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1. Search for νμ→ντ oscillation using the τ decay modes into a single charged particle

Author

E. Eskut, A. Kayis, G. Onengüt, R. van Dantzig, M. de Jong, J. Konijn, O. Melzer, R.G.C. Oldeman, C.A.F.J. van der Poel, J.W.E. Uiterwijk, J.L. Visschers, M. Guler, M. Serin-Zeyrek, R. Sever, P. Tolun, M.T. Zeyrek, N. Armenise, F. Cassol, M.G. Catanesi, M.T. Muciaccia, E. Radicioni, S. Simone, L. Vivolo, A. Bülte, T. Patzak, K. Winter, P. Annis, R. El Aidi, M. Gruwé, C. Mommaert, M. Vander Donckt, B. Van de Vyver, P. Vilain, G. Wilquet, P. Righini, B. Saitta, E. Di Capua, C. Luppi, P. Zucchelli, Y. Ishii, T. Kawamura, M. Kazuno, S. Ogawa, H. Shibuya, J. Brunner, D. Cussans, J.P. Fabre, R. Ferreira, W. Flegel, M. Litmaath, D. Macina, R. Meijer Drees, H. Meinhard, P. Migliozzi, E. Niu, H. Øverȧs, J. Panman, I.M. Papadopoulos, E. Pesen, F. Riccardi, S. Ricciardi, A. Rozanov, D. Saltzberg, P. Strolin, R. Tsenov, Ch. Weinheimer, H. Wong, J. Goldberg, K. Hoepfner, M. Chikawa, E. Arik, A.A. Mailov, H.I. Jang, I.G. Park, J.S. Song, C.S. Yoon, K. Kodama, N. Ushida, S. Aoki, T. Hara, G. Brooijmans, D. Favart, G. Grégoire, J. Hérin, A. Artamonov, P. Gorbunov, V. Khovansky, V. Shamanov, D. Bonekämper, D. Frekers, D. Rondeshagen, T. Wolff, K. Hoshino, M. Kobayashi, M. Komatsu, Y. Kotaka, T. Kozaki, M. Miyanishi, M. Nakamura, K. Nakazawa, T. Nakano, K. Niu, K. Niwa, Y. Obayashi, O. Sato, T. Toshito, S. Buontempo, A. Cocco, N. D'Ambrosio, G. De Lellis, A. Ereditato, G. Fiorillo, F. Garufi, M. Messina, V. Palladino, S. Sorrentino, V. Tioukov, K. Nakamura, T. Okusawa, T. Yoshida, A. Capone, D. De Pedis, S. Di Liberto, U. Dore, P.F. Loverre, L. Ludovici, A. Maslennikov, M.A. Mazzoni, G. Piredda, R. Santacesaria, A. Satta, E. Barbuto, A. di Bartolomeo, C. Bozza, G. Grella, G. Iovane, G. Romano, G. Rosa, Y. Sato, and I. Tezuka

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Muon, Tau neutrino, Hadron, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Muon neutrino, Neutrino, Charged particle, Charged current, Lepton
Abstract

Part of the neutrino events collected in 1994-1995 by the CHORUS experiment has been analysed. A search was performed for ντ charged current interactions followed by the τ lepton decay into a single charged negative hadron, a possible indication for νμ→ντ oscillation. A sample of 6844 events without an identified muon has been located in the emulsion target. Within the selection criteria, no τ− candidate has been found. Combining this result with the one from the search for ντ interactions using the muonic decay mode (36 182 events with an identified muon), a 90% C.L. limit on the mixing angle sin22θμτ

Published
1998

2. Strangeness enhancement at mid-rapidity in Pb–Pb collisions at 158 A GeV/c

Author

F. Navach, F. Posa, N. Carrer, R. A. Fini, Giorgio Torrieri, A. Michalon, Franco Meddi, Jozef Urban, S. Szafran, Federico Antinori, G. Tomasicchio, Petr Zavada, Erik H.M. Heijne, Davide Elia, Giovanni Darbo, B.T.H. Knudsen, I. Králik, M. Luptak, G.F. Segato, Michael A. Thompson, B.C. Earl, S. Saladino, Paolo Martinengo, E. Quercigh, Eugenio Cantatore, M.F. Votruba, W. Klempt, G. Rosa, Trine Spedstad Tveter, E. Chesi, Bianca Osculati, A. Kirk, S. Di Liberto, M. A. Mazzoni, G. Romano, Domenico Di Bari, Jean-Charles Fontaine, I. J. Bloodworth, M.E. Michalon-Mentzer, B. Pastirčák, P.I. Norman, G. T. Jones, H. Beker, K. Knudson, W. Beusch, H. Rotscheidt, J. Bohm, M. Dameri, L. Šándor, F. Pellegrini, M. Venables, H. Bakke, Gunnar Løvhøiden, V. Mack, T. Virgili, S. Simone, E. Andersen, D. Huss, Dario Barberis, R.A. Loconsole, E. Nappi, N. Armenise, T.F. Thorsteinsen, T. Kachelhoffer, M.T. Muciaccia, M. Morando, M. Sené, B. Ghidini, A. Jacholkowski, P. Jovanovic, M. Campbell, Haavard Helstrup, W. Snoeys, R. Lietava, David H. Evans, J. Bán, M. G. Catanesi, A.K. Holme, O. Villalobos Baillie, P. Middelkamp, R. A. Ricci, J. Ftáčnik, Pavel Staroba, Rocco Caliandro, Vito Manzari, G. Grella, A. Diaczek, J.B. Kinson, K. Fanebust, A. Volte, R. Sené, K. Piska, Michele Guida, V. Lenti, Leonardo Paolo Rossi, C. Salvo, K. Šafařík, and A. Jusko

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Strangeness, Lambda baryon, Omega, Xi baryon, Nuclear physics, Transverse mass, Rapidity, Nucleon, Nuclear Experiment, Glauber, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract

$K^{0}_{s}$, $\Lambda$, $\Xi$, $\Omega$ and negative particle yields and transverse mass spectra have been measured at central rapidity in Pb-Pb and p-Pb collisions at 158 $A$ GeV/$c$. The yields in Pb-Pb interactions % are presented as a function of the collision centrality and compared with those obtained from p-Pb collisions. Strangeness enhancement in Pb-Pb relative to p-Pb collisions increases with the strangeness content of the particle. Going from p-Pb to Pb-Pb, the strange particle yields increase faster than linearly with the number of participants $N_{part}$ up to $N_{part} \approx 100$, thereafter the increase becomes %linear with $N_{part}$. Yields are studied as a function of the number of nucleons participating in the collision $N_{part}$, which is estimated with the Glauber model. From p-Pb to Pb-Pb collisions the particle yields per participant increase substantially. The enhancement is more pronounced for multistrange particles, and exceeds an order of magnitude for the $\Omega$. For a number of participants, $N_{part}$, greater than $100$, however, all yields per participant appear to be constant.

Published
1999

3. Enhancement of central Λ, Ξ and yields in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 A GeV/c

Author

A. Kirk, M.T. Muciaccia, Giorgio Torrieri, A. Singovski, G. Grella, F. Navach, J.B. Kinson, F. Posa, Jean-Charles Fontaine, David H. Evans, S. Szafran, B.T.H. Knudsen, Michele Guida, S. Simone, E. Andersen, Eugenio Cantatore, Federico Antinori, Trine Spedstad Tveter, R.A. Loconsole, M. G. Catanesi, M. Morando, Petr Zavada, B. Ghidini, M. Dameri, Rocco Caliandro, P.I. Norman, Michael A. Thompson, Erik H.M. Heijne, S. Saladino, N. Carrer, G. T. Jones, H. Bakke, W. Beusch, H. Rotscheidt, K. Piska, Gunnar Løvhøiden, A.K. Holme, Anton Jusko, M. Sené, M. Campbell, A. Diaczek, M.E. Michalon-Mentzer, I. J. Bloodworth, V. Lenti, D. Huss, P. Jovanovic, R. A. Fini, Dario Barberis, T. Virgili, H. Beker, P. Middelkamp, O. Villalobos Baillie, R. A. Ricci, K. Fanebust, E. Nappi, J. Urban, A. Michalon, T. Kachelhoffer, J. Bohm, A. Volte, B.C. Earl, I. Králik, N. Armenise, M.A. Mazzoni, Walter Snoeys, Davide Elia, M. Venables, V. Mack, Vito Manzari, R. Lietava, R. Sené, M. Luptak, G.F. Segato, Domenico Di Bari, Paolo Martinengo, K. Knudson, G. Tomasicchio, L. Šándor, A. Jacholkowski, F. Pellegrini, E. Quercigh, Franco Meddi, V.A. Kachanov, G. Romano, M.F. Votruba, T. Scognetti, W. Klempt, G. Rosa, Pavel Staroba, T.F. Thorsteinsen, Haavard Helstrup, J. Bán, Giovanni Darbo, E. Chesi, Bianca Osculati, K. Šafařík, Leonardo Paolo Rossi, G. Vassiliadis, C. Salvo, J. C. Lassalle, S. Di Liberto, B. Pastirčák, and J. Ftacnik

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear Theory, Hyperon, Hyperons, Strangeness, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Quark–gluon plasma, Transverse mass, Quark Gluon Plasma, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics
Abstract

Λ, Ξ and Ω yields and transverse mass spectra have been measured in Pb-Pb and p-Pb collisions at 158 A GeV/c. The yields in Pb-Pb interactions are presented as a function of the collision centrality and compared with those obtained from p-Pb collisions. Strangeness enhancement is observed which increases with centrality and with the strangeness content of the hyperon.

Published
1998

4. Hadroproduction of pairs in π− U interactions at 320 GeV energy

Author

P. Pistilli, B. Alessandro, W. Alpe, J.H. Bartley, W. Bisi, M.G. Catanesi, H. Cobbaert, J. Conboy, M. Coupland, G. Crosetti, M. De Vincenzi, S. Di Liberto, B.G. Duff, M.J. Esten, P. Fennel, M. Fidecaro, A. Frenkel, D. Gamba, P.F. Harrison, F.F. Heymann, D.C. Imrie, M. Iori, E. Lamanna, G. Marini, G. Martellotti, M.T. Muciaccia, P. Musset, S. Natali, A. Nigro, S. Nuzzo, A. Parisi, G. Penso, S. Petrera, E. Petrolo, G. Poulard, L. Ramello, L. Riccati, I.G. Roberts, G. Romano, R. Roosen, G. Rosa, F. Ruggieri, A. Sciubba, H. Sletten, and P.T. Trent

Subjects
Quantum chromodynamics, Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Muon, chemistry, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, chemistry.chemical_element, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Atomic physics, Uranium, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

A signal from B B associated production in π − Uranium interactions at 320 GeV, has been observed looking at events with three muons and two like-sign muons in the final state. The experimental energy and p T distributions of muons as well as the total cross section are in good agreement with QCD predictions.

Published
1988

5. The production of charmed particles in high-energy 16O-emulsion central interactions

Author

S. Aoki, A.C. Breslin, D.H. Davis, K. Hoshino, R. Ihara, M. Imada, T. Ishigami, M. Kazuno, H. Kitamura, M. Kobayashi, K. Kodama, Y. Maeda, A. Marzari-Chiesa, M. Masera, M.A. Mazzoni, F. Meddi, F. Minakawa, M. Miyanishi, M.T. Muciaccia, K. Nakamura, M. Nakamura, S. Nakanishi, K. Nakazawa, K. Niu, K. Niwa, M. Nomura, H. Okabe, G. Poulard, G. Romano, G. Rosa, Y. Sato, H. Shibuya, S. Simone, H. Tajima, S. Tasaka, M. Teranaka, I. Tezuka, D.N. Tovee, K. Tsukagoshi, N. Ushida, and J. Yokota

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear reaction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, High energy, Nuclear Theory, Particle physics, Elementary particle, Nuclear emulsions, Engineering physics, charm production, Nuclear physics, heavy ions, nuclear amulsions, Emulsion, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Charm (quantum number), Nuclear Experiment, Nucleon, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The production of charmed particles has been detected in 200 GeV per nucleon 16 O-emulsion central interactions. Their production cross section in elementary nucleon-nucleon processes has been estimated to be charm = [14.1±9.3(stat.) −8.4 +5.6 (syst.)] μ b.

