A combined beta-beam and electron capture neutrino experiment
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چکیده
The next generation of long baseline neutrino experiments will aim at determining the value of the unknown mixing angle, θ13, the type of neutrino mass hierarchy and the presence of CPviolation in the lepton sector. Beta-beams and electron capture experiments have been studied as viable candidates for long baseline experiments. They use a very clean electron neutrino beam from the β-decays or electron capture decays of boosted ions. In the present article we consider an hybrid setup which combines a beta-beam with an electron capture beam by using boosted Ytterbium ions. We study the sensitivity to the CP-violating phase δ and the θ13 angle, the CPdiscovery potential and the reach to determine the type of neutrino mass hierarchy for this type of long baseline experiment. The analysis is performed for different neutrino beam energies and baselines. Finally, we also discuss how the results would change if a better knowledge of some of the assumed parameters was achieved by the time this experiment could take place.
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