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nuSTORM: Neutrinos from STORed Muons

Authors :
Kyberd, P.
Smith, D. R.
Coney, L.
Pascoli, S.
Ankenbrandt, C.
Brice, S. J.
Bross, A. D.
Cease, H.
Kopp, J.
Mokhov, N.
Morfin, J.
Neuffer, D.
Popovic, M.
Rubinov, P.
Striganov, S.
Blondel, A.
Bravar, A.
Noah, E.
Bayes, R.
Soler, F. J. P.
Dobbs, A.
Long, K.
Pasternak, J.
Santos, E.
Wascko, M. O.
Agarwalla, S. K.
Bogacz, S. A.
Mori, Y.
Lagrange, J. B.
de GouvĂȘa, A.
Kuno, Y.
Sato, A.
Blackmore, V.
Cobb, J.
Tunnell, C. D.
Link, J. M.
Huber, P.
Winter, W.
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

The results of LSND and MiniBooNE, along with the recent papers on a possible reactor neutrino flux anomaly give tantalizing hints of new physics. Models beyond the neutrino-SM have been developed to explain these results and involve one or more additional neutrinos that are non-interacting or "sterile." Neutrino beams produced from the decay of muons in a racetrack-like decay ring provide a powerful way to study this potential new physics. In this Letter of Intent, we describe a facility, nuSTORM, "Neutrinos from STORed Muons," and an appropriate far detector for neutrino oscillation searches at short baseline. We present sensitivity plots that indicated that this experimental approach can provide over 10 sigma confirmation or rejection of the LSND/MinBooNE results. In addition we indicate how the facility can be used to make precision neutrino interaction cross section measurements important to the next generation of long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments.

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1206.0294
Document Type :
Working Paper