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Results are from Ref.\nobreakspace {}70\hbox {}. }}{70}} \newlabel{fig:m7a}{{37}{70}} \@writefile{lof}{\contentsline {figure}{\numberline {38}{\ignorespaces Fit results in the ($A$, $\theta _{13}$)--plane for a simulated experiment in which a 40\nobreakspace {}kt Fe-scintillator detector is a distance $L$\nobreakspace {}km downstream of a 50\nobreakspace {}GeV neutrino factory in which there are $10^{21} \mu $ decays. The density parameter $A$ is defined in Eq.\nobreakspace {}(\G@refundefinedtrue {\unhbox \voidb@x \hbox {\normalfont \bfseries ??}}\GenericWarning { }{LaTeX Warning: Reference `eq:defnA' on page 71 undefined}). The curves are 68.5, 90, and 99\% CL contours. 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Predicted distributions are shown for four values of $\delta m^2_{32}$, with the other parameters corresponding to the LMA scenario IA1. For each panel, the points with statistical error bars show an example of a simulated experiment. The light shaded histograms show the predicted distributions in the absence of oscillations. Results are from Ref.\nobreakspace {}69\hbox {}. }}{72}} \newlabel{fig:v5}{{41}{72}} \citation{cerv00} \citation{bgrw00} \citation{bgrw00} \citation{bern00} \@writefile{lof}{\contentsline {figure}{\numberline {42}{\ignorespaces Fit results for simulated $\nu _\mu $ disappearance measurements with a 10\nobreakspace {}kt MINOS-type detector 2800\nobreakspace {}km downstream of a 30\nobreakspace {}GeV neutrino factory in which there are $2 \times 10^{20} \mu ^-$ decays. For each trial point the $1\sigma $, $2\sigma $, and $3\sigma $ contours are shown for a perfect detector (no backgrounds) and no systematic uncertainty on the beam flux. The 68\%, 90\% and 95\% SuperK regions are indicated. Results are from Ref.\nobreakspace {}69\hbox {}. }}{73}} \newlabel{fig:v6}{{42}{73}} \@writefile{lof}{\contentsline {figure}{\numberline {43}{\ignorespaces Fit results (1\nobreakspace {}$\sigma $ contours) for (a) simulated $\nu _\mu $ disappearance measurements with a 10\nobreakspace {}kt MINOS-type detector 2800\nobreakspace {}km downstream of a 30\nobreakspace {}GeV neutrino factory in which there are $2 \times 10^{20} \mu ^-$ decays, with and without an ad hoc 2\% systematic uncertainty on the neutrino flux, and (b) wrong--sign muon appearance measurements including an ad hoc 2\% systematic uncertainty on the flux. The acceptance for a muon is zero for $p_{\mu } < 4$ GeV and unity for $p_{\mu } \geq 4$ GeV. Backgrounds are included but no $p_{\perp }^2$ cut has been used. 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