OPERA tau neutrino charged current interactions



Agafonova, N, Alexandrov, A, Anokhina, A, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Ariga, T, Bertolin, A, Bozza, C, Brugnera, R, Buonaura, A
et al (show 122 more authors) (2021) OPERA tau neutrino charged current interactions. SCIENTIFIC DATA, 8 (1). 218-.

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Abstract

The OPERA experiment was designed to discover the v<sub>τ</sub> appearance in a v<sub>μ</sub> beam, due to neutrino oscillations. The detector, located in the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory, consisted of a nuclear photographic emulsion/lead target with a mass of about 1.25 kt, complemented by electronic detectors. It was exposed from 2008 to 2012 to the CNGS beam: an almost pure v<sub>μ</sub> beam with a baseline of 730 km, collecting a total of 1.8·10<sup>20</sup> protons on target. The OPERA Collaboration eventually assessed the discovery of v<sub>μ</sub>→v<sub>τ</sub> oscillations with a statistical significance of 6.1 σ by observing ten v<sub>τ</sub> CC interaction candidates. These events have been published on the Open Data Portal at CERN. This paper provides a detailed description of the v<sub>τ</sub> data sample to make it usable by the whole community.

Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 25 Jul 2022 15:29
Last Modified: 18 Jan 2023 20:54
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-021-00991-y
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3159480