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Golden measurements at a neutrino factory

The precision and discovery potential of a neutrino factory based on muonstorage rings is studied. For three-family neutrino oscillations, we analysehow to measure or severely constraint the angle $\theta_{13}$, CP violation,MSW effects and the sign of the atmospheric mass difference $\Delta m^2_{23...

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Autores principales: Cervera-Villanueva, Anselmo, Donini, Andrea, Gavela-Legazpi, Maria Belen, Cadenas, J J G, Hernández, Pilar, Mena, O, Rigolin, Stefano
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00221-2
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author Cervera-Villanueva, Anselmo
Donini, Andrea
Gavela-Legazpi, Maria Belen
Cadenas, J J G
Hernández, Pilar
Mena, O
Rigolin, Stefano
author_facet Cervera-Villanueva, Anselmo
Donini, Andrea
Gavela-Legazpi, Maria Belen
Cadenas, J J G
Hernández, Pilar
Mena, O
Rigolin, Stefano
author_sort Cervera-Villanueva, Anselmo
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description The precision and discovery potential of a neutrino factory based on muonstorage rings is studied. For three-family neutrino oscillations, we analysehow to measure or severely constraint the angle $\theta_{13}$, CP violation,MSW effects and the sign of the atmospheric mass difference $\Delta m^2_{23}$.We present a simple analytical formula for the oscillation probabilities inmatter, with all neutrino mass differences non-vanishing, which clarifies thesubtleties involved in disentangling the unknown parameters. The appearance of``wrong-sign muons'' at three reference baselines is considered: 732 km, 3500km, and 7332 km. We exploit the dependence of the signal on the neutrinoenergy, and include as well realistic background estimations and detectionefficiencies. The optimal baseline turns out to be ${\cal O}(3000$ km).Analyses combining the information from different baselines are also presented.
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spelling cern-4264572019-09-30T06:29:59Zdoi:10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00221-2http://cds.cern.ch/record/426457engCervera-Villanueva, AnselmoDonini, AndreaGavela-Legazpi, Maria BelenCadenas, J J GHernández, PilarMena, ORigolin, StefanoGolden measurements at a neutrino factoryParticle Physics - PhenomenologyThe precision and discovery potential of a neutrino factory based on muonstorage rings is studied. For three-family neutrino oscillations, we analysehow to measure or severely constraint the angle $\theta_{13}$, CP violation,MSW effects and the sign of the atmospheric mass difference $\Delta m^2_{23}$.We present a simple analytical formula for the oscillation probabilities inmatter, with all neutrino mass differences non-vanishing, which clarifies thesubtleties involved in disentangling the unknown parameters. The appearance of``wrong-sign muons'' at three reference baselines is considered: 732 km, 3500km, and 7332 km. We exploit the dependence of the signal on the neutrinoenergy, and include as well realistic background estimations and detectionefficiencies. The optimal baseline turns out to be ${\cal O}(3000$ km).Analyses combining the information from different baselines are also presented.hep-ph/0002108CERN-TH-2000-040FTUAM-2000-03FTUV-2000-12IFIC-2000-13IFT-UAM-CSIC-2000-04oai:cds.cern.ch:4264572000-02-10
spellingShingle Particle Physics - Phenomenology
Cervera-Villanueva, Anselmo
Donini, Andrea
Gavela-Legazpi, Maria Belen
Cadenas, J J G
Hernández, Pilar
Mena, O
Rigolin, Stefano
Golden measurements at a neutrino factory
title Golden measurements at a neutrino factory
title_full Golden measurements at a neutrino factory
title_fullStr Golden measurements at a neutrino factory
title_full_unstemmed Golden measurements at a neutrino factory
title_short Golden measurements at a neutrino factory
title_sort golden measurements at a neutrino factory
topic Particle Physics - Phenomenology
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00221-2
http://cds.cern.ch/record/426457
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