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Updated physics performance of the ESSnuSB experiment

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2021-12-28 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Instrumentation and Detectors

Abstract

In this paper, we present the physics performance of the ESSnuSB experiment in the standard three flavor scenario using the updated neutrino flux calculated specifically for the ESSnuSB configuration and updated migration matrices for the far detector. Taking conservative systematic uncertainties corresponding to a normalization error of 5%5\% for signal and 10%10\% for background, we find that there is 10σ10\sigma (13σ)(13\sigma) CP violation discovery sensitivity for the baseline option of 540 km (360 km) at δCP=±90\delta_{\rm CP} = \pm 90^\circ. The corresponding fraction of δCP\delta_{\rm CP} for which CP violation can be discovered at more than 5σ5 \sigma is 70%70\%. Regarding CP precision measurements, the 1σ1\sigma error associated with δCP=0\delta_{\rm CP} = 0^\circ is around 55^\circ and with δCP=90\delta_{\rm CP} = -90^\circ is around 1414^\circ (7)(7^\circ) for the baseline option of 540 km (360 km). For hierarchy sensitivity, one can have 3σ3\sigma sensitivity for 540 km baseline except δCP=±90\delta_{\rm CP} = \pm 90^\circ and 5σ5\sigma sensitivity for 360 km baseline for all values of δCP\delta_{\rm CP}. The octant of θ23\theta_{23} can be determined at 3σ3 \sigma for the values of: θ23>51\theta_{23} > 51^\circ (θ23<42\theta_{23} < 42^\circ and θ23>49\theta_{23} > 49^\circ) for baseline of 540 km (360 km). Regarding measurement precision of the atmospheric mixing parameters, the allowed values at 3σ3 \sigma are: 40<θ23<5240^\circ < \theta_{23} < 52^\circ (42<θ23<51.542^\circ < \theta_{23} < 51.5^\circ) and 2.485×1032.485 \times 10^{-3} eV2<Δm312<2.545×103^2 < \Delta m^2_{31} < 2.545 \times 10^{-3} eV2^2 (2.49×1032.49 \times 10^{-3} eV2<Δm312<2.54×103^2 < \Delta m^2_{31} < 2.54 \times 10^{-3} eV2^2) for the baseline of 540 km (360 km).

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@article{arxiv.2107.07585,
  title  = {Updated physics performance of the ESSnuSB experiment},
  author = {A. Alekou and E. Baussan and N. Blaskovic Kraljevic and M. Blennow and M. Bogomilov and E. Bouquerel and A. Burgman and C. J. Carlile and J. Cederkall and P. Christiansen and M. Collins and E. Cristaldo Morales and L. D'Alessi and H. Danared and J. P. A. M. de André and J. P. Delahaye and M. Dracos and I. Efthymiopoulos and T. Ekelöf and M. Eshraqi and G. Fanourakis and E. Fernandez-Martinez and B. Folsom and M. Ghosh and G. Gokbulut and L. Halić and A. Kayis Topaksu and B. Kliček and K. Krhač and M. Lindroos and M. Mezzetto and M. Oglakci and T. Ohlsson and M. Olvegård and T. Ota and J. Park and G. Petkov and P. Poussot and S. Rosauro-Alcaraz and G. Stavropoulos and M. Stipčević and F. Terranova and J. Thomas and T. Tolba and R. Tsenov and G. Vankova-Kirilova and N. Vassilopoulos and E. Wildner and J. Wurtz and O. Zormpa and Y. Zou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.07585},
  year   = {2021}
}

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13 pages, 8 figures, 3 tables. Changes: Text updated, this is a published version

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