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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Exploring the Potential of Short-Baseline Physics at Fermilab
Mariam TórtolaPedro PasquiniO. G. MirandaJosé W. F. Vallesubject
Sterile neutrinoParticle physicsmedicine.medical_specialtyPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsPontecorvo–Maki–Nakagawa–Sakata matrixFOS: Physical sciences01 natural sciencesPartícules (Física nuclear)High Energy Physics - ExperimentHigh Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)0103 physical sciencesmedicineMedical physicsFermilab010306 general physicsNeutrino oscillationBaseline (configuration management)PhysicsUnitarity010308 nuclear & particles physicsDetectorHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyBeamlineHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentNeutrinodescription
We study the capabilities of the short baseline neutrino program at Fermilab to probe the unitarity of the lepton mixing matrix. We find the sensitivity to be slightly better than the current one. Motivated by the future DUNE experiment, we have also analyzed the potential of an extra liquid Argon near detector in the LBNF beamline. Adding such a near detector to the DUNE setup will substantially improve the current sensitivity on non-unitarity. This would help to remove CP degeneracies due to the new complex phase present in the neutrino mixing matrix. We also study the sensitivity of our proposed setup to light sterile neutrinos for various configurations.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-21 | Proceedings of The 20th International Workshop on Neutrinos — PoS(NuFACT2018) |