Physics at a Neutrino Factory
Abstract
In response to the growing interest in building a Neutrino Factory to produce high intensity beams of electron- and muon-neutrinos and antineutrinos, in October 1999 the Fermilab Directorate initiated two six-month studies. The first study, organized by N. Holtkamp and D. Finley, was to investigate the technical feasibility of an intense neutrino source based on a muon storage ring. This design study has produced a report in which the basic conclusion is that a Neutrino Factory is technically feasible, although it requires an aggressive R&D program. The second study, which is the subject of this report, was to explore the physics potential of a Neutrino Factory as a function of the muon beam energy and intensity, and for oscillation physics, the potential as a function of baseline.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0008064,
title = {Physics at a Neutrino Factory},
author = {C. Albright and G. Anderson and V. Barger and R. Bernstein and G. Blazey and A. Bodek and E. Buckley-Geer and A. Bueno and M. Campanelli and D. Carey and D. Casper and A. Cervera and C. Crisan and F. DeJongh and S. Eichblatt and A. Erner and R. Fernow and D. Finley and J. Formaggio and J. Gallardo and S. Geer and M. Goodman and D. Harris and E. Hawker and J. Hill and R. Johnson and D. Kaplan and S. Kahn and B. Kayser and E. Kearns and B. J. King and H. Kirk and J. Krane and D. Krop and Z. Ligeti and J. Lykken and K. McDonald and K. McFarland and I. Mocioiu and J. Morfin and H. Murayama and J. Nelson and D. Neuffer and P. Nienaber and R. Palmer and S. Parke and Z. Parsa and R. Plunkett and E. Prebys and C. Quigg and R. Raja and S. Rigolin and A. Rubbia and H. Schellman and M. Shaevitz and P. Shanahan and R. Shrock and P. Spentzouris and R. Stefanski and J. Stone and L. Sulak and G. Unel and M. Velasco and K. Whisnant and J. Yu and E. D. Zimmerman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0008064},
year = {2009}
}
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133 pages, 64 figures. Report to the Fermilab Directorate. Available from http://www.fnal.gov/projects/muon_collider/ This version fixes some printing problems