A modern look at the oscillation physics case for a neutrino factory
The next generation of neutrino oscillation experiments, JUNO, DUNE, and HK, are under construction now and will collect data over the next decade and beyond. As there are no approved plans to follow up this program with more advanced neutrino oscillation experiments, we consider here one option tha...
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| description | The next generation of neutrino oscillation experiments, JUNO, DUNE, and HK, are under construction now and will collect data over the next decade and beyond. As there are no approved plans to follow up this program with more advanced neutrino oscillation experiments, we consider here one option that had gained considerable interest more than a decade ago: a neutrino factory. Such an experiment uses stored muons in a racetrack configuration with extremely well characterized decays reducing systematic uncertainties and providing for more oscillation channels. Such a machine could also be one step towards a high energy muon collider program. We consider a long-baseline configuration to SURF using the DUNE far detectors or modifications thereof, and compare the expected sensitivities of the three-flavor oscillation parameters to the anticipated results from DUNE and HK. We show optimal beam configurations, the impact of charge identification, the role of statistics and systematics, and the expected precision to the relevant standard oscillation parameters in different DUNE vs. neutrino factory configurations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b7b91bd77f0747bfb3f1cfb053d7e93b2025-02-06T05:11:04ZengElsevierNuclear Physics B0550-32132025-03-011012116818A modern look at the oscillation physics case for a neutrino factoryPeter B. Denton0Julia Gehrlein1High Energy Theory Group, Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USAPhysics Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA; Corresponding author.The next generation of neutrino oscillation experiments, JUNO, DUNE, and HK, are under construction now and will collect data over the next decade and beyond. As there are no approved plans to follow up this program with more advanced neutrino oscillation experiments, we consider here one option that had gained considerable interest more than a decade ago: a neutrino factory. Such an experiment uses stored muons in a racetrack configuration with extremely well characterized decays reducing systematic uncertainties and providing for more oscillation channels. Such a machine could also be one step towards a high energy muon collider program. We consider a long-baseline configuration to SURF using the DUNE far detectors or modifications thereof, and compare the expected sensitivities of the three-flavor oscillation parameters to the anticipated results from DUNE and HK. We show optimal beam configurations, the impact of charge identification, the role of statistics and systematics, and the expected precision to the relevant standard oscillation parameters in different DUNE vs. neutrino factory configurations.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321325000288 |
| spellingShingle | Peter B. Denton Julia Gehrlein A modern look at the oscillation physics case for a neutrino factory Nuclear Physics B |
| title | A modern look at the oscillation physics case for a neutrino factory |
| title_full | A modern look at the oscillation physics case for a neutrino factory |
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| title_full_unstemmed | A modern look at the oscillation physics case for a neutrino factory |
| title_short | A modern look at the oscillation physics case for a neutrino factory |
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| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321325000288 |
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