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We compare the physics potential of two representative options for a Super-Beam in Europe, studying the achievable precision at 1σ with which the CP violation phase (δ) could be measured, as well as the mass hierarchy and CP violation discovery potentials. The first setup corresponds to a high energy beam aiming from CERN to a 100 kt liquid argon detector placed at the Pyhäsalmi mine (2300 km), one of the LAGUNA candidate sites. The second setup corresponds to a much lower energy beam, aiming from CERN to a 500 kt water Čerenkov detector placed at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory (730 km). This second option is also studied for a baseline of 650 km, corresponding to the LAGUNA candidate sites of Umbria and the Canfranc underground laboratory. All results are presented also for scenarios with statistics lowered by factors of 2, 4, 8 and 16 to study the possible reductions of flux, detector mass or running time allowed by the large value of θ 13 recently measured.
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Coloma, P., Fernández-Martínez, E. & Labarga, L. Physics reach of CERN-based SuperBeam neutrino oscillation experiments. J. High Energ. Phys. 2012, 69 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2012)069
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