Status and results from the OPERA experiment

Journal Article · Thu Oct 06 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3644275· OSTI ID:21611873

Ariga, Tomoko ^[1]

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1. A. Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, LHEP, University of Bern (Switzerland)

The OPERA experiment is aiming at the first direct detection of neutrino oscillations in appearance mode through the study of the v{sub {mu}}{yields}v{tau} channel. The OPERA detector is placed in the CNGS long baseline v{sub {mu}} beam 730 km away from the neutrino source. The analysis of a sub-sample of the data taken in the 2008-2009 runs was completed After a brief description of the beam and the experimental setup, we report on event analysis and on a first candidate event, its background estimation and statistical significance.

• OSTI ID: 21611873
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1382, Issue 1; Conference: NuFact10: 12. international workshop on neutrino factories, superbeams, and betabeams, Mumbai (India), 20-25 Oct 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3644275; (c) 2011 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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