The JHF-Kamioka neutrino project
/ Authors
Y.Itow, T.Kajita, K.Kaneyuki, M.Shiozawa, Y.Totsuka, Y.Hayato, T.Ishida, T.Ishii, T.Kobayashi, T.Maruyama
and 14 more authors
K.Nakamura, Y.Obayashi, Y.Oyama, M.Sakuda, M.Yoshida, S.Aoki, T.Hara, A.Suzuki, A.Ichikawa, T.Nakaya, K.Nishikawa, T.Hasegawa, K.Ishihara, A.Konaka
/ Abstract
The JHF-Kamioka neutrino project is a second generation long base line neutrino oscillation experiment that probes physics beyond the Standard Model by high precision measurements of the neutrino masses and mixing. A high intensity narrow band neutrino beam is produced by secondary pions created by a high intensity proton synchrotron at JHF (JAERI). The neutrino energy is tuned to the oscillation maximum at ∼ 1 GeV for a baseline length of 295 km towards the world largest water ˇCerenkov detector, Super-Kamiokande. Its excellent energy resolution and particle identification enable the reconstruction of the initial neutrino energy, which is