Physics with the MEMPHYS detector

J.L. Borne (1) , J. Busto (2) , Jean-Eric Campagne (1) , M. Dracos (3) , C. Cavata (4) , J. Dolbeau (5) , D. Duchesneau (6) , J. Dumarchez (7) , P. Gorodetzky (8) , S. Katsanevas (5) , A. Longhin (4) , M. Marafini (5) , M. Mezzetto , L. Mosca (4, 9) , A. Tonazzo (10) , T. Patzak (10) , N. Vassilopoulos (5) , C. Volpe (5, 11) , A. Zghiche (6) , M. Zito (4)

1 LAL - Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire
2 CPPM - Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille
3 IPHC - Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien
4 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
5 APC (UMR_7164) - AstroParticule et Cosmologie
6 LAPP - Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules
7 LPNHE - Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies
8 APC - AHE - APC - Astrophysique des Hautes Energies
9 LSM - UMR 6417 - Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane
10 APC - Neutrinos
11 IPNO - Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay

MEMPHYS is a proposed 0:5 Mton scale water Cerenkov experiment to be performed deep underground. Possible sites are under study in the European FP7 design study LAGUNA. It is dedicated to nucleon decay, neutrinos from supernovæ, solar and atmospheric neutrinos, as well as neutrinos from a future Super-Beam or -Beam. Its performance with neutrino beams includes the possibility of measuring the mixing angle 13, the CP violating phase and the mass hierarchy. One R&D item currently being carried out is MEMPHYNO, a small-scale prototype with the main purpose of serving as a test bench for new photodetection and data acquisition solutions, such as grouped readout system. We review here the MEMPHYS physics reach and present the status of the MEMPHYNO prototype.

Domaines: Physique des Hautes Energies - Expérience [hep-ex]

J.L. Borne, J. Busto, Jean-Eric Campagne, M. Dracos, C. Cavata, et al.. Physics with the MEMPHYS detector. Cracow Epiphany Conference on Physics in Underground Laboratories and its Connection with LHC, Jan 2010, Cracovie, Poland. pp.1733-1748. ⟨in2p3-00704722⟩