Professor Dr.rer.nat. Dipl.Phys. Alfons Weber FInstP, MA Ox: Publications

Hyper-Kamiokande Physics Opportunities

ArXiv 1309.0184 (2013)

nuSTORM - Neutrinos from STORed Muons: Proposal to the Fermilab PAC

(2013)

Authors:

D Adey, SK Agarwalla, CM Ankenbrandt, R Asfandiyarov, JJ Back, G Barker, E Baussan, R Bayes, S Bhadra, V Blackmore, A Blondel, SA Bogacz, C Booth, SB Boyd, A Bravar, SJ Brice, AD Bross, F Cadoux, H Cease, A Cervera, J Cobb, D Colling, P Coloma, L Coney, A Dobbs, J Dobson, A Donini, P Dornan, M Dracos, F Dufour, R Edgecock, J Evans, M Geelhoed, MA George, T Ghosh, JJ Gomez-Cadenas, A de Gouvea, A Haesler, G Hanson, PF Harrison, M Hartz, P Hernandez, JA Hernando Morata, P Hodgson, P Huber, A Izmaylov, Y Karadzhov, T Kobilarcik, J Kopp, L Kormos, A Korzenev, Y Kuno, A Kurup, P Kyberd, JB Lagrange, A Laing, A Liu, JM Link, K Long, K Mahn, C Mariani, C Martin, J Martin, N McCauley, KT McDonald, O Mena, SR Mishra, N Mokhov, J Morfin, Y Mori, W Murray, D Neuffer, R Nichol, E Noah, MA Palmer, S Parke, S Pascoli, J Pasternak, M Popovic, P Ratoff, M Ravonel, M Rayner, S Ricciardi, C Rogers, P Rubinov, E Santos, A Sato, T Sen, E Scantamburlo, JK Sedgbeer, DR Smith, PJ Smith, JT Sobczyk, L Soby, FJP Soler, S Soldner-Rembold, M Sorel, P Snopok, P Stamoulis, L Stanco, S Striganov, HA Tanaka, IJ Taylor, C Touramanis, CD Tunnell, Y Uchida, N Vassilopoulos, MO Wascko, A Weber, MJ Wilking, E Wildner, W Winter, UK Yang

The Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment: Exploring Fundamental Symmetries of the Universe

Snowmass 2013 - Intensity Frontier Contributed papers (2013)

Authors:

