Physics Performance of a Low-Luminosity Low Energy Neutrino Factory

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dc.contributorVirginia Techen
dc.contributor.authorChristensen, E.en
dc.contributor.authorColoma, P.en
dc.contributor.authorHuber, Patricken
dc.contributor.departmentCenter for Neutrino Physicsen
dc.contributor.departmentPhysicsen
dc.date.accessed2013-12-10en
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-10T17:31:16Zen
dc.date.available2013-12-10T17:31:16Zen
dc.date.issued2013-08-08en
dc.description.abstractWe investigate the minimal performance, in terms of beam luminosity and detector size, of a neutrino factory to achieve a competitive physics reach for the determination of the mass hierarchy and the discovery of leptonic CP violation. We find that a low luminosity of 2 x 10(20) useful muon decays per year and 5 GeV muon energy aimed at a 10 kton magnetized liquid argon detector placed at 1300 km from the source provides a good starting point. This result relies on theta(13) being large and assumes that the so-called platinum channel can be used effectively. We find that such a minimal facility would perform significantly better than phase I of the LBNE project and thus could constitute a reasonable step towards a full neutrino factory.en
dc.description.sponsorshipU.S. Department of Energy DE-SC0003915en
dc.identifier.citationChristensen, E. ; Coloma, P. ; Huber, P., Aug 8, 2013. “Physics Performance of a Low-Luminosity Low Energy Neutrino Factory,” PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 111(6): 061803. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.061803en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.061803en
dc.identifier.issn0031-9007en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/24487en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.061803en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Societyen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subjectPhysicsen
dc.titlePhysics Performance of a Low-Luminosity Low Energy Neutrino Factoryen
dc.title.serialPhysical Review Lettersen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden

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