Abstract
A magnetized Iron CALorimeter (ICAL) detector at the India-based neutrino observatory (INO) is used to study neutrino oscillation sensitivity using atmospheric muon neutrino source. The ICAL detector will be able to detect muon tracks and hadron showers produced by neutrino interactions with the iron target. We have performed precision measurement analysis for the atmospheric neutrino oscillation parameters with the muon neutrino events, generated by Monte Carlo NUANCE event generator. A marginalized χ 2 analysis based on reconstructed neutrino energy and muon zenith angle binning scheme has been performed to determine the sensitivity for the atmospheric neutrino mixing parameters, \(\sin ^{2}\theta _{23}\) and \(| {\Delta } m^{2}_{23}|\).
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The authors would like to thank all the INO collaborators, especially physics analysis group, for their important comments and suggestions. They also thank CSIR & DST for supporting this work.
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KAUR, D., NAIMUDDIN, M. & VERMA, S.K. Precision measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters at INO-ICAL detector. Pramana - J Phys 86, 459–464 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-015-1168-4
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