(OPERA) Acquafredda, R.; Jakovčić, Krešimir; Ljubičić, Ante; Mićanović, Saša; Stipčević, Mario; Zamboni, Ivana; Zimmermann, R. (2006) First events from the CNGS neutrino beam detected in the OPERA experiment. New Journal of Physics, 8 . pp. 303-1. ISSN 1367-2630
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Abstract
The OPERA neutrino detector at the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory (LNGS) was designed to perform the first detection of neutrino oscillations in appearance mode, through the study of ν µ ; --> ν τ oscillations. The apparatus consists of a lead/emulsion-film target complemented by electronic detectors. It is placed in the high-energy, long-baseline CERN to LNGS beam (CNGS) 730 km away from the neutrino source. In August 2006, a first run with CNGS neutrinos was successfully conducted. A first sample of neutrino events was collected, statistically consistent with the integrated beam intensity. After a brief description of the beam and of the various sub-detectors, we report on the achievement of this milestone, presenting the first data and some analysis results.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | neutrino oscilations; OPERA experiment; muon neutrino; tau neutrino |
| Subjects: | NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics |
| Divisions: | Division of Experimental Physics |
| Depositing User: | Mario Stipčević |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2016 13:00 |
| URI: | http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/2865 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1367-2630/8/12/303 |
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