Speaker
Dr
Ryan Bayes
(University of Glasgow)
Description
A neutrino factory provides a well defined neutrino beam with a wide
range of oscillation channels for the direct detection of CP violation
in the neutrino sector. To make use of this beam, a detector must have
excellent charge discrimination capabilities because the
un-oscillated background has the same flavour, but with the opposite
charge to the signal. A magnetic field is required to achieve the
required charge discrimination. The most reliable method for the
generation of a magnetic field over a volume required for a neutrino
factory experiment is using a Magnetized Iron Neutrino Detector
(MIND). A detailed simulation of a MIND has been developed for the
neutrino factory with advanced reconstruction and analysis software
for the identification of muons resulting from the appearance of muon
neutrinos from electron neutrino oscillations. The sensitivity of
MIND at a neutrino factory to CP violating effects in this appearance
oscillation is discussed, with consideration of systematic
uncertainties. The combination of this detector concept at a neutrino
factory provides the best sensitivity to CP violation of all possible future
experiments and the best accuracy in the measurement of the CP violating
phase delta.
Primary author
Dr
Ryan Bayes
(University of Glasgow)
