We study the optimization of a neutrino factory with respect to non-standard neutral current neutrino interactions, and compare the results to those obtained without non-standard interactions. We discuss the muon energy, baselines, and oscillation channels as degrees of freedom. Our conclusions are based on both analytical calculations and on a full numerical simulation of the neutrino factory setup proposed by the international design study (IDS-NF). We consider all possible non-standard parameters, and include their complex phases. We identify the impact of the different parameters on the golden, silver, and disappearance channels. We come to the conclusion that, even in the presence of non-standard interactions, the performance of the neutrino factory hardly profits from a silver channel detector, unless the muon energy is significantly increased compared to the IDS-NF setup. Apart from the dispensable silver channel detector, we demonstrate that the IDS-NF setup is close to optimal even if non-standard interactions are considered. We find that one very long baseline is a key component in the search for non-standard interactions, in particular for |\epsilon^m_{\mu\tau}| and |\epsilon^m_{\tau\tau}|.
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机译：我们研究了关于非标准中性电流中微子相互作用的中微子工厂的优化，并将结果与没有非标准相互作用的结果进行了比较。我们讨论μ子能，基线和振荡通道的自由度。我们的结论既基于分析计算，也基于国际设计研究（IDS-NF）提出的中微子工厂设置的完整数值模拟。我们考虑所有可能的非标准参数，并包括它们的复杂阶段。我们确定了不同参数对金色，银色和消失通道的影响。我们得出的结论是，即使在存在非标准相互作用的情况下，中微子工厂的性能也很难从银通道探测器中获利，除非与IDS-NF装置相比，μ子能量大大增加。除了可分配的银通道检测器以外，我们证明即使考虑了非标准相互作用，IDS-NF设置也接近最佳。我们发现一个很长的基线是搜索非标准交互的关键组成部分，特别是对于| \ epsilon ^ m _ {\ mu \ tau} |和| \ epsilon ^ m _ {\ tau \ tau} |。
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