Search for eta(mu)(nu(e))<->nu(tau) oscillations with a detector based on a emulsion-silicon target

被引:15
作者
GomezCadenas, JJ
Hernando, JA
机构
[1] UNIV MASSACHUSETTS,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,AMHERST,MA 01003
[2] UNIV VALENCIA,DEPT FIS ATOM & NUCL,VALENCIA,SPAIN
关键词
Elementary particles - Monte Carlo methods - Oscillations - Particle spectrometers - Silicon sensors;
D O I
10.1016/S0168-9002(96)00813-3
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
We discuss the performance of a next generation nu(mu)(nu(e)) <-> nu(tau) oscillation experiment, based on a target consisting of a sandwich of nuclear emulsion layers and silicon detectors. The target would be followed by a full spectrometer for energy-momentum measurement and particle identification. A tau-enriched sample is selected in terms of vertex and kinematical criteria using the electronic spectrometer, with very high efficiency, while at the same time reducing the load of background events to be scanned by up to two orders of magnitude. Events fulfilling the selection criteria are very efficiently located and scanned in the emulsion, thanks to the very good resolution allowed by the silicon tracker. In terms of the two-neutrino families mixing angle, the sensitivity expected by the CHORUS experiment at CERN is sin(2) 2 theta(mu tau) < 2.8 x 10(-4) while the proposed experiment COSMOS at FNAL has a sensitivity which is predicted to be an order of magnitude better. We present Monte Carlo calculations showing that a detector based on an emulsion-silicon target can reach a sensitivity up to sin(2) 2 theta(mu tau) < 1.1 x 10(-5) in an extended run at CERN and up to sin(2) 2 theta(mu tau) < 3.2 x 10(-6) at FNAL.
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