OPERA - First Beam Results

Journal Article · Thu Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2008 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2898957· OSTI ID:21055336

Nakamura, M ^[1]

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1. F-lab, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602 (Japan)

OPERA is a long base-line neutrino oscillation experiment to detect tau-neutrino appearance and to prove that the origin of the atmospheric muon neutrino deficit observed by Kamiokande is the neutrino oscillation. A Hybrid emulsion detector, of which weight is about 1.3 kton, has been installed in Gran Sasso laboratory. New muon neutrino beam line, CNGS, has been constructed at CERN to send neutrinos to Gran Sasso, 730 km apart from CERN. In 2006, first neutrinos were sent from CERN to LNGS and were detected by the OPERA detector successfully as planned.

• OSTI ID: 21055336
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 981, Issue 1; Conference: NuFact 07: 9. international workshop on neutrino factories, superbeams and beta beams, Okayama (Japan), 6-11 Aug 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2898957; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BEAM PRODUCTION
CERN
MUON NEUTRINOS
NEUTRINO BEAMS
NEUTRINO DETECTION
NEUTRINO OSCILLATION
NEUTRINO REACTIONS
NUCLEAR EMULSIONS
PARTICLE TRACKS
TAU NEUTRINOS