Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2008-07-17
Phys.Rev.D78:073001,2008
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
13 pages, 3 figures, typing error in the abstract corrected, no other change
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.78.073001
We explore the potential offered by large-mass Liquid Argon detectors for determination of the sign of Delta m_{31}^2, or the neutrino mass hierarchy, through interactions of atmospheric neutrinos. We give results for a 100 kT sized magnetized detector which provides separate sensitivity to \nu_\mu, \bar{\nu}_\mu and, over a limited energy range, to \nu_e, \bar{\nu}_e.We also discuss the sensitivity for the unmagnetized version of such a detector. After including the effect of smearing in neutrino energy and direction and incorporating the relevant statistical,theoretical and systematic errors, we perform a binned \chi^2 analysis of simulated data. The \chi^2 is marginalized over the presently allowed ranges of neutrino parameters and determined as a function of \theta_{13}. We find that such a detector offers superior capabilities for hierarchy resolution, allowing a > 4\sigma determination for a 100 kT detector over a 10 year running period for values of \sin^2 2\theta_{13} \ge 0.05. For an unmagnetized detector, a 2.5\sigma hierarchy sensitivity is possible for \sin^2 2\theta_{13} = 0.04.
Gandhi Raj
Ghoshal Pomita
Goswami Srubabati
Sankar Uma S.
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