LBNE Collaboration, Corey Adams, David Adams, Tarek Akiri, Tyler Alion, Kris Anderson, Costas Andreopoulos, Mike Andrews, Ioana Anghel, João Carlos Costa dos Anjos, Maddalena Antonello, Enrique Arrieta-Diaz, Marina Artuso, Jonathan Asaadi, Xinhua Bai, Bagdat Baibussinov, Michael Baird, Baha Balantekin, Bruce Baller, Brian Baptista, D'Ann Barker, Gary Barker, William A Barletta, Giles Barr, Larry Bartoszek, Amit Bashyal, Matt Bass, Vincenzo Bellini, Pietro Angelo Benetti, Bruce E Berger, Marc Bergevin, Eileen Berman, Hans-Gerd Berns, Adam Bernstein, Robert Bernstein, Babu Bhandari, Vipin Bhatnagar, Bipul Bhuyan, Jianming Bian, Mary Bishai, Andrew Blake, Flor Blaszczyk, Erik Blaufuss, Bruce Bleakley, Edward Blucher, Steve Blusk, Virgil Bocean, F Boffelli, Jan Boissevain, Timothy Bolton, Maurizio Bonesini, Steve Boyd, Andrew Brandt, Richard Breedon, Carl Bromberg, Ralph Brown, Giullia Brunetti, Norman Buchanan, Bill Bugg, Jerome Busenitz, E Calligarich, Leslie Camilleri, Giada Carminati, Rachel Carr, Cesar Castromonte, Flavio Cavanna, Sandro Centro, Alex Chen, Hucheng Chen, Kai Chen, Daniel Cherdack, Cheng-Yi Chi, Sam Childress, Brajesh Chandra Choudhary, Georgios Christodoulou, Cabot-Ann Christofferson, Eric Church, David Cline, Thomas Coan, Alfredo Cocco, Joao Coelho, Stephen Coleman, Janet M Conrad, Mark Convery, Robert Corey, Luke Corwin, Jack Cranshaw, Daniel Cronin-Hennessy, A Curioni, Helio da Motta, Tristan Davenne, Gavin S Davies, Steven Dazeley, Kaushik De, Andre de Gouvea, Jeffrey K de Jong, David Demuth, Chris Densham, Milind Diwan, Zelimir Djurcic, R Dolfini, Jeffrey Dolph, Gary Drake, Stephen Dye, Hongue Dyuang, Daniel Edmunds, Steven Elliott, Muhammad Elnimr, Sarah Eno, Sanshiro Enomoto, Carlos O Escobar, Justin Evans, A Falcone, Lisa Falk, Amir Farbin, Christian Farnese, Angela Fava, John Felde, S Fernandes, Fernando Ferroni, Farshid Feyzi, Laura Fields, Alex Finch, Mike Fitton, Bonnie Fleming, Jack Fowler, Walt Fox, Alex Friedland, Stu Fuess, Brian Fujikawa, Hugh Gallagher, Raj Gandhi, Gerald Garvey, Victor M Gehman, Gianluigi de Geronimo, Daniele Gibin, Ronald Gill, Ricardo A Gomes, Maury C Goodman, Jason Goon, Nicholas Graf, Mathew Graham, Rik Gran, Christopher Grant, Nick Grant, Herbert Greenlee, Leland Greenler, Sean Grullon, Elena Guardincerri, Victor Guarino, Evan Guarnaccia, Germano Guedes, Roxanne Guenette, Alberto Guglielmi, Marcelo M Guzzo, Alec T Habig, Robert W Hackenburg, Haleh Hadavand, Alan Hahn, Martin Haigh, Todd Haines, Thomas Handler, Sunej Hans, Jeff Hartnell, John Harton, Robert Hatcher, Athans Hatzikoutelis, Steven Hays, Eric Hazen, Mike Headley, Anne Heavey, Karsten Heeger, Jaret Heise, Robert Hellauer, Jeremy Hewes, Alexander Himmel, Matthew Hogan, Pedro Holanda, Anna Holin, Glenn Horton-Smith, Joe Howell, Patrick Hurh, Joey Huston, James Hylen, Richard Imlay, Jonathan Insler, G Introzzi, Zeynep Isvan, Chris Jackson, John Jacobsen, David E Jaffe, Cat James, Chun-Min Jen, Marvin Johnson, Randy Johnson, Robert Johnson, Scott Johnson, William Johnston, John Johnstone, Ben JP Jones, H Jostlein, Thomas Junk, Richard Kadel, Karl Kaess, Georgia Karagiorgi, Jarek Kaspar, Teppei Katori, Boris Kayser, Edward Kearns, Paul Keener, Ernesto Kemp, Steve H Kettell, Mike Kirby, Joshua Klein, Gordon Koizumi, Sacha Kopp, Laura Kormos, William Kropp, Vitaly A Kudryavtsev, Ashok Kumar, Jason Kumar, Thomas Kutter, Franco La Zia, Kenneth Lande, Charles Lane, Karol Lang, Francesco Lanni, Richard Lanza, Tony Latorre, John Learned, David Lee, Kevin Lee, Qizhong Li, Shaorui Li, Yichen Li, Zepeng Li, Jiang Libo, Steve Linden, Jiajie Ling, Jonathan Link, Laurence Littenberg, Hu Liu, Qiuguang Liu, Tiankuan Liu, John Losecco, William Louis, Byron Lundberg, Tracy Lundin, Jay Lundy, Ana Amelia Machado, Cara Maesano, Steve Magill, George Mahler, David Malon, Stephen Malys, Francesco Mammoliti, Samit Kumar Mandal, Anthony Mann, Paul Mantsch, Alberto Marchionni, William Marciano, Camillo Mariani, Jelena Maricic, Alysia Marino, Marvin Marshak, John Marshall, Shiegenobu Matsuno, Christopher Mauger, Konstantinos Mavrokoridis, Nate Mayer, Neil McCauley, Elaine McCluskey, Kirk McDonald, Kevin McFarland, David McKee, Robert McKeown, Robert McTaggart, Rashid Mehdiyev, Dongming Mei, A Menegolli, Guang Meng, Yixiong Meng, David Mertins, Mark Messier, William Metcalf, Radovan Milincic, William Miller, Geoff Mills, Sanjib R Mishra, Nikolai Mokhov, Claudio Montanari, David Montanari, Craig Moore, Jorge Morfin, Ben Morgan, William Morse, Zander Moss, Célio A Moura, Stuart Mufson, David Muller, Jim Musser, Donna Naples, Jim Napolitano, Mitch Newcomer, Ryan Nichol, Tim Nicholls, Evan Niner, Barry Norris, Jaroslaw Nowak, Helen O'Keeffe, Roberto Oliveira, Travis Olson, Brian Page, Sandip Pakvasa, Ornella Palamara, Jon Paley, Vittorio Paolone, Vaia Papadimitriou, Seongtae Park, Zohreh Parsa, Kinga Partyka, Bob Paulos, Zarko Pavlovic, Simon Peeters, Andy Perch, Jon D Perkin, Roberto Petti, Andre Petukhov, Francesco Pietropaolo, Robert Plunkett, Chris Polly, Stephen Pordes, Maxim Potekhin, Renato Potenza, Arati Prakash, Oleg Prokofiev, Xin Qian, Jennifer L Raaf, Veljko Radeka, Igor Rakhno, Yorck Ramachers, Regina Rameika, John Ramsey, A Rappoldi, GL Raselli, Peter Ratoff, Shreyas Ravindra, Brian Rebel, Juergen Reichenbacher, Dianne Reitzner, Sergio Rescia, Martin Richardson, Kieth Rielage, Kurt Riesselmann, Matt Robinson, Leon Rochester, Michael Ronquest, Marc Rosen, M Rossella, Carlo Rubbia, Russ Rucinski, Sandeep Sahijpal, Himansu Sahoo, Paola Sala, Delia Salmiera, Nicholas Samios, Mayly Sanchez, Alberto Scaramelli, Heidi Schellman, Richard Schmitt, David Schmitz, Jack Schneps, Kate Scholberg, Ettore Segreto, Stanley Seibert, Liz Sexton-Kennedy, Mike Shaevitz, Peter Shanahan, Rahul Sharma, Terri Shaw, Nikolaos Simos, Venktesh Singh, Gus Sinnis, William Sippach, Tomasz Skwarnicki, Michael Smy, Henry Sobel, Mitch Soderberg, John Sondericker, Walter Sondheim, Alexandre Sousa, Neil JC Spooner, Michelle Stancari, Ion Stancu, Dorota Stefan, Andy Stefanik, James Stewart, Sheldon Stone, James Strait, Matthew Strait, Sergei Striganov, Gregory Sullivan, Yujing Sun, Louise Suter, Andrew Svenson, Robert Svoboda, Barbara Szczerbinska, Andrzej Szelc, Matthew Szydagis, Stefan Söldner-Rembold, Richard Talaga, Matthew Tamsett, Salman Tariq, Rex Tayloe, Charles Taylor, David Taylor, Artin Teymourian, Harry Themann, Matthew Thiesse, Jenny Thomas, Lee F Thompson, Mark Thomson, Craig Thorn, Matt Thorpe, Xinchun Tian, Doug Tiedt, Walter Toki, Nikolai Tolich, M Torti, Matt Toups, Christos Touramanis, Mani Tripathi, Igor Tropin, Yun-Tse Tsai, Craig Tull, Martin Tzanov, Jon Urheim, Shawn Usman, Mark Vagins, Gustavo Valdiviesso, Rick Van Berg, Richard Van de Water, Peter Van Gemmeren, Filippo Varanini, Gary Varner, Kamran Vaziri, Gueorgui Velev, Sandro Ventura, Chiara Vignoli, Brett Viren, Dan Wahl, Abby Waldron, Christopher W Walter, Hanguo Wang, Wei Wang, Karl Warburton, David Warner, Ryan Wasserman, Blake Watson, Alfons Weber, Wenzhao Wei, Douglas Wells, Matthew Wetstein, Andy White, Hywel White, Lisa Whitehead, Denver Whittington, Joshua Willhite, Robert J Wilson, Lindley Winslow, Kevin Wood, Elizabeth Worcester, Matthew Worcester, Tian Xin, Kevin Yarritu, Jingbo Ye, Minfang Yeh, Bo Yu, Jae Yu, Tianlu Yuan, A Zani, Geralyn P Zeller, Chao Zhang, Chao Zhang, Eric D Zimmerman, Robert Zwaska

