A Proposal for a Three Detector Short-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Program in the Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam
R. Acciarri, C. Adams, R. An, C. Andreopoulos, A. M. Ankowski, M. Antonello, J. Asaadi, W. Badgett, L. Bagby, B. Baibussinov, B. Baller, G. Barr, N. Barros, M. … 展开作者
R. Acciarri, C. Adams, R. An, C. Andreopoulos, A. M. Ankowski, M. Antonello, J. Asaadi, W. Badgett, L. Bagby, B. Baibussinov, B. Baller, G. Barr, N. Barros, M. Bass, V. Bellini, P. Benetti, S. Bertolucci, K. Biery, H. Bilokon, M. Bishai, A. Bitadze, A. Blake, F. Boffelli, T. Bolton, M. Bonesini, J. Bremer, S. J. Brice, C. Bromberg, L. Bugel, E. Calligarich, L. Camilleri, D. Caratelli, B. Carls, F. Cavanna, S. Centro, H. Chen, C. Chi, E. Church, D. Cianci, A. G. Cocco, G. H. Collin, J. M. Conrad, M. Convery, G. De Geronimo, A. Dermenev, R. Dharmapalan, S. Dixon, Z. Djurcic, S. Dytmam, B. Eberly, A. Ereditato, J. Esquivel, J. Evans, A. Falcone, C. Farnese, A. Fava, A. Ferrari, B. T. Fleming, W. M. Foreman, J. Freestone, T. Gamble, G. Garvey, V. Genty, M. Geynisman, D. Gibin, S. Gninenko, D. Göldi, S. Gollapinni, N. Golubev, M. Graham, E. Gramellini, H. Greenlee, R. Grosso, R. Guenette, A. Guglielmi, A. Hackenburg, R. Hänni, O. Hen, V Hewes, J. Ho, G. Horton-Smith, J. Howell, A. Ivashkin, C. James, C. M. Jen, R. A. Johnson, B. J. P. Jones, J. Joshi, H. Jostlein, D. Kaleko, L. N. Kalousis, G. Karagiorgi, W. Ketchum, B. Kirby, M. Kirby, M. Kirsanov, J. Kisiel, J. Klein, J. Klinger, T. Kobilarcik, U. Kose, I. Kreslo, V. A. Kudryavtsev, Y. Li, B. Littlejohn, D. Lissauer, P. Livesly, S. Lockwitz, W. C. Louis, M. Lüthi, B. Lundberg, F. Mammoliti, G. Mannocchi, A. Marchionni, C. Mariani, J. Marshall, K. Mavrokoridis, N. McCauley, N. McConkey, K. McDonald, V. Meddage, A. Menegolli, G. Meng, I. Mercer, T. Miao, T. Miceli, G. B. Mills, D. Mladenov, C. Montanari, D. Montanari, J. Moon, M. Mooney, C. Moore, Z. Moss, M. H. Moulai, S. Mufson, R. Murrells, D. Naples, M. Nessi, M. Nicoletto, P. Nienaber, B. Norris, F. Noto, J. Nowak, S. Pal, O. Palamara, V. Paolone, V. Papavassiliou, S. Pate, J. Pater, Z. Pavlovic, J. Perkin, P. Picchi, F. Pietropaolo, P. Płoński, S. Pordes, R. Potenza, G. Pulliam, X. Qian, L. Qiuguang, J. L. Raaf, V. Radeka, R. Rameika, A. Rappoldi, G. L. Raselli, P. N. Ratoff, B. Rebel, M. Richardson, L. Rochester, M. Rossella, C. Rubbia, C. Rudolf von Rohr, B. Russell, P. Sala, A. Scaramelli, D. W. Schmitz, A. Schukraft, W. Seligman, M. H. Shaevitz, B. Sippach, E. Snider, J. Sobczyk, M. Soderberg, S. Söldner-Rembold, M. Spanu, J. Spitz, N. Spooner, D. Stefan, J. St. John, T. Strauss, R. Sulej, C. M. Sutera, A. M. Szelc, N. Tagg, C. E. Taylor, K. Terao, M. Thiesse, L. Thompson, M. Thomson, C. Thorn, M. Torti, F. Tortorici, M. Toups, C. Touramanis, Y. Tsai, T. Usher, R. Van de Water, F. Varanini, S. Ventura, C. Vignoli, T. Wachala, M. Weber, D. Whittington, P. Wilson, S. Wolbers, T. Wongjirad, K. Woodruff, M. Xu, T. Yang, B. Yu, A. Zani, G. P. Zeller, J. Zennamo, C. Zhang
