The neutrino factory and beta beam experiments and development

Albright, C. ; Barger, V. ; Beacom, J. F. ; Berg, J. S. ; Black, E. ; Blondel, A. ; Bogacz, S. ; Brice, S. ; Caspi, S. ; Chou, W. ; Cummings, M. ; Fernow, R. ; Finley, D. ; Gallardo, J. ; Geer, S. ; Gomez-Cadenas, J. J. ; Goodman, M. ; Harris, D. ; Huber, Patrick ; Jansson, A. ; Johnstone, C. ; /Fermilab /Wisconsin U., Madison /Brookhaven /IIT, Chicago /Geneva U. /Jefferson Lab /LBL, Berkeley /Northern Illinois U. /Valencia U., IFIC /Argonne /Munich, Tech. U. /Princeton U. /INFN, Naples /Naples U. /Illinois U., Urbana /Oak Ridge /Mississippi U. /Iowa State U.

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

关键词: Testing Accelerators, Experiment-Hep;    43 Particle Accelerators;    Sensitivity;    Neutrinos;    Design;   

DOI  :  10.2172/15017364
RP-ID  :  FERMILAB-TM-2259
RP-ID  :  AC02-76CH03000
RP-ID  :  15017364

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The long-term prospects for fully exploring three-flavor mixing in the neutrino sector depend upon an ongoing and increased investment in the appropriate accelerator R&D. Two new concepts have been proposed that would revolutionize neutrino experiments, namely the Neutrino Factory and the Beta Beam facility. These new facilities would dramatically improve our ability to test the three-flavor mixing framework, measure CP violation in the lepton sector, and perhaps determine the neutrino mass hierarchy, and, if necessary, probe extremely small values of the mixing angle {theta}{sub 13}. The stunning sensitivity that could be achieved with a Neutrino Factory is described, together with our present understanding of the corresponding sensitivity that might be achieved with a Beta Beam facility. In the Beta Beam case, additional study is required to better understand the optimum Beta Beam energy, and the achievable sensitivity. Neither a Neutrino Factory nor a Beta Beam facility could be built without significant R&D. An impressive Neutrino Factory R&D effort has been ongoing in the U.S. and elsewhere over the last few years and significant progress has been made towards optimizing the design, developing and testing the required accelerator components, and significantly reducing the cost. The recent progress is described here.