Low exposure long-baseline neutrino oscillation sensitivity of the DUNE experiment
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will produce world-leading neutrino oscillation measurements over the lifetime of the experiment. In this work, we explore DUNE’s sensitivity to observe charge-parity violation (CPV) in the neutrino sector, and to resolve the mass ordering, for exposures of up to 100 kiloton-megawatt-calendar years (kt-MW-CY), where calendar years include an assumption of 57% accelerator uptime based on past accelerator performance at Fermilab. The analysis includes detailed uncertainties on the flux prediction, the neutrino interaction model, and detector effects. We demonstrate that DUNE will be able to unambiguously resolve the neutrino mass ordering at a
4
σ
(
5
σ
) level with a 66 (100) kt-MW-CY far detector exposure, and has the ability to make strong statements at significantly shorter exposures depending on the true value of other oscillation parameters, with a median sensitivity of
3
σ
for almost all true
δ
CP
values after only 24 kt-MW-CY. We also show that DUNE has the potential to make a robust measurement of CPV at a
3
σ
level with a 100 kt-MW-CY exposure for the maximally CP-violating values
δ
CP
=
±
π
/
2
. Additionally, the dependence of DUNE’s sensitivity on the exposure taken in neutrino-enhanced and antineutrino-enhanced running is discussed. An equal fraction of exposure taken in each beam mode is found to be close to optimal when considered over the entire space of interest.
4
σ
(
5
σ
) level with a 66 (100) kt-MW-CY far detector exposure, and has the ability to make strong statements at significantly shorter exposures depending on the true value of other oscillation parameters, with a median sensitivity of
3
σ
for almost all true
δ
CP
values after only 24 kt-MW-CY. We also show that DUNE has the potential to make a robust measurement of CPV at a
3
σ
level with a 100 kt-MW-CY exposure for the maximally CP-violating values
δ
CP
=
±
π
/
2
. Additionally, the dependence of DUNE’s sensitivity on the exposure taken in neutrino-enhanced and antineutrino-enhanced running is discussed. An equal fraction of exposure taken in each beam mode is found to be close to optimal when considered over the entire space of interest.
Date Issued
2022-04-25
Date Acceptance
2022-03-14
Citation
Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 2022, 105 (7)
ISSN
1550-2368
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume
105
Issue
7
Copyright Statement
©2022 The Author(s). Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP3.
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Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
UK Research and Innovation
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Grant Number
ST/N003233/1
ST/S003630/1
MR/T041323/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
FINAL-STATE INTERACTIONS
LEPTON SCATTERING
DISTRIBUTIONS
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 072006