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First CNGS events detected by LVD

The CERN Neutrino to Gran Sasso (CNGS) project aims to produce a high energy, wide band $\nu_{\mu}$ beam at CERN and send it toward the INFN Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS), 732 km away. Its main goal is the observation of the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 N. Yu. Agafonova , M. Aglietta , P. Antonioli , G. Bari , A. Bonardi , V. V. Boyarkin , G. Bruno , W. Fulgione , P. Galeotti , M. Garbini , P. L. Ghia , P. Giusti , E. Kemp , V. V. Kuznetsov , V. A. Kuznetsov , A. S. Malguin , H. Menghetti , R. Persiani , A. Pesci , I. A. Pless , A. Porta , V. G. Ryasny , O. G. Ryazhskaya , O. Saavedra , G. Sartorelli , M. Selvi , C. Vigorito , L. Votano , V. F. Yakushev , G. T. Zatsepin , A. Zichichi

Measurement of the velocity of neutrinos from the CNGS beam with the Large Volume Detector

We report the measurement of the time-of-flight of ~17 GeV muon neutrinos on the CNGS baseline (732 km) with the Large Volume Detector (LVD) at the Gran Sasso Laboratory. The CERN-SPS accelerator has been operated from May 10th to May 24th…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-03-20 N. Yu. Agafonova , M. Aglietta , P. Antonioli , V. V. Ashikhmin , G. Bari , R. Bertoni , E. Bressan , G. Bruno , V. L. Dadykin , W. Fulgione , P. Galeotti , M. Garbini , P. L. Ghia , P. Giusti , E. Kemp , A. S. Mal'gin , B. Miguez , A. Molinario , R. Persiani , I. A. Pless , V. G. Ryasny , O. G. Ryazhskaya , O. Saavedra , G. Sartorelli , I. R. Shakyrianova , M. Selvi , G. Trinchero , C. Vigorito , V. F. Yakushev , A. Zichichi , A. Razeto

LVD highlights

The Large Volume Detector (LVD) in the INFN Gran Sasso National Laboratory, Italy, is a $\nu$ observatory mainly designed to study low energy neutrinos from the gravitational collapse of galactic objects. The experiment has been monitoring…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Marco Selvi

Search for \nu_\mu -> \nu_\tau oscillations in appearance mode in the OPERA experiment

The OPERA experiment in the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory (LNGS) has been designed to perform the first detection of neutrino oscillations in direct appearance mode in the muon neutrino to tau neutrino channel. The detector is hybrid,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-03-02 Umut Kose

Measurement of the neutrino velocity with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam

The OPERA neutrino experiment at the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory has measured the velocity of neutrinos from the CERN CNGS beam over a baseline of about 730 km. The measurement is based on data taken by OPERA in the years 2009, 2010…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-05-30 The OPERA Collaboration , T. Adam , N. Agafonova , A. Aleksandrov , O. Altinok , P. Alvarez Sanchez , A. Anokhina , S. Aoki , A. Ariga , T. Ariga , D. Autiero , A. Badertscher , A. Ben Dhahbi , A. Bertolin , C. Bozza , T. Brugiere , R. Brugnera , F. Brunet , G. Brunetti , S. Buontempo , B. Carlus , F. Cavanna , A. Cazes , L. Chaussard , M. Chernyavsky , V. Chiarella , A. Chukanov , G. Colosimo , M. Crespi , N. D'Ambrosio , G. De Lellis , M. De Serio , Y. Declais , P. del Amo Sanchez , F. Di Capua , A. Di Crescenzo , D. Di Ferdinando , N. Di Marco , S. Dmitrievsky , M. Dracos , D. Duchesneau , S. Dusini , T. Dzhatdoev , J. Ebert , I. Efthymiopoulos , O. Egorov , A. Ereditato , L. S. Esposito , J. Favier , T. Ferber , R. A. Fini , T. Fukuda , A. Garfagnini , G. Giacomelli , M. Giorgini , M. Giovannozzi , C. Girerd , J. Goldberg , C. Gollnitz , D. Golubkov , L. Goncharova , Y. Gornushkin , G. Grella , F. Grianti , E. Gschwendtner , C. Guerin , A. M. Guler , C. Gustavino , C. Hagner , K. Hamada , T. Hara , R. Enikeev , M. Hierholzer , A. Hollnagel , M. Ieva , H. Ishida , K. Ishiguro , K. Jakovcic , C. Jollet , M. Jones , F. Juget , M. Kamiscioglu , J. Kawada , S. H. Kim , M. Kimura , E. Kiritsis , N. Kitagawa , B. Klicek , J. Knuesel , K. Kodama , M. Komatsu , U. Kose , I. Kreslo , C. Lazzaro , J. Lenkeit , A. Ljubicic , A. Longhin , A. Malgin , G. Mandrioli , J. Marteau , T. Matsuo , V. Matveev , N. Mauri , A. Mazzoni , E. Medinaceli , F. Meisel , A. Meregaglia , P. Migliozzi , S. Mikado , D. Missiaen , P. Monacelli , K. Morishima , U. Moser , M. T. Muciaccia , N. Naganawa , T. Naka , M. Nakamura , T. Nakano , Y. Nakatsuka , D. Naumov , V. Nikitina , F. Nitti , S. Ogawa , N. Okateva , A. Olchevsky , O. Palamara , A. Paoloni , B. D. Park , I. G. Park , A. Pastore , L. Patrizii , E. Pennacchio , H. Pessard , C. Pistillo , N. Polukhina , M. Pozzato , K. Pretzl , F. Pupilli , R. Rescigno , F. Riguzzi , T. Roganova , H. Rokujo , G. Rosa , I. Rostovtseva , A. Rubbia , A. Russo , V. Ryasny , O. Ryazhskaya , O. Sato , Y. Sato , Z. Sahnoun , A. Schembri , J. Schuler , L. Scotto Lavina , J. Serrano , I. Shakiryanova , A. Sheshukov , H. Shibuya , G. Shoziyoev , S. Simone , M. Sioli , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , J. S. Song , M. Spinetti , L. Stanco , N. Starkov , S. Stellacci , M. Stipcevic , T. Strauss , S. Takahashi , M. Tenti , F. Terranova , I. Tezuka , V. Tioukov , P. Tolun , N. T. Tran , S. Tufanli , P. Vilain , M. Vladimirov , L. Votano , J. -L. Vuilleumier , G. Wilquet , B. Wonsak , J. Wurtz , V. Yakushev , C. S. Yoon , J. Yoshida , Y. Zaitsev , S. Zemskova , A. Zghiche

