Published May 2017 | Version v1
Journal article

Complementarity between Hyperkamiokande and DUNE in determining neutrino oscillation parameters

  • 1. Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397 (Japan)

Description

In this work we investigate the sensitivity to the neutrino mass hierarchy, the octant of the mixing angle θ23 and the CP phase δCP in the future long baseline experiments T2HK and DUNE as well as in the atmospheric neutrino observation at Hyperkamiokande (HK). We show for the first time that the sensitivity is enhanced greatly if we combine these three experiments. Our results show that the hierarchy sensitivity of both T2HK and HK are limited due to the presence of parameter degeneracy. But this degeneracy is removed when T2HK and HK are added together. With T2HK + HK (DUNE), the neutrino mass hierarchy can be determined at least at 5σ (8σ) C.L. for any value of true δCP. With T2HK + HK + DUNE the significance of the mass hierarchy increases to almost 15σ for the unfavorable value of δCP. For this combined setup, octant can be resolved except 43.5°<θ23<48° at 5σ C.L. for both the hierarchies irrespective of the value of δCP. The significance of CP violation is around 10σ C.L. for δCP±90°. Apart from that this combined facility has the capability to discover CP violation for at least 68% fraction of the true δCP values at 5σ for any value of true θ23. We also find that, with combination of all these three, the precision of Δmeff2, sin2θ23 and δCP becomes 0.3%, 2% and 20% respectively. We also clarify how the octant degeneracy occurs in the HK atmospheric neutrino experiment.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2017.02.008

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2017.02.008;
arXiv
arXiv:1607.03758v2;
PII
S0550321317300640;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
918
Journal Page Range
p. 337-357
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
51048201
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ATMOSPHERIC NEUTRINOS; CP INVARIANCE; NEUTRINO MIXING ANGLE; NEUTRINO OSCILLATION; REST MASS; SENSITIVITY
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LEPTONS; MASS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MIXING ANGLE; NEUTRINOS

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Notes
© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.