Published
1989

6. A fast automatic plate changer for the analysis of nuclear emulsions

Author

G. De Lellis, Cristiano Bozza, Maximiliano Sioli, M. Tenti, E. Medinaceli, F. Pupilli, M. De Serio, Z. Sahnoun, V. Togo, N. Di Marco, Nicola D'Ambrosio, R. Rescigno, Luigi Salvatore Esposito, A. Di Crescenzo, L. Pasqualini, G. Sirri, P. Monacelli, S. Simone, Utku Kose, L. Patrizii, N. Mauri, G. Mandrioli, S. Balestra, L. Degli Esposti, G. Grella, M. Ieva, A. Longhin, A. C. Ruggieri, S. Dusini, F. Di Capua, A. Russo, Simona Maria Stellacci, P. Calligola, Chiara Sirignano, Gianfranca De Rosa, R. Cerroni, M. Pozzato, P. Strolin, M. T. Muciaccia, Alessandro Pastore, R. A. Fini, V. Tioukov, A. Bertolin, C. Valieri, G. Giacomelli, D. Di Ferdinando, R. Giacomelli, S., Balestra, A., Bertolin, C., Bozza, P., Calligola, R., Cerroni, N., D'Ambrosio, L., Degli Esposti, DE LELLIS, Giovanni, M., De Serio, DI CAPUA, Francesco, DI CRESCENZO, Antonia, D., Di Ferdinando, N., Di Marco, S., Dusini, L. S., Esposito, R. A., Fini, G., Giacomelli, R., Giacomelli, G., Grella, M., Ieva, U., Kose, A., Longhin, G., Mandrioli, N., Mauri, E., Medinaceli, P., Monacelli, M. T., Muciaccia, L., Pasqualini, A., Pastore, L., Patrizii, M., Pozzato, F., Pupilli, R., Rescigno, G., Rosa, A., Ruggieri, A., Russo, Z., Sahnoun, S., Simone, M., Sioli, C., Sirignano, G., Sirri, S. M., Stellacci, P., Strolin, M., Tenti, V., Tioukov, V., Togo, C., Valieri, S. Balestra, A. Bertolin, C. Bozza, P. Calligola, R. Cerroni, N. D'Ambrosio, L. Degli Esposti, G. De Lelli, M. De Serio, F. Di Capua, A. Di Crescenzo, D. Di Ferdinando, N. Di Marco, S. Dusini, L.S. Esposito, R.A. Fini, G. Giacomelli, R. Giacomelli, G. Grella, M. Ieva, U. Kose, A. Longhin, G. Mandrioli, N. Mauri, E. Medinaceli, P. Monacelli, M.T. Muciaccia, L. Pasqualini, A. Pastore, L. Patrizii, M. Pozzato, F. Pupilli, R. Rescigno, G. Rosa, A. Ruggieri, A. Russo, Z. Sahnoun, S. Simone, M. Sioli, C. Sirignano, G. Sirri, S.M. Stellacci, P. Strolin, M. Tenti, V. Tioukov, V. Togo, C. Valieri, Balestra, S. A, Bertolin, A. B, Bozza, C. C, Calligola, P. A, Cerroni, R. D, D'Ambrosio, N. D, Degli Esposti, L. A, De Lellis, G. E, De Serio, M. F, Di Crescenzo, A. E, Di Ferdinando, D. A, Di Marco, N. D, Dusini, S. B, Esposito, L. S. Hp, Fini, R. A. I, Giacomelli, G. J, Giacomelli, R. A, Grella, G. C, Ieva, M. F, Kose, U. B, Longhin, A. K, Mandrioli, G. A, Mauri, N. K, Medinaceli, E. L, Monacelli, P. M, Muciaccia, M. T. F, Pasqualini, L. J, Pastore, A. I, Patrizii, L. A, Pozzato, M. J, Pupilli, F. D, Rescigno, R. C, Rosa, G. N, Ruggieri, A. O, Russo, A. G, Sahnoun, Z. Aq, Simone, S. F, Sioli, M. J, Sirignano, C. L, Sirri, G. A, Stellacci, S. M. C, Strolin, P. E, Tenti, M. A, Tioukov, V. G, Togo, V. A, Valieri, C. A., Balestra, S, Bertolin, A, Bozza, C, Calligola, P, Cerroni, R, D'Ambrosio, N, Degli Esposti, L, De Lellis, G, De Serio, M, Di Capua, F, Di Crescenzo, A, Di Ferdinando, D, Di Marco, N, Dusini, S, Esposito, L, Fini, R, Giacomelli, G, Giacomelli, R, Grella, G, Ieva, M, Kose, U, Longhin, A, Mandrioli, G, Mauri, N, Medinaceli, E, Monacelli, P, Muciaccia, M, Pasqualini, L, Pastore, A, Patrizii, L, Pozzato, M, Pupilli, F, Rescigno, R, Rosa, G, Ruggieri, A, Russo, A, Sahnoun, Z, Simone, S, Sioli, M, Sirignano, C, Sirri, G, Stellacci, S, Strolin, P, Tenti, M, Tioukov, V, Togo, V, and Valieri, C

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Microscope, european scanning system, nuclear emulsions, emulsion plate changer, automatic microscope, opera experiment, neutrinos, plate changer, Instrumentation, Emulsion plate changer, European Scanning System, Nuclear emulsions, OPERA experiment, Neutrinos, law.invention, Nuclear physics, law, Neutrino, Nuclear emulsion, Neutrino oscillation, Nuclear and High Energy Physic, microscopia ottica, Physics, Track (disk drive), NEUTRINO DETECTORS, nuclear emulsion, Emulsion, Fiducial marker
Abstract

This paper describes the design and performance of a computer controlled emulsion Plate Changer for the automatic placement and removal of nuclear emulsion films for the European Scanning System microscopes. The Plate Changer is used for mass scanning and measurement of the emulsions of the OPERA neutrino oscillation experiment at the Gran Sasso lab on the CNGS neutrino beam. Unlike other systems it works with both dry and oil objectives. The film changing takes less than 20 s and the accuracy on the positioning of the emulsion films is about 10 μ m . The final accuracy in retrieving track coordinates after fiducial marks measurement is better than 1 μ m .

Published
2013

7. Determination of a time-shift in the OPERA set-up using high-energy horizontal muons in the LVD and OPERA detectors

Author

A. Di Crescenzo, Ante Ljubičić, J. Ebert, Alessandro Paoloni, N. Yu. Agafonova, N. Di Marco, I. Shakirianova, M. Garbini, R. A. Fini, Andrey Alexandrov, M. T. Muciaccia, Björn Wonsak, P. Giusti, V. G. Ryasny, Eugenio Scapparone, M. Hierholzer, Nicola D'Ambrosio, M. Spinetti, Dmitry V. Naumov, L. Patrizii, Maximiliano Sioli, M. Pozzato, J. Lenkeit, Vitaliano Chiarella, N. Mauri, M. Tenti, G. De Lellis, G. Mandrioli, C. Jollet, E. Medinaceli, A. Russo, V. A. Matveev, O. G. Ryazhskaya, S. Dusini, B. Klicek, I. Rostovtseva, V. Yakushev, A. Longhin, Pietro Antonioli, A. Meregaglia, R. Brugnera, Y. A. Gornushkin, C. Gustavino, Krešimir Jakovčić, V. F. Yakushev, A. S. Malgin, L. Votano, A. Garfagnini, G. Sirri, Artem Chukanov, A. Bertolin, F. Grianti, Torben Ferber, A. Schembri, G. Bari, Antonio Ereditato, F. Pupilli, D. Di Ferdinando, A. S. Malguin, Yu. Zaitsev, Caren Hagner, Chiara Sirignano, G. Giacomelli, A.G. Olshevsky, V. V. Ashikhmin, M. Selvi, Utku Kose, S. Simone, S. Zemskova, R. Persiani, S. Dmitrievsky, F. Terranova, A. Sheshukov, B. Büttner, Gianfranca De Rosa, E. Bressan, V. Tioukov, N. Agafonova, M. Dracos, H. Wenniger, O. Ryazhskaya, C. Göllnitz, L. Evans, L. Stanco, A. Hollnagel, Antonino Zichichi, Alessandro Pastore, Mario Stipčević, G. Sartorelli, DE LELLIS, Giovanni, DI CRESCENZO, Antonia, Agafonova, N, Antonioli, P, Ashikhmin, V, Bari, G, Bressan, E, Evans, L, Garbini, M, Giusti, P, Malguin, A, Persiani, R, Ryasny, V, Ryazhskaya, O, Sartorelli, G, Scapparone, E, Selvi, M, Shakirianova, I, Votano, L, Wenniger, H, Yakushev, V, Zichichi, A, Alexandrov, A, Bertolin, A, Brugnera, R, Büttner, B, Chiarella, V, Chukanov, A, D’Ambrosio, N, De Lellis, G, Di Crescenzo, A, Di Ferdinando, D, Di Marco, N, Dmitrievsky, S, Dracos, M, Dusini, S, Ebert, J, Ereditato, A, Ferber, T, Fini, R, Garfagnini, A, Giacomelli, G, Göllnitz, C, Gornushkin, Y, Grianti, F, Gustavino, C, Hagner, C, Hierholzer, M, Hollnagel, A, Jakovcic, K, Jollet, C, Klicek, B, Kose, U, Lenkeit, J, Ljubicic, A, Longhin, A, Malgin, A, Mandrioli, G, Matveev, V, Mauri, N, Medinaceli, E, Meregaglia, A, Muciaccia, M, Naumov, D, Olshevsky, A, Paoloni, A, Pastore, A, Patrizii, L, Pozzato, M, Pupilli, F, Rosa, G, Rostovtseva, I, Russo, A, Schembri, A, Sheshukov, A, Simone, S, Sioli, M, Sirignano, C, Sirri, G, Spinetti, M, Stanco, L, Stipcevic, M, Tenti, M, Terranova, F, Tioukov, V, Wonsak, B, Zaitsev, Y, Zemskova, S, N.Yu. Agafonova, P. Antonioli, V.V. Ashikhmin, G. Bari, E. Bressan, L. Evan, M. Garbini, P. Giusti, A.S. Malguin, R. Persiani, V.G. Ryasny, O.G. Ryazhskaya, G. Sartorelli, E. Scapparone, M. Selvi, I.R. Shakirianova, L. Votano, H. Wenniger, V.F. Yakushev, A. Zichichi, N. Agafonova, A. Alexandrov, A. Bertolin, R. Brugnera, B. B¨uttner, V. Chiarella, A. Chukanov, N. D’Ambrosio, G. De Lelli, A. Di Crescenzo, D. Di Ferdinando, N. Di Marco, S. Dmitrievsky, M. Draco, S. Dusini, J. Ebert, A. Ereditato, T. Ferber, R.A. Fini, A. Garfagnini, G. Giacomelli, C. G¨ollnitz, Y. Gornushkin, F. Grianti, C. Gustavino, C. Hagner, M. Hierholzer, A. Hollnagel, K. Jakovcic, C. Jollet, B. Klicek, U. Kose, J. Lenkeit, A. Ljubicic, A. Longhin, A. Malgin, G. Mandrioli, V. Matveev, N. Mauri, E. Medinaceli, A. Meregaglia, M.T. Muciaccia, D. Naumov, A. Olshevsky, A. Paoloni, A. Pastore, L. Patrizii, M. Pozzato, F. Pupilli, G. Rosa, I. Rostovtseva, A. Russo, O. Ryazhskaya, A. Schembri, I. Shakirianova, A. Sheshukov, S. Simone, M. Sioli, C. Sirignano, G. Sirri, M. Spinetti, L. Stanco, M. Stipcevic, M. Tenti, F. Terranova, V. Tioukov, B. Wonsak, V. Yakushev, Y. Zaitsev, and S. Zemskova

Subjects
Physics, Muon, Large Hadron Collider, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Anomaly (natural sciences), Opera, NEUTRINO DETECTOR, General Physics and Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, neutrino, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Neutrino detector, COSMIC RAY, Measurements of neutrino speed, Neutrino, ATMOSPHERIC MUONS, Particle Physics - Experiment, perihelion precession, cosmological constant, solar-system, advance, planets, mercury
Abstract

