Introduction

CERN-SPSC/98-20
SPSC/I 213 Add.1

August 11, 1998

Addendum (Draft 10) to Letter of Intent
A High Sensitivity Short Baseline Experiment
To Search For Oscillation

METU, Ankara, Turkey
Università di Bari and INFN, Bari, Italy
Humboldt Universität, Berlin, Germany
Inter-University Institute for High Energies (ULB-VUB), Brussels, Belgium
Dortmund Universität, Dortmund, Germany
JINR, Dubna, Russia
Università di Ferrara and INFN, Ferrara, Italy
Toho University, Funabashi, Japan
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Technion, Haifa, Israel
Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
INR, Moscow, Russia
ITEP, Moscow, Russia
Münster Universität, Münster, Germany
Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
Università Federico II and INFN, Naples, Italy
Università di Padova and INFN, Padova, Italy
Università La Sapienza and INFN, Rome, Italy
Università di Salerno and INFN, Salerno, Italy

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This addendum describes the possibility to perform a short baseline experiment in a new neutrino beam line towards the Gran Sasso laboratory.

• Introduction
• The Neutrino beam to Gran Sasso (NGS)
• Overview of the New Facility
• Operation of the SPS
• Beam Spectra and Event Rates
• Prompt Background
• Muon Flux at the TOSCA Experimental Area
• The TOSCA Site at the CERN NGS
• Operation in Fast Extraction
• Event Overlay
• Silicon Readout Chip
• Sensitivity to Oscillation
• Conclusion
• References
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