The neutrino mass hierarchy measurement with a neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea: A feasibility study

Journal Article · Tue Nov 18 00:00:00 EST 2014 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4902765· OSTI ID:22390632

Tsirigotis, A. G. ^[1]

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1. Physics Laboratory, Hellenic Open University (Greece)

With the measurement of a non zero value of the θ{sub 13} neutrino mixing parameter, interest in neutrinos as source of the baryon asymmetry of the universe has increased. Among the measurements of a rich and varied program in near future neutrino physics is the determination of the mass hierarchy. We present the status of a study of the feasibility of using a densely instrumented undersea neutrino detector to determine the mass hierarchy, utilizing the Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein (MSW) effect on atmospheric neutrino oscillations. The detector will use technology developed for KM3NeT. We present the systematic studies of the optimization of a detector in the required 5–10 GeV energy regime. These studies include new tracking and interaction identification algorithms as well as geometrical optimizations of the detector.

• OSTI ID: 22390632
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1630, Issue 1; Conference: VLVvT 13: 6. International Workshop on Very Large Volumte Neutrino Telescopes, Stockholm (Sweden), 5-7 Aug 2013; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ALGORITHMS
ASYMMETRY
BARYONS
CHERENKOV COUNTERS
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
GEV RANGE
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
MULTIPARTICLE SPECTROMETERS
NEUTRINO DETECTION
NEUTRINO OSCILLATION
NEUTRINOS
OPTIMIZATION
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
TELESCOPE COUNTERS
UNIVERSE