OPERA first events from the CNGS neutrino beam
J.Marteau (for the OPERA collaboration)
TL;DR
The OPERA experiment aims to detect tau neutrino appearance from a muon neutrino beam over 730 km, reporting on detector status and initial neutrino data collection in 2006.
Contribution
This paper presents the first operational status and initial results of the OPERA detector in searching for tau neutrino appearance.
Findings
Successful initial neutrino runs in 2006
Detector construction and data collection underway
First data confirms detector functionality
Abstract
The aim of the OPERA experiment is to search for the appearance of the tau neutrino in the quasi pure muon neutrino beam produced at CERN (CNGS). The detector, installed in the Gran Sasso underground laboratory 730 km away from CERN, consists of a lead/emulsion target complemented with electronic detectors. A report is given on the detector status (construction, data taking and analysis) and on the first successful 2006 neutrino runs.
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Taxonomy
TopicsNeutrino Physics Research · Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena · Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies