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arxiv: 1204.4217 · v2 · pith:BW4AB6ONnew · submitted 2012-04-18 · ✦ hep-ph · hep-ex

Probing the Neutrino Mass Hierarchy with Super-Kamiokande

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keywords neutrinohierarchymasssuper-kamiokandeappearanceaveragebeamcern
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We show that for recently discovered large values of theta(13), a superbeam with an average neutrino energy of ~ 5 GeV, such as those being proposed at CERN, if pointing to Super-Kamiokande (L = 8770 km), could reveal the neutrino mass hierarchy at 5 sigma in less than two years irrespective of the true hierarchy and CP phase. The measurement relies on the near resonant matter effect in the numu to nue oscillation channel, and can be done counting the total number of appearance events with just a neutrino beam.

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