The purpose of this work is to report the measurement of a time-shift in the OPERA set-up in a totally independent way from Time Of Flight (TOF) measurements of CNGS neutrino events. The LVD and OPERA experiments are both installed in the same laboratory: LNGS. The relative position of the two detectors, separated by an average distance of ~ 160 m, allows the use of very high energy horizontal muons to cross-calibrate the timing systems of the two detectors, using a TOF technique which is totally independent from TOF of CNGS neutrino events. Indeed, the OPERA-LVD direction lies along the so-called "Teramo anomaly", a region in the Gran Sasso massif where LVD has established, many years ago, the existence of an anomaly in the mountain structure, which exhibits a low m. w. e. thickness for horizontal directions. The "abundant" high-energy horizontal muons (nearly 100 per year) going through LVD and OPERA exist because of this anomaly in the mountain orography. The total live time of the data in coincidence correspond to 1200 days from mid 2007 until March 2012. The time coincidence study of LVD and OPERA detectors is based on 306 cosmic horizontal muon events and shows the existence of a negative time shift in the OPERA set-up of the order of deltaT(AB) = - (73 \pm 9) ns when two calendar periods, A and B, are compared. This result shows a systematic effect in the OPERA timing system from August 2008 until December 2011. The size of the effect is comparable with the neutrino velocity excess recently measured by OPERA. It is probably interesting not to forget that with the MRPC technology developed by the ALICE Bologna group the TOF world record accuracy of 20 ps was reached. That technology can be implemented at LNGS for a high precision determination of TOF with the CNGS neutrino beams of an order of magnitude smaller than the value of the OPERA systematic effect. The purpose of this work is to report the measurement of a time-shift in the OPERA set-up in a totally independent way from Time Of Flight (TOF) measurements of CNGS neutrino events. The LVD and OPERA experiments are both installed in the same laboratory: LNGS. The relative position of the two detectors, separated by an average distance of ~ 160 m, allows the use of very high energy horizontal muons to cross-calibrate the timing systems of the two detectors, using a TOF technique which is totally independent from TOF of CNGS neutrino events. Indeed, the OPERA-LVD direction lies along the so-called 'Teramo anomaly', a region in the Gran Sasso massif where LVD has established, many years ago, the existence of an anomaly in the mountain structure, which exhibits a low m. w. e. thickness for horizontal directions. The 'abundant' high-energy horizontal muons (nearly 100 per year) going through LVD and OPERA exist because of this anomaly in the mountain orography. The total live time of the data in coincidence correspond to 1200 days from mid 2007 until March 2012. The time coincidence study of LVD and OPERA detectors is based on 306 cosmic horizontal muon events and shows the existence of a negative time shift in the OPERA set-up of the order of deltaT(AB) = - (73 \pm 9) ns when two calendar periods, A and B, are compared. This result shows a systematic effect in the OPERA timing system from August 2008 until December 2011. The size of the effect is comparable with the neutrino velocity excess recently measured by OPERA. It is probably interesting not to forget that with the MRPC technology developed by the ALICE Bologna group the TOF world record accuracy of 20 ps was reached. That technology can be implemented at LNGS for a high precision determination of TOF with the CNGS neutrino beams of an order of magnitude smaller than the value of the OPERA systematic effect.

Published
2012
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8. Observation of a first ντ candidate event in the OPERA experiment in the CNGS beam

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N. AGAFONOVA, A. ALEKSANDROV, O. ALTINOK, M. AMBROSIO, A. ANOKHINA, S. AOKI, A. ARIGA, T. ARIGA, D. AUTIERO, A. BADERTSCHER, A. BAGULYA, A. BENDHABI, A. BERTOLIN, M. BESNIER, D. BICK, V. BOYARKIN, C. BOZZA, T. BRUGIERE, R. BRUGNERA, F. BRUNET, G. BRUNETTI, S. BUONTEMPO, A. CAZES, L. CHAUSSARD, M. CHERNYAVSKY, V. CHIARELLA, N. CHON SEN, A. CHUKANOV, R. CIESIELSKI, F. DAL CORSO, N. D’AMBROSIO, Y. DECLAIS, P. DEL AMO SANCHEZ, G. DE LELLIS, M. DE SERIO, F. DI CAPUA, A. DI CRESCENZO, D. DI FERDINANDO, N. DI MARCO, A. DI GIOVANNI, S. DMITRIEVSKY, M. DRACOS, D. DUCHESNEAU, S. DUSINI, T. DZHATDOEV, J. EBERT, O. EGOROV, R. ENIKEEV, A. EREDITATO, L. S. ESPOSITO, J. FAVIER, T. FERBER, R. A. FINI, D. FREKERS, T. FUKUDA, V. GALKIN, A. GARFAGNINI, J. GOLDBERG, C. GOLLNITZ, D. GOLUBKOV, L. GONCHAROVA, Y. GORNUSHKIN, G. GRELLA, F. GRIANTI, A. M. GULER, C. GUSTAVINO, C. HAGNER, K. HAMADA, T. HARA, M. HIERHOLZER, K. HOSHINO, M. IEVA, H. ISHIDA, K. ISHIGURO, K. JAKOVCIC, C. JOLLET, F. JUGET, M. KAMISCIOGLU, J. KAWADA, M. KAZUYAMA, S. H. KIM, M. KIMURA, N. KITAGAWA, B. KLICEK, J. KNUESEL, K. KODAMA, M. KOMATSU, U. KOSE, I. KRESLO, H. KUBOTA, C. LAZZARO, J. LENKEIT, I. LIPPI, A. LJUBICIC, A. LONGHIN, G. LUTTER, A. MALGIN, G. MANDRIOLI, K. MANNAI, A. MAROTTA, J. MARTEAU, T. MATSUO, V. MATVEEV, MAURI, NICOLETTA, E. MEDINACELI, F. MEISEL, A. MEREGAGLIA, P. MIGLIOZZI, S. MIKADO, S. MIYAMOTO, P. MONACELLI, K. MORISHIMA, U. MOSER, M. T. MUCIACCIA, N. NAGANAWA, T. NAKA, M. NAKAMURA, T. NAKANO, Y. NAKATSUKA, D. NAUMOV, V. NIKITINA, K. NIWA, Y. NONOYAMA, S. OGAWA, A. OLCHEVSKY, T. OMURA, G. ORLOVA, V. OSEDLO, M. PANICCIA, A. PAOLONI, B. D. PARK, I. G. PARK, A. PASTORE, L. PATRIZII, E. PENNACCHIO, H. PESSARD, V. PILIPENKO, C. PISTILLO, N. POLUKHINA, K. PRETZL, P. PUBLICHENKO, F. PUPILLI, J. P. REPELLIN, R. RESCIGNO, T. ROGANOVA, H. ROKUJO, G. ROMANO, G. ROSA, I. ROSTOVTSEVA, A. RUBBIA, A. RUSSO, V. RYASNY, O. RYAZHSKAYA, Y. SAKATANI, O. SATO, Y. SATO, A. SCHEMBRI, W. SCHMIDT PARZEFALL, H. SCHROEDER, L. SCOTTO LAVINA, A. SHESHUKOV, H. SHIBUYA, S. SIMONE, C. SIRIGNANO, G. SIRRI, J. S. SONG, M. SPINETTI, L. STANCO, N. STARKOV, M. STIPCEVIC, T. STRAUSS, P. STROLIN, K. SUZUKI, S. TAKAHASHI, M. TENTI, F. TERRANOVA, I. TEZUKA, V. TIOUKOV, P. TOLUN, A. TRABELSI, T. TRAN, S. TUFANLI, P. VILAIN, M. VLADIMIROV, L. VOTANO, J. L. VUILLEUMIER, G. WILQUET, B. WONSAK, V. YAKUSHEV, C. S. YOON, J. YOSHIDA, T. YOSHIOKA, Y. ZAITSEV, S. ZEMSKOVA, A. ZGHICHE, R. ZIMMERMANN, GIACOMELLI, GIORGIO MARIA, GIORGINI, MIRIAM, POZZATO, MICHELE, SIOLI, MAXIMILIANO, N. AGAFONOVA, A. ALEKSANDROV, O. ALTINOK, M. AMBROSIO, A. ANOKHINA, S. AOKI, A. ARIGA, T. ARIGA, D. AUTIERO, A. BADERTSCHER, A. BAGULYA, A. BENDHABI, A. BERTOLIN, M. BESNIER, D. BICK, V. BOYARKIN, C. BOZZA, T. BRUGIERE, R. BRUGNERA, F. BRUNET, G. BRUNETTI, S. BUONTEMPO, A. CAZES, L. CHAUSSARD, M. CHERNYAVSKY, V. CHIARELLA, N. CHON-SEN, A. CHUKANOV, R. CIESIELSKI, F.DAL CORSO, N. D’AMBROSIO, Y. DECLAIS, P. DEL AMO SANCHEZ, G. DE LELLIS, M. DE SERIO, F. DI CAPUA, A. DI CRESCENZO, D. DI FERDINANDO, N. DI MARCO, A. DI GIOVANNI, S. DMITRIEVSKY, M. DRACOS, D. DUCHESNEAU, S. DUSINI, T. DZHATDOEV, J. EBERT, O. EGOROV, R. ENIKEEV, A. EREDITATO, L.S. ESPOSITO, J. FAVIER, T. FERBER, R.A. FINI, D. FREKERS, T. FUKUDA, V. GALKIN, A. GARFAGNINI, G. GIACOMELLI, M. GIORGINI, J. GOLDBERG, C. GOLLNITZ, D. GOLUBKOV, L. GONCHAROVA, Y. GORNUSHKIN, G. GRELLA, F. GRIANTI, A.M. GULER, C. GUSTAVINO, C. HAGNER, K. HAMADA, T. HARA, M. HIERHOLZER, K. HOSHINO, M. IEVA, H. ISHIDA, K. ISHIGURO, K. JAKOVCIC, C. JOLLET, F. JUGET, M. KAMISCIOGLU, J. KAWADA, M. KAZUYAMA, S.H. KIM, M. KIMURA, N. KITAGAWA, B. KLICEK, J. KNUESEL, K. KODAMA, M. KOMATSU, U. KOSE, I. KRESLO, H. KUBOTA, C. LAZZARO, J. LENKEIT, I. LIPPI, A. LJUBICIC, A. LONGHIN, G. LUTTER, A. MALGIN, G. MANDRIOLI, K. MANNAI, A. MAROTTA, J. MARTEAU, T. MATSUO, V. MATVEEV, N. MAURI, E. MEDINACELI, F. MEISEL, A. MEREGAGLIA, P. MIGLIOZZI, S. MIKADO, S. MIYAMOTO, P. MONACELLI, K. MORISHIMA, U. MOSER, M.T. MUCIACCIA, N. NAGANAWA, T. NAKA, M. NAKAMURA, T. NAKANO, Y. NAKATSUKA, D. NAUMOV, V. NIKITINA, K. NIWA, Y. NONOYAMA, S. OGAWA, A. OLCHEVSKY, T. OMURA, G. ORLOVA, V. OSEDLO, M. PANICCIA, A. PAOLONI, B.D. PARK, I.G. PARK, A. PASTORE, L. PATRIZII, E. PENNACCHIO, H. PESSARD, V. PILIPENKO, C. PISTILLO, N. POLUKHINA, M. POZZATO, K. PRETZL, P. PUBLICHENKO, F. PUPILLI, J.P. REPELLIN, R. RESCIGNO, T. ROGANOVA, H. ROKUJO, G. ROMANO, G. ROSA, I. ROSTOVTSEVA, A. RUBBIA, A. RUSSO, V. RYASNY, O. RYAZHSKAYA, Y. SAKATANI, O. SATO, Y. SATO, A. SCHEMBRI, W. SCHMIDT-PARZEFALL, H. SCHROEDER, L. SCOTTO LAVINA, A. SHESHUKOV, H. SHIBUYA, S. SIMONE, M. SIOLI, C. SIRIGNANO, G. SIRRI, J.S. SONG, M. SPINETTI, L. STANCO, N. STARKOV, M. STIPCEVIC, T. STRAUSS, P. STROLIN, K. SUZUKI, S. TAKAHASHI, M. TENTI, F. TERRANOVA, I. TEZUKA, V. TIOUKOV, P. TOLUN, A. TRABELSI, T. TRAN, S. TUFANLI, P. VILAIN, M. VLADIMIROV, L. VOTANO, J.-L. VUILLEUMIER, G. WILQUET, B. WONSAK, V. YAKUSHEV, C.S. YOON, J. YOSHIDA, T. YOSHIOKA, Y. ZAITSEV, S. ZEMSKOVA, A. ZGHICHE, and R. ZIMMERMANN

Subjects
NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, PARTICLE PHYSICS, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, NUCLEAR EMULSIONS
Abstract

