The physics potential of a neutrino beam from Protvino to ORCA

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15m
Kongresshaus Stadthalle Heidelberg (Heidelberg)

Kongresshaus Stadthalle Heidelberg

Heidelberg

Neckarstaden 24 69117 Heidelberg Germany
Poster accelerator Poster (participating in poster prize competition)

Speaker

Dr Jürgen Brunner (CPPM)

Description

The ORCA detector is part of the KM3NeT project. It is currently under construction 40 km off-shore Toulon, France. With an energy threshold of a few GeV and an effective mass of several Mtons, ORCA will make high precision measurements with atmospheric neutrinos. A neutrino beam from the accelerator center IHEP in Protvino (Russia) to ORCA (France) with a baseline of 2590 km will add significantly to the physics potential of ORCA. Due to the long baseline both matter and CP-phase effects can be studied at comfortably high neutrino energies of 4-6~GeV without leading to degeneracies. Its large instrumented mass allows to harvest a high-statistics beam neutrino sample after few years of operations. Preliminary studies indicate that high significance measurements of both the neutrino mass ordering and the CP phase are feasible on a few years time-scale, assuming a moderate intensity upgrade of the accelerator complex.
Authorship annotation on behalf the KM3NeT Collaboration
Session and Location Wednesday Session, Poster Wall #186 (Ballroom)
Poster included in proceedings: yes

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