Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2006-03-22
JHEP 0704:003,2007
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
32 pages, 17 figures, minor improvements on the text wrt to v2, version to appear in JHEP
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2007/04/003
We consider the physics potential of CERN based neutrino oscillation experiments consisting of a Beta Beam (BB) and a Super Beam (SPL) sending neutrinos to MEMPHYS, a 440 kt water \v{C}erenkov detector at Frejus, at a distance of 130 km from CERN. The $\theta_{13}$ discovery reach and the sensitivity to CP violation are investigated, including a detailed discussion of parameter degeneracies and systematical errors. For SPL sensitivities similar to the ones of the phase II of the T2K experiment (T2HK) are obtained, whereas the BB may reach significantly better sensitivities, depending on the achieved number of total ion decays. The results for the CERN-MEMPHYS experiments are less affected by systematical uncertainties than T2HK. We point out that by a combination of data from BB and SPL a measurement with antineutrinos is not necessary and hence the same physics results can be obtained within about half of the measurement time compared to one single experiment. Furthermore, it is shown how including data from atmospheric neutrinos in the MEMPHYS detector allows to resolve parameter degeneracies and, in particular, provides sensitivity to the neutrino mass hierarchy and the octant of $\theta_{23}$.
Campagne Jean Eric
Maltoni Michele
Mezzetto Mauro
Schwetz Thomas
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