Abstract:

The preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early Universe, the dynamics of the supernova bursts that produced the heavy elements necessary for life and whether protons eventually decay --- these mysteries at the forefront of particle physics and astrophysics are key to understanding the early evolution of our Universe, its current state and its eventual fate. The Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) represents an extensively developed plan for a world-class experiment dedicated to addressing these questions. LBNE is conceived around three central components: (1) a new, high-intensity neutrino source generated from a megawatt-class proton accelerator at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, (2) a near neutrino detector just downstream of the source, and (3) a massive liquid argon time-projection chamber deployed as a far detector deep underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. This facility, located at the site of the former Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakota, is approximately 1,300 km from the neutrino source at Fermilab -- a distance (baseline) that delivers optimal sensitivity to neutrino charge-parity symmetry violation and mass ordering effects. This ambitious yet cost-effective design incorporates scalability and flexibility and can accommodate a variety of upgrades and contributions. With its exceptional combination of experimental configuration, technical capabilities, and potential for transformative discoveries, LBNE promises to be a vital facility for the field of particle physics worldwide, providing physicists from around the globe with opportunities to collaborate in a twenty to thirty year program of exciting science. In this document we provide a comprehensive overview of LBNE's scientific objectives, its place in the landscape of neutrino physics worldwide, the technologies it will incorporate and the capabilities it will possess.

