2003/09/17 by Gordon J. VanDalen, G. VanDalen, VanDalen, Gordon J.
Physics and Astronomy · #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #Neutrino Physics Research #Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ex #nucl-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.nucl-ex/0309014
28 pages, 12 figures. Based on a talk given at Neutrino Studies at the Spallation Neutron Source Workshop, August 28-29, 2003, Oak Ridge, TN
arxiv created 2003/09/17 · openalex publication_date 2003/09/17 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
MiniBooNE at FermiLab should be able to confirm or refute the LSND Decay-in-Flight νμ→ νe oscillation signal within a few years. The primary evidence of neutrino oscillations from the LSND was in the anti-neutrino channel νμ→ νe channel, which may not be accessible at MiniBooNE for many years. The rates of signal and background are presented for a MiniBooNE style detector with a 250 ton mineral oil fiducial mass (∼300m3 fiducial volume) placed 60 meters from the Oak Ridge SNS beam stop. Several hundred νμ→ νe events could be measured in one beam year, even at the conservative end of the combined analysis of LSND and KARMEN. The same detector could easily measure neutrino-nucleus cross sections if filled with any interesting transparent fluid, several of which are suggested here. The rate and backgrounds for a methylene iodide filled detector are also presented as an example.