First observation of neutrino oscillation in appearance mode

Published
2010

9. The detection of neutrino interactions in the emulsion/lead target of the OPERA experiment

Author

Pozzato, M., N, Pretzl, o. K., Publichenko, d. P., Pupilli, b. F., Rescigno, u. R., Rizhikov, l. D., Roganova, aa T., Romano, b. G., Rosa, l. G., Rostovtseva, a. j. I., Rubbia, w. A., Russo, f. A., P, Ryasny, s. V., Ryazhskaya, a. O., Sadovski, a. A., Sato, v. O., Sato, y. Y., Saveliev, ak V., Schembri, aa A., Schmidt Parzefall, a. j. W., Schroeder, k. H., Sch¨utz, ad H. U., Schuler, d. J., Scotto Lavina, q. L., Shibuya, p. H., Simone, z. S., T, Sioli, ai M., Sirignano, Chiara, Sirri, l. G., Song, o. J. S., Spinetti, a. f. M., Stanco, h. L., Starkov, m. N., Stipcevic, g. M., Strauss, ae T., Strolin, f. P., Sugonyaev, s. V., Takahashi, m. S., Tereschenko, y. V., Terranova, v. F., Tezuka, h. I., Tioukov, ak V., Tolun, p. P., Tsarev, ac V., Tsenov, g. R., Tufanli, ah S., Ushida, ac N., Verguilov, ag V., Vilain, ah P., Vladimirov, al M., Votano, g. L., Vuilleumier, h. J. L., Wilquet, d. G., Wonsak, al B., Yakushev, k. V., Yoon, a. C. S., Yoshioka, a. f. T., Yoshida, y. J., Zaitsev, y. Y., Zghichej, w. A., Zimmermannk, R., Agafonova, N., Anokhina, a. A., Aoki, b. S., Ariga, c. A., Ariga, d. T., Arrabito, d. L., Autiero, e. D., Badertscher, e. A., Bagulya, f. A., Bersani Greggio, g. F., Bertolin, h. A., Besnier, i. M., J, Bick, 1 D., Boyarkin, k. V., Bozza, a. C., Brugi `ere, l. T., Brugnera, Riccardo, I, Brunetti, m. G., Buontempo, o. S., Carrara, p. E., I, M, Cazes, 2 A., Chaussard, e. L., Chernyavsky, e. M., Chiarella, g. V., Chon Sen, h. N., Chukanov, q. A., Cozzi, p. M., D’Amato, n. G., Dal Corso, l. F., D’Ambrosio, i. N., De Lellis, r. G., P, S, D´eclais, 3 Y., De Serio, e. M., Di Capua, t. F., Di Ferdinando, p. D., Di Giovanni, o. A., Di Marco, u. N., Di Troia, u. C., Dmitrievski, h. S., Dominjon, v. A., Dracos, e. M., Duchesneau, q. D., Dusini, j. S., Ebert, i. J., Egorov, k. O., Enikeev, w. R., Ereditato, a. A., Esposito, d. L. S., Favier, r. J., Felici, j. G., Ferber, h. T., Fini, k. R., Frekers, t. D., Fukuda, x. T., Fukushima, y. C., Galkin, z. V. I., Galkin, b. V. A., Garfagnini, Alberto, Giacomelli, m. G., Giorgini, o. M., Goellnitz, o. C., Goeltzenlichter, k. T., Goldberg, q. J., Golubkov, ab D., Gornushkin, w. Y., Grella, v. G., Grianti, l. F., Guler, h. M., Gustavino, ac C., Hagner, r. C., Hamada, k. K., Hara, y. T., Hierholzer, c. M., Hoshino, ad K., Ieva, y. M., Jakovcic, t. K., Janutta, ae B., Jollet, k. C., Juget, q. F., Kazuyama, d. M., Kim, y. S. H., a. f., Kimura, 4 M., Kitagawa, z. N., Klicek, y. B., Knuesel, ae J., Kodama, d. K., Kolev, ag D., Komatsu, ah M., Kose, y. U., Krasnoperov, 5 A., Kreslo, v. I., Krumstein, d. Z., Kubota, v. H., Kutsenov, y. V. V., Kuznetsov, a. V. A., Laktineh, a. I., Lazzaro, e. C., Lenkeit, f. J., Ljubicic, k. A., Longhin, ae A., Lutter, m. G., Malgin, d. A., Manai, a. K., Mandrioli, e. G., Marotta, o. A., Marteau, p. J., Matsuo, e. T., Matveev, z. V., Mauri, a. N., Medinaceli, o. E., Meisel, o. F., Meregaglia, d. A., Messina, q. M., Migliozzi, d. P., Miyamoto, 6 S., Monacelli, y. P., Morishima, u. K., Moser, y. U., Muciaccia, d. M. T., Naganawa, ai N., Naka, y. T., Nakamura, y. M., Nakano, y. T., Nikitina, y. V., Niwa, b. K., Nonoyama, y. Y., Nozdrin, y. A., Ogawa, v. S., Olchevski, z. A., Orlova, v. G., Osedlo, g. V., Ossetski, b. D., Paniccia, aa M., Paoloni, h. A., Park, h. B. D., Park, a. f. I. G., Pastore, a. f. A., Patrizii, ai L., Pennacchio, o. E., Pessard, e. H., Pilipenko, j. V., Pistillo, x. C., Polukhina, d. N., Agafonova, N, Anokhina, A, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Ariga, T, Arrabito, L, Autiero, D, Badertscher, A, Bagulya, A, Bersani Greggio, F, Bertolin, A, Besnier, M, Bick, D, Boyarkin, V, Bozza, C, Brugière, T, Brugnera, R, Brunetti, G, Buontempo, S, Carrara, E, Cazes, A, Chaussard, L, Chernyavsky, M, Chiarella, V, Chon-Sen, N, Chukanov, A, Cozzi, M, D'Amato, G, Dal Corso, F, D'Ambrosio, N, De Lellis, G, Déclais, Y, De Serio, M, Di Capua, F, Di Ferdinando, D, Di Giovanni, A, Di Marco, N, Di Troia, C, Dmitrievski, S, Dominjon, A, Dracos, M, Duchesneau, D, Dusini, S, Ebert, J, Egorov, O, Enikeev, R, Ereditato, A, Esposito, L, Favier, J, Felici, G, Ferber, T, Fini, R, Frekers, D, Fukuda, T, Fukushima, C, Galkin, V, Garfagnini, A, Giacomelli, G, Giorgini, M, Goellnitz, C, Goeltzenlichter, T, Goldberg, J, Golubkov, D, Gornushkin, Y, Grella, G, Grianti, F, Guler, M, Gustavino, C, Hagner, C, Hamada, K, Hara, T, Hierholzer, M, Hoshino, K, Ieva, M, Jakovcic, K, Janutta, B, Jollet, C, Juget, F, Kazuyama, M, Kim, S, Kimura, M, Kitagawa, N, Klicek, B, Knuesel, J, Kodama, K, Kolev, D, Komatsu, M, Kose, U, Krasnoperov, A, Kreslo, I, Krumstein, Z, Kubota, H, Kutsenov, V, Kuznetsov, V, Laktineh, I, Lazzaro, C, Lenkeit, J, Ljubicic, A, Longhin, A, Lutter, G, Malgin, A, Manai, K, Mandrioli, G, Marotta, A, Marteau, J, Matsuo, T, Matveev, V, Mauri, N, Medinaceli, E, Meisel, F, Meregaglia, A, Messina, M, Migliozzi, P, Miyamoto, S, Monacelli, P, Morishima, K, Moser, U, Muciaccia, M, Naganawa, N, Naka, T, Nakamura, M, Nakano, T, Nikitina, V, Niwa, K, Nonoyama, Y, Nozdrin, A, Ogawa, S, Olchevski, A, Orlova, G, Osedlo, V, Ossetski, D, Paniccia, M, Paoloni, A, Park, B, Park, I, Pastore, A, Patrizii, L, Pennacchio, E, Pessard, H, Pilipenko, V, Pistillo, C, Polukhina, N, Pozzato, M, Pretzl, K, Publichenko, P, Pupilli, F, Rescigno, R, Rizhikov, D, Roganova, T, Romano, G, Rosa, G, Rostovtseva, I, Rubbia, A, Russo, A, Ryasny, V, Ryazhskaya, O, Sadovski, A, Sato, O, Sato, Y, Saveliev, V, Schembri, A, Schmidt Parzefall, W, Schroeder, H, Schütz, H, Schuler, J, Scotto Lavina, L, Shibuya, H, Simone, S, Sioli, M, Sirignano, C, Sirri, G, Song, J, Spinetti, M, Stanco, L, Starkov, N, Stipcevic, M, Strauss, T, Strolin, P, Sugonyaev, V, Takahashi, S, Tereschenko, V, Terranova, F, Tezuka, I, Tioukov, V, Tolun, P, Tsarev, V, Tsenov, R, Tufanli, S, Ushida, N, Verguilov, V, Vilain, P, Vladimirov, M, Votano, L, Vuilleumier, J, Wilquet, G, Wonsak, B, Yakushev, V, Yoon, C, Yoshioka, T, Yoshida, J, Zaitsev, Y, Zghiche, A, Zimmermann, R, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), OPERA, N. AGAFONOVA, A. ANOKHINA, S. AOKI, A. ARIGA, T. ARIGA, L. ARRABITO, D. AUTIERO, A. BADERTSCHER, A. BAGULYA, F. BERSANI GREGGIO, A. BERTOLIN, M. BESNIER, D. BICK, V. BOYARKIN, C. BOZZA, T. BRUGIÈRE, R. BRUGNERA, G. BRUNETTI, S. BUONTEMPO, E. CARRARA, A. CAZES, L. CHAUSSARD, M. CHERNYAVSKY, V. CHIARELLA, N. CHON-SEN, A. CHUKANOV, M. COZZI, G. D’AMATO, F. DAL CORSO, N. D’AMBROSIO, G. DE LELLIS, Y. DÉCLAIS, M. DE SERIO, F. DI CAPUA, D. DI FERDINANDO, A. DI GIOVANNI, N. DI MARCO, C. DI TROIA, S. DMITRIEVSKI, A. DOMINJON, M. DRACOS, D. DUCHESNEAU, S. DUSINI, J. EBERT, O. EGOROV, R. ENIKEEV, A. EREDITATO, L.S. ESPOSITO, J. FAVIER, G. FELICI, T. FERBER, R. FINI, D. FREKERS, T. FUKUDA, C. FUKUSHIMA, V.I. GALKIN, V.A. GALKIN, A. GARFAGNINI, G. GIACOMELLI, M. GIORGINI, C. GOELLNITZ, T. GOELTZENLICHTER, J. GOLDBERG, D. GOLUBKOV, Y. GORNUSHKIN, G. GRELLA, F. GRIANTI, M. GULER, C. GUSTAVINO, C. HAGNER, K. HAMADA, T. HARA, M. HIERHOLZER, K. HOSHINO, M. IEVA, K. JAKOVCIC, B. JANUTTA, C. JOLLET, F. JUGET, M. KAZUYAMA, S.H. KIM, M. KIMURA, N. KITAGAWA, B. KLICEK, J. KNUESEL, K. KODAMA, D. KOLEV, M. KOMATSU, U. KOSE, A. KRASNOPEROV, I. KRESLO, Z. KRUMSTEIN, H. KUBOTA, V.V. KUTSENOV, V.A. KUZNETSOV, I. LAKTINEH, C. LAZZARO, F J. LENKEIT, A. LJUBICIC, A. LONGHIN, G. LUTTER, A. MALGIN, K. MANAI, G. MANDRIOLI, A. MAROTTA, J. MARTEAU, T. MATSUO, V. MATVEEV, N. MAURI, E. MEDINACELI, F. MEISEL, A. MEREGAGLIA, M. MESSINA, P. MIGLIOZZI, S. MIYAMOTO, P. MONACELLI, K. MORISHIMA, U. MOSER, M.T. MUCIACCIA, N. NAGANAWA, T. NAKA, M. NAKAMURA, T. NAKANO, V. NIKITINA, K. NIWA, Y. NONOYAMA, A. NOZDRIN, S. OGAWA, A. OLCHEVSKI, G. ORLOVA, V. OSEDLO, D. OSSETSKI, M. PANICCIA, A. PAOLONI, B.D. PARK, I.G. PARK, A. PASTORE, L. PATRIZII, E. PENNACCHIO, H. PESSARD, V. PILIPENKO, C. PISTILLO, N. POLUKHINA, M. POZZATO, K. PRETZL, P. PUBLICHENKO, F. PUPILLI, R. RESCIGNO, D. RIZHIKOV, T. ROGANOVA, G. ROMANO, G. ROSA, I. ROSTOVTSEVA, A. RUBBIA, A. RUSSO, V. RYASNY, O. RYAZHSKAYA, A. SADOVSKI, O. SATO, Y. SATO, V. SAVELIEV, A. SCHEMBRI, W. SCHMIDT PARZEFALL, H. SCHROEDER, H.U. SCHUTZ, J. SCHULER, L. SCOTTO LAVINA, H. SHIBUYA, S. SIMONE, M. SIOLI, C. SIRIGNANO, G. SIRRI, J.S. SONG, M. SPINETTI, L. STANCO, N. STARKOV, M. STIPCEVIC, T. STRAUSS, P. STROLIN, V. SUGONYAEV, S. TAKAHASHI, V. TERESCHENKO, F. TERRANOVA, I. TEZUKA, V. TIOUKOV, P. TOLUN, V. TSAREV, R. TSENOV, S. TUFANLI, N. USHIDA, V. VERGUILOV, P. VILAIN, M. VLADIMIROV, L. VOTANO, J.L. VUILLEUMIER, G. WILQUET, B. WONSAK, V. YAKUSHEV, C.S. YOON, T. YOSHIOKA, J. YOSHIDA, Y. ZAITSEV, A. ZGHICHEJ, R. ZIMMERMANNK, Greggio, F. Bersani, Chon Sen, N, Corso, F. Dal, Lellis, G. De, Serio, M. De, DI CAPUA, Francesco, Ferdinando, D. Di, Giovanni, A. Di, Marco, N. Di, Troia, C. Di, Esposito, L. S, Galkin, V. I, Galkin, V. A, Kim, S. H, Kutsenov, V. V, Kuznetsov, V. A, Mori\ shima, K, Muciaccia, M. T, Park, B. D, Park, I. G, Parzefall, W. Schmidt, Schütz, H. U, Lavina, L. Scotto, Song, J. S, Vuilleumier, J. L, Yoon, C. S, Zimmermann, R., Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)

