Published November 2017 | Version v1
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Discovery of νμ → ντ oscillations in the OPERA experiment

Creators

  • 1. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow oblast (Russian Federation)

Description

The OPERA experiment was designed to search for νμ → ντ oscillations in appearance mode, i.e. by detecting the τ leptons produced in charge current ντ interactions. The experiment took data from 2008 to 2012 in the CNGS beam. Five observed ντ candidates together with low background 0.25 ± 0.05 allow to assess the discovery of νμ → ντ oscillations in appearance mode with significance larger than 5σ.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://link.springer.com/openurl/pdf?id=doi:10.1134/S1063779617060624

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Identifiers

URL
http://link.springer.com/openurl/pdf?id=doi:10.1134/S1063779617060624;
DOI
10.1134/S1063779617060624;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics of Particles and Nuclei
Journal Volume
48
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 1032-1034
ISSN
1063-7796

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
52019537
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
BEAMS; CHARGED-CURRENT INTERACTIONS; DESIGN; LEPTONS; OSCILLATIONS
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS

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