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Science and Technology Facilities Council (Great Britain), European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. S. Staszica w Krakowie [AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland], Institut de recherché sur les lois fondamentales de l’univers (France) (IRFU), Université de Strasbourg, Politechnika Krakowska [Cracow University of Technology], Institute National Polytechnique de Grenoble., Université catholique de Louvain (1970- ), Université Joseph Fourier, Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Novgorod, Russia), University of Lancaster, Laboratori nazionali di Legnaro, Università di Padova, Instituto nazionale di fisica nucleare. Sezione di Firenze., Mekhon Ṿaitsman le-madaʻ (Israel) [Weitzmann Institute of Science], Merkaz le-meḥḳar garʻini, Naḥal Śoreḳ (Israel) [Soreq Nuclear Research Centre], Università di Napoli, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (Germany) [University of Aachen], Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Batavia, Illinois), University of Glasgow, Instituto de Física Corpusular (IFIC) (Spain), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) (Spain), Universidad de Valencia, Universitat de les Illes Balears (Spain), Université Paris VII-Denis Diderot, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) (CNRS), France. Commissariat à l’énergie atomique (CEA), Observatoire de Paris, Université de Savoie, Laboratoire souterrain de Moulis (CNRS), Sofiĭski universitet "Kliment Okhridski" [Sophia University, Sofia, Bulgaria], Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (Germany), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Insituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino (Italy), Universitat de Barcelona, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, University of Durham, Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (Germany) [University of Würzburg], Kungl. Tekniska högskolan (Sweden) [Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden)], Universität Zürich, Istituto nazionale di fisica nucleare. Laboratori nazionali di Frascati, Istituto nazionale di fisica nucleare. Sezione di Milano e Trieste, Istituto nazionale di fisica nucleare. Sezione di Roma., Imperial College, London, University of Warwick, Muons, Inc. (Batavia, Illinois), Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (U.S.), Brookhaven National Laboratory (Upton, New York), Illinois Institute of Technology, Daresbury Laboratory, Diamond Light Source (Firm) (Including: Edgecock, T. R., Back, J. J. and Harrison, P. F.). (2013) High intensity neutrino oscillation facilities in Europe. Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams, Volume 16 (Number 2). Article number 021002. doi:10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.16.021002
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.16.021002
Abstract
The EUROnu project has studied three possible options for future, high intensity neutrino oscillation facilities in Europe. The first is a Super Beam, in which the neutrinos come from the decay of pions created by bombarding targets with a 4 MW proton beam from the CERN High Power Superconducting Proton Linac. The far detector for this facility is the 500 kt MEMPHYS water Cherenkov, located in the Fréjus tunnel. The second facility is the Neutrino Factory, in which the neutrinos come from the decay of μ+ and μ- beams in a storage ring. The far detector in this case is a 100 kt magnetized iron neutrino detector at a baseline of 2000 km. The third option is a Beta Beam, in which the neutrinos come from the decay of beta emitting isotopes, in particular 6He and 18Ne, also stored in a ring. The far detector is also the MEMPHYS detector in the Fréjus tunnel. EUROnu has undertaken conceptual designs of these facilities and studied the performance of the detectors. Based on this, it has determined the physics reach of each facility, in particular for the measurement of CP violation in the lepton sector, and estimated the cost of construction. These have demonstrated that the best facility to build is the Neutrino Factory. However, if a powerful proton driver is constructed for another purpose or if the MEMPHYS detector is built for astroparticle physics, the Super Beam also becomes very attractive.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Neutrino interactions, Nuclear physics -- Research, Nuclear counters, Detectors | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams | ||||
Publisher: | American Physical Society | ||||
Official Date: | 20 February 2013 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 16 | ||||
Number: | Number 2 | ||||
Page Range: | Article number 021002 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.16.021002 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 25 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 25 December 2015 | ||||
Funder: | Seventh Framework Programme (European Commission) (FP7), National Science Fund of Bulgaria (BNSF) |
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