Session GA: Forefront Particle Physics
8:30 AM–10:24 AM, Friday, October 31, 2008
Holiday Inn Brownstone Room: Washington
Chair: Brad Cox, University of Virginia
Abstract ID: BAPS.2008.SES.GA.4
Abstract: GA.00004 : The T2K Long Baseline Neutrino Beam Experiment
10:00 AM–10:12 AM
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Author:
Joshua Albert
(Duke University)
T2K is a long baseline neutrino beam experiment scheduled to begin operation in 2009. The energy of the $\nu_{\mu}$ beam from JPARC and the distance (295 km) to the far detector (Super-Kamiokande) have been chosen to maximize sensitivity to $\nu_{e}$ appearance through neutrino oscillation. The expected sensitivity is an order of magnitude better than current experiments. Observation of $\nu_{\mu} \rightarrow \nu_{e}$ oscillations in the T2K beam would provide a non-zero measurement of $\theta_{13}$.
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