1. First observation of a tau neutrino charged current interaction with charm production in the OPERA experiment
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G. De Lellis, C. Kamiscioglu, L. Votano, R. Brugnera, F. Laudisio, S. Gorbunov, F. Pupilli, A. Longhin, A. Buonaura, A. Garfagnini, Timur Dzhatdoev, Nicola D'Ambrosio, Tatsuhiro Naka, P. F. Loverre, Motoaki Miyanishi, P. Strolin, Alessandra Pastore, Marcos Dracos, Satoru Takahashi, E. Shibayama, Toshiyuki Nakano, M. Nakamura, M. Tenti, A. Schembri, Krešimir Jakovčić, L. Paparella, R. A. Fini, C. Gustavino, H. Shibuya, Gianfranca De Rosa, N. I. Starkov, D. Duchesneau, E. Voevodina, N. G. Polukhina, T. Hara, I. Kreslo, Seok Kim, Tomoko Ariga, M. De Serio, J. Ebert, M. Kamiscioglu, M. Pozzato, Kunihiro Morishima, T. Matsuo, N. Di Marco, T. Hayakawa, T. Fukuda, Cristiano Bozza, V. A. Matveev, N. M. Okateva, Naotaka Naganawa, A. Bertolin, Anselmo Meregaglia, V. Gentile, H. Pessard, Antonio Ereditato, M. Malenica, J. Goldberg, Osamu Sato, Adele Lauria, M. Roda, Cécile Jollet, Salvatore Buontempo, M. Spinetti, M. T. Muciaccia, E. Medinaceli, A. S. Malgin, L. Pasqualini, L. Patrizii, G. Mandrioli, G. Sirri, Artem Chukanov, D. A. Podgrudkov, S. Dmitrievski, T. V. Shchedrina, P. del Amo Sanchez, A. Iuliano, S. Simone, Chiara Sirignano, S. Dusini, Alessandro Paoloni, S. Vasina, Mario Stipčević, Katsumi Ishiguro, M. Chernyavskiy, F. Mizutani, I. Shakirianova, A. Di Crescenzo, N. Agafonova, Utku Kose, A. M. Guler, G. Grella, F. Fornari, B. Klicek, Giuliana Galati, J. L. Vuilleumier, K. Ozaki, V. Tioukov, T. Shiraishi, A. Sotnikov, Nobuko Kitagawa, Masahiro Komatsu, D. Di Ferdinando, O. G. Ryazhskaya, C. S. Yoon, Y. A. Gornushkin, Gaston Wilquet, S. Mikado, Maria Cristina Montesi, Hiroki Rokujo, Simona Maria Stellacci, Akitaka Ariga, Shigeki Aoki, L. Stanco, Pierre Vilain, A. Hollnagel, P. Monacelli, A. B. Aleksandrov, T. M. Roganova, N. Mauri, B. D. Park, A. M. Anokhina, Kimio Niwa, S. Ogawa, K. Kodama, Caren Hagner, L. Consiglio, F. Terranova, Agafonova N., Aleksandrov A., Anokhina A., Aoki S., Ariga A., Ariga T., Bertolin A., Bozza C., Brugnera R., Buonaura A., Buontempo S., Chernyavskiy M., Chukanov A., Consiglio L., D'Ambrosio N., De Lellis G., De Serio M., del AmoSanchez P., Di Crescenzo A., Di Ferdinando D., Di Marco N., Dmitrievski S., Dracos M., Duchesneau D., Dusini S., Dzhatdoev T., Ebert J., Ereditato A., Fini R.A., Fornari F., Fukuda T., Galati G., Garfagnini A., Gentile V., Goldberg J., Gorbunov S., Gornushkin Y., Grella G., Guler A.M., Gustavino C., Hagner C., Hara T., Hayakawa T., Hollnagel A., Ishiguro K., Iuliano A., Jakovcic K., Jollet C., Kamiscioglu C., Kamiscioglu M., Kim S.H., Kitagawa N., Klicek B., Kodama K., Komatsu M., Kose U., Kreslo I., Laudisio F., Lauria A., Longhin A., Loverre P., Malgin A., Malenica M., Mandrioli G., Matsuo T., Matveev V., Mauri N., Medinaceli E., Meregaglia A., Mikado S., Miyanishi M., Mizutani F., Monacelli P., Montesi M.C., Morishima K., Muciaccia M.T., Naganawa N., Naka T., Nakamura M., Nakano T., Niwa K., Okateva N., Ogawa S., Ozaki K., Paoloni A., Paparella L., Park B.D., Pasqualini L., Pastore A., Patrizii L., Pessard H., Podgrudkov D., Polukhina N., Pozzato M., Pupilli F., Roda M., Roganova T., Rokujo H., Rosa G., Ryazhskaya O., Sato O., Schembri A., Shakirianova I., Shchedrina T., Shibuya H., Shibayama E., Shiraishi T., Simone S., Sirignano C., Sirri