Abstract
Within the framework of three-flavor neutrino oscillations, we consider the physics potential of appearance and survival measurements at a neutrino factory for a leading oscillation scale Event rates are evaluated versus baseline and stored muon energy, and optimal values discussed. Over a sizable region of oscillation parameter space, matter effects would enable the sign of to be determined from a comparison of with event rates and energy distributions. It is important, therefore, that both positive and negative muons can be stored in the ring. Measurements of the survival spectrum could determine the magnitude of and the leading oscillation amplitude with a precision of
- Received 30 November 1999
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.62.013004
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