Monitored neutrino beams and the next generation of high precision cross section experiments

A Branca , F Acerbi , I Angelis , L Bomben , M Bonesini , F Bramati , C Brizzolari , G Brunetti , M Calviani , S Capelli , S Carturan , M.G Catanesi , S Cecchini , N Charitonidis , F Cindolo , G Cogo , G Collazuol , F Dal Corso , C Delogu , G de Rosa , A Falcone , B Goddard , A Gola , L Halić , F Iacob , C Jollet (1, 2) , V Kain , B Klicek , Y Kudenko , Ch Lampoudis , M Laveder , A Longhin , L Ludovici , E Lutsenko , L Magaletti , G Mandrioli , A Margotti , V Mascagna , N Mauri , L Meazza , A Meregaglia (2) , M Mezzetto , M Nessi , A Paoloni , M Pari , E.G Parozzi , L Pasqualini , G Paternoster , L Patrizii , M Pozzato , M Prest , F Pupilli , E Radicioni , A.C Ruggeri , D Sampsonidis , C Scian , G Sirri , M Stipcevic , M Tenti , F Terranova , M Torti , S.E Tzamarias , E Vallazza , F Velotti , L Votano

1 IPHC - Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien
2 CENBG - Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan

The main source of systematic uncertainty on neutrino cross section measurements at the GeV scale originates from the poor knowledge of the initial flux. The reduction of this uncertainty to 1% can be achieved through the monitoring of charged leptons produced in association with neutrinos. The goal of the ENUBET ERC project is to prove the feasibility of such a monitored neutrino beam. In this contribution, the final results of the ERC project, together with the complete assessment of the feasibility of its concept, are presented. An overview of the detector technology for a next generation of high precision neutrino-nucleus cross section measurements, to be performed with the ENUBET neutrino beam, is also given.

Mots clés: neutrino, beam; detector, technology; ENUBET; monitoring; GeV; flux; lepton; neutrino nucleus

Domaines: Physique des accélérateurs [physics.acc-ph]

A Branca, F Acerbi, I Angelis, L Bomben, M Bonesini, et al.. Monitored neutrino beams and the next generation of high precision cross section experiments. 28th International Nuclear Physics Conference, Sep 2022, Cape Town, South Africa. pp.012137, ⟨10.1088/1742-6596/2586/1/012137⟩. ⟨hal-04229138⟩