2011/06/06 by A. Longhin · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Beam (structure) #Cherenkov radiation #Crystallography and Radiation Phenomena #Detector #Hadron #Large Hadron Collider #Mixing (physics) #Neutrino #Neutrino Physics Research #Neutrino oscillation #Sensitivity (control systems) #hep-ex #physics.acc-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-011-1745-8
11 pages, 18 figures, 2 tables
arxiv created 2011/06/06 · openalex publication_date 2011/09/01 · arxiv updated 2015/05/28 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We present an optimization of the hadron focusing system for a low-energy high-intensity conventional neutrino beam (Super-Beam) proposed on the basis of the HP-SPL at CERN with a beam power of 4 MW and an energy of 4.5 GeV. The far detector would be a 440 kton Water Cherenkov detector (MEMPHYS) located at a baseline of 130 km in the Fréjus site. The neutrino fluxes simulation relies on a new GEANT4 based simulation coupled with an optimization algorithm based on the maximization of the sensitivity limit on the θ13 mixing angle. A new configuration adopting a multiple horn system with solid targets is proposed which improves the sensitivity to θ13 and the CP violating phase δCP.