First events from the CNGS neutrino beam detected in the OPERA experiment

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

The Observation of Up-going Charged Particles Produced by High Energy Muons in Underground Detectors

An experimental study of the production of up-going charged particles in inelastic interactions of down-going underground muons is reported, using data obtained from the MACRO detector at the Gran Sasso Laboratory. In a sample of 12.2 10^6…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 The MACRO Collaboration , M. Ambrosio et al

A low background facility inside the LVD detector at Gran Sasso

The Large Volume Detector (LVD) in the Gran Sasso Laboratory of INFN is an observatory mainly devoted to search for neutrinos from core collapse supernovae. It consists of 1000 tons of liquid scintillator divided in 840 stainless steel…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-13 F. Arneodo , W. Fulgione

The detection of neutrino interactions in the emulsion/lead target of the OPERA experiment

The OPERA neutrino detector in 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…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-08-05 N. Agafonova

Measurement of the Neutron Flux Produced by Cosmic-Ray Muons with LVD at Gran Sasso

The flux of muon-produced neutrons far away from the muon track may constitute a background for the underground detectors searching for rare events. The muon events collected by the first LVD tower from March, 1996, to February, 1998, (1.56…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 LVD Collaboration

Study of single muons with the Large Volume Detector at Gran Sasso Laboratory

The present study is based on the sample of about 3 mln single muons observed by LVD at underground Gran Sasso Laboratory during 36500 live hours from June 1992 to February 1998. We have measured the muon intensity at slant depths from 3 km…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-25 LVD Collaboration

Measurements of atmospheric neutrinos and antineutrinos in the MINOS Far Detector

This paper reports measurements of atmospheric neutrino and antineutrino interactions in the MINOS Far Detector, based on 2553 live-days (37.9 kton-years) of data. A total of 2072 candidate events are observed. These are separated into 905…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-05-30 MINOS Collaboration , P. Adamson , C. Backhouse , G. Barr , M. Bishai , A. S. T. Blake , G. J. Bock , D. J. Boehnlein , D. Bogert , S. V. Cao , J. D. Chapman , S. Childress , J. A. B. Coelho , L. Corwin , D. Cronin-Hennessy , I. Z. Danko , J. K. de Jong , N. E. Devenish , M. V. Diwan , C. O. Escobar , J. J. Evans , E. Falk , G. J. Feldman , M. V. Frohne , H. R. Gallagher , R. A. Gomes , M. C. Goodman , P. Gouffon , N. Graf , R. Gran , K. Grzelak , A. Habig , J. Hartnell , R. Hatcher , A. Himmel , A. Holin , J. Hylen , G. M. Irwin , Z. Isvan , D. E. Jaffe , C. James , D. Jensen , T. Kafka , S. M. S. Kasahara , G. Koizumi , S. Kopp , M. Kordosky , A. Kreymer , K. Lang , J. Ling , P. J. Litchfield , L. Loiacono , P. Lucas , W. A. Mann , M. L. Marshak , M. Mathis , N. Mayer , M. M. Medeiros , R. Mehdiyev , J. R. Meier , M. D. Messier , W. H. Miller , S. R. Mishra , J. Mitchell , C. D. Moore , L. Mualem , S. Mufson , J. Musser , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , H. B. Newman , R. J. Nichol , J. A. Nowak , W. P. Oliver , M. Orchanian , R. B. Pahlka , J. Paley , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , S. Phan-Budd , R. K. Plunkett , X. Qiu , A. Radovic , J. Ratchford , B. Rebel , C. Rosenfeld , H. A. Rubin , M. C. Sanchez , J. Schneps , A. Schreckenberger , P. Schreiner , R. Sharma , A. Sousa , B. Speakman , M. Strait , N. Tagg , R. L. Talaga , J. Thomas , M. A. Thomson , R. Toner , D. Torretta , G. Tzanakos , J. Urheim , P. Vahle , B. Viren , J. J. Walding , A. Weber , R. C. Webb , C. White , L. Whitehead , S. G. Wojcicki , K. Zhang , R. Zwaska

