Status of the OPERA experiment (CNGS1)

Autiero, D.

doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2005.01.114

Cited by 7 publications

(11 citation statements)

References 1 publication

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The very near future of long-baseline (LBL) neutrino experiments is devoted to the study of the oscillation mechanism in the range of ∆m 2 31 ≈ 2.4 × 10 −3 eV 2 indicated by atmospheric neutrinos using conventional ν µ beams. Similar as in the K2K experiment in Japan [5], the presently running MINOS experiment in the USA [6] uses a low energy beam to measure ∆m 2 31 by observing the ν µ → ν µ disappearance probability, while the OPERA [7] experiment will be able to detect ν τ appearance within the high energy CERN-Gran Sasso beam [8]. If we do not consider the LSND anomaly [9] that will be further studied soon by the MiniBooNE experiment [10], all data can be accommodated within the three flavor scenario (see Refs.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Physics potential of the CERN-MEMPHYS neutrino oscillation project

Campagne

Maltoni

Mezzetto

et al. 2007

J. High Energy Phys.

135

221

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

We consider the physics potential of CERN based neutrino oscillation experiments consisting of a Beta Beam (βB) and a Super Beam (SPL) sending neutrinos to MEM-PHYS, a 440 kt waterČerenkov detector at Fréjus, at a distance of 130 km from CERN. The θ 13 discovery reach and the sensitivity to CP violation are investigated, including a detailed discussion of parameter degeneracies and systematical errors. For SPL sensitivities similar to the ones of the phase II of the T2K experiment (T2HK) are obtained, whereas the βB may reach significantly better sensitivities, depending on the achieved number of total ion decays. The results for the CERN-MEMPHYS experiments are less affected by systematical uncertainties than T2HK. We point out that by a combination of data from βB and SPL a measurement with antineutrinos is not necessary and hence the same physics results can be obtained within about half of the measurement time compared to one single experiment. Furthermore, it is shown how including data from atmospheric neutrinos in the MEMPHYS detector allows to resolve parameter degeneracies and, in particular, provides sensitivity to the neutrino mass hierarchy and the octant of θ 23 .

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Physics potential of the CERN-MEMPHYS neutrino oscillation project

Campagne

Maltoni

Mezzetto

et al. 2007

J. High Energy Phys.

135

221

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Each brick consists of a sandwich of 56 lead plates, 1mm thick, alternated with 56 emulsion sheets, weights 8.3 kg and has a thickness of about 10 radiation lengths. The primary vertex and the kink are detected with the information in the emulsions which also gives particle identification [37]. The bricks are arranged in walls which alternate with hodoscopes of scintillator planes.…”

Section: The Cngs Projectmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The probability for this transition is given by [46] [38]. Figure 16: The basic unit of the OPERA detector.…”

Section: Future Oscillation Experimentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Neutrino physics at accelerators

Fernández¹

2006

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In the framework of three neutrinos, the mixing matrix, linking the flavor eigenstates to the mass eigenstates, can be parametrized in terms of 3 angles (θ 12 , θ 23 , θ 13 ) and one Dirac-like CP phase δ (Pontecorvo-Maki-Nagakawa-Sakata mixing matrix) [5]. The angle θ 13 is actually unknown, there is just an upper limit of sin 2 (2θ 13 ) 0.14 put by the Chooz experiment [6], corresponding to m 2 23 = 2.4 × 10 −3 eV 2 .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The angle θ 13 is actually unknown, there is just an upper limit of sin 2 (2θ 13 ) 0.14 put by the Chooz experiment [6], corresponding to m 2 23 = 2.4 × 10 −3 eV 2 . In the next decades experiments at accelerators are expected to play a key role in the determination of the neutrino mixing matrix and pattern of masses.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%