Achieving PeV-Scale Neutrino-Proton Collisions via Staggered Beamlines

Antičić, Tome (2025) Achieving PeV-Scale Neutrino-Proton Collisions via Staggered Beamlines. Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A . ISSN 0168-9002 (Submitted)

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Abstract

This paper introduces a novel accelerator-based method to achieve neutrino-proton interactions at energies from 10 to 100 PeV in a controlled laboratory environment. By employing a staggered configuration of a pion decay tunnel and a proton beamline, the method effectively counters neutrino beam divergence, forming repeated overlaps between narrow neutrino beams and the proton beam. Simulations, using parameters from the Future Circular Collider and including muon cooling to enhance event rates, demonstrate the potential to generate hundreds to thousands of events annually at these ultra-high energies. While the proposed setup presents very significant technological challenges, it could potentially open a new energy range in neutrino physics, enabling precise measurements of neutrino-nucleon cross-sections needed for interpreting high-energy astrophysical neutrino signals and for testing fundamental physics.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	neutrinos; accelerators; FCC; muon cooling; PeV energy; staggered beams
Subjects:	NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics > Physics of Elementary Particles and Fields
Divisions:	Centre for detectors, sensors and electronics
Projects:	Project title Project leader Project code Project type Expanding Potential in Particle and Radiation Detectors, Sensors and Electronics in Croatia-PaRaDeSEC Neven Soić 669014 EK
Depositing User:	Tome Antičić
Date Deposited:	09 Jul 2025 09:24
URI:	http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/9819

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