Accelerator and reactor neutrino oscillation experiments in a simple three-generation framework

Abstract

We present a systematic approach to the analysis of neutrino oscillation experiments in the one-mass-scale limit of the three-generation scheme. In this framework we reanalyze and recombine the most constraining accelerator and reactor data in order to draw precise bounds in the parameter space. We consider our new graphical representations as particularly suited to show the interplay among the different oscillation channels. Within the same framework, the discovery potential of future short and long baseline experiments is also investigated, in the light of both the recent signal from the LSND experiment and the atmospheric neutrino anomaly.