Subjects
High energy, Particle physics, NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS, FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Particle tracking detectors, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], 010306 general physics, Neutrino oscillation, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, NEUTRINO DETECTORS, 3. Good health, Particle tracking detector, Neutrino detector, Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physic, Physique des particules élémentaires, PARTICLE PHYSICS, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Beam (structure), Particle Physics - Experiment, neutrino interactions, OPERA experiment, particle tracking detectors, large detector systems for particle and astroparticle, hysics
Abstract

The OPERA neutrino detector in the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory (LNGS) was designed to perform the first detection of neutrino oscillations in appearance mode through the study of νμ→ ντ oscillations. The 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 2007 and 2008 with the detector fully operational with its related facilities for the emulsion handling and analysis. After a brief description of the beam and of the experimental setup we report on the collection, reconstruction and analysis procedures of first samples of neutrino interaction events. © 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd and SISSA., 0, P06020, SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published

Published
2009

10. The OPERA experiment in the CERN to Gran Sasso neutrino beam

Author

Acquafredda, R., A, Adam, 1 T., Agafonova, b. N., Alvarez Sanchez, c. P., Ambrosio, d. M., Anokhina, a. A., Aoki, e. S., Ariga, f. A., Ariga, g. T., Arrabito, h. L., Aufranc, i. C., Autiero, i. D., Badertscher, i. A., Bagulya, j. A., Baussan, k. E., Bergnoli, b. A., L, Bersani Greggio, 2 F., Bertolin, m. A., Besnier, l. M., N, Biar ´e, 3 D., Bick, n. D., Blin, o. S., Borer, p. K., Boucrot, g. J., Boutigny, p. D., Boyarkin, 4 V., Bozza, c. C., Brugi `ere, q. T., Brugnera, i. R., R, Brunetti, l. G., S, Buontempo, t. S., Campagne, a. J. E., Carlus, p. B., Carrara, i. E., R, L, Cazes, 5 A., Chaussard, u. L., Chernyavsky, i. M., Chiarella, k. V., Chon Sen, u. N., Chukanov, b. A., Ciesielski, a. R., Consiglio, l. L., Cozzi, t. M., D’Amato, s. G., Dal Corso, q. F., D’Ambrosio, l. N., Damet, v. J., de La Taille, 6 C., De Lellis, p. G., W, A, D´eclais, 7 Y., Descombes, i. T., I, De Serio, 8 M., Di Capua, x. F., Di Ferdinando, a. D., Di Giovanni, t. A., Di Marco, y. N., Di Troia, y. C., Dick, u. N., Dmitrievski, b. S., Dominjon, z. A., Dracos, i. M., Duchesneau, b. D., Dulach, n. B., Dusini, u. S., Ebert, l. J., Efthymiopoulos, o. I., Egorov, d. O., Elsener, aa K., Enikeev, d. R., Ereditato, c. A., Esposito, g. L. S., Fanin, v. C., Favier, l. J., Felici, n. G., Ferber, u. T., Fini, o. R., Fournier, x. L., Franceschi, n. A., Frekers, u. D., Fukuda, ab T., Fukushima, h. C., Galkin, ac V. I., Galkin, e. V. A., Gallet, ad R., Gardien, n. S., Garfagnini, i. A., Gaudiot, l. G., Giacomelli, b. G., Giorgini, t. M., Girerd, t. C., Goellnitz, i. C., Goeltzenlichter, o. T., Goldberg, b. J., Golubkov, ae D., Gornushkin, aa Y., Grapton, z. J. N., Grella, b. G., Grianti, q. F., Gschwendtner, m. E., Guerin, d. C., Guler, i. M., Gustavino, a. f. C., Guyonnet, v. J. L., Hagner, b. C., Hamane, o. T., Hara, 9 T., Hauger, f. M., Hess, g. M., Hierholzer, g. M., Hoshino, ag K., Ieva, h. M., Incurvati, x. M., Jakovcic, u. K., Janicsko Csathy, ah J., Janutta, g. B., Jollet, o. C., Juget, b. F., Kazuyama, g. M., Kim, h. S. H., Khovansky, 10 N., Kimura, z. M., Klicek, ac B., Knuesel, ah J., Kodama, g. K., Kolev, a. j. D., Komatsu, M., Kose, h. U., a. f., Krasnoperov, 11 A., Kreslo, z. I., Krumstein, g. Z., Kutsenov, z. V. V., Kuznetsov, c. V. A., Laktineh, c. I., Lavy, i. M., Lazzaro, 12 C., j. T. D., Le, Le Flour, b. T., Lenkeit, n. J., Lewis, o. J., Lieunard, d. S., Ljubicic, n. A., Longhin, ah A., Lutter, r. G., Malgin, g. A., Manai, c. K., Mandrioli, i. G., Marotta, t. A., Marteau, a. J., Martin Chassard, i. G., Matveev, p. V., Mauri, c. N., Meddahi, t. M., Meisel, d. F., Meregaglia, g. A., Meschini, b. A., Messina, v. M., Migliozzi, g. P., Monacelli, a. P., Monteiro, y. I., Moreau, n. F., Morishima, 13 K., Moser, h. U., Muciaccia, g. M. T., Mugnier, x. P., Naganawa, n. N., Nakamura, h. M., Nakano, h. T., Napolitano, h. T., Nikitina, u. V., Niwa, e. K., Nonoyama, h. Y., Nozdrin, h. A., Ogawa, z. S., Olchevski, ac A., Orlandi, z. D., Orlova, v. G., Osedlo, k. V., Ossetski, e. D., Paniccia, ad M., Paoloni, u. A., Park, u. B. D., Park, h. I. G., Pastore, ai A., Patrizii, x. L., Pellegrino, t. L., Pennacchio, u. E., Pessard, i. H., Pilipenko, n. V., Pistillo, ab C., Polukhina, g. N., Pozzato, k. M., Pretzl, t. K., Publichenko, g. P., Pupilli, e. F., Raux, y. L., Repellin, p. J. P., Rescigno, p. R., Rizhikov, q. D., Roganova, ad T., Romano, e. G., Rosa, q. G., Rostovtseva, am I., Rubbia, aa A., Russo, j. A., W, Ryasny, a. V., Ryazhskaya, c. O., Sadovski, c. A., Sanelli, z. C., Sato, u. O., Sato, h. Y., Saveliev, an V., Sazhina, ad G., Schembri, e. A., Schmidt Parzefall, am W., Schroeder, o. H., Sch¨utz, ag H. U., Schuler, g. J., Scotto Lavina, b. L., Serrano, a. J., Shibuya, d. H., Simone, ac S., Sioli, x. M., Sirignano, Chiara, Sirri, q. G., Song, t. J. S., Spinetti, ai M., Stanco, u. L., Starkov, r. N., Stipcevic, k. M., Strauss, ah T., Strolin, j. P., Sugonyaev, a. V., Takahashi, 14 S., Talochkin, h. V., Tenti, c. M., Tereschenko, t. V., Terranova, z. F., U, Tezuka, 15 I., Tioukov, an V., Tolun, a. P., Tsarev, a. f. V., Tsenov, k. R., Tufanli, ak S., Ugolino, a. f. U., Ushida, a. N., Van Beek, a. j. G., Verguilov, ao V., Viant, ak T., Vilain, j. P., Vladimirov, ao M., Votano, k. L., Vuilleumier, u. J. L., Waelchli, g. T., Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), OPERA, Acquafredda, R, Adam, T, Agafonova, N, Sanchez, P, Ambrosio, M, Anokhina, A, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Ariga, T, Arrabito, L, Aufranc, C, Autiero, D, Badertscher, A, Bagulya, A, Baussan, E, Bergnoli, A, Greggio, F, Bertolin, A, Besnier, M, Biaré, D, Bick, D, Blin, S, Borer, K, Boucrot, J, Boutigny, D, Boyarkin, V, Bozza, C, Brugière, T, Brugnera, R, Brunetti, G, Buontempo, S, Campagne, J, Carlus, B, Carrara, E, Cazes, A, Chaussard, L, Chernyavsky, M, Chiarella, V, Chon