Synergies and prospects for early resolution of the neutrino mass ordering.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
30 Mar 2022
30 Mar 2022
Historique:
received:
22
09
2021
accepted:
28
02
2022
entrez:
31
3
2022
pubmed:
1
4
2022
medline:
1
4
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The measurement of neutrino mass ordering (MO) is a fundamental element for the understanding of leptonic flavour sector of the Standard Model of Particle Physics. Its determination relies on the precise measurement of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] using either neutrino vacuum oscillations, such as the ones studied by medium baseline reactor experiments, or matter effect modified oscillations such as those manifesting in long-baseline neutrino beams (LB[Formula: see text]B) or atmospheric neutrino experiments. Despite existing MO indication today, a fully resolved MO measurement ([Formula: see text]) is most likely to await for the next generation of neutrino experiments: JUNO, whose stand-alone sensitivity is [Formula: see text], or LB[Formula: see text]B experiments (DUNE and Hyper-Kamiokande). Upcoming atmospheric neutrino experiments are also expected to provide precious information. In this work, we study the possible context for the earliest full MO resolution. A firm resolution is possible even before 2028, exploiting mainly vacuum oscillation, upon the combination of JUNO and the current generation of LB[Formula: see text]B experiments (NOvA and T2K). This opportunity is possible thanks to a powerful synergy boosting the overall sensitivity where the sub-percent precision of [Formula: see text] by LB[Formula: see text]B experiments is found to be the leading order term for the MO earliest discovery. We also found that the comparison between matter and vacuum driven oscillation results enables unique discovery potential for physics beyond the Standard Model.
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pubmed: 35354838
doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-09111-1
pii: 10.1038/s41598-022-09111-1
pmc: PMC8967831
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eng
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