Unraveling neutrino parameters with a magical beta-beam experiment at INO

dc.creatorAgarwalla, Sanjib Kumar
dc.creatorChoubey, Sandhya
dc.creatorRaychaudhuri, Amitava
dc.date2007-11-09
dc.date2008-01-24
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dc.descriptionWe expound in detail the physics reach of an experimental set-up in which the proposed large magnetized iron detector at the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) would serve as the far detector for a so-called beta-beam. If this pure $\nue$ and/or $\anue$ beam is shot from some source location like CERN such that the source-detector distance $L \simeq 7500$ km, the impact of the CP phase $δ_{CP}$ on the oscillation probability and associated parameter correlation and degeneracies are almost negligible. This ``magical'' beta-beam experiment would have unprecedented sensitivity to the neutrino mass hierarchy and $θ_{13}$, two of the missing ingredients needed for our understanding of the neutrino sector. With Lorentz boost $γ=650$ and irrespective of the true value of $δ_{CP}$, the neutrino mass hierarchy could be determined at $3σ$ C.L. if $\sin^22θ_{13}{\rm {(true)}} > 5.6 \times 10^{-4}$ and we can expect an unambiguous signal for $θ_{13}$ at $3σ$ C.L. if $\sin^22θ_{13}{\rm {(true)}} > 5.1 \times 10^{-4}$ independent of the true neutrino mass hierarchy.
dc.description26 pages, 20 eps figures, version to appear in Nucl.Phys.B
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0711.1459
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0711.1459
dc.identifierNucl.Phys.B798:124-145,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2008.01.031
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/199640
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleUnraveling neutrino parameters with a magical beta-beam experiment at INO
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