2009/02/27 by J. Bernabéu, J. Bernabeu, C. Espinoza +6
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #BETA (programming language) #Baseline (sea) #Beam (structure) #Cathode ray #Computer science #Electron #Electron capture #Electron neutrino #Lepton #Neutrino #Neutrino Physics Research #Neutrino oscillation #Nuclear physics #Optics #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2009/06/040
published as JHEP 0906:040,2009 · 35 pp, 11 figs
arxiv created 2009/02/27 · openalex publication_date 2009/06/11 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The next generation of long baseline neutrino experiments will aim at determining the value of the unknown mixing angle, theta13, the type of neutrino mass hierarchy and the presence of CP-violation in the lepton sector. Beta-beams and electron capture experiments have been studied as viable candidates for long baseline experiments. They use a very clean electron neutrino beam from the beta-decays or electron capture decays of boosted ions. In the present article we consider an hybrid setup which combines a beta-beam with an electron capture beam by using boosted Ytterbium ions. We study the sensitivity to the CP-violating phase delta and the theta13 angle, the CP-discovery potential and the reach to determine the type of neutrino mass hierarchy for this type of long baseline experiment. The analysis is performed for different neutrino beam energies and baselines. Finally, we also discuss how the results would change if a better knowledge of some of the assumed parameters was achieved by the time this experiment could take place.