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The question of what comes after the results just shown immediately comes to mind. Accordingly, this chapter begins by reviewing the prospects for future v e appearance analyses. While those prospects are found to be very encouraging, we find that it is beneficial for the experiment to focus in the area of antineutrino physics after a second v e appearance analysis. The benefits of a small amount of dedicated antineutrino running are thus carefully explored at the end of this chapter.
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Given that the number of observed events must be an integer, it is impossible to simulate the situation where exactly the same best fit value is obtained with the new exposure. In order to be conservative we round down the number of observed events expected at the new exposure. This is why, for instance, the best fit value at the top of Fig. 10.1 corresponds to a slightly lower \(\theta_{13}\) than the one at Fig. 9.22.
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Please note that by antineutrinos we refer specifically to muon antineutrinos, that is \(\overline{\nu}_{\mu}\) events.
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We note again that \(\Updelta m^2_{31} = \Updelta m^2_{32} + \Updelta m^2_{21} \approx \Updelta m^2_{32}\)
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At that point in time the author’s interests shifted to the \(\nu_e\) appearance analysis.
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Ochoa Ricoux, J.P. (2011). Pushing the Neutrino Frontier. In: A Search for Muon Neutrino to Electron Neutrino Oscillations in the MINOS Experiment. Springer Theses. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7949-0_10
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