Published April 1, 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Probing neutrino oscillations jointly in long and very long baseline experiments

  • 1. Institute of High Energy Physics, Academia Sinica, Beijing 100039 (China)
  • 2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 (United States)
  • 3. Institute of Theoretical Physics, Academia Sinica, Beijing 100080 (China)

Description

We examine the prospects of making a joint analysis of neutrino oscillations at two baselines with neutrino superbeams. Assuming narrow band superbeams and a 100 kiloton water Cherenkov calorimeter, we calculate the event rates and sensitivities to the matter effect, the signs of the neutrino mass differences, the CP phase, and the mixing angle θ13. Taking into account all possible experimental errors under general consideration, we explore the optimum cases of a narrow band beam to measure the matter effect and the CP violation effect at all baselines up to 3000 km. We then focus on two specific baselines, a long baseline of 300 km and a very long baseline of 2100 km, and analyze their joint capabilities. We find that the joint analysis can offer extra leverage to resolve some of the ambiguities that are associated with the measurement at a single baseline

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
65
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 073021-073021.9
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35043623
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
CP INVARIANCE; EXPERIMENT PLANNING; MASS DIFFERENCE; NEUTRINO DETECTION; NEUTRINO OSCILLATION; NEUTRINO REACTIONS; NEUTRINOS; THEORETICAL DATA; WEINBERG ANGLE
Descriptors DEC
DATA; DETECTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; INFORMATION; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LEPTON REACTIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUMERICAL DATA; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PLANNING; RADIATION DETECTION

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(c) 2002 The American Physical Society