Measuring Oscillations with a Million Atmospheric Neutrinos
After two decades of measurements, neutrino physics is now advancing into the precision era. With the long-baseline experiments designed to tackle current open questions, a new query arises: Can atmospheric neutrino experiments also play a role? To that end, we analyze the expected sensitivity of cu...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:2e496709f07b4c96b7041612e6cc82c4 2024-01-21T10:09:26+01:00 Measuring Oscillations with a Million Atmospheric Neutrinos C. A. Argüelles P. Fernández I. Martínez-Soler M. Jin (靳淼辰) 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.13.041055 https://doaj.org/article/2e496709f07b4c96b7041612e6cc82c4 EN eng American Physical Society http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.13.041055 https://doaj.org/toc/2160-3308 doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.13.041055 2160-3308 https://doaj.org/article/2e496709f07b4c96b7041612e6cc82c4 Physical Review X, Vol 13, Iss 4, p 041055 (2023) Physics QC1-999 article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.13.041055 2023-12-24T01:41:58Z After two decades of measurements, neutrino physics is now advancing into the precision era. With the long-baseline experiments designed to tackle current open questions, a new query arises: Can atmospheric neutrino experiments also play a role? To that end, we analyze the expected sensitivity of current and near-future water(ice)-Cherenkov atmospheric neutrino experiments in the context of standard three-flavor neutrino oscillations. In this first in-depth combined atmospheric neutrino analysis, we analyze the current shared systematic uncertainties arising from the common flux and neutrino-water interactions. We then implement the systematic uncertainties of each experiment in detail and develop the atmospheric neutrino simulations for Super-Kamiokande, with and without neutron-tagging capabilities, IceCube Upgrade, ORCA, and Hyper-Kamiokande detectors. We carefully review the synergies and features of these experiments to examine the potential of a joint analysis of these atmospheric neutrino data in resolving the θ_{23} octant at 99% confidence level (CL), and determining the neutrino mass ordering above 5σ by 2030. Additionally, we assess the capability to constrain θ_{13} and the CP-violating phase (δ_{CP}) in the leptonic sector independently from reactor and accelerator neutrino data. A combination of the atmospheric neutrino measurements will enhance the sensitivity to a greater extent than the simple sum of individual experiment results reaching more than 3σ for some values of δ_{CP}. These results will provide vital information for next-generation accelerator neutrino oscillation experiments such as DUNE and Hyper-Kamiokande. Article in Journal/Newspaper Orca Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Physical Review X 13 4 |
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After two decades of measurements, neutrino physics is now advancing into the precision era. With the long-baseline experiments designed to tackle current open questions, a new query arises: Can atmospheric neutrino experiments also play a role? To that end, we analyze the expected sensitivity of current and near-future water(ice)-Cherenkov atmospheric neutrino experiments in the context of standard three-flavor neutrino oscillations. In this first in-depth combined atmospheric neutrino analysis, we analyze the current shared systematic uncertainties arising from the common flux and neutrino-water interactions. We then implement the systematic uncertainties of each experiment in detail and develop the atmospheric neutrino simulations for Super-Kamiokande, with and without neutron-tagging capabilities, IceCube Upgrade, ORCA, and Hyper-Kamiokande detectors. We carefully review the synergies and features of these experiments to examine the potential of a joint analysis of these atmospheric neutrino data in resolving the θ_{23} octant at 99% confidence level (CL), and determining the neutrino mass ordering above 5σ by 2030. Additionally, we assess the capability to constrain θ_{13} and the CP-violating phase (δ_{CP}) in the leptonic sector independently from reactor and accelerator neutrino data. A combination of the atmospheric neutrino measurements will enhance the sensitivity to a greater extent than the simple sum of individual experiment results reaching more than 3σ for some values of δ_{CP}. These results will provide vital information for next-generation accelerator neutrino oscillation experiments such as DUNE and Hyper-Kamiokande. |
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Measuring Oscillations with a Million Atmospheric Neutrinos |
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Measuring Oscillations with a Million Atmospheric Neutrinos |
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Measuring Oscillations with a Million Atmospheric Neutrinos |
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