Overview of the Neutrinos from Stored Muons Facility - nuSTORM. (19th July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Adey, D.; Appleby, R.B.; Bayes, R.; Bogacz, A.; Bross, A.D.; Lagrange, J.-B.; Liu, A.; Neuffer, D.; Pasternak, J.; Tygier, S.
• Is Part Of: Journal of instrumentation. Volume 12:Number 7(2017:Jul.)
• Page Start: P07020
• Page End: P07020
• Publication Date: 2017-07-19
• Subjects: Accelerator Applications -- Neutrino detectors; Scientific apparatus and instruments -- Periodicals; 502.84
• DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/12/07/P07020
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1748-0221

Abstract

Abstract: Neutrino beams produced from the decay of muons in a racetrack-like decay ring (the so called Neutrino Factory) provide a powerful way to study neutrino oscillation physics and, in addition, provide unique beams for neutrino interaction studies. The Neutrinos from STORed Muons (nuSTORM) facility uses a neutrino factory-like design. Due to the particular nature of nuSTORM, it can also provide an intense, very pure, muon neutrino beam from pion decay. This so-called "Neo-conventional" muon-neutrino beam from nuSTORM makes nuSTORM a hybrid neutrino factory. In this paper we describe the facility and give a detailed description of the neutrino beams that are available and the precision to which they can be characterized. We then show its potential for a neutrino interaction physics program and present sensitivity plots that indicate how well the facility can perform for short-baseline oscillation searches. Finally, we comment on the performance potential of a "Neo-conventional" muon neutrino beam optimized for long-baseline neutrino-oscillation physics.