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. 2022 Mar 30;12:5393. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-09111-1

Figure 5.

Figure 5

JUNO mass ordering sensitivity boosting. A significant increase of JUNO intrinsic sensitivity (ΔχJUNO29) is possible exploiting the LBνB’s disappearance (DC) characterised by ΔχBOOST2 depending strongly on the uncertainty of Δm322. Today’s NuFit5.0 average LBνB-II’s precision on Δm322 is 1.4%. A rather humble 1.0% precision is possible, consistent with doubling the statistics if systematics allowed. Since NOvA and T2K are expected to increase their exposures by about factors of 3 before the shutdown, sub-percent precision may also be within reach. While the ultimate precision is unknown, we shall consider a 0.75% precision to illustrate this possibility. So, JUNO alone (intrinsic + boosting) could yield a 4σ (i.e., Δχ2 16) MO sensitivity, at 84% probability, within the LBνB-II era. A 5σ potential may not be impossible, depending on fluctuations. Similarly, JUNO may further increase in significance to resolve (5σ or Δχ2 25) a pure vacuum oscillations MO measurement in combination with the LBνB-III’s Δm322 information.