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We propose a realistic Beta-Beam experiment with four source ions and two baselines for the best possible sensitivity to theta_{13}, CP violation and mass hierarchy. Neutrinos from 18Ne and 6He with Lorentz boost gamma=350 are detected in a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-12-15 Sandhya Choubey , Pilar Coloma , Andrea Donini , Enrique Fernandez-Martinez

We are exploring the feasibility of a neutrino factory based on a muon storage ring. In this, beams of nu_mu and nubar_e arise from the decay of mu- particles (or alternatively, nubar_mu and nu_e from mu+). The muons come from the decay of…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2009-09-25 K. T. McDonald

We propose a $\beta$-Beam experiment with four source ions and two baselines for the best possible sensitivity to $\theta_{13}$, CP violation and mass hierarchy. Neutrinos from $^{18}$Ne and $^6$He with Lorentz boost $\gamma=350$ are…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-05-07 Pilar Coloma

The feasibility of a next generation neutrino observatory in Europe is being considered within the LAGUNA design study. To accommodate giant neutrino detectors and shield them from cosmic rays, a new very large underground infrastructure is…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-01-05 LAGUNA Collaboration , D. Angus , A. Ariga , D. Autiero , A. Apostu , A. Badertscher , T. Bennet , G. Bertola , P. F. Bertola , O. Besida , A. Bettini , C. Booth , J. L. Borne , I. Brancus , W. Bujakowsky , J. E. Campagne , G. Cata Danil , F. Chipesiu , M. Chorowski , J. Cripps , A. Curioni , S. Davidson , Y. Declais , U. Drost , O. Duliu , J. Dumarchez , T. Enqvist , A. Ereditato , F. von Feilitzsch , H. Fynbo , T. Gamble , G. Galvanin , A. Gendotti , W. Gizicki , M. Goger-Neff , U. Grasslin , D. Gurney , M. Hakala , S. Hannestad , M. Haworth , S. Horikawa , A. Jipa , F. Juget , T. Kalliokoski , S. Katsanevas , M. Keen , J. Kisiel , I. Kreslo , V. Kudryastev , P. Kuusiniemi , L. Labarga , T. Lachenmaier , J. C. Lanfranchi , I. Lazanu , T. Lewke , K. Loo , P. Lightfoot , M. Lindner , A. Longhin , J. Maalampi , M. Marafini , A. Marchionni , R. M. Margineanu , A. Markiewicz , T. Marrodan-Undagoita , J. E. Marteau , R. Matikainen , Q. Meindl , M. Messina , J. W. Mietelski , B. Mitrica , A. Mordasini , L. Mosca , U. Moser , G. Nuijten , L. Oberauer , A. Oprina , S. Paling , S. Pascoli , T. Patzak , M. Pectu , Z. Pilecki , F. Piquemal , W. Potzel , W. Pytel , M. Raczynski , G. Rafflet , G. Ristaino , M. Robinson , R. Rogers , J. Roinisto , M. Romana , E. Rondio , B. Rossi , A. Rubbia , Z. Sadecki , C. Saenz , A. Saftoiu , J. Salmelainen , O. Sima , J. Slizowski , K. Slizowski , J. Sobczyk , N. Spooner , S. Stoica , J. Suhonen , R. Sulej , M. Szarska , T. Szeglowski , M. Temussi , J. Thompson , L. Thompson , W. H. Trzaska , M. Tippmann , A. Tonazzo , K. Urbanczyk , G. Vasseur , A. Williams , J. Winter , K. Wojutszewska , M. Wurm , A. Zalewska , M. Zampaolo , M. Zito

This report is intended to describe first, the principal physics reasons for an ambitious experimental program in neutrino physics and proton decay based on construction of a series of massive water Cherenkov detectors located deep…

The NuMI neutrino beam line and the MINOS experiment represent a major investment of US High Energy Physics in the area of neutrino physics. The forthcoming results could decisively establish neutrino oscillations as the underlying physics…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-08-31 D. Ayres et. al

There are recent considerations to increase the photomultiplier density in the IceCube detector array beyond that of DeepCore, which will lead to a lower detection threshold and a huge fiducial mass for the neutrino detection. This…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-30 Jian Tang , Walter Winter

In the future neutrino experiments, a beta-beam, which can produce pure electron neutrino beam, is expected to achive precise measurement of the neutrino oscillation parameters. In the $\nu_{\mu}$ appearance measurement of a beta-beam, a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2010-01-05 Chizue Ishihara

ESSnuSB (the European Spallation neutrino Super Beam) is a design study for a long-baseline neutrino experiment to precisely measure the CP violation in the leptonic sector, at the second neutrino oscillation maximum, using a beam driven by…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-01-22 George Fanourakis , ESSnuSB Collaboration

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a dual-site experiment for long-baseline neutrino oscillation studies and for neutrino astrophysics and nucleon decay searches. The Far Detector of DUNE will consist of four 10 kt liquid…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-25 A. Gallego-Ros

The Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) will utilize a neutrino beamline facility located at Fermilab to carry out a compelling research program in neutrino physics. The facility will aim a beam of neutrinos toward a detector placed at…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2013-01-30 R. Andrews , A. Z. Chen , S. C. Childress , C. D. Moore , V. Papadimitriou , M. R. Campbell

A Neutrino Factory, sending $>10^{20}$ decay neutrinos per year from a high-energy stored muon beam towards remote detectors, has been suggested as the ultimate tool for precision measurement of the neutrino mixing matrix. Following two…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Daniel M. Kaplan

The conclusions of the Physics Working Group of the international scoping study of a future Neutrino Factory and super-beam facility (the ISS) are presented. The ISS was carried by the international community between NuFact05, (the 7th…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-08-27 The ISS Physics Working Group

Experimental and theoretical activities are underway at CERN with the aim of examining the feasibility of a very-high-flux neutrino source. In the present scheme, a high-power proton beam (some 4 MW) bombards a target where pions are…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2014-11-18 G. Franchetti , S. Gilardoni , P. Gruber , K. Hanke , H. Haseroth , E. B. Holzer , D. Kuechler , A. M. Lombardi , R. Scrivens

The recent experimental determinations of a large theta_13 angle have opened the way to a determination of the mass hierarchy and of the CP-violating phase. Experiments based on horn produced (anti-)neutrino conventional beams are presently…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-06-11 Carlo Rubbia

This is a preliminary version of a formal proposal by the 3M collaboration to construct a megaton, modular, multipurpose (3M) neutrino detector for a program of experiments in neutrino physics. The detector components will be located in…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 M. V. Diwan , R. L. Hahn , W. Marciano , B. Viren , R. Svoboda , W. Frati , K. Lande , A. K. Mann , R. Van Berg , J. R. Klein

Beta Beam,the concept of generating a pure and intense (anti) neutrino beam by letting accelerated radioactive ions beta decay in a storage ring, called Decay Ring (DR), is the base of one of the proposed next generation neutrino…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2011-09-12 Christian Hansen

We consider the medium- and long-baseline oscillation physics capabilities of intense muon-neutrino and muon-antineutrino beams produced using future upgraded megawatt-scale high-energy proton beams. In particular we consider the potential…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-15 V. Barger , S. Geer , R. Raja , K. Whisnant

We propose a definite search for sterile neutrinos at the J-PARC Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF). With the 3 GeV Rapid Cycling Synchrotron (RCS) and spallation neutron target, an intense neutrino beam from muon decay…