TY - GEN
T1 - Status and results from the OPERA experiment
AU - Ariga, Tomoko
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The OPERA experiment is aiming at the first direct detection of neutrino oscillations in appearance mode through the study of the v μ→ v τ channel. The OPERA detector is placed in the CNGS long baseline v μ beam 730 km away from the neutrino source. The analysis of a sub-sample of the data taken in the 2008-2009 runs was completed After a brief description of the beam and the experimental setup, we report on event analysis and on a first candidate event, its background estimation and statistical significance.
AB - The OPERA experiment is aiming at the first direct detection of neutrino oscillations in appearance mode through the study of the v μ→ v τ channel. The OPERA detector is placed in the CNGS long baseline v μ beam 730 km away from the neutrino source. The analysis of a sub-sample of the data taken in the 2008-2009 runs was completed After a brief description of the beam and the experimental setup, we report on event analysis and on a first candidate event, its background estimation and statistical significance.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.3644275
DO - 10.1063/1.3644275
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:80054871131
T3 - AIP Conference Proceedings
BT - International Workshop on Neutrino Factories, Super beams and Beta beams
T2 - 12th International Workshop on Neutrino Factories, Superbeams, and Betabeams, NuFact10
Y2 - 20 October 2010 through 25 October 2010
ER -