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Solving the neutrino parameter degeneracy by measuring the T2K off-axis beam in Korea

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2010-11-11 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

The T2K neutrino oscillation experiment will start in 2009. In this experiment the center of the neutrino beam from J-PARC at Tokai village will go through underground beneath Super-Kamiokande, reach the sea level east of Korean shore, and an off-axis beam at 0.50.5^{\circ} to 1.01.0^{\circ} can be observed in Korea. We study physics impacts of putting a 100 kt-level Water \cerenkov detector in Korea during the T2K experimental period. For a combination of the 33^{\circ} off-axis beam at SK with baseline length L = 295 km and the 0.50.5^{\circ} off-axis beam in the east coast of Korea at L = 1000 km, we find that the neutrino mass hierarchy (the sign of m32m12m^2_{3} - m^2_1) can be resolved and the CP phase of the MNS unitary matrix can be constrained uniquely at 3-σ\sigma level when \sin^2 2\theta_{\rm rct} 0.06 \ge 0.06 .

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0504061,
  title  = {Solving the neutrino parameter degeneracy by measuring the T2K off-axis beam in Korea},
  author = {Kaoru Hagiwara and Naotoshi Okamura and Ken-ichi Senda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0504061},
  year   = {2010}
}