Evaluation of reactor neutrino flux: issues and uncertainties

Understand

Evaluation of the reactor $\bar{\nu}_e$ flux and spectrum is an essential ingredient of their application in the neutrino oscillation studies.

• Two anomalies, i.e.
• discrepancies between the observed and expected count rates, are widely discussed at the resent time.
• The total rate is $\sim$ 6\% lower than the expectation at all distances $>$ 10 m from the reactor.