A proposal to search for neutrino oscillations with high sensitivity in the appearance channels. nu. sub. mu. yields. nu. sub e and. nu. sub. mu. yields. nu. sub e
- California Univ., Irvine, CA (USA)
- California Univ., Riverside, CA (USA)
- Southeastern Universities Research Association, Newport News, VA (USA). Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
An experiment is proposed to search concurrently for {nu}{sub {mu}} {yields} {nu}{sub e} and {bar {nu}}{sub {mu}} {yields} {bar {nu}{sub e} oscillations with high sensitivity at LAMPF. The detector consists of a tank with 200 tons of dilute liquid scintillator with 850 10-in. photomultiplier tubes mounted on the inside tank covering 28% of the surface. Both Cerenkov light and scintillation light will be detected. The tank will reside inside the existing E645 veto shield and the experiment will make use of the present A6 beam-stop neutrino source. After two years of data collection, 90% confidence level limits on {bar {nu}{sub mu}}({nu}{sub {mu}}) {yields} {bar {nu}}{sub e}({nu}{sub e}) mixing strengths of 2.7(2.7) {times} 10{sup {minus}4} can be obtained for all {Delta}m{sup 2} > 1 eV{sup 2}. Similarly, for maximal mixing the 90% C.L. limits on {Delta}m{sup 2} are 1.7(4.0) {times} 10{sup {minus}2}. This experiment will, therefore, provide the world's best terrestrial limits on {nu}{sub {mu}} {yields} {nu}{sub e}} oscillations. Other physics to be obtained includes measurements of the charged current reactions {nu}{sub e}C {yields} e{sup {minus}}N and {nu}{sub {mu}}C {yields} {mu}{sup {minus}}N, of the inelastic neutral current reaction {nu}C {yields} {nu}C* (15.11- MeV {gamma}), and a search for the rare decays {pi}{sup 0} {yields} {nu}{bar {nu}} and {eta} {yields} {nu}{bar {nu}}.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/ER
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 6642343
- Report Number(s):
- LA-11842-P; ON: DE90014841; TRN: 90-027610
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
MUON ANTINEUTRINOS
NEUTRINO OSCILLATION
MUON NEUTRINOS
PIONS NEUTRAL
WEAK PARTICLE DECAY
CHARGED CURRENTS
COST
CROSS SECTIONS
LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
NEUTRAL CURRENTS
NEUTRINO DETECTION
PHOTOMULTIPLIERS
ALGEBRAIC CURRENTS
ANTILEPTONS
ANTIMATTER
ANTINEUTRINOS
ANTIPARTICLES
BOSONS
CURRENTS
DECAY
DETECTION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
HADRONS
LEPTONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MESONS
NEUTRINOS
PARTICLE DECAY
PHOTOTUBES
PIONS
PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
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