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The OPERA experiment, whose aim is the direct observation of nu_mu ~> nu_tau oscillations in appearance mode in the CNGS high-energy neutrino beam, consists of a high-granularity modular target of nuclear emulsions-lead "bricks", richly…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Andrea Longhin

The neutrino flavour oscillations hypothesis has been confirmed by several experiments, all are based on the observation of the disappearance of a given neutrino flavour. The long baseline neutrino experiment OPERA (Oscillation Project with…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-05-29 Guillaume Lutter

OPERA(Oscillation Project with Emulsion-tRacking Apparatus) is a new detector concept, iron(lead)-emulsion for a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. This experiment would perform an appearance search for nu_mu-nu_tau oscillation…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Iovane

The OPERA neutrino experiment in the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory (LNGS) was designed to perform the first detection of neutrino oscillations in direct appearance mode in the $\nu_\mu\rightarrow\nu_\tau$ channel, the $\nu_\tau$…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 The OPERA Collaboration

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 nu_mu to nu_tau oscillations. The apparatus consists…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 The OPERA Collaboration

OPERA is a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment designed to observe $\nu_{\mu} \to \nu_{\tau}$ oscillations by looking at the appearance of $\nu_{\tau}$'s in an almost pure $\nu_\mu$ beam. The beam is produced at CERN and sent…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-05-22 Alberto Garfagnini , Ciro Pistillo

A conceptual scheme of a hybrid-emulsion spectrometer for investigating various channels of neutrino oscillations is proposed. The design emphasizes detection of $\tau$ leptons by detached vertices, reliable identification of electrons, and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-10-31 A. E. Asratyan , G. V. Davidenko , A. G. Dolgolenko , V. S. Kaftanov , M. A. Kubantsev , V. S. Verebryusov

The OPERA neutrino oscillation experiment foresees the construction of two magnetized iron spectrometers located after the lead-nuclear emulsion targets. The magnet is made up of two vertical walls of rectangular cross section connected by…

During their exposure, nuclear emulsion sheets detect both tracks from experiment-related particles, as well as a considerable amount of background tracks, mainly due to cosmic rays. Unless the exposure has been fairly short, it is…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-10-31 G. Brooijmans

The OPERA neutrino detector in the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory (LNGS) has been designed to perform the first detection of neutrino oscillations in direct appearance mode through the study of the $\nu_\mu\rightarrow\nu_\tau$ channel.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-01-17 N. Agafonova et al.

OPERA is an experiment dedicated to the observation of $\nu_\mu$ into $\nu_\tau$ oscillations in appearance mode using a pure $\nu_\mu$ beam (CNGS) produced at CERN and detected at Gran Sasso. The experiment exploits a hybrid technology…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-11-20 J. Marteau

The OPERA experiment is aiming at the first direct detection of neutrino oscillations in appearance mode through the study of the {\nu}{\mu} {\tp} {\nu}{\tau} channel. The OPERA detector is placed in the CNGS long baseline {\nu}{\mu} beam…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 L. S. Esposito

A new method of momentum measurement of charged particles through Multiple Coulomb Scattering (MCS) in the OPERA lead emulsion target is presented. It is based on precise measurements of track angular deviations performed thanks to the very…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-28 The OPERA Collaboration

The aim of the OPERA experiment is to search for the appearance of the tau neutrino in the quasi pure muon neutrino beam produced at CERN (CNGS). The detector, installed in the Gran Sasso underground laboratory 730 km away from CERN,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-06-13 J. Marteau

The poster presented the OPERA experiment and the SPL-Fr\'{e}jus neutrino super beam project. OPERA (1) is an experiment willing to see tau neutrino appearance. The detector is described in section 2 and the expected results are given.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-02-11 J. E. Campagne , A. Cazes , the OPERA Collaboration