本文介绍了费米实验室短基线中微子物理计划，该计划由位于助推中微子束（BNB）上的三个LAr-TPC探测器组成。这个新的SBN计划将提供丰富而引人注目的物理学机会，包括解决中微子物理学中一类实验异常的能力，以及通过出现和消失振荡通道在eV质量尺度上对无菌中微子进行迄今为止最灵敏的搜索。使用靶上6.6e20质子（P. O.T.）在LAr 1-ND和ICARUS T600探测器中加上MicroBooNE探测器中的13.2e20 P. O.T.，我们估计可以在允许的LSND（99% C.L.）参数区域在SBN计划的这一建议中，我们描述了物理分析，LAr 1-ND探测器的概念设计，T600探测器的设计和翻新，执行该计划所需的必要基础设施，以及BNB目标和喇叭系统的可能重新配置，以提高其振荡搜索的性能。
英文摘要：
A Short-Baseline Neutrino (SBN) physics program of three LAr-TPC detectors located along the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fermilab is presented. This new SBN Program will deliver a rich and compelling physics opportunity, including the ability to resolve a class of experimental anomalies in neutrino physics and to perform the most sensitive search to date for sterile neutrinos at the eV mass-scale through both appearance and disappearance oscillation channels. Using data sets of 6.6e20 protons on target (P.O.T.) in the LAr1-ND and ICARUS T600 detectors plus 13.2e20 P.O.T. in the MicroBooNE detector, we estimate that a search for muon neutrino to electron neutrino appearance can be performed with ~5 sigma sensitivity for the LSND allowed (99% C.L.) parameter region. In this proposal for the SBN Program, we describe the physics analysis, the conceptual design of the LAr1-ND detector, the design and refurbishment of the T600 detector, the necessary infrastructure required to execute the program, and a possible reconfiguration of the BNB target and horn system to improve its performance for oscillation searches.
Operation of the Trigger System for the ICARUS Detector at Fermilab
University of Houston（休斯顿大学）；Tufts University（塔夫茨大学）；University of Rochester（罗切斯特大学）；University of Texas at Arlington（德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校）；INFN Sezione di Padova and University, Padova（帕多瓦大学及意大利国家核物理研究所帕多瓦分部）；Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory（费米国家加速器实验室）；INFN Sezione di Bologna and University, Bologna（博洛尼亚大学及意大利国家核物理研究所博洛尼亚分部）；INFN Sezione di Catania and University, Catania（卡塔尼亚大学及意大利国家核物理研究所卡塔尼亚分部）；INFN Sezione di Milano Bicocca and University, Milano（米兰比可卡大学及意大利国家核物理研究所米兰比可卡分部）；Colorado State University（科罗拉多州立大学）；CERN（欧洲核子研究组织）；INFN Sezione di Pavia and University, Pavia（帕维亚大学及意大利国家核物理研究所帕维亚分部）；INFN Sezione di Genova and University, Genova（热那亚大学及意大利国家核物理研究所热那亚分部）；Lancaster University（兰卡斯特大学）；Brookhaven National Laboratory（布鲁克海文国家实验室）；Physical Research Laboratory（物理研究实验室）；Southern Methodist University（南方卫理公会大学）；SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory（斯坦福直线加速器中心）；University of Pittsburgh（匹兹堡大学）；York University（约克大学）；Harvey Mudd College（哈维穆德学院）；University of Chicago（芝加哥大学）
