Physics at the front-end of a neutrino factory: a quantitative appraisal

We present a quantitative appraisal of the physics potential for neutrino experiments at the front-end of a muon storage ring. We estimate the forseeable accuracy in the determination of several interesting observables, and explore the consequences of these measurements. We discuss the extraction of...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2001-05
Main Authors: Mangano, M L, Alekhin, S I, Anselmino, M, Ball, R D, Boglione, M, D'Alesio, U, Davidson, S, DeLellis, G, Ellis, J, te, S, Gambino, P, Gehrmann, T, Kataev, A L, Kotzinian, A, Kulagin, S A, Lehmann-Dronke, B, Migliozzi, P, Murgia, F, Ridolfi, G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Charm (particle physics)
Elastic scattering
Hadrons
Inelastic scattering
Neutrinos
Physics
Quarks
Spin structure
Standard model (particle physics)
Sum rules
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Summary:We present a quantitative appraisal of the physics potential for neutrino experiments at the front-end of a muon storage ring. We estimate the forseeable accuracy in the determination of several interesting observables, and explore the consequences of these measurements. We discuss the extraction of individual quark and antiquark densities from polarized and unpolarized deep-inelastic scattering. In particular we study the implications for the undertanding of the nucleon spin structure. We assess the determination of alpha_s from scaling violation of structure functions, and from sum rules, and the determination of sin^2(theta_W) from elastic nu-e and deep-inelastic nu-p scattering. We then consider the production of charmed hadrons, and the measurement of their absolute branching ratios. We study the polarization of Lambda baryons produced in the current and target fragmentation regions. Finally, we discuss the sensitivity to physics beyond the Standard Model.
ISSN:2331-8422