Measurement of the atmospheric muon charge ratio with the OPERA detector

The OPERA detector at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory (LNGS) was used to measure the atmospheric muon charge ratio in the TeV energy region. We analyzed 403069 atmospheric muons corresponding to 113.4 days of livetime during the 2008…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2010-03-10 OPERA Collaboration , N. Agafonova , A. Anokhina , S. Aoki , A. Ariga , T. Ariga , D. Autiero , A. Badertscher , A. Bagulya , A. Bertolin , M. Besnier , D. Bick , V. Boyarkin , C. Bozza , T. Brugière , R. Brugnera , G. Brunetti , S. Buontempo , A. Cazes , L. Chaussard , M. Chernyavsky , V. Chiarella , N. Chon-Sen , A. Chukanov , M. Cozzi , G. D'Amato , F. Dal Corso , N. D'Ambrosio , G. De Lellis , Y. D'eclais , M. De Serio , F. Di Capua , D. Di Ferdinando , A. Di Giovanni , N. Di Marco , S. Dmitrievski , M. Dracos , D. Duchesneau , S. Dusini , J. Ebert , O. Egorov , R. Enikeev , A. Ereditato , L. S. Esposito , J. Favier , G. Felici , T. Ferber , R. Fini , D. Frekers , T. Fukuda , C. Fukushima , V. I. Galkin , A. Garfagnini , G. Giacomelli , M. Giorgini , C. Goellnitz , J. Goldberg , D. Golubkov , L. Goncharova , Y. Gornushkin , G. Grella , F. Grianti , M. Guler , C. Gustavino , C. Hagner , K. Hamada , T. Hara , M. Hierholzer , K. Hoshino , M. Ieva , K. Jakovcic , C. Jollet , F. Juget , M. Kazuyama , S. H. Kim , M. Kimura , B. Klicek , J. Knuesel , K. Kodama , M. Komatsu , U. Kose , I. Kreslo , H. Kubota , C. Lazzaro , J. Lenkeit , A. Ljubicic , A. Longhin , G. Lutter , A. Malgin , G. Mandrioli , A. Marotta , J. Marteau , T. Matsuo , V. Matveev , N. Mauri , E. Medinaceli , F. Meisel , A. Meregaglia , P. Migliozzi , S. Mikado , S. Miyamoto , P. Monacelli , K. Morishima , U. Moser , M. T. Muciaccia , N. Naganawa , T. Naka , M. Nakamura , T. Nakano , D. Naumov , V. Nikitina , K. Niwa , Y. Nonoyama , S. Ogawa , A. Olchevski , C. Oldorf , G. Orlova , V. Osedlo , M. Paniccia , A. Paoloni , B. D. Park , I. G. Park , A. Pastore , L. Patrizii , E. Pennacchio , H. Pessard , V. Pilipenko , C. Pistillo , G. Policastro , N. Polukhina , M. Pozzato , K. Pretzl , P. Publichenko , F. Pupilli , R. Rescigno , T. Roganova , H. Rokujo , G. Romano , G. Rosa , I. Rostovtseva , A. Rubbia , A. Russo , V. Ryasny , O. Ryazhskaya , O. Sato , Y. Sato , A. Schembri , W. Schmidt Parzefall , H. Schroeder , L. Scotto Lavina , A. Sheshukov , H. Shibuya , S. Simone , M. Sioli , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , J. S. Song , M. Spinetti , L. Stanco , N. Starkov , M. Stipcevic , T. Strauss , P. Strolin , S. Takahashi , M. Tenti , F. Terranova , I. Tezuka , V. Tioukov , P. Tolun , T. Tran , S. Tufanli , P. Vilain , M. Vladimirov , L. Votano , J. L. Vuilleumier , G. Wilquet , B. Wonsak , V. Yakushev , C. S. Yoon , T. Yoshioka , J. Yoshida , Y. Zaitsev , S. Zemskova , A. Zghiche , R. Zimmermann

Observation of a first $\nu_\tau$ candidate in the OPERA experiment in the CNGS beam

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.

