The mass-hierarchy and CP-violation discovery reach of the LBNO
  long-baseline neutrino experiment
Creators: name: LAGUNA-LBNO Collaboration
name: :
name: S. K. Agarwalla
name: L. Agostino
name: M. Aittola
name: A. Alekou
name: B. Andrieu
name: D. Angus
name: F. Antoniou
name: A. Ariga
name: T. Ariga
name: R. Asfandiyarov
name: D. Autiero
name: P. Ballett
name: I. Bandac
name: D. Banerjee
name: G. J. Barker
name: G. Barr
name: W. Bartmann
name: F. Bay
name: V. Berardi
name: I. Bertram
name: O. Bésida
name: A. M. Blebea-Apostu
name: A. Blondel
name: M. Bogomilov
name: E. Borriello
name: S. Boyd
name: I. Brancus
name: A. Bravar
name: M. Buizza-Avanzini
name: F. Cafagna
name: M. Calin
name: M. Calviani
name: M. Campanelli
name: C. Cantini
name: O. Caretta
name: G. Cata-Danil
name: M. G. Catanesi
name: A. Cervera
name: S. Chakraborty
name: L. Chaussard
name: D. Chesneanu
name: F. Chipesiu
name: G. Christodoulou
name: J. Coleman
name: P. Crivelli
name: T. Davenne
name: J. Dawson
name: I. De Bonis
name: J. De Jong
name: Y. Déclais
name: P. Del Amo Sanchez
name: A. Delbart
name: C. Densham
name: F. Di Lodovico
name: S. Di Luise
name: D. Duchesneau
name: J. Dumarchez
name: I. Efthymiopoulos
name: A. Eliseev
name: S. Emery
name: K. Enqvist
name: T. Enqvist
name: L. Epprecht
name: A. Ereditato
name: A. N. Erykalov
name: T. Esanu
name: A. J. Finch
name: M. D. Fitton
name: D. Franco
name: V. Galymov
name: G. Gavrilov
name: A. Gendotti
name: C. Giganti
name: B. Goddard
name: J. J. Gomez
name: C. M. Gomoiu
name: Y. A. Gornushkin
name: P. Gorodetzky
name: N. Grant
name: A. Haesler
name: M. D. Haigh
name: T. Hasegawa
name: S. Haug
name: M. Hierholzer
name: J. Hissa
name: S. Horikawa
name: K. Huitu
name: J. Ilic
name: A. N. Ioannisian
name: A. Izmaylov
name: A. Jipa
name: K. Kainulainen
name: T. Kalliokoski
name: Y. Karadzhov
name: J. Kawada
name: M. Khabibullin
name: A. Khotjantsev
name: E. Kokko
name: A. N. Kopylov
name: L. L. Kormos
name: A. Korzenev
name: S. Kosyanenko
name: I. Kreslo
name: D. Kryn
name: Y. Kudenko
name: V. A. Kudryavtsev
name: J. Kumpulainen
name: P. Kuusiniemi
name: J. Lagoda
name: I. Lazanu
name: J. -M. Levy
name: R. P. Litchfield
name: K. Loo
name: P. Loveridge
name: J. Maalampi
name: L. Magaletti
name: R. M. Margineanu
name: J. Marteau
name: C. Martin-Mari
name: V. Matveev
name: K. Mavrokoridis
name: E. Mazzucato
name: N. McCauley
name: A. Mercadante
name: O. Mineev
name: A. Mirizzi
name: B. Mitrica
name: B. Morgan
name: M. Murdoch
name: S. Murphy
name: K. Mursula
name: S. Narita
name: D. A. Nesterenko
name: K. Nguyen
name: K. Nikolics
name: E. Noah
name: Yu. Novikov
name: H. O'Keeffe
name: J. Odell
name: A. Oprima
name: V. Palladino
name: Y. Papaphilippou
name: S. Pascoli
name: T. Patzak
name: D. Payne
name: M. Pectu
name: E. Pennacchio
name: L. Periale
name: H. Pessard
name: C. Pistillo
name: B. Popov
name: P. Przewlocki
name: M. Quinto
name: E. Radicioni
name: Y. Ramachers
name: P. N. Ratoff
name: M. Ravonel
name: M. Rayner
name: F. Resnati
name: O. Ristea
name: A. Robert
name: E. Rondio
name: A. Rubbia
name: K. Rummukainen
name: R. Sacco
name: A. Saftoiu
name: K. Sakashita
name: J. Sarkamo
name: F. Sato
name: N. Saviano
name: E. Scantamburlo
name: F. Sergiampietri
name: D. Sgalaberna
name: E. Shaposhnikova
name: M. Slupecki
name: M. Sorel
name: N. J. C. Spooner
name: A. Stahl
name: D. Stanca
name: R. Steerenberg
name: A. R. Sterian
name: P. Sterian
name: B. Still
name: S. Stoica
name: T. Strauss
name: J. Suhonen
name: V. Suvorov
name: M. Szeptycka
name: R. Terri
name: L. F. Thompson
name: G. Toma
name: A. Tonazzo
name: C. Touramanis
name: W. H. Trzaska
name: R. Tsenov
name: K. Tuominen
name: A. Vacheret
name: M. Valram
name: G. Vankova-Kirilova
name: F. Vanucci
name: G. Vasseur
name: F. Velotti
name: P. Velten
name: T. Viant
name: H. Vincke
name: A. Virtanen
name: A. Vorobyev
name: D. Wark
name: A. Weber
name: M. Weber
name: C. Wiebusch
name: J. R. Wilson
name: S. Wu
name: N. Yershov
name: J. Zalipska
name: M. Zito
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: The next generation neutrino observatory proposed by the LBNO collaboration
will address fundamental questions in particle and astroparticle physics. The
experiment consists of a far detector, in its first stage a 20 kt LAr double
phase TPC and a magnetised iron calorimeter, situated at 2300 km from CERN and
a near detector based on a high-pressure argon gas TPC. The long baseline
provides a unique opportunity to study neutrino flavour oscillations over their
1st and 2nd oscillation maxima exploring the $L/E$ behaviour, and
distinguishing effects arising from $\delta_{CP}$ and matter.
  In this paper we have reevaluated the physics potential of this setup for
determining the mass hierarchy (MH) and discovering CP-violation (CPV), using a
conventional neutrino beam from the CERN SPS with a power of 750 kW. We use
conservative assumptions on the knowledge of oscillation parameter priors and
systematic uncertainties. The impact of each systematic error and the precision
of oscillation prior is shown. We demonstrate that the first stage of LBNO can
determine unambiguously the MH to $&gt;5\sigma$C.L. over the whole phase space. We
show that the statistical treatment of the experiment is of very high
importance, resulting in the conclusion that LBNO has $\sim$ 100% probability
to determine the MH in at most 4-5 years of running. Since the knowledge of MH
is indispensable to extract $\delta_{CP}$ from the data, the first LBNO phase
can convincingly give evidence for CPV on the $3\sigma$C.L. using today's
knowledge on oscillation parameters and realistic assumptions on the systematic
uncertainties.