Measurement of neutrino and antineutrino oscillations using beam and atmospheric data in MINOS

Physical Review Letters 110:25 (2013)

Authors:

P Adamson, I Anghel, C Backhouse, G Barr, M Bishai, A Blake, GJ Bock, D Bogert, SV Cao, CM Castromonte, S Childress, JAB Coelho, L Corwin, D Cronin-Hennessy, JK De Jong, AV Devan, NE Devenish, MV Diwan, CO Escobar, JJ Evans, E Falk, GJ Feldman, MV Frohne, HR Gallagher, RA Gomes, MC Goodman, P Gouffon, N Graf, R Gran, K Grzelak, A Habig, SR Hahn, J Hartnell, R Hatcher, A Himmel, A Holin, J Hylen, GM Irwin, Z Isvan, C James, D Jensen, T Kafka, SMS Kasahara, G Koizumi, M Kordosky, A Kreymer, K Lang, J Ling, PJ Litchfield, P Lucas, WA Mann, ML Marshak, M Mathis, N Mayer, AM McGowan, MM Medeiros, R Mehdiyev, JR Meier, MD Messier, DG Michael, WH Miller, SR Mishra, S Moed Sher, CD Moore, L Mualem, J Musser, D Naples, JK Nelson, HB Newman, RJ Nichol, JA Nowak, J O'Connor, WP Oliver, M Orchanian, RB Pahlka, J Paley, RB Patterson, G Pawloski, S Phan-Budd, RK Plunkett, X Qiu, A Radovic, B Rebel, C Rosenfeld, HA Rubin, MC Sanchez, J Schneps, A Schreckenberger, P Schreiner, R Sharma, A Sousa, N Tagg, RL Talaga, J Thomas, MA Thomson, G Tinti, SC Tognini, R Toner, D Torretta, G Tzanakos

Abstract:

We report measurements of oscillation parameters from νμ and ν̄μ disappearance using beam and atmospheric data from MINOS. The data comprise exposures of 10.71×1020 protons on target in the νμ-dominated beam, 3.36×1020 protons on target in the ν̄μ-enhanced beam, and 37.88 kton yr of atmospheric neutrinos. Assuming identical ν and ν̄ oscillation parameters, we measure |Δm2|=(2.41-0.10+0.09)×10-3 eV2 and sinâ¡2(2θ)=0.950-0.036+0.035. Allowing independent ν and ν̄ oscillations, we measure antineutrino parameters of |Δm̄2|=(2.50-0.25+0.23)×10-3 eV2 and sinâ¡2(2θ̄)=0.97-0.08+0.03, with minimal change to the neutrino parameters. © 2013 American Physical Society.

Neutrinos from Stored Muons nuSTORM: Expression of Interest

(2013)

Authors:

D Adey, SK Agarwalla, CM Ankenbrandt, R Asfandiyarov, JJ Back, G Barker, E Baussan, R Bayes, S Bhadra, V Blackmore, A Blondel, SA Bogacz, C Booth, SB Boyd, A Bravar, SJ Brice, AD Bross, F Cadoux, H Cease, A Cervera, J Cobb, D Colling, L Coney, A Dobbs, J Dobson, A Donini, PJ Dornan, M Dracos, F Dufour, R Edgecock, J Evans, MA George, T Ghosh, A deGouvea, JJ Gomez-Cadenas, A Haesler, G Hanson, M Geelhoed, PF Harrison, M Hartz, P Hernandez, JA Hernando-Morata, PJ Hodgson, P Huber, A Izmaylov, Y Karadhzov, T Kobilarcik, J Kopp, L Kormos, A Korzenev, A Kurup, Y Kuno, P Kyberd, JP Lagrange, AM Laing, J Link, A Liu, KR Long, N McCauley, KT McDonald, K Mahn, C Martin, J Martin, O Mena, SR Mishra, N Mokhov, J Morfin, Y Mori, W Murray, D Neuffer, R Nichol, E Noah, MA Palmer, S Parke, S Pascoli, J Pasternak, M Popovic, P Ratoff, M Ravonel, M Rayner, S Ricciardi, C Rogers, P Rubinov, E Santos, A Sato, E Scantamburlo, JK Sedgbeer, DR Smith, PJ Smith, JT Sobczyk, S Soldner-Rembold, FJP Soler, M Sorel, A Stahl, L Stanco, P Stamoulis, S Striganov, H Tanaka, IJ Taylor, C Touramanis, CD Tunnel, Y Uchida, N Vassilopoulos, MO Wascko, A Weber, E Wildner, MJ Wilking, W Winter, UK Yang

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