The OPERA long-baseline neutrino-oscillation experiment has observed the direct appearance of $\nu_\tau$ in the CNGS $\nu_\mu$ beam. Two large muon magnetic spectrometers are used to identify muons produced in the $\tau$ leptonic decay and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-05-03 OPERA Collaboration , N. Agafonova , A. Aleksandrov , A. Anokhina , S. Aoki , A. Ariga , T. Ariga , D. Bender , A. Bertolin , C. Bozza , R. Brugnera , A. Buonaura , S. Buontempo , B. Büttner , M. Chernyavsky , A. Chukanov , L. Consiglio , N. D'Ambrosio , G. De Lellis , M. De Serio , P. Del Amo Sanchez , A. Di Crescenzo , D. Di Ferdinando , N. Di Marco , S. Dmitrievski , M. Dracos , D. Duchesneau , S. Dusini , T. Dzhatdoev , J. Ebert , A. Ereditato , R. A. Fini , T. Fukuda , G. Galati , A. Garfagnini , G. Giacomelli , C. Goellnitz , J. Goldberg , D. Goloubkov , Y. Gornushkin , G. Grella , M. Guler , C. Gustavino , C. Hagner , T. Hara , A. Hollnagel , B. Hosseini , H. Ishida , K. Ishiguro , K. Jakovcic , C. Jollet , C. Kamiscioglu , M. Kamiscioglu , J. Kawada , J. H. Kim , S. H. Kim , N. Kitagawa , B. Klicek , K. Kodama , M. Komatsu , U. Kose , I. Kreslo , A. Lauria , J. Lenkeit , A. Ljubicic , A. Longhin , P. Loverre , A. Malgin , M. Malenica , G. Mandrioli , T. Matsuo , V. Matveev , N. Mauri , E. Medinaceli , A. Meregaglia , M. Meyer , S. Mikado , P. Monacelli , M. C. Montesi , K. Morishima , M. T. Muciaccia , N. Naganawa , T. Naka , M. Nakamura , T. Nakano , Y. Nakatsuka , K. Niwa , S. Ogawa , N. Okateva , A. Olshevsky , T. Omura , K. Ozaki , A. Paoloni , B. D. Park , I. G. Park , L. Pasqualini , A. Pastore , L. Patrizii , H. Pessard , C. Pistillo , D. Podgrudkov , N. Polukhina , M. Pozzato , F. Pupilli , M. Roda , H. Rokujo , T. Roganova , G. Rosa , I. Rostovtseva , O. Ryazhskaya , O. Sato , Y. Sato , A. Schembri , I. Shakiryanova , T. Shchedrina , A. Sheshukov , H. Shibuya , T. Shiraishi , G. Shoziyoev , S. Simone , M. Sioli , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , M. Spinetti , L. Stanco , N. Starkov , S. M. Stellacci , M. Stipcevic , P. Strolin , S. Takahashi , M. Tenti , F. Terranova , V. Tioukov , S. Tufanli , P. Vilain , M. Vladimirov , L. Votano , J. L. Vuilleumier , G. Wilquet , B. Wonsak , C. S. Yoon , Y. Zaitsev , S. Zemskova , A. Zghiche

The aim of the OPERA experiment is to search for the appearance of the tau neutrino in the quasi pure muon neutrino beam produced at CERN (CNGS). The detector, installed in the Gran Sasso underground laboratory 730 km away from CERN,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-05-14 J. Marteau

The OPERA long-baseline oscillation experiment is located in the underground Gran Sasso laboratory in Italy. OPERA has been designed to observe nu-mu -> nu-tau appearance in the CNGS nu-mu beam, 730 km away from its source at CERN. The…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 H. Pessard

