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Quantum Fisher Information Revealing Parameter Sensitivity in Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiments

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-02-06 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

Determination of the leptonic CP-violating phase δCP\delta_{\mathrm{CP}}, the atmospheric mixing angle θ23\theta_{23}, and the mass-squared difference Δm312\Delta m_{31}^{2} constitutes a primary objective of current and next-generation long-baseline neutrino experiments. We employ QFI (QFI) to establish fundamental precision bounds on single-parameter estimation in three-flavor νμνe\nu_\mu \to \nu_e oscillations, treating the neutrino as an evolving pure quantum state. Computing QFI as a function of the baseline-to-energy ratio L/EL/E for benchmark parameter sets from NuFit-6.0, we find distinct sensitivity hierarchies and L/EL/E-dependent structures. Specifically, δCP\delta_{\mathrm{CP}} and θ23\theta_{23} exhibit bimodal QFI profiles with peaks at L/E500L/E \sim 500 and 1500 km/GeV1500~\mathrm{km/GeV}, corresponding to the first and second oscillation maxima, reaching FQ(δCP)0.15F_Q(\delta_{\mathrm{CP}}) \sim 0.15 and FQ(θ23)15F_Q(\theta_{23}) \sim 15, respectively. In contrast, Δm312\Delta m_{31}^{2} displays a unimodal structure peaking at L/E1000L/E \sim 1000--1200 km/GeV1200~\mathrm{km/GeV} with FQ(Δm312)3×106F_Q(\Delta m_{31}^{2}) \sim 3 \times 10^{6}, reflecting its role in setting the oscillation length scale.

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@article{arxiv.2602.05221,
  title  = {Quantum Fisher Information Revealing Parameter Sensitivity in Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiments},
  author = {Bhavna Yadav and Amir Subba and Yu Shi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.05221},
  year   = {2026}
}

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17 pages, preprint