at 3σ if sin22θ⩾0.05 or an exclusion down to 0.03 at 90% C.L. for Δm312=2.5×10-3eV2. In this paper, the experimental concept, the detector design and status are reviewed. The read-out system is presented with focus on the Flash-ADCs capabilities.