The OPERA experiment is designed to search for $\nu_{\mu} \rightarrow \nu_{\tau}$ oscillations in appearance mode i.e. through the direct observation of the $\tau$ lepton in $\nu_{\tau}$ charged current interactions. The experiment has…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-03-12 N. Agafonova , A. Aleksandrov , A. Anokhina , S. Aoki , A. Ariga , T. Ariga , T. Asada , D. Autiero , A. Ben Dhahbi , A. Badertscher , D. Bender , A. Bertolin , C. Bozza , R. Brugnera , F. Brunet , G. Brunetti , A. Buonaura , S. Buontempo , B. Buettner , L. Chaussard , M. Chernyavsky , V. Chiarella , A. Chukanov , L. Consiglio , N. D'Ambrosio , G. De Lellis , M. De Serio , P. Del Amo Sanchez , A. Di Crescenzo , D. Di Ferdinando , N. Di Marco , S. Dmitrievski , M. Dracos , D. Duchesneau , S. Dusini , T. Dzhatdoev , J. Ebert , A. Ereditato , J. Favier , T. Ferber , G. Ferone , R. A. Fini , T. Fukuda , G. Galati , A. Garfagnini , G. Giacomelli , C. Goellnitz , J. Goldberg , Y. Gornushkin , G. Grella , F. Grianti , M. Guler , C. Gustavino , C. Hagner , K. Hakamata , T. Hara , T. Hayakawa , M. Hierholzer , A. Hollnagel , B. Hosseini , H. Ishida , K. Ishiguro , M. Ishikawa , K. Jakovcic , C. Jollet , C. Kamiscioglu , M. Kamiscioglu , T. Katsuragawa , J. Kawada , H. Kawahara , J. H. Kim , S. H. Kim , M. Kimura , N. Kitagawa , B. Klicek , K. Kodama , M. Komatsu , U. Kose , I. Kreslo , A. Lauria , J. Lenkeit , A. Ljubicic , A. Longhin , P. Loverre , A. Malgin , G. Mandrioli , J. Marteau , T. Matsuo , V. Matveev , N. Mauri , E. Medinaceli , A. Meregaglia , P. Migliozzi , S. Mikado , M. Miyanishi , E. Miyashita , P. Monacelli , M. C. Montesi , K. Morishima , M. T. Muciaccia , N. Naganawa , T. Naka , M. Nakamura , T. Nakano , Y. Nakatsuka , K. Niwa , S. Ogawa , N. Okateva , A. Olshevsky , T. Omura , K. Ozaki , A. Paoloni , B. D. Park , I. G. Park , A. Pastore , L. Patrizii , E. Pennacchio , H. Pessard , C. Pistillo , D. Podgrudkov , N. Polukhina , M. Pozzato , K. Pretzl , F. Pupilli , R. Rescigno , M. Roda , H. Rokujo , T. Roganova , G. Rosa , I. Rostovtseva , A. Rubbia , O. Ryazhskaya , O. Sato , Y. Sato , A. Schembri , W. Schmidt-Parzefal , I. Shakiryanova , T. Shchedrina , A. Sheshukov , H. Shibuya , T. Shiraishi , G. Shoziyoev , S. Simone , M. Sioli , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , M. Spinetti , L. Stanco , N. Starkov , S. M. Stellacci , M. Stipcevic , T. Strauss , P. Strolin , K. Suzuki , S. Takahashi , M. Tenti , F. Terranova , V. Tioukov , S. Tufanli , P. Vilain , M. Vladimirov , L. Votano , J. L. Vuilleumier , G. Wilquet , B. Wonsak , C. S. Yoon , J. Yoshida , M. Yoshimoto , Y. Zaitsev , S. Zemskova , A. Zghiche

This paper describes a new $\nu_e$ identification method specifically designed to improve the low-energy ($< 30\,\mathrm{GeV}$) $\nu_e$ identification efficiency attained by enlarging the emulsion film scanning volume with the next…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-01-19 N. Agafonova , A. Alexandrov , A. Anokhina , S. Aoki , A. Ariga , T. Ariga , A. Bertolin , C. Bozza , R. Brugnera , S. Buontempo , M. Chernyavskiy , A. Chukanov , L. Consiglio , N. D'Ambrosio , G. De Lellis , M. De Serio , P. del Amo Sanchez , A. Di Crescenzo , D. Di Ferdinando , N. Di Marco , S. Dmitrievsky , M. Dracos , D. Duchesneau , S. Dusini , T. Dzhatdoev , J. Ebert , A. Ereditato , R. A. Fini , T. Fukuda , G. Galati , A. Garfagnini , V. Gentile , J. Goldberg , S. Gorbunov , Y. Gornushkin , G. Grella , A. M. Guler , C. Gustavino , C. Hagner , T. Hara , T. Hayakawa , A. Hollnagel , K. Ishiguro , A. Iuliano , K. Jakovcic , C. Jollet , C. Kamiscioglu , M. Kamiscioglu , S. H. Kim , N. Kitagawa , B. Klicek , K. Kodama , M. Komatsu , U. Kose , I. Kreslo , F. Laudisio , A. Lauria , A. Longhin , P. Loverre , A. Malgin , G. Mandrioli , T. Matsuo , V. Matveev , N. Mauri , E. Medinaceli , A. Meregaglia , S. Mikado , M. Miyanishi , F. Mizutani , P. Monacelli , M. C. Montesi , K. Morishima , M. T. Muciaccia , N. Naganawa , T. Naka , M. Nakamura , T. Nakano , K. Niwa , S. Ogawa , N. Okateva , K. Ozaki , A. Paoloni , L. Paparella , B. D. Park , L. Pasqualini , A. Pastore , L. Patrizii , H. Pessard , D. Podgrudkov , N. Polukhina , M. Pozzato , F. Pupilli , M. Roda , T. Roganova , H. Rokujo , G. Rosa , O. Ryazhskaya , O. Sato , A. Schembri , I. Shakiryanova , T. Shchedrina , E. Shibayama , H. Shibuya , T. Shiraishi , S. Simone , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , A. Sotnikov , M. Spinetti , L. Stanco , N. Starkov , S. M. Stellacci , M. Stipcevic , P. Strolin , S. Takahashi , M. Tenti , F. Terranova , V. Tioukov , S. Tufanli , S. Vasina , P. Vilain , E. Voevodina , L. Votano , J. L. Vuilleumier , G. Wilquet , C. S. Yoon