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Non-standard interactions: Atmospheric versus neutrino factory experiments
José W. F. VallePatrick HuberPatrick HuberPatrick Hubersubject
PhysicsParticle physicsAtmospheric neutrinosNuclear and High Energy PhysicsNeutrino mass and mixingNeutrino oscillationsAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyNeutrino factoryFOS: Physical sciencesFísicaHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)Neutrino FactoryHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentSensitivity (control systems)Atmospheric neutrinoNeutrinodescription
We consider the potential of a generic neutrino factory (NUFACT) in probing non-standard neutrino-matter interactions (NSI). We find that the sensitivity to flavour-changing (FC) NSI can be substantially improved with respect to present atmospheric neutrino data, especially at energies higher than approximately 50 GeV, where the effect of the tau mass is small. For example, a 100 GeV NUFACT can probe FC neutrino interactions at the level of few $|\epsilon| < {few} \times 10^{-4}$ at 99 % C.L.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-12-01 |