nuSTORM, Neutrinos from STORed Muons

by Dr Alan Bross (Fermilab)

Thursday 24 Jan 2013, 14:15 → 15:15 Europe/Zurich

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)

JOINT SEMINAR ATS and PH Abstract : The results of LSND and MiniBooNE, along with the recent papers on a possible reactor neutrino flux anomaly, give tantalizing hints of new physics. Models beyond the nuSM have been developed to explain these results and involve one or more additional neutrinos that are non- interacting or “sterile." Neutrino beams produced from the decay of muons in a racetrack-like decay ring provide a powerful way to study this potential new physics. In this talk, I will describe the facility, nuSTORM, and an appropriate far detector for neutrino oscillation searches at short baseline. I will present sensitivity plots that indicated that this experimental approach can provide well over 5 sigma confirmation or rejection of the LSND/MinBooNE results. In addition I will explain how the facility can be used to make neutrino interaction cross section measurements important to the next generation of long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments and, in general, add significantly to the study of neutrino interactions. The unique Neutrino beam available at the nuSTORM facility has the potential to be transformational in our approach to Neutrino interaction physics, offering a “Neutrino light source” to physicists from a number of disciplines. Coffee / tea will be served after the seminar in the 'Pas Perdus' ATS Seminars Organisers: H. Burkhardt (BE), S. Sgobba (EN), G. De Rijk (TE)

Slides nuSTORM_CERN_v3.pdf nuSTORM_CERN_v3.pptx