July 28, 2020 to August 6, 2020
virtual conference
Europe/Prague timezone

nuSTORM; unique facility for neutrino physics and muon-collider test bed

Jul 29, 2020, 5:15 PM
15m
virtual conference

virtual conference

Talk 02. Neutrino Physics Neutrino Physics

Speaker

Kenneth Richard Long (Imperial College (GB))

Description

The nuSTORM facility will provide $\nu_e$ and $\nu_\mu$ beams from the decay of low energy muons confined within a storage ring. The instrumentation of the ring, combined with the excellent knowledge of muon decay, will make it possible to determine the neutrino flux at the %-level or better. The neutrino and anti-neutrino event rates are such that the nuSTORM facility serving a suite of near detectors will be able to measure $\nu_e N$ and $\nu_\mu N$ cross sections with the %-level precision required to allow the next generation of long-baseline neutrino-oscillation experiments to fulfil their potential. By delivering precise cross section measurements with a pure weak probe nuSTORM may have the potential to make measurements important to understanding the physics of nucleii. The precise knowledge of the initial neutrino flux also makes it possible to deliver uniquely sensitive sterile-neutrino searches. The concept for the nuSTORM facility will be presented together with an evaluation of its performance and its potential as a test-bed for the development of a muon collider.

Primary author

Kenneth Richard Long (Imperial College (GB))

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