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Article | |
Report number | arXiv:1006.1623 |
Title | Observation of a first $\nu_\tau$ candidate event in the OPERA experiment in the CNGS beam |
Preprint title | Observation of a first $\nu_\tau$ candidate in the OPERA experiment in the CNGS beam |
Author(s) |
Agafonova, N. (Moscow, INR) ; Aleksandrov, A. (Lebedev Inst.) ; Altinok, O. (Middle East Tech. U., Ankara) ; Ambrosio, M. (INFN, Naples) ; Anokhina, A. (Moscow State U.) ; Aoki, S. (Kobe U.) ; Ariga, A. (Bern U.) ; Ariga, T. (Bern U.) ; Autiero, D. (Lyon, IPN) ; Badertscher, A. (Zurich, ETH) ; Bagulya, A. (Lebedev Inst.) ; Bendhabi, A. (Tunis U.) ; Bertolin, A. (INFN, Padua) ; Besnier, M. (Annecy, LAPP) ; Bick, D. (Hamburg U., Inst. Theor. Phys. II) ; Boyarkin, V. (Moscow, INR) ; Bozza, C. (INFN, Salerno) ; Brugiere, T. (Lyon, IPN) ; Brugnera, R. (INFN, Padua ; Padua U.) ; Brunet, F. (Annecy, LAPP) ; Brunetti, G. (Lyon, IPN ; Bologna U.) ; Buontempo, S. (INFN, Naples) ; Cazes, A. (Lyon, IPN) ; Chaussard, L. (Lyon, IPN) ; Chernyavski, M. (Lebedev Inst.) ; Chiarella, V. (INFN, Rome) ; Chukanov, A. (Dubna, JINR) ; Ciesielki, R. (INFN, Padua) ; Dal Corso, F. (INFN, Padua) ; D'Ambrosio, N. (Gran Sasso) ; Declais, Y. (Lyon, IPN) ; del Amo Sanchez, P. (Annecy, LAPP) ; De Lellis, G. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; De Serio, M. (INFN, Bari) ; Di Capua, F. (INFN, Naples) ; Di Crescenzo, A. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Di Ferdinando, D. (INFN, Bologna) ; Di Marco, N. (INFN, Aquila) ; Di Giovanni, A. (Gran Sasso) ; Dmitrievsky, S. (Dubna, JINR) ; Dracos, M. (Louis Pasteur U., Strasbourg I) ; Duchesneau, D. (Annecy, LAPP) ; Dusini, S. (INFN, Padua) ; Dzhatdoev, T. (Moscow State U.) ; Ebert, J. (Hamburg U., Inst. Theor. Phys. II) ; Egorov, O. (Moscow, ITEP) ; Enikeev, R. (Moscow, INR) ; Ereditato, A. (Bern U.) ; Esposito, L.S. (Zurich, ETH) ; Favier, J. (Annecy, LAPP) ; Ferber, T. (Hamburg U., Inst. Theor. Phys. II) ; Fini, R.A. (INFN, Bari) ; Frekers, D. (Munster U.) ; Fukuda, T. (Nagoya U.) ; Galkin, V. (Moscow State U.) ; Garfagnini, A. (INFN, Padua ; Padua U.) ; Giacomelli, G. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Giorgini, M. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Goldberg, J. (Technion) ; Gollnitz, C. (Hamburg U., Inst. Theor. Phys. II) ; Golubkov, D. (Moscow, ITEP) ; Goncharova, L. (Lebedev Inst.) ; Gornushkin, Y. (Dubna, JINR) ; Grella, G. (INFN, Salerno) ; Grianti, F. (Urbino U. ; INFN, Rome) ; Guler, A.M. (Middle East Tech. U., Ankara) ; Gustavino, C. (Gran Sasso) ; Hagner, C. (Hamburg U., Inst. Theor. Phys. II) ; Hamada, K. (Nagoya U.) ; Hara, T. (Kobe U.) ; Hierholzer, M. (Hamburg U., Inst. Theor. Phys. II) ; Hoshino, K. (Nagoya