Sen, N, Chukanov, A, Ciesielski, R, Consiglio, L, Cozzi, M, D'Amato, G, Corso, F, D'Ambrosio, N, Damet, J, Taille, C, Lellis, G, Déclais, Y, Descombes, T, Serio, M, Capua, F, Ferdinando, D, Giovanni, A, Marco, N, Troia, C, Dick, N, Dmitrievski, S, Dominjon, A, Dracos, M, Duchesneau, D, Dulach, B, Dusini, S, Ebert, J, Efthymiopoulos, I, Egorov, O, Elsener, K, Enikeev, R, Ereditato, A, Esposito, L, Fanin, C, Favier, J, Felici, G, Ferber, T, Fini, R, Fournier, L, Franceschi, A, Frekers, D, Fukuda, T, Fukushima, C, Galkin, V, Gallet, R, Gardien, S, Garfagnini, A, Gaudiot, G, Giacomelli, G, Giorgini, M, Girerd, C, Goellnitz, C, Goeltzenlichter, T, Goldberg, J, Golubkov, D, Gornushkin, Y, Grapton, J, Grella, G, Grianti, F, Gschwendtner, E, Guerin, C, Guler, M, Gustavino, C, Guyonnet, J, Hagner, C, Hamane, T, Hara, T, Hauger, M, Hess, M, Hierholzer, M, Hoshino, K, Ieva, M, Incurvati, M, Jakovcic, K, Csathy, J, Janutta, B, Jollet, C, Juget, F, Kazuyama, M, Kim, S, Khovansky, N, Kimura, M, Klicek, B, Knuesel, J, Kodama, K, Kolev, D, Komatsu, M, Kose, U, Krasnoperov, A, Kreslo, I, Krumstein, Z, Kutsenov, V, Kuznetsov, V, Laktineh, I, Lavy, M, Lazzaro, C, Le, T, Flour, T, Lenkeit, J, Lewis, J, Lieunard, S, Ljubicic, A, Longhin, A, Lutter, G, Malgin, A, Manai, K, Mandrioli, G, Marotta, A, Marteau, J, Martin Chassard, G, Matveev, V, Mauri, N, Meddahi, M, Meisel, F, Meregaglia, A, Meschini, A, Messina, M, Migliozzi, P, Monacelli, P, Monteiro, I, Moreau, F, Morishima, K, Moser, U, Muciaccia, M, Mugnier, P, Naganawa, N, Nakamura, M, Nakano, T, Napolitano, T, Nikitina, V, Niwa, K, Nonoyama, Y, Nozdrin, A, Ogawa, S, Olchevski, A, Orlandi, D, Orlova, G, Osedlo, V, Ossetski, D, Paniccia, M, Paoloni, A, Park, B, Park, I, Pastore, A, Patrizii, L, Pellegrino, L, Pennacchio, E, Pessard, H, Pilipenko, V, Pistillo, C, Polukhina, N, Pozzato, M, Pretzl, K, Publichenko, P, Pupilli, F, Raux, L, Repellin, J, Rescigno, R, Rizhikov, D, Roganova, T, Romano, G, Rosa, G, Rostovtseva, I, Rubbia, A, Russo, A, Ryasny, V, Ryazhskaya, O, Sadovski, A, Sanelli, C, Sato, O, Sato, Y, Saveliev, V, Sazhina, G, Schembri, A, Parzefall, W, Schroeder, H, Schütz, H, Schuler, J, Lavina, L, Serrano, J, Shibuya, H, Simone, S, Sioli, M, Sirignano, C, Sirri, G, Song, J, Spinetti, M, Stanco, L, Starkov, N, Stipcevic, M, Strauss, T, Strolin, P, Sugonyaev, V, Takahashi, S, Talochkin, V, Tenti, M, Tereschenko, V, Terranova, F, Tezuka, I, Tioukov, V, Tolun, P, Tsarev, V, Tsenov, R, Tufanli, S, Ugolino, U, Ushida, N, Beek, G, Verguilov, V, Viant, T, Vilain, P, Vladimirov, M, Votano, L, Vuilleumier, J, Waelchli, T, Weber, M, Wilquet, G, Wonsak, B, Wurtz, J, Yakushev, V, Yoon, C, Zaitsev, Y, Zghiche, A, Zimmermann, R, Sanchez, P. Alvarez, Greggio, F. Bersani, Campagne, J. E, Corso, F. Dal, Taille, C. de La, Lellis, G. De, Serio, M. De, DI CAPUA, Francesco, Ferdinando, D. Di, Giovanni, A. Di, Marco, N. Di, Troia, C. Di, Esposito, L. S, Galkin, V. I, Galkin, V. A, Grapton, J. N, Guyonnet, J. L, Csathy, J. Janicsko, Kim, S. H, Kutsenov, V. V, Kuznetsov, V. A, Le, T. D, Flour, T. Le, Muciaccia, M. T, Park, B. D, Park, I. G, Repellin, J. P, Parzefall, W. Schmidt, Schütz, H. U, Lavina, L. Scotto, Song, J. S, Beek, G. Van, Vuilleumier, J. L, Yoon, C. S, Zimmermann, R., R. ACQUAFREDDA, T. ADAM, N. AGAFONOVA, P. ALVAREZ SANCHEZ, M. AMBROSIO, A. ANOKHINA, S. AOKI, A. ARIGA, T. ARIGA, L. ARRABITO, C. AUFRANC, D. AUTIERO, A. BADERTSCHER, A. BAGULYA, E. BAUSSAN, A. BERGNOLI, F. BERSANI GREGGIO, A. BERTOLIN, M. BESNIER, D. BIARÉ, D. BICK, S. BLIN, K. BORER, J. BOUCROT, D. BOUTIGNY, V. BOYARKIN, C. BOZZA, T. BRUGIÈRE, R. BRUGNERA, G. BRUNETTI, S. BUONTEMPO, J.E. CAMPAGNE, B. CARLUS, E. CARRARA, A. CAZES, L. CHAUSSARD, M. CHERNYAVSKY, V. CHIARELLA, N. CHON-SEN, A. CHUKANOV, R. CIESIELSKI, L. CONSIGLIO, M. COZZI, G. D’AMATO, F. DAL CORSO, N. D’AMBROSIO, J. DAMET, C. DE LA TAILLE, G. DE LELLIS, Y. D´ECLAIS, T. DESCOMBES, M. DE SERIO, F. DI CAPUA, D. DI FERDINANDO, A. DI GIOVANNI, N. DI MARCO, C. DI TROIA, N. DICK, S. DMITRIEVSKI, A. DOMINJON, M. DRACOS, D. DUCHESNEAU, B. DULACH, S. DUSINI, J. EBERT, I. EFTHYMIOPOULOS, O. EGOROV, K. ELSENER, R. ENIKEEV, A. EREDITATO, L. S. ESPOSITO, C. FANIN, J. FAVIER, G. FELICI, T. FERBER, R. FINI, L. FOURNIER, A. FRANCESCHI, D. FREKERS, T. FUKUDA, C. FUKUSHIMA, V.I. GALKIN, V.A. GALKIN, R. GALLET, S. GARDIEN, A. GARFAGNINI, G. GAUDIOT, G. GIACOMELLI, M. GIORGINI, C. GIRERD, C. GOELLNITZ, T. GOELTZENLICHTER, J. GOLDBERG, D. GOLUBKOV, Y. GORNUSHKIN, J.-N. GRAPTON, G. GRELLA, F. GRIANTI, E. GSCHWENDTNER, C. GUERIN, M. GULER, C. GUSTAVINO, J.-L. GUYONNET, C. HAGNER, T. HAMANE, T. HARA, M. HAUGER, M. HESS, M. HIERHOLZER, K. HOSHINO, M. IEVA, M. INCURVATI, K. JAKOVCIC, J. JANICSKO CSATHY, B. JANUTTA, C. JOLLET, F. JUGET, M. KAZUYAMA, S.H. KIM, N. KHOVANSKY, M. KIMURA, B. KLICEK, J. KNUESEL, K. KODAMA, D. KOLEV, M. KOMATSU, U. KOSE, A. KRASNOPEROV, I. KRESLO, Z. KRUMSTEIN, V.V. KUTSENOV, V.A. KUZNETSOV, I. LAKTINEH, M. LAVY, C. LAZZARO, T.D. LE, T. LE FLOUR, J. LENKEIT, J. LEWIS, S. LIEUNARD, A. LJUBICIC, A. LONGHIN, G. LUTTER, A. MALGIN, K. MANAI, G. MANDRIOLI, A. MAROTTA, J. MARTEAU, G. MARTIN-CHASSARD, V. MATVEEV, N. MAURI, M. MEDDAHI, F. MEISEL, A. MEREGAGLIA, A. MESCHINI, M. MESSINA, P. MIGLIOZZI, P. MONACELLI, I. MONTEIRO, F. MOREAU, K. MORISHIMA, U. MOSER, M.T. MUCIACCIA, P. MUGNIER, N. NAGANAWA, M. NAKAMURA, T. NAKANO, T. NAPOLITANO, V. NIKITINA, K. NIWA, Y. NONOYAMA, A. NOZDRIN, S. OGAWA, A. OLCHEVSKI, D. ORLANDI, G. ORLOVA, V. OSEDLO, D. OSSETSKI, M. PANICCIA, A. PAOLONI, B. D PARK, I.G. PARK, A. PASTORE, L. PATRIZII, L. PELLEGRINO, E. PENNACCHIO, H. PESSARD, V. PILIPENKO, C. PISTILLO, N. POLUKHINA, M. POZZATO, K. PRETZL, P. PUBLICHENKO, F. PUPILLI, L. RAUX, J.P. REPELLIN, R. RESCIGNO, D. RIZHIKOV, T. ROGANOVA, G. ROMANO, G. ROSA, I. ROSTOVTSEVA, A. RUBBIA, J A. RUSSO, V. RYASNY, O. RYAZHSKAYA, A. SADOVSKI, C. SANELLI, O. SATO, Y. SATO, V. SAVELIEV, G. SAZHINA, A. SCHEMBRI, W. SCHMIDT PARZEFALL, H. SCHROEDER, H.U. SCH¨UTZ, J. SCHULER, L. SCOTTO LAVINA, J. SERRANO, H. SHIBUYA, S. SIMONE, M. SIOLI, C. SIRIGNANO, G. SIRRI, J.S. SONG, M. SPINETTI, L. STANCO, N. STARKOV, M. STIPCEVIC, T. STRAUSS, P. STROLIN, V. SUGONYAEV, S. TAKAHASHI, V. TALOCHKIN, M. TENTI, V. TERESCHENKO, F. TERRANOVA, I. TEZUKA, V. TIOUKOV, P. TOLUN, V. TSAREV, R. TSENOV, S. TUFANLI, U. UGOLINO, N. USHIDA, G. VAN BEEK, V. VERGUILOV, T. VIANT, P. VILAIN, M. VLADIMIROV, L. VOTANO, J.L. VUILLEUMIER, T. WAELCHLI, M. WEBER, G. WILQUET, B. WONSAK, J. WURTZ, V. YAKUSHEV, C.S. YOON, Y. ZAITSEV, A. ZGHICHEN, R. ZIMMERMANN, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), and Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Particle physics, [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS, FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, neutrino, Particle tracking detectors, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear emulsion, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, 010306 general physics, Neutrino oscillation, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, ICARUS, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Spectrometers, Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Hybrid detector, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Detector, Hybrid detectors, NEUTRINO DETECTORS, Particle tracking detector, FIS/01 - FISICA SPERIMENTALE, Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physic, Physique des particules élémentaires, PARTICLE PHYSICS, High Energy Physics::Experiment, hybrid detectors, particle tracking detectors, large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics, spectrometers, Supermodule, Neutrino, Lepton
Abstract

