Long-baseline neutrino oscillation physics potential of the DUNE experiment: DUNE Collaboration



Abi, B, Acciarri, R, Acero, MA, Adamov, G, Adams, D, Adinolfi, M, Ahmad, Z, Ahmed, J, Alion, T, Monsalve, S Alonso
et al (show 963 more authors) (2020) Long-baseline neutrino oscillation physics potential of the DUNE experiment: DUNE Collaboration. European Physical Journal C, 80 (10). 978-. ISSN 1124-1861, 1434-6052

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The sensitivity of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) to neutrino oscillation is determined, based on a full simulation, reconstruction, and event selection of the far detector and a full simulation and parameterized analysis of the near detector. Detailed uncertainties due to the flux prediction, neutrino interaction model, and detector effects are included. DUNE will resolve the neutrino mass ordering to a precision of 5<jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\sigma $$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>σ</mml:mi> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula>, for all <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\delta _{\mathrm{CP}}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>δ</mml:mi> <mml:mi>CP</mml:mi> </mml:msub> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> values, after 2 years of running with the nominal detector design and beam configuration. It has the potential to observe charge-parity violation in the neutrino sector to a precision of 3<jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\sigma $$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>σ</mml:mi> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> (5<jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\sigma $$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>σ</mml:mi> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula>) after an exposure of 5 (10) years, for 50% of all <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\delta _{\mathrm{CP}}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>δ</mml:mi> <mml:mi>CP</mml:mi> </mml:msub> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> values. It will also make precise measurements of other parameters governing long-baseline neutrino oscillation, and after an exposure of 15 years will achieve a similar sensitivity to <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\sin ^{2} 2\theta _{13}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mo>sin</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>θ</mml:mi> <mml:mn>13</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> to current reactor experiments.</jats:p>

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: 5106 Nuclear and Plasma Physics, 5107 Particle and High Energy Physics, 51 Physical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 13 Jan 2021 09:58
Last Modified: 07 Dec 2024 11:47
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-08456-z
Open Access URL: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-08456-z
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3113382