Beta Beams Implementation at CERN

TL;DR

This paper discusses the implementation of Beta Beams at CERN, focusing on ion production, acceleration, and storage, and examines how recent T2K results influence Beta Beam performance for neutrino research.

Contribution

It provides an analysis of the feasibility of key technological components for Beta Beams at CERN and evaluates the impact of recent neutrino oscillation findings.

Findings

Feasibility of ion production and storage at CERN

Impact of T2K results on Beta Beam sensitivity

Importance of ion intensity and duty factor

Abstract

Beta Beam,the concept of generating a pure and intense (anti) neutrino beam by letting accelerated radioactive ions beta decay in a storage ring, called Decay Ring (DR), is the base of one of the proposed next generation neutrino oscillation facilities, necessary for a complete study of the neutrino oscillation parameter space. Sensitivities of the unknown neutrino oscillation parameters depend on the Decay Ring's ion intensity and of it's duty factor (the filled ratio of the ring). Therefore efficient ion production, stripping, bunching, acceleration and storing are crucial sub-projects under study and development within the Beta Beam collaboration. Specifically the feasibility of these tasks as parts of a Beta Beam implementation at CERN will be discussed in this report. The positive impact of the large {\theta}13 indications from T2K on the Beta Beam performance will also be discussed.