LSND reloaded
Abstract
In view of the recent result from the anti-neutrino run of MiniBooNE, we suggest to repeat the original Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector (LSND) experiment using Super-Kamiokande, doped with Gadolinium, as detector. Due to the more than 100 times larger detector mass offered by Super-Kamiokande, the neutrino source requires a proton beam power of less than 300kW at a proton energy around a 1 GeV. A one year run of this setup can corroborate or refute both the LSND and MiniBooNE claims at more than 5 sigma confidence level. If a signal is observed, the large size of Super-Kamiokande combined with its good ability to determine the position of an anti-neutrino event allows to establish the characteristic L/E-dependence of oscillation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1007.3228,
title = {LSND reloaded},
author = {Sanjib K. Agarwalla and Patrick Huber},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.3228},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
3 pages, 2 figures, 1 table. New analysis based on L/E. Text changed accordingly. Conclusions unchanged. To appear in Phys. Lett. B