Double Chooz and a History of Reactor Theta13 Experiments

Abstract

This is a contribution paper from the Double Chooz experiment to the special issue of NPB on neutrino oscillations. The physics and a history of the reactor theta13 experiments, as well as Double Chooz experiment and its neutrino oscillation analyses are reviewed.

Comments: 28 pages, 11figures. The final version to be printed in Nuclear Physics B after the review. Most recent results and references were added, some typos were corrected. The title was changed to represent the contents better. Contents did not change