1. Search for sterile neutrinos at radioactive ion beam facilities
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Cristina Volpe, Catalina Espinoza, and Rimantas Lazauskas
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Physics ,History ,Particle physics ,Sterile neutrino ,Ion beam ,Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors ,Physics beyond the Standard Model ,High Energy Physics::Phenomenology ,Scintillator ,Computer Science Applications ,Education ,Ion ,Nuclear physics ,Neutrino detector ,Measurements of neutrino speed ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Neutrino - Abstract
We propose applications of Radioactive Ion Beam facilities to investigate physics beyond the Standard Model. In particular, we focus upon the search for sterile neutrinos by means of a low energy beta-beam with a Lorentz boost factor of 1. In the considered setup, collected 8Li radioactive ions are sent inside a 4? detector filled with a liquid scintillator, with inverse-beta decay as neutrino detection channel. We provide exclusion curves for the sterile neutrino mixing parameters, based upon the 3+1 formalism, depending upon the achievable ion intensity. The proposed experiment represents a possible alternative to clarify the current anomalies observed in neutrino experiments.
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- 2013
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