Publisher’s Note: High intensity neutrino oscillation facilities in Europe [Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams16, 021002 (2013)]
Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: The EUROnu project has studied three possible options for future, high intensity neutrino \noscillation facilities in Europe. The first is a Super Beam, in which the neutrinos come from the \ndecay of pions created by bombarding targets with a 4 MW proton beam from the CERN High \nPower Superconducting Proton Linac. The far detector for this facility is the 500 kt MEMPHYS \nwater Cherenkov, located in the Fréjus tunnel. The second facility is the Neutrino Factory, in which \nthe neutrinos come from the decay of μ+ and μ- beams in a storage ring. The far detector in this case \nis a 100 kt Magnetised Iron Neutrino Detector at a baseline of 2000 km. The third option is a Beta \nBeam, in which the neutrinos come from the decay of beta emitting isotopes, in particular 6He and \n18Ne, also stored in a ring. The far detector is also the MEMPHYS detector in the Fréjus tunnel. \nEUROnu has undertaken conceptual designs of these facilities and studied the performance of the \ndetectors. Based on this, it has determined the physics reach of each facility, in particular for the \nmeasurement of CP violation in the lepton sector, and estimated the cost of construction. These \nhave demonstrated that the best facility to build is the Neutrino Factory. However, if a powerful \nproton driver is constructed for another purpose or if the MEMPHYS detector is built for \nastroparticle physics, the Super Beam also becomes very attractive.
Authors: T. R. Edgecock, O. Caretta, T. Davenne, C. Densam, M. Fitton, D. Kelliher, P. Loveridge, S. Machida, C. Prior, C. Rogers, M. Rooney, J. Thomason, D. Wilcox, E. Wildner, I. Efthymiopoulos, R. Garoby, S. Gilardoni, C. Hansen, E. Benedetto, E. Jensen, A. Kosmicki, M. Martini, J. Osborne, G. Prior, T. Stora, T. Melo Mendonca, V. Vlachoudis, C. Waaijer, P. Cupial, A. Chance, A. Longhin, J. Payet, M. Zito, E. Baussan, C. Bobeth, E. Bouquerel, M. Dracos, G. Gaudiot, B. Lepers, F. Osswald, P. Poussot, N. Vassilopoulos, J. Wurtz, V. Zeter, J. Bielski, M. Kozien, L. Lacny, B. Skoczen, B. Szybinski, A. Ustrzycka, A. Wroblewski, M. Marie-Jeanne, P. Balint, C. Fourel, J. Giraud, J. Jacob, T. Lamy, L. Latrasse, P. Sortais, T. Thuillier, S. Mitrofanov, M. Loiselet, Th. Keutgen, Th. Delbar, F. Debray, C. Trophine, S. Veys, C. Daversin, V. Zorin, I. Izotov, V. Skalyga, G. Burt, A. C. Dexter, V. L. Kravchuk, T. Marchi, M. Cinausero, F. Gramegna, G. De Angelis, G. Prete, G. Collazuol, M. Laveder, M. Mazzocco, M. Mezzetto, C. Signorini, E. Vardaci, A. Di Nitto, A. Brondi, G. La Rana, P. Migliozzi, R. Moro, V. Palladino, N. Gelli, D. Berkovits, M. Hass, T. Y. Hirsh, M. Schaumann, A. Stahl, J. Wehner, A. Bross, J. Kopp, D. Neuffer, R. Wands, R. Bayes, A. Laing, P. Soler, S. K. Agarwalla, A. Cervera Villanueva, A. Donini, T. Ghosh, J. J. Gomez Cadenas, P. Hernandez, J. Martin-Albo, O. Mena, J. Burguet-Castell, L. Agostino, M. Buizza-Avanzini, M. Marafini, T. Patzak, A. Tonazzo, D. Duchesneau, L. Mosca, M. Bogomilov, Y. Karadzhov, R. Matev, R. Tsenov, E. Akhmedov, M. Blennow, M. Lindner, T. Schwetz, E. Fernandez Martinez, M. Maltoni, J. Menendez, C. Giunti, M. C. Gonzalez Garcia, J. Salvado, P. Coloma, P. Huber, T. Li, J. Lopez Pavon, C. Orme, S. Pascoli, D. Meloni, J. Tang, W. Winter, T. Ohlsson, H. Zhang, L. Scotto-Lavina, F. Terranova, M. Bonesini, L. Tortora, A. Alekou, M. Aslaninejad, C. Bontoiu, A. Kurup, L. J. Jenner, K. Long, J. Pasternak, J. Pozimski, J. J. Back, P. Harrison, K. Beard, A. Bogacz, J. S. Berg, D. Stratakis, H. Witte, P. Snopok, N. Bliss, M. Cordwell, A. Moss, S. Pattalwar, M. Apollonio
Language: English
Topic: Neutrino Physics Research
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
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