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Natural SciencesNuclear EngineeringPhysicsNuclear InstrumentationNuclear PhysicsParticle PhysicsAccelerator PhysicsCp ViolationDetector SystemsDetector TechnologyNeutrino PhysicsParticle DetectorsCp Violation In The Neutrino SectorFeasibility Study DesignLepton MixingMeasurement AccuracyMuon DetectionMuon DetectorsStorage Ring ExperimentsStrong Cp Violation
The concept of using a muon storage ring to provide a well characterized beam of muon and electron neutrinos (a Neutrino Factory) has been under study for a number of years now at various laboratories throughout the world. The physics program of a Neutrino Factoryis focused on the relatively unexplored neutrino sector. In conjunction with a detector located a suitable distance from the neutrino source, the facility would make valuable contributions to the study of neutrino masses and lepton mixing. A Neutrino Factory is expected to improve the measurement accuracy of sin{sup 2}(2{theta}{sub 23}) and {Delta}m{sup 2}{sub 32} and provide measurements of sin{sup 2}(2{theta}{sub 13}) and the sign of {Delta}m{sup 2}{sub 32}. It may also be able to measure CP violation in the lepton sector.