De Lellis, G. (2014) Evidence for νμ → ντ oscillations in the OPERA experiment. Il nuovo cimento C, 37 (1). pp. 124-128. ISSN 1826-9885
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Abstract
The OPERA experiment is designed to search for νμ → ντ oscillations in appearance mode by seeing both the production and decay vertices of the τ lepton. The detector, located in the underground Gran Sasso laboratory, is based on a hybrid technique using nuclear emulsions complemented by electronic detectors. Emulsions are used as micrometric tracking devices in the target region. The experiment has been taking data for five years, since 2008, with the CERN Neutrino to Gran Sasso beam (CNGS) over a baseline of 730 km. From the analysis of a subsample of data, three ντ candidates have been found. We describe the candidates and discuss the significance of the result in terms of a νμ → ντ oscillation signal.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Neutrino mass and mixing ; Non-standard-model neutrinos, right-handed neutrinos, etc. |
| Subjects: | 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 08 May 2020 14:38 |
| Last Modified: | 08 May 2020 14:38 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/18480 |
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