U.) ; Ieva, M. (INFN, Bari) ; Ishida, H. (Toho U.) ; Ishiguro, K. (Nagoya U.) ; Jakovcic, K. (Boskovic Inst., Zagreb) ; Jollet, C. (Louis Pasteur U., Strasbourg I) ; Juget, F. (Bern U.) ; Kamiscioglu, M. (Middle East Tech. U., Ankara) ; Kawada, J. (Bern U.) ; Kazuyama, M. (Nagoya U.) ; Kim, S.H. (Gyeongsang Natl. U.) ; Kimura, M. (Toho U.) ; Kitagawa, N. (Nagoya U.) ; Klicek, B. (Boskovic Inst., Zagreb) ; Knuesel, J. (Bern U.) ; Kodama, K. (Aichi U.) ; Komatsu, M. (Nagoya U.) ; Kose, U. (INFN, Padua ; Padua U.) ; Kreslo, I. (Bern U.) ; Kubota, H. (Nagoya U.) ; Lazzaro, C. (Zurich, ETH) ; Lenkeit, J. (Hamburg U., Inst. Theor. Phys. II) ; Lippi, I. (INFN, Padua) ; Ljubicic, A. (Boskovic Inst., Zagreb) ; Longhin, A. (INFN, Padua ; Padua U.) ; Lutter, G. (Bern U.) ; Malgin, A. (Moscow, INR) ; Mandrioli, G. (INFN, Bologna) ; Mannai, K. (Tunis U.) ; Marotta, A. (INFN, Naples) ; Marteau, J. (Lyon, IPN) ; Matsuo, T. (Toho U.) ; Matveev, V. (Moscow, INR) ; Mauri, N. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Medinaceli, E. (INFN, Bologna) ; Meisel, F. (Bern U.) ; Meregaglia, A. (Louis Pasteur U., Strasbourg I) ; Migliozzi, P. (INFN, Naples) ; Mikado, S. (Toho U.) ; Miyamoto, S. (Nagoya U.) ; Monacelli, P. (INFN, Aquila) ; Morishima, K. (Nagoya U.) ; Moser, U. (Bern U.) ; Muciaccia, M.T. (INFN, Bari ; Bari U.) ; Naganawa, N. (Nagoya U.) ; Naka, T. (Nagoya U.) ; Nakamura, M. (Nagoya U.) ; Nakano, T. (Nagoya U.) ; Nakatsuka, Y. (Nagoya U.) ; Naumov, D. (Dubna, JINR) ; Nikitina, V. (Moscow State U.) ; Niwa, K. (Nagoya U.) ; Nonoyama, Y. (Nagoya U.) ; Ogawa, S. (Toho U.) ; Olchevsky, A. (Dubna, JINR) ; Omura, T. (Nagoya U.) ; Orlova, G. (Lebedev Inst.) ; Osedlo, V. (Moscow State U.) ; Paniccia, M. (INFN, Rome) ; Paoloni, A. (INFN, Rome) ; Park, B.D. (Gyeongsang Natl. U.) ; Park, I.G. (Gyeongsang Natl. U.) ; Pastore, A. (INFN, Bari ; Bari U.) ; Patrizii, L. (INFN, Bologna) ; Pennacchio, E. (Lyon, IPN) ; Pessard, H. (Annecy, LAPP) ; Pilipenko, V. (Munster U.) ; Pistillo, C. (Bern U.) ; Policastro, G. (INFN, Salerno ; INFN, Naples) ; Polukhina, N. (Lebedev Inst.) ; Pozzato, M. (Bologna U.) ; Pretzl, K. (Bern U.) ; Publichenko, P. (Moscow State U.) ; Pupilli, F. (INFN, Aquila) ; Repellin, J.P. (INFN, Salerno) ; Rescigno, R. (INFN, Salerno) ; Roganova, T. (Moscow State U.) ; Rokujo, H. (Kobe U.) ; Romano, G. (INFN, Salerno) ; Rosa, G. (INFN, Rome) ; Rostovtseva, I. (Moscow, ITEP) ; Rubbia, A. (Zurich, ETH) ; Russo dellariccia, A. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Ryasny, V. (Moscow, INR) ; Ryazhskaya, O. (Moscow, INR) ; Sakatani, Y. (Nagoya U.) ; Sato, O. (Nagoya U.) ; Sato, Y. (Utsunomiya U.) ; Schembri, A. (Gran Sasso) ; Schmidt-Parzefall, W. (Hamburg U., Inst. Theor. Phys. II) ; Schroeder, H. (Rostock U.) ; Scotto Lavina, L. (INFN, Naples) ; Sheshukov, A. (Dubna, JINR) ; Shibuya, H. (Toho U.) ; Simone, S. (INFN, Bari ; Bari U.) ; Sioli, M. