Research Article

The Opportunity Offered by the ESSnuSB Project to Exploit the Larger Leptonic CP Violation Signal at the Second Oscillation Maximum and the Requirements of This Project on the ESS Accelerator Complex

Table 1

Main parameters of the ESSnuSB neutrino facility.

Parameter Value

Average neutrino energy 0.36 GeV
Baseline 540 km
Detector technology Water Cherenkov
Fiducial volume 500 kt
PMTs 240k 8′′
10-year reach () 60% of range ()
(2nd oscillation max.) 1500 km/GeV