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Physics Potential of the Fermilab NuMI beamline
Stephen ParkeOlga Menasubject
PhysicsAstrofísicaNuclear and High Energy PhysicsParticle physicsProtonPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyFOS: Physical sciencesNuMINuclear physicsHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)BeamlineCP violationHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentSensitivity (control systems)FermilabNeutrinoNeutrino oscillationdescription
We explore the physics potential of the NuMI beamline with a detector located 10 km off-axis at a distant site (810 km). We study the sensitivity to $\sin^2 2 \theta_{13}$ and to the CP-violating parameter $\sin \delta$ as well as the determination of the neutrino mass hierarchy by exploiting the $\nu_\mu \to \nu_e$ and $\bar{\nu}_\mu \to \bar{\nu}_e$ appearance channels. The results are illustrated for three different experimental setups to quantify the benefits of increased detector sizes, proton luminosities and $\nu_e$ detection efficiencies.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-05-23 |