A Proposal for a Three Detector Short-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Program in the Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam

By R. Acciarri, C. Adams, Rui An, C. Andreopoulos, A. Ankowski, M. Antonello, J. Asaadi, W. Badgett, L. Bagby, B. Baibussinov and 216 more. 2015

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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.

Subfields: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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• Status of light sterile neutrino searches (2019, background): “The Short Baseline Neutrino Program (SBN) [202, 203] is a three-detector setup aiming to search for light sterile neutrinos causing νe appearance and νμ disappearance in a muon neutrino beam, and in particular to probe the result of the MiniBooNE experiment (see”
• Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Conceptual Design Report Volume 2: The Physics Program for DUNE at LBNF (2015, methodology): “Significant experience with simulation, reconstruction, and calibration of neutrino interactions in LArTPCs is expected from the Intermediate Neutrino Program, particularly Fermilab’s SBN program [35], which will include three LArTPCs: SBND [36], μBooNE [37], and ICARUS-T600 [38].”
• Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Conceptual Design Report Volume 1: The LBNF and DUNE Projects (2015, methodology): “Significant experience with simulation, reconstruction, and calibration of neutrino interactions in LArTPCs is expected from the Intermediate Neutrino Program, particularly Fermilab’s SBN program [35], which will include three LArTPCs: SBND [36], μBooNE [37], and ICARUS-T600 [38].”
• Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume II: DUNE Physics (2020, background): “42: Left: Schematics of the ionization laser system in MicroBooNE [138].”