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Understanding the nature of neutrino masses will require physics beyond the long-standing Standard Model of particle physics. Neutrinoless double beta decay experiments like the Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) are…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 L. M. Ejzak

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…

ORCA (Oscillation Research with Cosmics in the Abyss) is the low-energy branch of KM3NeT, the next-generation research infrastructure hosting underwater Cherenkov detectors in the Mediterranean Sea. ORCA's primary goal is the determination…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 Jannik Hofestädt

We investigate the possibility of explaining the propagation of neutrinos measured by the OPERA experiment with $\delta v_\nu=(v_\nu-c_0)/c_0$, where $c_0$ is the speed of light in vacuum, using a bimetric relativity model. The geometry of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-10-13 J. W. Moffat

The superluminal propagation of neutrinos observed by OPERA collaboration can be interpreted as neutrinos traveling in a pseudoscalar potential which may be generated by a medium. The OPERA differential arrival time data set a constraint on…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-10-12 Sarira Sahu , Bing Zhang

Our goal in this paper is to examine the discovery potential of laboratory experiments searching for the oscillation $\nu_\mu(\nu_e) \rightarrow \nu_\tau$, in the light of recent data on solar and atmospheric neutrino experiments, which we…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-02-03 M. C. Gonzalez-Garcia

This paper summarizes the details of the Reactor Experiment for Neutrinos and Exotics (RENE) experiment. It covers the detector construction, Monte Carlo (MC) simulation study, and physics expectations. The primary goal of the RENE project…

NOvA is a two detector, long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment designed to study $\nu_{e}$ ($\bar{\nu}_{e}$) appearance and $\nu_{\mu}$ ($\bar{\nu}_{\mu}$) disappearance in a $\nu_{\mu}$ ($\bar{\nu}_{\mu}$) beam produced at Fermilab.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-10-12 Prabhjot Singh

This is a brief note discussing the energy dependence of superluminal neutrino velocities recently claimed by OPERA [1,2]. The analysis is based on the data provided there on this issue, as well as on consistency with neutrino data from…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-10-25 N. D. Hari Dass

From the data release of OPERA - CNGS experiment, and publicly announced on 23 September 2011, we cast a phenomenological model based on a Majorana neutrino state carrying a fictitious imaginary mass term, already discussed by Majorana in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-30 F. Tamburini , M. Laveder

We explore the capabilities of the upcoming Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) to measure $\nu_\tau$ charged-current interactions and the associated oscillation probability $P(\nu_\mu \to \nu_\tau)$ at its far detector,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-07-17 André de Gouvêa , Kevin J. Kelly , G. V. Stenico , Pedro Pasquini

We analyze the physics potential of long baseline neutrino oscillation experiments planned for the coming ten years, where the main focus is the sensitivity limit to the small mixing angle $\theta_{13}$. The discussed experiments include…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Huber , M. Lindner , M. Rolinec , T. Schwetz , W. Winter

We show that OPERA recent results showing an apparent superluminal velocity of muonic neutrinos can find a very simple explanation without any measurement error or any strange physics. Namely, it is enough that the beam composition varies…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-10-04 Gilles Henri

The OPERA collabotation has reported evidence of superluminal neutrinos with a mean energy 17.5 GeV ranging up to 50 GeV. However, the superluminal interpretation of the OPERA results has been recently refuted theoretically by…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-11-01 Ichiro Oda , Hajime Taira

The Protvino accelerator facility located in the Moscow region, Russia, is in a good position to offer a rich experimental research program in the field of neutrino physics. Of particular interest is the possibility to direct a neutrino…

Operating on a surface with high noise rates and requiring susceptible, yet small-scale detectors, the Neutrinos-Angra detector is an excellent platform for technological development and expertise in new detection methods. This report…

The recent result by the OPERA experiment, confirming a trend already present in a previous result by MINOS, raises the question of a possible strong violation of standard relativity. In particular, the particles of the standard model would…

General Physics · Physics 2011-09-29 Luis Gonzalez-Mestres

The NOMAD experiment has been designed to search for neutrino-tau appearance in the CERN wide-band neutrino beam . The detector is now completed and has been further improved. All subdetectors are working well. The experiment, where the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-12-23 Marco Laveder

This proposal describes an experimental search for sterile neutrinos beyond the Standard Model with a new CERN-SPS neutrino beam. The experiment is based on two identical LAr-TPC's followed by magnetized spectrometers, observing the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-03-30 M. Antonello , D. Bagliani , B. Baibussinov , H. Bilokon , F. Boffelli , M. Bonesini , E. Calligarich , N. Canci , S. Centro , A. Cesana , K. Cieslik , D. B. Cline , A. G. Cocco , D. Dequal , A. Dermenev , R. Dolfini , M. De Gerone , S. Dussoni , C. Farnese , A. Fava , A. Ferrari , G. Fiorillo , G. T. Garvey , F. Gatti , D. Gibin , S. Gninenko , F. Guber , A. Guglielmi , M. Haranczyk , J. Holeczek , A. Ivashkin , M. Kirsanov , J. Kisiel , I. Kochanek , A. Kurepin , J. Łagoda , G. Lucchini , W. C. Louis , S. Mania , G. Mannocchi , S. Marchini , V. Matveev , A. Menegolli , G. Meng , G. B. Mills , C. Montanari , M. Nicoletto , S. Otwinowski , T. J. Palczewski , G. Passardi , F. Perfetto , P. Picchi , F. Pietropaolo , P. Płoński , A. Rappoldi , G. L. Raselli , M. Rossella , C. Rubbia , P. Sala , A. Scaramelli , E. Segreto , D. Stefan , J. Stepaniak , R. Sulej , O. Suvorova , M. Terrani , D. Tlisov , R. G. Van de Water , G. Trinchero , M. Turcato , F. Varanini , S. Ventura , C. Vignoli , H. G. Wang , X. Yang , A. Zani , K. Zaremba , M. Benettoni , P. Bernardini , A. Bertolin , C. Bozza , R. Brugnera , A. Cecchetti , S. Cecchini , G. Collazuol , P. Creti , F. Dal Corso , I. De Mitri , G. De Robertis , M. De Serio , L. Degli Esposti , D. Di Ferdinando , U. Dore , S. Dusini , P. Fabbricatore , C. Fanin , R. A. Fini , G. Fiore , A. Garfagnini , G. Giacomelli , R. Giacomelli , G. Grelli , C. Guandalini , M. Guerzoni , U. Kose , G. Laurenti , M. Laveder , I. Lippi , F. Loddo , A. Longhin , P. Loverre , G. Mancarella , G. Mandrioli , A. Margiotta , G. Marsella , N. Mauri , E. Medinaceli , A. Mengucci , M. Mezzetto , R. Michinelli , M. T. Muciaccia , D. Orecchini , A. Paoloni , A. Pastore , L. Patrizii , M. Pozzato , R. Rescigno , G. Rosa , S. Simone , M. Sioli , G. Sirri , M. Spurio , L. Stanco , S. Stellacci , A. Surdo , M. Tenti , V. Togo , M. Ventura , M. Zago