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arXiv2016

Results from the OPERA experiment

The OPERA long baseline experiment located in the INFN Gran Sasso underground Laboratory was designed to establish the $ν_μ$ $\rightarrow$ $ν_τ$ oscillations in appearance mode, using the CNGS neutrino beam. Five $ν_τ$ candidate events have been detected in a data sample from the 2008-2012 runs, with a expected background of 0.25 events. The background only hypothesis is rejected with a significance larger than 5$σ$. The analysis of the tau neutrino sample in the framework of the 3+1 neutrino model is presented. OPERA is able to identify $ν_{e}$ CC events due to the good tracking capabilities of its target. The electron neutrino sample is also used to set limits on the 3+1 oscillation parameters.

hep-ex↗

arXiv2008

Nuclear emulsions in the OPERA experiment

The use of emulsions as particles detector has a long and successful life. The recent development of fast automatized analysis systems has allowed the use of huge amount of emulsions films with no precedence in the history of particle physics. The OPERA experiment, running in the underground Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), for the confirmation of the neutrino oscillation in the $ν_μ\toν_{tau}$ channel, is "the major" of these experiments. The experimental technique, the strategy and the first results of the experiment are presented.

physics.ins-det↗