arXiv:hep-ph/0303222·v2·High Energy Physics — Phenomenology
What about a beta-beam facility for low energy neutrinos?
Cristina Volpe (IPN Orsay, France and University of Heidelberg, Germany)🇫🇷
Abstract
A novel method to produce neutrino beams has recently been proposed : the beta-beams. This method consists in using the beta-decay of boosted radioactive nuclei to obtain an intense, collimated and pure neutrino beam. Here we propose to exploit the beta-beam concept to produce neutrino beams of low energy. We discuss the applications of such a facility as well as its importance for different domains of physics. We focus, in particular, on neutrino-nucleus interaction studies of interest for various open issues in astrophysics, nuclear and particle physics. We suggest possible sites for a low energy beta-beam facility.
Comments: 4 pages, 1 figure