Super-PINGU for measuring CP violation

Abstract

We propose to measure leptonic CP phase, after neutrino mass hierarchy is established, with an upgrade of the PINGU detector and using atmospheric neutrino flux. The upgrade, called super-PINGU, will require a few megaton effective volume at 0.5-1 GeV range to distinguish $\delta$ in the range $\pi /2$-$3\pi /2$ from 0 after 4 years of operation. The distinguishability (similar to significance) of measuring $\delta$ depends crucially on various flux, cross-section, event reconstruction (energy and angle) and flavor identification uncertainties. We explore effects of these uncertainties on the distinguishability of measuring CP phase and suggest possible ways to minimize their impact.

Comments: 3 pages, 3 figures. To appear in the proceedings of the Neutrino Oscillation Workshop (NOW 2014), Conca Specchiulla, Otranto, Italy, 7-14 September 2014