Opportunities for Neutrino Physics at the Spallation Neutron Source: A White Paper

Conference · Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012

OSTI ID:1419026

Bolozdynya, A. ^[1]; Cavanna, F. ^[2]; Efremenko, Y. ^[3]; Garvey, G. T. ^[4]; Gudkov, V. ^[5]; Hatzikoutelis, A. ^[3]; Hix, W. R. ^[6]; Louis, W. C. ^[4]; Link, J. M. ^[7]; Markoff, D. M. ^[8]; Mills, G. B. ^[4]; Patton, K. ^[9]; Ray, H. ^[10]; Scholberg, K. ^[11]; Van de Water, R. G. ^[4]; Virtue, C. ^[12]; White, D. H. ^[4]; Yen, S. ^[13]; Yoo, J. ^[14]

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1. Moscow Phys. Eng. Inst.
2. INFN, Aquila
3. Tennessee U.
4. Los Alamos
5. South Carolina U.
6. Oak Ridge
7. Virginia Tech.
8. North Carolina Central U.
9. North Carolina State U.
10. Florida U.
11. Duke U.
12. Laurentian U.
13. TRIUMF
14. Fermilab

The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, provides an intense flux of neutrinos in the few tens-of-MeV range, with a sharply-pulsed timing structure that is beneficial for background rejection. In this document, the product of a workshop at the SNS in May 2012, we describe this free, high-quality stopped-pion neutrino source and outline various physics that could be done using it. We describe without prioritization some specific experimental configurations that could address these physics topics.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 1419026
• Report Number(s): arXiv:1211.5199; FERMILAB-CONF-12-852-PPD; 1203677
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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