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Physics potential of the ICAL detector at the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO)
A KUMAR A M VINOD KUMAR ABHIK JASH AJIT K MOHANTY ALEENA CHACKO ALI AJMI AMBAR GHOSAL AMINA KHATUN AMITAVA RAYCHAUDHURI AMOL DIGHE ANIMESH CHATTERJEE ANKIT GAUR ANUSHREE GHOSH ASHOK KUMAR ASMITA REDIJ B SATYANARAYANA B S ACHARYA BRAJESH C CHOUDHARY C RANGANATHAIAH C D RAVIKUMAR CHANDAN GUPTA D INDUMATHI DALJEET KAUR DEBASISH MAJUMDAR DEEPAK SAMUEL DEEPAK TIWARI G RAJASEKARAN GAUTAM GANGOPADHYAY GOBINDA MAJUMDER H B RAVIKUMAR J B SINGH J S SHAHI JAMES LIBBY JYOTSNA SINGH K RAVEENDRABABU K K MEGHNA K R REBIN KAMALESH KAR KOLAHAL BHATTACHARYA LALIT M PANT M SAJJAD ATHAR M V N MURTHY MANZOOR A MALIK MD NAIMUDDIN MOHAMMAD SALIM MONOJIT GHOSH MOON MOON DEVI NABA K MONDAL NAYANA MAJUMDAR NITA SINHA NITALI DASH POMITA GHOSHAL POONAM MEHTA PRAFULLA BEHERA R KANISHKA RAJ GANDHI RAJESH GANAI RASHID HASAN S KRISHNAVENI S M LAKSHMI S K SINGH S S R INBANATHAN S UMA SANKAR SADIQ JAFER SAIKAT BISWAS SANJEEV KUMAR SANJIB KUMAR AGARWALLA SANDHYA CHOUBEY SATYAJIT SAHA SHAKEEL AHMED SHIBA PRASAD BEHERA SRUBABATI GOSWAMI SUBHASIS CHATTOPADHYAY SUDEB BHATTACHARYA SUDESHNA BANERJEE SUDESHNA DASGUPTA SUMANTA PAL SUPRATIK MUKHOPADHYAY SUSHANT RAUT SUVENDU BOSE SWAPNA MAHAPATRA TAPASI GHOSH TARAK THAKORE V K S KASHYAP V S SUBRAHMANYAM VENKTESH SINGH VINAY B CHANDRATRE VIPIN BHATNAGAR VIVEK M DATAR WASEEM BARI Y P VIYOGI
Research Article Volume 88 Issue 5 May 2017 Article ID 0079
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Keywords
Neutrino physics ;atmospheric neutrinos ;neutrino experiments ;India-based neutrino observatory -
Abstract
The upcoming 50 kt magnetized iron calorimeter (ICAL) detector at the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) is designed to study the atmospheric neutrinos and antineutrinos separately over a wide range of energies andpath lengths. The primary focus of this experiment is to explore the Earth matter effects by observing the energy and zenith angle dependence of the atmospheric neutrinos in the multi-GeV range. This study will be crucial toaddress some of the outstanding issues in neutrino oscillation physics, including the fundamental issue of neutrino mass hierarchy. In this document, we present the physics potential of the detector as obtained from realistic detector simulations.We describe the simulation framework, the neutrino interactions in the detector, and the expected responseof the detector to particles traversing it. The ICAL detector can determine the energy and direction of the muons to a high precision, and in addition, its sensitivity to multi-GeV hadrons increases its physics reach substantially. Itscharge identification capability, and hence its ability to distinguish neutrinos from antineutrinos, makes it an efficient detector for determining the neutrino mass hierarchy. In this report, we outline the analyses carried out for the determination of neutrino mass hierarchy and precision measurements of atmospheric neutrino mixing parameters at ICAL, and give the expected physics reach of the detector with 10 years of runtime. We also explore the potential of ICAL for probing new physics scenarios like CPT violation and the presence of magnetic monopoles.
