Neutrino oscillations at dual baselines

TL;DR

This paper explores the benefits of using two detectors at different baselines in neutrino oscillation experiments, demonstrating how dual-baseline setups can improve the determination of neutrino properties like mass hierarchy and CP phase.

Contribution

It introduces a new parameter to leverage correlations between two baselines, enhancing the analysis of neutrino oscillations in dual-baseline experiments.

Findings

Dual-baseline systems improve sensitivity to neutrino mass hierarchy.

Correlation parameter helps constrain CP phase more effectively.

Method applicable to various dual-baseline neutrino experiments.

Abstract

Beam neutrino oscillation experiments typically employ only one detector at a certain baseline, apart from the near detector that measures the unoscillated neutrino flux at the source. Lately, there have been discussions of having detectors at two different baselines in one of the future long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. We study the potential advantage of a general dual-baseline system and perform analysis with a specific example of the envisioned T2HKK experiment. We introduce a new parameter to exploit the correlation between the oscillations at both baselines, and show how it can help in determining the mass hierarchy and the CP phase in the neutrino sector. Our study and findings can be generically used for any dual-baseline system.