Physics with beam tau-neutrino appearance at DUNE

de Gouvêa, André; Kelly, Kevin J.; Stenico, G. V.; Pasquini, Pedro

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.100.016004

Title: Physics with beam tau-neutrino appearance at DUNE

Journal Article · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Physical Review. D.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.016004· OSTI ID:1532795

de Gouvêa, André; Kelly, Kevin J.; Stenico, G. V.; Pasquini, Pedro

We discover the capabilities of the upcoming Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) to measure ντ charged-current interactions and the associated oscillation probability P(ν_μ→ν_τ) at its far detector, concentrating on how such results can be used to probe neutrino properties and interactions. DUNE has the potential to identify significantly more ν_τ events than all existing experiments and can use this data sample to nontrivially test the three-massive-neutrinos paradigm by providing complementary measurements to those from the ν_e-appearance and ν_μ-disappearance channels. We also discuss the sensitivity of the ν_τ-appearance channel to several hypotheses for the physics that may lurk beyond the three-massive-neutrinos paradigm: a nonunitary lepton mixing matrix, the 3+1 light neutrinos hypothesis, and the existence of nonstandard neutral-current neutrino interactions. Throughout, we also consider the relative benefits of the proposed high-energy tune of the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) beam line.

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Research Organization:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010143; AC02-07CH11359; 2016/00272-9; 2017/12904-2; 2014/05133-1, 2014/19164-6; 2015/16809-9

OSTI ID:: 1532795

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1545101

Report Number(s):: arXiv:1904.07265; FERMILAB-PUB-19-146-T; NUHEP-TH/-19-04; PRVDAQ; 016004

Journal Information:: Physical Review. D., Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Vol. 100 Journal Issue: 1; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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