Physics Opportunities in the ORNL Spallation Neutron Source Second Target Station Era
J. Asaadi, P.S. Barbeau, B. Bodur, A. Bross, E. Conley, Y. Efremenko,, M. Febbraro, A. Galindo-Uribarri, S. Gardiner, D. Gonzalez-Diaz, M.P. Green,, M.R. Heath, S. Hedges, J. Liu, A. Major, D.M. Markoff, J. Newby, D.S. Parno,, D. Pershey, R. Rapp, D.J. Salvat, K. Scholberg
TL;DR
The paper discusses the potential scientific opportunities enabled by the upgraded ORNL Spallation Neutron Source, particularly focusing on neutrino physics, detector development, and nuclear physics with increased flux and available space.
Contribution
It introduces the scientific prospects of the upcoming Second Target Station at ORNL SNS, highlighting new neutrino physics experiments and detector opportunities.
Findings
Doubling of neutrino flux with the STS
Availability of space for large-scale detectors
Enhanced opportunities for neutrino and nuclear physics
Abstract
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) First Target Station (FTS), used by the COHERENT experiment, provides an intense and extremely high-quality source of pulsed stopped-pion neutrinos, with energies up to about 50 MeV. Upgrades to the SNS are planned, including a Second Target Station (STS), which will approximately double the expected neutrino flux while maintaining quality similar to the FTS source. Furthermore, additional space for ten-tonne scale detectors may be available. We describe here exciting opportunities for neutrino physics, other particle and nuclear physics, and detector development using the FTS and STS neutrino sources.
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Taxonomy
TopicsNeutrino Physics Research · Particle accelerators and beam dynamics · Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena