Sterile neutrino search with kaon decay at rest

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Spitz, Joshua B.
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Abstract
Monoenergetic muon neutrinos (235.5 MeV) from positive kaon decay at rest are considered as a source for an electron neutrino appearance search. In combination with a liquid argon time projection chamber based detector, such a source could provide discovery-level sensitivity to the neutrino oscillation parameter space (Δm[superscript 2]∼1  eV[superscript 2]) indicative of a sterile neutrino. Current and future intense ≳3  GeV kinetic energy proton facilities around the world can be employed for this experimental concept.
Date issued
2012-05
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72157
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Journal
Physical Review D
Publisher
American Physical Society
Citation
Spitz, J. “Sterile Neutrino Search with Kaon Decay at Rest.” Physical Review D 85.9 (2012). © 2012 American Physical Society
Version: Final published version
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1550-7998
1089-4918
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