G., Sotnikov A., Spinetti M., Stanco L., Starkov N., Stellacci S.M., Stipcevic M., Strolin P., Takahashi S., Tenti M., Terranova F., Tioukov V., Vasina S., Vilain P., Voevodina E., Votano L., Vuilleumier J.L., Wilquet G., Yoon C.S., Agafonova, N, Aleksandrov, A, Anokhina, A, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Ariga, T, Bertolin, A, Bozza, C, Brugnera, R, Buonaura, A, Buontempo, S, Chernyavskiy, M, Chukanov, A, Consiglio, L, D'Ambrosio, N, De Lellis, G, De Serio, M, del AmoSanchez, P, Di Crescenzo, A, Di Ferdinando, D, Di Marco, N, Dmitrievski, S, Dracos, M, Duchesneau, D, Dusini, S, Dzhatdoev, T, Ebert, J, Ereditato, A, Fini, R, Fornari, F, Fukuda, T, Galati, G, Garfagnini, A, Gentile, V, Goldberg, J, Gorbunov, S, Gornushkin, Y, Grella, G, Guler, A, Gustavino, C, Hagner, C, Hara, T, Hayakawa, T, Hollnagel, A, Ishiguro, K, Iuliano, A, Jakovcic, K, Jollet, C, Kamiscioglu, C, Kamiscioglu, M, Kim, S, Kitagawa, N, Klicek, B, Kodama, K, Komatsu, M, Kose, U, Kreslo, I, Laudisio, F, Lauria, A, Longhin, A, Loverre, P, Malgin, A, Malenica, M, Mandrioli, G, Matsuo, T, Matveev, V, Mauri, N, Medinaceli, E, Meregaglia, A, Mikado, S, Miyanishi, M, Mizutani, F, Monacelli, P, Montesi, M, Morishima, K, Muciaccia, M, Naganawa, N, Naka, T, Nakamura, M, Nakano, T, Niwa, K, Okateva, N, Ogawa, S, Ozaki, K, Paoloni, A, Paparella, L, Park, B, Pasqualini, L, Pastore, A, Patrizii, L, Pessard, H, Podgrudkov, D, Polukhina, N, Pozzato, M, Pupilli, F, Roda, M, Roganova, T, Rokujo, H, Rosa, G, Ryazhskaya, O, Sato, O, Schembri, A, Shakirianova, I, Shchedrina, T, Shibuya, H, Shibayama, E, Shiraishi, T, Simone, S, Sirignano, C, Sirri, G, Sotnikov, A, Spinetti, M, Stanco, L, Starkov, N, Stellacci, S, Stipcevic, M, Strolin, P, Takahashi, S, Tenti, M, Terranova, F, Tioukov, V, Vasina, S, Vilain, P, Voevodina, E, Votano, L, Vuilleumier, J, Wilquet, G, and Yoon, C
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Physics ,Particle physics ,Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) ,Neutral current ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,tau neutrino interaction, charm production, OPERA ,01 natural sciences ,neutrino ,Pair production ,Tau neutrino ,0103 physical sciences ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Production (computer science) ,Charm (quantum number) ,Neutrino ,010306 general physics ,Engineering (miscellaneous) ,Event (particle physics) ,Charged current - Abstract
An event topology with two secondary vertices compatible with the decay of short-lived particles was found in the analysis of neutrino interactions in the OPERA target. The observed topology is compatible with tau neutrino charged current (CC) interactions with charm production and neutrino neutral current (NC) interactions with $$c\overline{c}$$cc¯ pair production. However, other processes can mimic this topology. A dedicated analysis was implemented to identify the underlying process. A Monte Carlo simulation was developed and complementary procedures were introduced in the kinematic reconstruction. A multivariate analysis technique was used to achieve an optimal separation of signal from background. Most likely, this event is a $$\nu _{\tau }$$ντ CC interaction with charm production, the tau and charm particle decaying into 1 prong and 2 prongs, respectively. The significance of this observation is evaluated.
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- 2020