Oscillations and Cross Sections at the SNS with a Large Cerenkov Detector
Abstract
MiniBooNE at FermiLab should be able to confirm or refute the LSND Decay-in-Flight $\nu_\mu \to \nu_e$ oscillation signal within a few years. The primary evidence of neutrino oscillations from the LSND was in the anti-neutrino channel $\bar{\nu}_\mu \to \bar{\nu}_e$ channel, which may not be accessible at MiniBooNE for many years. The rates of signal and background are presented for a MiniBooNE style detector with a 250 ton mineral oil fiducial mass ($\sim$300m$^3$ fiducial volume) placed 60 meters from the Oak Ridge SNS beam stop. Several hundred $\bar{\nu}_\mu \to \bar{\nu}_e$ events could be measured in one beam year, even at the conservative end of the combined analysis of LSND and KARMEN. The same detector could easily measure neutrino-nucleus cross sections if filled with any interesting transparent fluid, several of which are suggested here. The rate and backgrounds for a methylene iodide filled detector are also presented as an example.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- September 2003
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.nucl-ex/0309014
- arXiv:
- arXiv:nucl-ex/0309014
- Bibcode:
- 2003nucl.ex...9014V
- Keywords:
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- Nuclear Experiment;
- High Energy Physics - Experiment
- E-Print:
- 28 pages, 12 figures. Based on a talk given at Neutrino Studies at the Spallation Neutron Source Workshop, August 28-29, 2003, Oak Ridge, TN