The 2010 Interim Report of the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment Collaboration Physics Working Groups

TL;DR

This report summarizes the 2010 scientific assessment of the LBNE project, exploring its potential physics capabilities, detector configurations, and beam parameters to advance neutrino research.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive evaluation of the physics potential and detector configurations for the LBNE, guiding future experimental design and implementation.

Findings

Identified nine key scientific topics motivating the experiment.

Estimated performance of various detector configurations.

Analyzed optimized beam parameters and near detector capabilities.

Abstract

In early 2010, the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) science collaboration initiated a study to investigate the physics potential of the experiment with a broad set of different beam, near- and far-detector configurations. Nine initial topics were identified as scientific areas that motivate construction of a long-baseline neutrino experiment with a very large far detector. We summarize the scientific justification for each topic and the estimated performance for a set of far detector reference configurations. We report also on a study of optimized beam parameters and the physics capability of proposed Near Detector configurations. This document was presented to the collaboration in fall 2010 and updated with minor modifications in early 2011.