OPERA (Oscillation Project with Emulsion tRacking Apparatus) was a long-baseline experiment at the Gran Sasso laboratory (LNGS) designed to search for νμ → ντ oscillations in appearance mode. OPERA took data from 2008 to 2012 with the CNGS neutrino beam from CERN. The observation of five vτ candidates allowed assessing the discovery of νμ → ντ appearance in the CNGS neutrino beam with a significance of 5.1 σ. The data analysis is still ongoing, with the goal of improving the sensitivity to the sterile neutrino search in the νμ νμ → ντ and νμ → νe appearance channels and oscillation parameters with reduced statistical uncertainties. Current results will be presented and perspectives discussed.
Neutrino oscillations with the OPERA experiment
Galati G.
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
2016-01-01
Abstract
OPERA (Oscillation Project with Emulsion tRacking Apparatus) was a long-baseline experiment at the Gran Sasso laboratory (LNGS) designed to search for νμ → ντ oscillations in appearance mode. OPERA took data from 2008 to 2012 with the CNGS neutrino beam from CERN. The observation of five vτ candidates allowed assessing the discovery of νμ → ντ appearance in the CNGS neutrino beam with a significance of 5.1 σ. The data analysis is still ongoing, with the goal of improving the sensitivity to the sterile neutrino search in the νμ νμ → ντ and νμ → νe appearance channels and oscillation parameters with reduced statistical uncertainties. Current results will be presented and perspectives discussed.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
