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Recent results of the OPERA experiment

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2019-08-13 v1 Instrumentation and Detectors

Abstract

The OPERA experiment aims at the direct confirmation of the leading oscillation mechanism in the atmospheric sector looking for the appearance of ντ\nu_{\tau} in an almost pure νμ\nu_{\mu} beam (the CERN CNGS beam). In five years of physics run the experiment collected 17.97×101917.97 \times 10^{19} p.o.t. The detection of τ\taus produced in ντ\nu_{\tau} CC interactions and of their decays is accomplished exploiting the high spatial resolution of nuclear emulsions. Furthermore OPERA has good capabilities in detecting electron neutrino interactions, setting limits on the νμνe\nu_{\mu} \rightarrow \nu_{e} oscillation channel. In this talk the status of the analysis will be presented together with updated results on both oscillation channels.

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@article{arxiv.1401.6776,
  title  = {Recent results of the OPERA experiment},
  author = {Fabio Pupilli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.6776},
  year   = {2019}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures. Proceedings of the 14th ICATPP Conference, 23-27 September 2013, Villa Olmo - Como (Italy)