A GEANT-based study of atmospheric neutrino oscillation parameters at INO

Abstract

We have studied the dependence of the allowed space of the atmospheric neutrino oscillation parameters on the time of exposure for a magnetized Iron CALorimeter (ICAL) detector at the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO). We have performed a Monte Carlo simulation for a 50 kTon ICAL detector generating events by the neutrino generator NUANCE and simulating the detector response by GEANT. A chi-square analysis for the ratio of the up-going and down-going neutrinos as a function of $L/E$ is performed and the allowed regions at 90% and 99% CL are displayed. These results are found to be better than the current experimental results of MINOS and Super-K. The possibilities of further improvement have also been discussed.

8 pages, 13 figures, a new figure added, version accepted in IJMPA

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• Error Propagation of the Track Model and Track Fitting Strategy for the Iron CALorimeter Detector in India-based Neutrino Observatory