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Title: Roadmap for the international, accelerator-based neutrino programme

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1365576· OSTI ID:1365576
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  1. Beijing, Inst. High Energy Phys. (China)
  2. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
  3. CNRS/IN2P3. Univ. Paris (France). Observatoire de Paris. AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC)
  4. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
  5. Federal University of Goias (Brazil)
  6. Seoul National Univ. (Korea, Republic of)
  7. High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba (Japan)
  8. Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Oxford (United Kingdom). Rutherford Appleton Lab. (RAL)
  9. Autonomous Univ. of Madrid (Spain)
  10. Univ. of Padua (Italy)
  11. Tata Inst. of Fundamental Research, Bombay (India)
  12. Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
  13. Univ. of Wroclaw (Poland)
  14. TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada)
  15. Imperial College, London (United Kingdom)
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In line with its terms of reference the ICFA Neutrino Panel has developed a roadmap for the international, accelerator-based neutrino programme. A "roadmap discussion document" was presented in May 2016 taking into account the peer-group-consultation described in the Panel's initial report. The "roadmap discussion document" was used to solicit feedback from the neutrino community---and more broadly, the particle- and astroparticle-physics communities---and the various stakeholders in the programme. The roadmap, the conclusions and recommendations presented in this document take into account the comments received following the publication of the roadmap discussion document. With its roadmap the Panel documents the approved objectives and milestones of the experiments that are presently in operation or under construction. Approval, construction and exploitation milestones are presented for experiments that are being considered for approval. The timetable proposed by the proponents is presented for experiments that are not yet being considered formally for approval. Based on this information, the evolution of the precision with which the critical parameters governinger the neutrino are known has been evaluated. Branch or decision points have been identified based on the anticipated evolution in precision. The branch or decision points have in turn been used to identify desirable timelines for the neutrino-nucleus cross section and hadro-production measurements that are required to maximise the integrated scientific output of the programme. The branch points have also been used to identify the timeline for the R&D required to take the programme beyond the horizon of the next generation of experiments. The theory and phenomenology programme, including nuclear theory, required to ensure that maximum benefit is derived from the experimental programme is also discussed.

Research Organization:
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:
1365576
Report Number(s):
arXiv:1704.08181; FERMILAB-FN-1031; 1596901; TRN: US1701929
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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