Counting Electrons to Probe the Neutrino Mass Hierarchy

2013/04/23 by Jürgen Brunner, J. Brünner, Brunner, Jürgen
Physics and Astronomy · #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Neutrino Physics Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ex #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1304.6230

openalex publication_date 2013/04/23 · arxiv created 2013/08/08 · arxiv updated 2013/08/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

After the successful measurement of the mixing angle θ₁₃, the determination of the neutrino mass hierarchy has become a priority for future neutrino experiments. We propose a conventional ν_μ beam with neutrino energies in the range 2-8 GeV aimed at a Mton underwater detector at the "magic" baseline of 2600 km. In this constellation it is sufficient to distinguish (ν_μ induced) track-like interactions from cascade-like interactions with moderate purity to determine the mass hierarchy.

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