Search for anomalies in the {\nu}e appearance from a {\nu}{\mu} beam

We report an updated result from the ICARUS experiment on the search for {\nu}{\mu} ->{\nu}e anomalies with the CNGS beam, produced at CERN with an average energy of 20 GeV and travelling 730 km to the Gran Sasso Laboratory. The present…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-16 M. Antonello , B. Baibussinov , P. Benetti , F. Boffelli , A. Bubak , E. Calligarich , N. Canci , S. Centro , A. Cesana , K. Cieslik , D. B. Cline , A. G. Cocco , A. Dabrowska , D. Dequal , A. Dermenev , R. Dolfini , A. Falcone , C. Farnese , A. Fava , A. Ferrari , G. Fiorillo , D. Gibin , S. Gninenko , A. Guglielmi , M. Haranczyk , J. Holeczek , A. Ivashkin , M. Kirsanov , J. Kisiel , I. Kochanek , J. Lagoda , S. Mania , A. Menegolli , G. Meng , C. Montanari , S. Otwinowski , P. Picchi , F. Pietropaolo , P. Plonski , A. Rappoldi , G. L. Raselli , M. Rossella , C. Rubbia , P. Sala , A. Scaramelli , E. Segreto , F. Sergiampietri , D. Stefan , R. Sulej , M. Szarska , M. Terrani , M. Torti , F. Varanini , S. Ventura , C. Vignoli , H. Wang , X. Yang , A. Zalewska , A. Zani , K. Zaremba

Observation of collider muon neutrinos with the SND@LHC experiment

We report the direct observation of muon neutrino interactions with the SND@LHC detector at the Large Hadron Collider. A data set of proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13.6\,$TeV collected by SND@LHC in 2022 is used, corresponding to…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-08-02 LHC Collaboration

The LVD Core Facility: a study of LVD as muon veto and active shielding for dark matter experiments

In this study we explore the possibility of using the existing structure of a running experiment, the LVD supernova observatory at the INFN Gran Sasso National Laboratory, as an active shield and veto for the muon-induced background. In our…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Marco Selvi

Measurement of the Atmospheric Neutrino Induced Muon Flux with the MACRO detector

The flux of neutrino-induced muons has been measured with the MACRO detector. Different event topologies have been detected, due to neutrino interactions in the apparatus and in the rock below it. The upward-throughgoing muon sample is the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 Paolo Bernardini

Implication for the core collapse supernova rate from 21 years of data of the Large Volume Detector

The Large Volume Detector (LVD) has been continuously taking data since 1992 at the INFN Gran Sasso National Laboratory. LVD is sensitive to neutrino bursts from gravitational stellar collapses with full detection probability over the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-12 N. Y. Agafonova , M. Aglietta , P. Antonioli , V. V. Ashikhmin , G. Badino , G. Bari , R. Bertoni , E. Bressan , G. Bruno , V. L. Dadykin , E. A. Dobrynina , R. I. Enikeev , W. Fulgione , P. Galeotti , M. Garbini , P. L. Ghia , P. Giusti , F. Gomez , E. Kemp , A. S. Malgin , A. Molinario , R. Persiani , I. A. Pless , A. Porta , V. G. Ryasny , O. G. Ryazhskaya , O. Saavedra , G. Sartorelli , I. R. Shakiryanova , M. Selvi , G. C. Trinchero , C. Vigorito , V. F. Yakushev , G. T. Zatsepin , A. Zichichi

Characterization of the varying flux of atmospheric muons measured with the Large Volume Detector for 24 years

The Large Volume Detector (LVD), hosted in the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, is triggered by atmospheric muons at a rate of $\sim 0.1$~Hz. The data collected over almost a quarter of century are used to study the muon intensity…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-23 N. Yu. Agafonova , M. Aglietta , P. Antonioli , V. V. Ashikhmin , G. Bari , G. Bruno , E. A. Dobrynina , R. I. Enikeev , W. Fulgione , P. Galeotti , M. Garbini , P. L. Ghia , P. Giusti , E. Kemp , A. S. Malgin , A. Molinario , R. Persiani , I. A. Pless , S. Rubinetti , O. G. Ryazhskaya , G. Sartorelli , I. R. Shakiryanova , M. Selvi , C. Taricco , G. C. Trinchero , C. F. Vigorito , V. F. Yakushev , A. Zichichi