13–17 Aug 2013
University of California, Santa Cruz
US/Pacific timezone

Future Sensitivity of the T2K Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment

16 Aug 2013, 14:30
20m
ISB 221 (University of California, Santa Cruz)

ISB 221

University of California, Santa Cruz

oral presentation Neutrino Physics Neutrino Physics

Speaker

Dr Megan Friend (KEK)

Description

Following the measurement of $\sin^22\theta_{13}$ by T2K and reactor experiments, the T2K long-baseline neutrino experiment at the proposed full statistics may now have other enhanced sensitivities. A combined fit of the T2K dataset of $\nu_\mu\rightarrow\nu_e$ appearance, $\nu_\mu\rightarrow\nu_\mu$ disappearance, $\nu$-mode beam, and $\bar{\nu}$-mode beam data can provide very interesting constraints on the four relevant oscillation parameters ($\sin^22\theta_{13}$, $\delta_{CP}$, $\sin^2\theta_{23}$, and $\Delta m^2_{32}$). Combined fits to MC simulations of these four datasets at the T2K full statistics are therefore performed, where the current T2K systematic errors are accounted for using a systematic error covariance matrix. The ultimate T2K sensitivities, as determined assuming different possible true values for the oscillation parameters, as well as different T2K $\nu$-mode and $\bar{\nu}$-mode running times, will be shown.
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