The OPERA neutrino oscillation experiment has been designed to prove the appearance of ντ in a nearly pure νμ beam (CNGS) produced at CERN and detected in the underground Hall C of the Gran Sasso Laboratory, 730 km away from the source. In OPERA, τ leptons resulting from the interaction of ντ are produced in target units called bricks made of nuclear emulsion films interleaved with lead plates. The OPERA target contains 150000 of such bricks, for a total mass of 1.25 kton, arranged into walls interleaved with plastic scintillator strips. The detector is split into two identical supermodules, each supermodule containing a target section followed by a magnetic spectrometer for momentum and charge measurement of penetrating particles. Real time information from the scintillators and the spectrometers provide the identification of the bricks where the neutrino interactions occurred. The candidate bricks are extracted from the walls and, after X-ray marking and an exposure to cosmic rays for alignment, their emulsion films are developed and sent to the emulsion scanning laboratories to perform the accurate scan of the event. In this paper, we review the design and construction of the detector and of its related infrastructures, and report on some technical performances of the various components. The construction of the detector started in 2003 and it was completed in Summer 2008. The experiment is presently in the data taking phase. The whole sequence of operations has proven to be successful, from triggering to brick selection, development, scanning and event analysis. © 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd and SISSA., 0, P04018, SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published

Published
2009

11. Emulsion sheet doublets as interface trackers for the OPERA experiment

Author

Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Arrabito, L., Autiero, D., Badertscher, A., Bay, F., Greggio, F.Bersani, Bertolin, A., Besnier, M., Bick, D., Bozza, C., Brugiere, T., Brugnera, R., Brunetti, G., Buontempo, S., Carrara, E., Cazes, A., Chaussard, L., Chernyavsky, M., Chiarella, V., Chon-Sen, N., Chukanov, A., Consiglio, L., Cozzi, M., Cuha, V., Dal Corso, F., D'Amato, G., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., Declais, Y., De Serio, M., Di Capua, F., Di Ferdinando, D., Di Giovanni, A., Di Marco, N., Di Troia, C., Dmitrievski, S., Dominjon, A., Dracos, Marcos, Duchesneau, D., Dusini, S., Ebert, J., Egorov, O., Enikeev, R., Ereditato, Antonio, Esposito, L.S., Favier, J., Felici, G., Ferber, T., Fini, R., Frekers, D., Fukuda, T., Galkin, V.I., Galkin, V.A., Garfagnini, A., Giacomelli, G., Giorgini, M., Goellnitz, C., Goldberg, J., Golubkov, D., Gornushkin, Y., Grella, G., Grianti, F., Guler, M., Gusev, G., Gustavino, C., Hagner, Caren, Hara, T., Hierholzer, M., Hiramatsu, S., Hoshino, Kaoru, Ieva, M., Jakovcic, K., Janicsko Csathy, J., Janutta, B., Jollet, C., Juget, F., Kawai, T., Kazuyama, M., Kim, S.H., Knuesel, J., Kodama, K., Komatsu, M., Kose, U., Kreslo, I., Laktineh, I., Lazzaro, C., Lenkeit, J., Ljubicic, A., Longhin, Andrea, Lutter, G., Manai, K., Mandrioli, G., Marotta, A., Marteau, J., Matsuo, T., Matsuoka, H., Mauri, N., Meisel, F., Meregaglia, A., Messina, M., Migliozzi, P., Mikado, S., Miyamoto, S., Monacelli, Piero, Morishima, Kunihiro, Moser, U., Muciaccia, Maria Teresa, Naganawa, N., Naka, T., Nakamura, M., Nakamura, T., Nakano, T., Nikitina, V., Niwa, K., Nonoyama, Y., Ogawa, S., Osedlo, V., Ossetski, D., Paoloni, A., Park, B.D., Park, I.G., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pennacchio, E., Pessard, H., Pilipenko, V., Pistillo, C., Polukhina, N., Pozzato, M., Pretzl, Klaus P., Publichenko, P., Pupilli, F., Roganova, T., Rosa, G., Rostovtseva, I., Rubbia, A., Russo, A., Ryazhskaya, O., Ryzhikov, D., Sato, O., Sato, Y., Saveliev, V., Sazhina, G., Schembri, A., Scotto Lavina, L., Shibuya, H., Simone, S., Sioli, Max, Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Song, J.S., Spinetti, M., Stanco, L., Starkov, N., Stipcevic, M., Strauss, T., Strolin, Paolo Emilio, Sugonyaev, V., Taira, Y., Takahashi, S., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Tezuka, I., Tioukov, V., Tolun, P., Tsarev, V., Tufanli, S., Ushida, N., Vilain, P., Vladimirov, M., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J.L., Wilquet, G., Wonsak, B., Wurtz, J., Yoon, C.S., Yoshida, J., Zaitsev, Y., Zemskova, S., Zghiche, Amina, Zimmermann, R., Anokhina, A, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Arrabito, L, Autiero, D, Badertscher, A, Bay, F, Greggio, F, Bertolin, A, Besnier, M, Bick, D, Bozza, C, Brugiere, T, Brugnera, R, Brunetti, G, Buontempo, S, Carrara, E, Cazes, A, Chaussard, L, Chernyavsky, M, Chiarella, V, Chon-Sen, N, Chukanov, A, Consiglio, L, Cozzi, M, Cuha, V, Dal Corso, F, D'Amato, G, D'Ambrosio, N, De Lellis, G, Déclais, Y, De Serio, M, Di Capua, F, Di Ferdinando, D, Di Giovanni, A, Di Marco, N, Di Troia, C, Dmitrievski, S, Dominjon, A, Dracos, M, Duchesneau, D, Dusini, S, Ebert, J, Egorov, O, Enikeev, R, Ereditato, A, Esposito, L, Favier, J, Felici, G, Ferber, T, Fini, R, Frekers, D, Fukuda, T, Galkin, V, Garfagnini, A, Giacomelli, G, Giorgini, M, Goellnitz, C, Goldberg, J, Golubkov, D, Gornushkin, Y, Grella, G, Grianti, F, Guler, M, Gusev, G, Gustavino, C, Hagner, C, Hara, T, Hierholzer, M, Hiramatsu, S, Hoshino, K, Ieva, M, Jakovcic, K, Janicsko Csathy, J, Janutta, B, Jollet, C, Juget, F, Kawai, T, Kazuyama, M, Kim, S, Knuesel, J, Kodama, K, Komatsu, M, Kose, U, Kreslo, I, Laktineh, I, Lazzaro, C, Lenkeit, J, Ljubicic, A, Longhin, A, Lutter, G, Manai, K, Mandrioli, G, Marotta, A, Marteau, J, Matsuo, T, Matsuoka, H, Mauri, N, Meisel, F, Meregaglia, A, Messina, M, Migliozzi, P, Mikado, S, Miyamoto, S, Monacelli, P, Morishima, K, Moser, U, Muciaccia, M, Naganawa, N, Naka, T, Nakamura, M, Nakamura, T, Nakano, T, Nikitina, V, Niwa, K, Nonoyama, Y, Ogawa, S, Osedlo, V, Ossetski, D, Paoloni, A, Park, B, Park, I, Pastore, A, Patrizii, L, Pennacchio, E, Pessard, H, Pilipenko, V, Pistillo, C, Polukhina, N, Pozzato, M, Pretzl, K, Publichenko, P, Pupilli, F, Roganova, T, Rosa, G, Rostovtseva, I, Rubbia, A, Russo, A, Ryazhskaya, O, Ryzhikov, D, Sato, O, Sato, Y, Saveliev, V, Sazhina, G, Schembri, A, Scotto Lavina, L, Shibuya, H, Simone, S, Sioli, M, Sirignano, C, Sirri, G, Song, J, Spinetti, M, Stanco, L, Starkov, N, Stipcevic, M, Strauss, T, Strolin, P, Sugonyaev, V, Taira, Y, Takahashi, S, Tenti, M, Terranova, F, Tezuka, I, Tioukov, V, Tolun, P, Tsarev, V, Tufanli, S, Ushida, N, Vilain, P, Vladimirov, M, Votano, L, Vuilleumier, J, Wilquet, G, Wonsak, B, Yoon, C, Yoshida, J, Zaitsev, Y, Zemskova, S, Zghiche, A, Zimmermann, R, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), OPERA, A. ANOKHINA, S. AOKI, A. ARIGA, L. ARRABITO, D. AUTIERO, A. BADERTSCHER, F. BAY, F. BERSANI GREGGIO, A. BERTOLIN, M. BESNIER, D. BICK, C. BOZZA, T. BRUGIERE, R. BRUGNERA, G. BRUNETTI, S. BUONTEMPO, E. CARRARA, A. CAZES, L. CHAUSSARD, M. CHERNYAVSKY, V. CHIARELLA, N. CHON-SEN, A. CHUKANOV, L. CONSIGLIO, M. COZZI, V. CUHA, F. DAL CORSO, G. D’AMATO, N. D’AMBROSIO, G. DE LELLIS, Y. DÉCLAIS, M. DE SERIO, F. DI CAPUA, D. DI FERDINANDO, A. DI GIOVANNI, N. DI MARCO, C. DI TROIA, S. DMITRIEVSKI, A. DOMINJON, M. DRACOS, D. DUCHESNEAU, S. DUSINI, J. EBERT, O. EGOROV, R. ENIKEEV, A. EREDITATO, L.S. ESPOSITO, J. FAVIER, G. FELICI, T. FERBER, R. FINI, D. FREKERS, T. FUKUDA, V.I. GALKIN, V.A. GALKIN, A. GARFAGNINI, G. GIACOMELLI, M. GIORGINI, C. GOELLNITZ, J. GOLDBERG, D. GOLUBKOV, Y. GORNUSHKIN, G. GRELLA, F. GRIANTI, M. GULER, G. GUSEV, C. GUSTAVINO, C. HAGNER, T. HARA, M. HIERHOLZER, S. HIRAMATSU, K. HOSHINO, M. IEVA, K. JAKOVCIC, J. JANICSKO CSATHY, B. JANUTTA, C. JOLLET, F. JUGET, T. KAWAI, M. KAZUYAMA, S. H. KIM, J. KNUESEL, K. KODAMA, M. KOMATSU, U. KOSE, I. KRESLO, I. LAKTINEH, C. LAZZARO, J. LENKEIT, A. LJUBICIC, A. LONGHIN, G. LUTTER, K. MANAI, G. MANDRIOLI, A. MAROTTA, J. MARTEAU, T. MATSUO, H. MATSUOKA, N. MAURI, F. MEISEL, A. MEREGAGLIA, M. MESSINA, P. MIGLIOZZI, S. MIKADO, S. MIYAMOTO, P. MONACELLI, K. MORISHIMA, U. MOSER, M.T. MUCIACCIA, N. NAGANAWA, T. NAKA, M. NAKAMURA, T. NAKAMURA, T. NAKANO, V. NIKITINA, K. NIWA, Y. NONOYAMA, S. OGAWA, V. OSEDLO, D. OSSETSKI, A. PAOLONI, B.D. PARK, I.G. PARK, A. PASTORE, L. PATRIZII, E. PENNACCHIO, H. PESSARD, V. PILIPENKO, C. PISTILLO, N. POLUKHINA, M. POZZATO, K. PRETZL, P. PUBLICHENKO, F. PUPILLI, T. ROGANOVA, G. ROSA, I. ROSTOVTSEVA, A. RUBBIA, A. RUSSO, O. RYAZHSKAYA, D. RYZHIKOV, O. SATO, Y. SATO, V. SAVELIEV, G. SAZHINA, A. SCHEMBRI, L. SCOTTO LAVINA, H. SHIBUYA, S. SIMONE, M. SIOLI, C. SIRIGNANO, G. SIRRI, J. S. SONG, M. SPINETTI, L. STANCO, N. STARKOV, M. STIPCEVIC, T. STRAUSS, P. STROLIN, V. SUGONYAEV, Y. TAIRA, S. TAKAHASHI, M. TENTI, F. TERRANOVA, I. TEZUKA, V. TIOUKOV, P. TOLUN, V. TSAREV, S. TUFANLI, N. USHIDA, P. VILAIN, M. VLADIMIROV, L. VOTANO, J.L. VUILLEUMIER, G. WILQUET, B. WONSAK, C. S. YOON, J. YOSHIDA, Y. ZAITSEV, S. ZEMSKOVA, A. ZGHICHE, R. ZIMMERMANN, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Materials science, Microscope, FISICA DEL NEUTRINO, FOS: Physical sciences, Electron, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Optics, law, Tau neutrino, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Detectors and Experimental Techniques, EMULSIONI NUCLEARI, Photographic emulsion, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Interconnection, Detector design and construction technologies and material, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Detector, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Sample (graphics), Particle tracking detector, Detector alignment and calibration methods (Lasers,Sources,Particle-beams), Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physic, RIVELATORI IBRIDI, RIVELATORI DI PARTICELLE ELEMENTARI, Neutrino, business
Abstract

New methods for efficient and unambiguous interconnection between electronic counters and target units based on nuclear photographic emulsion films have been developed. The application to the OPERA experiment, that aims at detecting oscillations between mu neutrino and tau neutrino in the CNGS neutrino beam, is reported in this paper. In order to reduce background due to latent tracks collected before installation in the detector, on-site large-scale treatments of the emulsions ("refreshing") have been applied. Changeable Sheet (CSd) packages, each made of a doublet of emulsion films, have been designed, assembled and coupled to the OPERA target units ("ECC bricks"). A device has been built to print X-ray spots for accurate interconnection both within the CSd and between the CSd and the related ECC brick. Sample emulsion films have been extensively scanned with state-of-the-art automated optical microscopes. Efficient track-matching and powerful background rejection have been achieved in tests with electronically tagged penetrating muons. Further improvement of in-doublet film alignment was obtained by matching the pattern of low-energy electron tracks. The commissioning of the overall OPERA alignment procedure is in progress., Comment: 19 pages, 19 figures

