Abstract
The T2K (Tokai-to-Kamioka) is a long baseline neutrino experiment designed to study various parameters that rule neutrino oscillations, with an intense beam of muon neutrinos. A near detector complex (ND280) is used to constrain non-oscillated flux and hence to predict the expected number of events in the far detector (Super-Kamiokande). The difference in the target material between the far (water) and near (scintillator, hydrocarbon) detectors leads to the main non-canceling systematic uncertainty for the oscillation analysis. In order to reduce this uncertainty a new water grid and scintillator detector, WAGASCI, has been proposed. The detector will be operated at the J-PARC neutrino beam line with the main physics goal to measure the charged current neutrino cross section ratio between water and hydrocarbon with a few percent accuracy. Further physics program may include high-precision measurements of different charged current neutrino interaction channels. The concept of the new detector will be covered together with the actual construction plan.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 012030 |
| Pages (from-to) | 5 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | Journal of Physics: Conference Series |
| Volume | 675 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
| Event | International Conference on Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ICPPA 2015 - Moscow, Russian Federation Duration: 2015 Oct 5 → 2015 Oct 10 |