Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2009-01-12
JHEP 0907:031,2009
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
46 pages, 13 figures
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2009/07/031
The Tokai-to-Kamioka-and-Korea (T2KK) neutrino oscillation experiment under examination can have a high sensitivity to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy for a combination of relatively large (\sim 3.0^circ) off-axis angle beam at Super-Kamiokande (SK) and small (\sim 0.5^circ) off-axis angle at L \sim 1,000km in Korea. We elaborate previous studies by taking into account smearing of reconstructed neutrino energy due to finite resolution of electron or muon energies, nuclear Fermi motion and resonance production, as well as the neutral current \pi^0 production background to the nu_mu to nu_e oscillation signal. It is found that the mass hierarchy pattern can still be determined at 3sigma level if sin^22thata_rct \quiv 4|U_{e3}|^2(1-|U_{e3}|^2) \gsim 0.08(0.09) when the hierarchy is normal (inverted) with 5 \times10^{21} POT exposure, or 5 years of the T2K experiment, if a 100kton water cherenkov detector is placed in Korea. The \pi^0 backgrounds deteriorate the capability of the mass hierarchy determination, whereas the events from nuclear resonance productions contribute positively to the hierarchy discrimination power. We also find that the \pi^0 backgrounds seriously affect the CP phase measurement. Although \delta_mns can still be constrained with an accuracy of \sim \pm 45^circ (\pm 60^circ) at 1sigma level for the normal (inverted) hierarchy with the above exposure if sin^22theta_rct \gsim 0.04, CP violation can no longer be established at 3sigma level even for delta_mns=\pm 90^circ and sin^22theta_rct=0.1. About four times higher exposure will be needed to measure delta_mns with \pm 30^circ accuracy.
Hagiwara Kaoru
Okamura Naotoshi
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