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Results from the OPERA experiment

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2016-08-05 v1 Instrumentation and Detectors

Abstract

The OPERA long baseline experiment located in the INFN Gran Sasso underground Laboratory was designed to establish the νμ\nu_{\mu} \rightarrow ντ\nu_{\tau} oscillations in appearance mode, using the CNGS neutrino beam. Five ντ\nu_{\tau} candidate events have been detected in a data sample from the 2008-2012 runs, with a expected background of 0.25 events. The background only hypothesis is rejected with a significance larger than 5σ{\sigma}. The analysis of the tau neutrino sample in the framework of the 3+1 neutrino model is presented. OPERA is able to identify νe\nu_{e} CC events due to the good tracking capabilities of its target. The electron neutrino sample is also used to set limits on the 3+1 oscillation parameters.

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@article{arxiv.1608.01595,
  title  = {Results from the OPERA experiment},
  author = {Donato Di Ferdinando},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.01595},
  year   = {2016}
}
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