Improved Measurements of $\theta_{13}$ and Future Prospects with the Double Chooz Experiment

In the past year, reactor neutrino experiments have measured a surprisingly large value of the last mixing angle, $\theta_{13}$. A large, non-zero $\theta_{13}$ has now opened the possibility for future experiments seeking to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy or the effects of a CP-violating phase in neutrino oscillations. The Double Chooz Experiment has a 10 m$^{3}$ $\nu$-target made of Gd-doped liquid scintillator but has recently expanded the target capability by including inverse beta-decay candidates coming from delayed neutron capture on both H and Gd. Double Chooz is also unique in its ability to obtain clean background measurements with both reactor cores powered down. The addition of a near detector and inclusion of Hydrogen capture analysis will provide increased sensitivity to $\theta_{13}$. In light of these upcoming enhancements to Double Chooz, future prospects for $\theta_{13}$ and implications for new physics will be presented.