An Intermediate Water Cherenkov Detector at J-PARC

TL;DR

This paper discusses the proposal of intermediate water Cherenkov detectors, TITUS and NuPRISM, at J-PARC to improve systematic uncertainties and enhance neutrino oscillation measurements for current and future experiments.

Contribution

It introduces two new intermediate detectors, TITUS and NuPRISM, designed to reduce systematic uncertainties and improve oscillation analysis in long baseline neutrino experiments.

Findings

TITUS and NuPRISM can significantly reduce systematic uncertainties in T2K.

NuPRISM has potential for short baseline oscillation sensitivity.

Neutrino scattering measurements from these detectors will enhance understanding of neutrino interactions.

Abstract

Recent neutrino oscillation results have shown that the existing long baseline experiments have some sensitivity to the effects of CP violation in the neutrino sector. This sensitivity is currently statistically limited, but the next generation of experiments, DUNE and Hyper-K, will provide an order of magnitude more events. To reach the full potential of these datasets we must achieve a commensurate improvement in our understanding of the systematic uncertainties that beset them. This talk describes two proposed intermediate detectors for the current and future long baseline oscillation experiments in Japan, TITUS and NuPRISM. These detectors are discussed in the context of the current T2K oscillation analysis, highlighting the ways in which they could reduce the systematic uncertainty on this measurement. The talk also describes the short baseline oscillation sensitivity of NuPRISM along with the neutrino scattering measurements the detector makes possible.