English

Neutrino Physics in a Muon collider

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-07-19 v2

Abstract

A muon collider is expected to produce a high intensity neutrino beam which is an admixture of either νμ+νeˉ\nu_{\mu}+\bar{\nu_e} or νˉμ+νe\bar{\nu}_{\mu} +\nu_e which can can be directed to underground detectors far away from the source. It will not only allow a probe of the νeνμ\nu_e-\nu_{\mu} as well as νμντ\nu_{\mu}-\nu_{\tau} oscillations in a range of mixing angle and Δm2\Delta m^2 not probed heretofore but it will also provide information about the mixing angle θeτ\theta_{e\tau} for a wide range of Δmνeντ2\Delta m^2_{\nu_e\nu_{\tau}} from 10410^{-4} eV2^2 to 10110^{-1} eV2^2 which cannot be obtained from any other existing or proposed machine. One can also search for violations of Lorentz invariance and deviations from equivalence principle for neutrinos at a level which is three to four orders of magnitude more sensitive than possible at the moment. This will test for instance some unorthodox suggestions to understand both solar and atmospheric neutrinos using a single mass difference -squared between the νe\nu_e and νμ\nu_{\mu}. It can also test various proposed models neutrino masses and mixings to understand existing neutrino data.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9711444,
  title  = {Neutrino Physics in a Muon collider},
  author = {R. N. Mohapatra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9711444},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

Some parts of the text changed; major conclusions unchanged