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Sirignano, C. (INFN, Salerno) ; Sirri, G. (INFN, Bologna) ; Song, J.S. (Gyeongsang Natl. U.) ; Spinetti, M. (INFN, Rome) ; Stanco, L. (INFN, Padua) ; Starkov, N. (Lebedev Inst.) ; Stipcevic, M. (Boskovic Inst., Zagreb) ; Strauss, T. (Zurich, ETH) ; Strolin, P. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Suzuki, K. (Nagoya U.) ; Takahashi, S. (Nagoya U.) ; Tenti, M. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Terranova, F. (INFN, Rome) ; Tezuka, I. (Utsunomiya U.) ; Tioukov, V. (INFN, Naples) ; Tolun, P. (Middle East Tech. U., Ankara) ; Trabelsi, A. (Tunis U.) ; Tran, T. (Lyon, IPN) ; Tufanli, S. (Middle East Tech. U., Ankara) ; Vilain, P. (Brussels U.) ; Vladimirov, M. (Lebedev Inst.) ; Votano, L. (INFN, Rome) ; Vuilleumier, J.L. (Bern U.) ; Wilquet, G. (Brussels U.) ; Wonsak, B. (Hamburg U., Inst. Theor. Phys. II) ; Yakushev, V. (Moscow, INR) ; Yoon, C.S. (Gyeongsang Natl. U.) ; Yoshida, J. (Nagoya U.) ; Yoshioka, T. (Nagoya U.) ; Zaitsev, Y. (Moscow, ITEP) ; Zemskova, S. (Dubna, JINR) ; Zghiche, A. (Annecy, LAPP) ; Zimmermann, R. (Hamburg U., Inst. Theor. Phys. II) |
Publication | 2010 |
Imprint | 09 Jun 2010 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Note | Comments: 19 pages, 3 figures 19 pages, 3 figures |
In: | Phys. Lett. B 691 (2010) 138-145 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.physletb.2010.06.022 |
Subject category | Particle Physics - Experiment |
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment | CERN SPS ; OPERA CNGS1 |
Abstract | The OPERA neutrino detector in the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory (LNGS) has been designed to perform the first detection of neutrino oscillations in direct appearance mode through the study of the $\nu_\mu\rightarrow\nu_\tau$ channel. The hybrid apparatus consists of an emulsion/lead target complemented by electronic detectors and it is placed in the high energy long-baseline CERN to LNGS beam (CNGS) 730 km away from the neutrino source. Runs with CNGS neutrinos were successfully carried out in 2008 and 2009. After a brief description of the beam, the experimental setup and the procedures used for the analysis of the neutrino events, we describe the topology and kinematics of a first candidate $\nu_\tau$ charged-current event satisfying the kinematical selection criteria. The background calculations and their cross-check are explained in detail and the significance of the event is assessed. |
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