Future projects on atmospheric neutrinos

TL;DR

This paper reviews future atmospheric neutrino projects aiming for precision measurements of oscillation parameters, matter effects, and neutrino mass hierarchy, highlighting funding and implementation challenges.

Contribution

It provides an overview of upcoming projects in atmospheric neutrino research and discusses their potential scientific impact and feasibility.

Findings

Potential for precision oscillation parameter measurements

Observation of matter effects in neutrino oscillations

Challenges in project funding and implementation

Abstract

New results from Super-Kamiokande, K2K and SNO not only have spurred on the interest in neutrino oscillation physics, but also have started to shift the interest from discovery to precision measurements. Future projects focusing on atmospheric neutrinos are reviewed in this context. Important contributions could be made in the precision determination of the oscillation parameters, in the observation of matter effects and in the determination of the neutrino mass hierarchy. Unfortunately, the probability that the projects discussed in this review will be running in the next ten years is rather small. The only project with a shorter time scale has not been funded.