Speaker
Tord Johan Carl Ekelof
(Uppsala University (SE))
Description
The European Spallation Source linac has the potential to become the proton driver of - in addition to the world’s most intense pulsed spallation neutron source - the world’s most intense neutrino beam. The physics performance of this neutrino beam in conjunction with a megaton water Cherenkov neutrino detector installed ca 1000 m down in a mine at a distance of ca 500 km from ESS will be described. The superior potential of such a neutrino experiment for lepton CP violation discovery, with the potential to explain the matter-antimatter asymmetry in Universe, is discussed as well as the sensitivity to the neutrino mass hierarchy. In addition, the megaton neutrino detector will enable very high sensitivity proton-decay and astrophysics searches. The equipment required to operate the ESS linac for neutrino beam production in parallel with neutron production, like increased radio-frequency power sources, a pulse compressor accumulator ring and a neutrino target,will also be discussed.
Author
Tord Johan Carl Ekelof
(Uppsala University (SE))
Co-authors
Dr
Elena Wildner
(CERN)
Dr
Enrique Martinez
(Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
Mr
Henrik Öhman
(Uppsala University)
Dr
Maros Dracos
(CRNS/IN2P3 Strasbourg)
Dr
Mats Lindroos
(ESS)
Dr
Nikolaos Vassilopoulos
(CNRS/IN2P3 Strasbourg)