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Author Affiliations
A KUMAR1 A M VINOD KUMAR2 ABHIK JASH3 4 AJIT K MOHANTY5 3 ALEENA CHACKO6 ALI AJMI3 7 AMBAR GHOSAL3 4 AMINA KHATUN3 8 AMITAVA RAYCHAUDHURI9 AMOL DIGHE10 ANIMESH CHATTERJEE11 3 ANKIT GAUR12 ANUSHREE GHOSH11 3 ASHOK KUMAR12 ASMITA REDIJ10 B SATYANARAYANA10 B S ACHARYA10 BRAJESH C CHOUDHARY12 C RANGANATHAIAH13 C D RAVIKUMAR2 CHANDAN GUPTA3 14 D INDUMATHI3 15 DALJEET KAUR12 DEBASISH MAJUMDAR3 4 DEEPAK SAMUEL10 DEEPAK TIWARI11 3 G RAJASEKARAN3 15 GAUTAM GANGOPADHYAY9 GOBINDA MAJUMDER10 H B RAVIKUMAR13 J B SINGH1 J S SHAHI1 JAMES LIBBY6 JYOTSNA SINGH16 K RAVEENDRABABU3 6 K K MEGHNA3 15 K R REBIN6 KAMALESH KAR3 4 KOLAHAL BHATTACHARYA10 LALIT M PANT5 3 M SAJJAD ATHAR17 M V N MURTHY3 15 MANZOOR A MALIK18 MD NAIMUDDIN12 MOHAMMAD SALIM17 MONOJIT GHOSH14 MOON MOON DEVI3 10 NABA K MONDAL10 NAYANA MAJUMDAR3 4 NITA SINHA3 15 NITALI DASH5 3 POMITA GHOSHAL14 POONAM MEHTA19 PRAFULLA BEHERA6 R KANISHKA1 RAJ GANDHI11 3 RAJESH GANAI3 20 RASHID HASAN17 S KRISHNAVENI13 S M LAKSHMI3 15 S K SINGH17 S S R INBANATHAN21 S UMA SANKAR7 SADIQ JAFER6 SAIKAT BISWAS3 20 SANJEEV KUMAR12 SANJIB KUMAR AGARWALLA3 8 SANDHYA CHOUBEY11 3 SATYAJIT SAHA3 4 SHAKEEL AHMED17 SHIBA PRASAD BEHERA5 3 SRUBABATI GOSWAMI14 SUBHASIS CHATTOPADHYAY3 20 SUDEB BHATTACHARYA3 4 SUDESHNA BANERJEE10 SUDESHNA DASGUPTA10 SUMANTA PAL3 15 SUPRATIK MUKHOPADHYAY3 4 SUSHANT RAUT14 SUVENDU BOSE3 4 SWAPNA MAHAPATRA22 TAPASI GHOSH3 20 TARAK THAKORE10 V K S KASHYAP5 3 V S SUBRAHMANYAM23 VENKTESH SINGH23 VINAY B CHANDRATRE5 3 VIPIN BHATNAGAR1 VIVEK M DATAR5 10 WASEEM BARI18 Y P VIYOGI3 20
- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160 014, India
- University of Calicut, Kozhikode 673 635, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400 085, India
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700 064, India
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400 085, India
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India
- Institute of Physics, Sachivalaya Marg, Bhubaneswar 751 005, India
- University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700 009, India
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Colaba, Mumbai 400 005, India
- Harish Chandra Research Institute, Jhunsi, Allahabad 211 019, India
- University of Delhi, New Delhi 110 021, India
- University of Mysore, Mysuru 570 005, India
- Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
- Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Taramani, Chennai 600 113, India
- University of Lucknow, Lucknow 226 007, India
- Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 001, India
- University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar 190 006, India
- Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110 067, India
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700 064, India
- The American College, Madurai 625 002, India
- Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar 751 004, India
- Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India
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Dates
- Published
- 16 May 2017
- Manuscript received
- 4 July 2015
- Manuscript revised
- 3 October 2016
- Accepted
- 1 December 2016
- Early published
- Unedited version published online
- Final version published online
- 26 April 2017
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