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We report the measurement of sin^2 theta_W in nu N deep inelastic scattering from the NuTeV experiment. By using separate neutrino and anti-neutrino beams, NuTeV is able to determine sin^2 theta_W with smaller systematic and similar or…

We report the measurement of sin2thetaW in neutrino-nucleon deep inelastic scattering from the NuTeV experiment. Using separate neutrino and anti-neutrino beams, NuTeV is able to determine sin2thetaW with low systematic errors by measuring…

Measuring the neutrino mixing parameter \ensuremath{\sin^2\theta_{13}} to the sub-percent precision level could be necessary in the next ten years for the precision unitary test of the PMNS matrix. In this work, we discuss the possibility…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-03-17 Jinnan Zhang , Jun Cao

The NuTeV collaboration has extracted sin^2theta_W from the ratios of neutral current to charged current neutrino and anti-neutrino cross-sections. Our value, sin^2theta_W(on-shell)=0.2277+/-0.0013(stat)+/-0.0009(syst), is three standard…

We study the possibility to measure sin^2 theta_W by neutrino-electron scattering at a value of the momentum transfer Q ~ 30 MeV with a precision of 0.24% which is only a factor three below the one obtained by LEP-I at the Z-pole. The…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-08-29 Sanjib Kumar Agarwalla , Patrick Huber

We demonstrate enormous power of dedicated reactor experiment for \theta_{12} with a detector placed at around the first oscillation maximum, which we call "SADO". It allows determination of sin^2\theta_{12} to the accuracy of \simeq 2% at…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 H. Minakata , H. Nunokawa , W. J. C. Teves , R. Zukanovich Funchal

Conventional reactor neutrino experiments are dissapearance experiments, and thus have less sensitivity to small mixing angles than appearance experiments do. It has been recently shown that future reactor neutrino experiments consisiting…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 Jose Bernabeu , Sergio Palomares-Ruiz

Taking into account recent theoretical and experimental inputs on reactor fluxes we reconsider the determination of the weak mixing angle from low energy experiments. We perform a global analysis to all available neutrino-electron…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-09-07 B. C. Canas , E. A. Garces , O. G. Miranda , M. Tortola , J. W. F. Valle

A possibility to measure $\sin^22\theta_{13}$ using reactor neutrinos is examined in detail. It is shown that the sensitivity $\sin^22\theta_{13}>0.02$ can be reached with 20 ton-year data by placing identical CHOOZ-like detectors at near…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-17 H. Minakata , H. Sugiyama , O. Yasuda , K. Inoue , F. Suekane

We discuss reactor measurement of \theta_{12} which has a potential of reaching the ultimate sensitivity which surpasses all the methods so far proposed. The key is to place a detector at an appropriate baseline distance from the reactor…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 H. Minakata , H. Nunokawa , W. J. C. Teves , R. Zukanovich Funchal

We discuss the possibilities of high precision measurement of the solar neutrino mixing angle $\theta_\odot \equiv \theta_{12}$ in solar and reactor neutrino experiments. The improvements in the determination of $\sin^2\theta_{12}$, which…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Abhijit Bandyopadhyay , Sandhya Choubey , Srubabati Goswami , S. T. Petcov

We present the preliminary result of sin^2theta_W from nu-N deep inelastic scattering experiment, NuTeV, at Fermilab. This measurement of sin^2theta_W comes from measuring the Paschos-Wolfenstein parameter…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 The NuTeV , D0 , CDF collaborations , J. Yu et. al

The CCFR collaboration reports a precise measurement of electroweak parameters derived from the ratio of neutral-current to charged-current cross-sections in neutrino-nucleon scattering at the Fermilab Tevatron. This ratio of cross-sections…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-08-31 CCFR Collaboration , K. S. McFarland

We propose a new precision measurement of parity-violating electron scattering on the proton at very low Q^2 and forward angles to challenge predictions of the Standard Model and search for new physics. A unique opportunity exists to carry…

A dedicated effort by both the experimental and theoretical communities is crucial for achieving a precise determination of Standard Model parameters such as the $W$ mass ($M_W$). $M_W$ is measured directly at the CERN LEP2 $e^+ e^-$ and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-02 Kwangwoo Park , Ulrich Baur , Doreen Wackeroth

We discuss a symmetric setup for a reactor neutrino oscillation experiment consisting of two reactors separated by about 1 km, and two symmetrically placed detectors, one close to each reactor. We show that such a configuration allows a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 P. Huber , M. Lindner , T. Schwetz

A new precision measurement of the parity violating analyzing power in longitudinally polarized electron scattering from the proton at very low Q^2 at an incident energy of 1.16 GeV is in the final stages of preparation for execution at…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Qweak Collaboration , Willem T. H. van Oers

The recently discovered 5 MeV bump highlights that the uncertainty in the reactor neutrino spectrum is far greater than some theoretical estimates. Medium baseline reactor neutrino experiments will deliver by far the most precise ever…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-04-27 Emilio Ciuffoli , Jarah Evslin , Marco Grassi , Xinmin Zhang

The NuTeV experiment has measured sin^2Theta_W = 0.2277 +/- 0.0013(stat) +/- 0.0009(syst), approximately 3 standard deviations above the standard model prediction. This discrepancy has motivated speculation that the NuTeV result may be…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-09-06 Kevin S. McFarland , Sven-Olaf Moch

We present a detailed quantitative discussion of the measurement of the leptonic mixing angle $\sin^2 2 \theta_{13}$ with a future reactor neutrino oscillation experiment consisting of a near and far detector. We perform a thorough analysis…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 P. Huber , M. Lindner , T. Schwetz , W. Winter
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