Simulations of neutrino oscillations for a low-energy neutrino factory with a magnetized large-volume liquid scintillator at 2288 km baseline

TL;DR

This paper explores the potential of a magnetized large-volume liquid scintillator detector at a 2288 km baseline for precise neutrino oscillation measurements from a low-energy neutrino factory, extending sensitivity to very small mixing angles.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of using a magnetized liquid scintillator for long-baseline neutrino oscillation studies and evaluates its sensitivity to small mixing angles.

Findings

Sensitivity to $ ext{sin}^2 2 heta_{13}$ down to $ ext{~}10^{-4}$

Feasibility of charge identification in a large-volume liquid scintillator

Potential for precise measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters

Abstract

A magnetized large-volume liquid scintillator might be used as a tracking detector with charge identification to measure high-energy neutrinos. I consider neutrino oscillations for a beam from a low-energy neutrino factory to such a detector for the baseline CERN-Pyhasalmi, with the length of 2288 km. The range to study the oscillation parameters extends to $\sin^2 2\theta_{13}\sim 10^{-4}$ for reasonable assumptions for the detector and the beam.