Confusing non-standard neutrino interactions with oscillations at a neutrino factory

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dc.creatorHuber, P.
dc.creatorSchwetz, T.
dc.creatorValle, J. W. F.
dc.date2002-02-06
dc.date2002-05-13
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:09:13Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:09:13Z
dc.descriptionMost neutrino mass theories contain non-standard interactions (NSI) of neutrinos which can be either non-universal (NU) or flavor-changing (FC). We study the impact of such interactions on the determination of neutrino mixing parameters at a neutrino factory using the so-called ``golden channels'' \pnu{e}\to\pnuμ for the measurement of θ_{13}. We show that a certain combination of FC interactions in neutrino source and earth matter can give exactly the same signal as oscillations arising due to θ_{13}. This implies that information about θ_{13} can only be obtained if bounds on NSI are available. Taking into account the existing bounds on FC interactions, this leads to a drastic loss in sensitivity in θ_{13}, at least two orders of magnitude. A near detector at a neutrino factory offers the possibility to obtain stringent bounds on some NSI parameters. Such near site detector constitutes an essential ingredient of a neutrino factory and a necessary step towards the determination of θ_{13} and subsequent study of leptonic CP violation.
dc.description23 pages, 5 figures, improved version, accepted for publication in Phs. Rev. D, references added
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0202048
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0202048
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D66:013006,2002
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.66.013006
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/190387
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleConfusing non-standard neutrino interactions with oscillations at a neutrino factory
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