Energy Dependence of CP-Violation Reach for Monochromatic Neutrino Beam

Abstract

The ultimate goal for future neutrino facilities is the determination of CP violation in neutrino oscillations. Besides $|U(e3)|\ne 0$, this will require precision experiments with a very intense neutrino source and energy control. With this objective in mind, the creation of monochromatic neutrino beams from the electron capture decay of boosted ions by the SPS of CERN has been proposed. We discuss the capabilities of such a facility as a function of the energy of the boost and the baseline for the detector. We compare the physics potential for two different configurations: I) $\gamma =90$ and $\gamma =195$ (maximum achievable at present SPS) to Frejus; II) $\gamma =195$ and $\gamma =440$ (maximum achievable at upgraded SPS) to Canfranc. We conclude that the SPS upgrade to 1000 GeV is important to reach a better sensitivity to CP violation iff it is accompanied by a longer baseline. In both Setups, the gain in the CP violation sensitivity with a previous knowledge of $|U(e3)|$ is apparent.

arXiv comment11 pages, 7 figures

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