Published
2008

12. Study of the effects induced by lead on the emulsion films of the OPERA experiment

Author

A Anokhina, S Aoki, A Ariga, L Arrabito, D Autiero, A Badertscher, F Bay, A Bergnoli, F Bersani Greggio, M Besnier, D Bick, C Bozza, T Brugiere, R Brugnera, G Brunetti, S Buontempo, E Carrara, A Cazes, L Chaussard, M Chernyavsky, V Chiarella, N Chon-Sen, A Chukanov, L Consiglio, M Cozzi, F Dal Corso, G D'Amato, N D'Ambrosio, G De Lellis, Y Déclais, M De Serio, F Di Capua, D Di Ferdinando, A Di Giovanni, N Di Marco, C Di Troia, S Dmitrievski, A Dominjon, M Dracos, D Duchesneau, B Dulach, S Dusini, J Ebert, O Egorov, R Enikeev, A Ereditato, L S Esposito, J Favier, G Felici, T Ferber, R Fini, A Franceschi, T Fukuda, C Fukushima, V I Galkin, V A Galkin, A Garfagnini, G Giacomelli, M Giorgini, C Goellnitz, D Golubkov, Y Gornoushkin, G Grella, F Grianti, M Guler, G Gusev, C Gustavino, C Hagner, T Hara, M Hierholzer, S Hiramatsu, K Hoshino, M Ieva, K Jakovcic, J Janicsko Csathy, B Janutta, C Jollet, F Juget, T Kawai, M Kazuyama, S H Kim, M Kimura, J Knuesel, K Kodama, M Komatsu, U Kose, I Kreslo, I Laktineh, C Lazzaro, J Lenkeit, A Ljubicic, A Longhin, G Lutter, K Manai, G Mandrioli, S Manzoor, A Marotta, J Marteau, H Matsuoka, N Mauri, F Meisel, A Meregaglia, M Messina, P Migliozzi, S Miyamoto, P Monacelli, K Morishima, U Moser, M T Muciaccia, N Naganawa, T Naka, M Nakamura, T Nakamura, T Nakano, V Nikitina, K Niwa, Y Nonoyama, S Ogawa, V Osedlo, D Ossetski, A Paoloni, B D Park, I G Park, A Pastore, L Patrizii, E Pennacchio, H Pessard, C Pistillo, N Polukhina, M Pozzato, K Pretzl, P Publichenko, F Pupilli, T Roganova, G Rosa, I Rostovtseva, A Rubbia, A Russo, O Ryazhskaya, D Ryzhikov, Y Sato, O Sato, V Saveliev, G Sazhina, A Schembri, L Scotto Lavina, H Shibuya, S Simone, M Sioli, C Sirignano, G Sirri, J S Song, M Spinetti, L Stanco, N Starkov, M Stipcevic, T Strauss, P Strolin, V Sugonyaev, Y Taira, S Takahashi, M Tenti, F Terranova, V Tioukov, V Togo, P Tolun, V Tsarev, S Tufanli, N Ushida, C Valieri, P Vilain, M Vladimirov, L Votano, J L Vuilleumier, G Wilquet, B Wonsak, J Wurtz, C S Yoon, J Yoshida, Y Zaitsev, S Zemskova, A Zghiche, R Zimmermann, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), OPERA, A. ANOKHINA, S. AOKI, A. ARIGA, L. ARRABITO, D. AUTIERO, A. BADERTSCHER, F. BAY, A. BERGNOLI, F. BERSANI GREGGIO, M. BESNIER, D. BICK, C. BOZZA, T. BRUGIERE, R. BRUGNERA, G. BRUNETTI, S. BUONTEMPO, E. CARRARA, A. CAZES, L. CHAUSSARD, M. CHERNYAVSKY, V. CHIARELLA, N. CHON-SEN, A. CHUKANOV, L. CONSIGLIO, M. COZZI, F. DAL CORSO, G. D’AMATO, N. D’AMBROSIO, G. DE LELLIS, Y. DÉCLAIS, M. DE SERIO, F. DI CAPUA, D. DI FERDINANDO, A. DI GIOVANNI, N. DI MARCO, C. DI TROIA, S. DMITRIEVSKI, A. DOMINJON, M. DRACOS, D. DUCHESNEAU, B. DULACH, S. DUSINI, J. EBERT, O. EGOROV, R. ENIKEEV, A. EREDITATO, L.S. ESPOSITO, J. FAVIER, G. FELICI, T. FERBER, R. FINI, A. FRANCESCHI, T. FUKUDA, C. FUKUSHIMA, V.I. GALKIN, V.A. GALKIN, A. GARFAGNINI, G. GIACOMELLI, M. GIORGINI, C. GOELLNITZ, D. GOLUBKOV, Y. GORNOUSHKIN, G. GRELLA, F. GRIANTI, M. GULER, G. GUSEV, C. GUSTAVINO, C. HAGNER, T. HARA, M. HIERHOLZER, S. HIRAMATSU, K. HOSHINO, M. IEVA, K. JAKOVCIC, J. JANICSKO CSATHY, B. JANUTTA, C. JOLLET, F. JUGET, T. KAWAI, M. KAZUYAMA, S.H. KIM, M. KIMURA, J. KNUESEL, K. KODAMA, M. KOMATSU, U. KOSE, I. KRESLO, I. LAKTINEH, C. LAZZARO, J. LENKEIT, A. LJUBICIC, A. LONGHIN, G. LUTTER, K. MANAI, G. MANDRIOLI, S. MANZOOR, A. MAROTTA, J. MARTEAU, H. MATSUOKA, N. MAURI, F. MEISEL, A. MEREGAGLIA, M. MESSINA, P. MIGLIOZZI, S. MIYAMOTO, P. MONACELLI, K. MORISHIMA, U. MOSER, M.T. MUCIACCIA, N. NAGANAWA, T. NAKA, M. NAKAMURA, T. NAKAMURA, T. NAKANO, V. NIKITINA, K. NIWA, Y. NONOYAMA, S. OGAWA, V. OSEDLO, D. OSSETSKI, A. PAOLONI, B.D. PARK, I.G. PARK, A. PASTORE, L. PATRIZII, E. PENNACCHIO, H. PESSARD, C. PISTILLO, N. POLUKHINA, M. POZZATO, K. PRETZL, P. PUBLICHENKO, F. PUPILLI, T. ROGANOVA, G. ROSA, I. ROSTOVTSEVA, A. RUBBIA, A. RUSSO, O. RYAZHSKAYA, D. RYZHIKOV, Y. SATO, O. SATO, V. SAVELIEV, G. SAZHINA, A. SCHEMBRI, L. SCOTTO LAVINA, H. SHIBUYA, S. SIMONE, M. SIOLI, C. SIRIGNANO, G. SIRRI, J.S. SONG, M. SPINETTI, L. STANCO, N. STARKOV, M. STIPCEVIC, T. STRAUSS, P. STROLIN, V. SUGONYAEV, Y. TAIRA, S. TAKAHASHI, M. TENTI, F. TERRANOVA, V. TIOUKOV, V. TOGO, P. TOLUN, V. TSAREV, S. TUFANLI, N. USHIDA, C. VALIERI, P. VILAIN, M. VLADIMIROV, L. VOTANO, J.L. VUILLEUMIER, G. WILQUET, B. WONSAK, J. WURTZ, C.S. YOON, J. YOSHIDA, Y. ZAITSEV, S. ZEMSKOVA, A. ZGHICHE, R. ZIMMERMANN, DI CAPUA, Francesco, Anokhina, A, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Arrabito, L, Autiero, D, Badertscher, A, Bay, F, Bergnoli, A, Greggio, F. Bersani, Besnier, M, Bick, D, Bozza, C, Brugiere, T, Brugnera, R, Brunetti, G, Buontempo, S, Carrara, E, Cazes, A, Chaussard, L, Chernyavsky, M, Chiarella, V, Chon Sen, N, Chukanov, A, Consiglio, L, Cozzi, M, Corso, F. Dal, D'Amato, G, D'Ambrosio, N, Lellis, G. De, Déclais, Y, Serio, M. De, Ferdinando, D. Di, Giovanni, A. Di, Marco, N. Di, Troia, C. Di, Dmitrievski, S, Dominjon, A, Dracos, M, Duchesneau, D, Dulach, B, Dusini, S, Ebert, J, Egorov, O, Enikeev, R, Ereditato, A, Esposito, L. S, Favier, J, Felici, G, Ferber, T, Fini, R, Franceschi, A, Fukuda, T, Fukushima, C, Galkin, V. I, Galkin, V. A, Garfagnini, A, Giacomelli, G, Giorgini, M, Goellnitz, C, Golubkov, D, Gornoushkin, Y, Grella, G, Grianti, F, Guler, M, Gusev, G, Gustavino, C, Hagner, C, Hara, T, Hierholzer, M, Hiramatsu, S, Hoshino, K, Ieva, M, Jakovcic, K, Csathy, J. Janicsko, Janutta, B, Jollet, C, Juget, F, Kawai, T, Kazuyama, M, Kim, S. H, Kimura, M, Knuesel, J, Kodama, K, Komatsu, M, Kose, U, Kreslo, I, Laktineh, I, Lazzaro, C, Lenkeit, J, Ljubicic, A, Longhin, A, Lutter, G, Manai, K, Mandrioli, G, Manzoor, S, Marotta, A, Marteau, J, Matsuoka, H, Mauri, N, Meisel, F, Meregaglia, A, Messina, M, Migliozzi, P, Miyamoto, S, Monacelli, P, Morishima, K, Moser, U, Muciaccia, M. T, Naganawa, N, Naka, T, Nakamura, M, Nakamura, T, Nakano, T, Nikitina, V, Niwa, K, Nonoyama, Y, Ogawa, S, Osedlo, V, Ossetski, D, Paoloni, A, Park, B. D, Park, I. G, Pastore, A, Patrizii, L, Pennacchio, E, Pessard, H, Pistillo, C, Polukhina, N, Pozzato, M, Pretzl, K, Publichenko, P, Pupilli, F, Roganova, T, Rosa, G, Rostovtseva, I, Rubbia, A, Russo, A, Ryazhskaya, O, Ryzhikov, D, Sato, Y, Sato, O, Saveliev, V, Sazhina, G, Schembri, A, Lavina, L. Scotto, Shibuya, H, Simone, S, Sioli, M, Sirignano, C, Sirri, G, Song, J. S, Spinetti, M, Stanco, L, Starkov, N, Stipcevic, M, Strauss, T, Strolin, P, Sugonyaev, V, Taira, Y, Takahashi, S, Tenti, M, Terranova, F, Tioukov, V, Togo, V, Tolun, P, Tsarev, V, Tufanli, S, Ushida, N, Valieri, C, Vilain, P, Vladimirov, M, Votano, L, Vuilleumier, J. L, Wilquet, G, Wonsak, B, Wurtz, J, Yoon, C. S, Yoshida, J, Zaitsev, Y, Zemskova, S, Zghiche, A, Zimmermann, R., Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Bersani Greggio, F, Chon-Sen, N, Dal Corso, F, De Lellis, G, De Serio, M, Di Capua, F, Di Ferdinando, D, Di Giovanni, A, Di Marco, N, Di Troia, C, Esposito, L, Galkin, V, Janicsko Csathy, J, Kim, S, Muciaccia, M, Park, B, Park, I, Scotto Lavina, L, Song, J, Vuilleumier, J, Yoon, C, and Zimmermann, R

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Materials science, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear engineering, RIVELATORI DI PARTICELLE, FISICA DEL NEUTRINO, FOS: Physical sciences, Particle identification methods, Tracking (particle physics), 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Particle identification method, law, Particle tracking detectors, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear emulsion, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Detectors and Experimental Techniques, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Lead (electronics), Neutrino oscillation, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Hybrid detector, RADIOATTIVITÀ NATURALE DI BASSO LIVELLO, Detector, Hybrid detectors, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Particle tracking detector, 3. Good health, Condensed Matter::Soft Condensed Matter, Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physic, Emulsion, RIVELATORI IBRIDI, Neutrino, Cloud chamber
Abstract

The OPERA neutrino oscillation experiment is based on the use of the Emulsion Cloud Chamber (ECC). In the OPERA ECC, nuclear emulsion films acting as very high precision tracking detectors are interleaved with lead plates providing a massive target for neutrino interactions. We report on studies related to the effects occurring from the contact between emulsion and lead. A low radioactivity lead is required in order to minimize the number of background tracks in emulsions and to achieve the required performance in the reconstruction of neutrino events. It was observed that adding other chemical elements to the lead, in order to improve the mechanical properties, may significantly increase the level of radioactivity on the emulsions. A detailed study was made in order to choose a lead alloy with good mechanical properties and an appropriate packing technique so as to have a low enough effective radioactivity., Comment: 19 pages, 11 figures

Published
2008

13. Hardware performance of a scanning system for high speed analysis of nuclear emulsions

Author

G. Romano, M. De Serio, F. Juget, L. Scotto Lavina, G. Sirri, F. Di Capua, P. Strolin, G. De Lellis, G. Rosa, G. Giacomelli, L. Arrabito, Maximiliano Sioli, L. Consiglio, Nicola D'Ambrosio, M. T. Muciaccia, Alessandra Pastore, P. Royole-Degieux, M. Cozzi, Shahid Manzoor, D. Di Marco, P. Monacelli, N. Savvinov, G. Sorrentino, Cristiano Bozza, V. Tioukov, T. Waelchli, S. Simone, P. Migliozzi, I. Kreslo, D. Di Ferdinando, A. Marotta, D. Coppola, Salvatore Buontempo, K. Manai, Luigi Salvatore Esposito, M. Hauger, M. Giorgini, J. Damet, L. Patrizii, G. Mandrioli, M. Ieva, C. Sirignano, Imad Baptiste Laktineh, C. Pistillo, M. Pozzato, G. Grella, E. Barbuto, A. Schembri, Arrabito, L., Barbuto, E., Bozza, C., Buontempo, S., Consiglio, L., Coppola, D., Cozzi, M., Damet, J., D’Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., DI CAPUA, Francesco, Di Ferdinando, D., Di Marco, D., Esposito, L. S., Giacomelli, G., Grella, G., Hauger, M., Juget, F., Kreslo, I., Giorgini, M., Ieva, M., Laktineh, I., Manai, K., Mandrioli, G., Marotta, A., Manzoor, S., Migliozzi, P., Monacelli, P., Muciaccia, M. T., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pistillo, C., Pozzato, M., Royole Degieux, P., Romano, G., Rosa, G., Savvinov, N., Schembri, A., Scotto Lavina, L., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Sorrentino, G., Strolin, P., Tioukov, V., Waelchli, T., L. Arrabito, E. Barbuto, C. Bozza, S. Buontempo, L. Consiglio, D. Coppola, M. Cozzi, J. Damet, N. D’Ambrosio, G. De Lelli, M. De Serio, F. Di Capua, D. Di Ferdinando, D. Di Marco, L.S. Esposito, G. Giacomelli, G. Grella, M. Hauger, F. Juget, I. Kreslo, M. Giorgini, M. Ieva, I. Laktineh, K. Manai, G. Mandrioli, A. Marotta, S. Manzoor, P. Migliozzi, P. Monacelli, M.T. Muciaccia, A. Pastore, L. Patrizii, C. Pistillo, M. Pozzato, P. Royole-Degieux, G. Romano, G. Rosa, N. Savvinov, A. Schembri, L. Scotto Lavina, S. Simone, M. Sioli, C. Sirignano, G. Sirri, G. Sorrentino, P. Strolin, V. Tioukov, T. Waelchli, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), and Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Microscope, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Neutrino oscillation, NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS, Other Fields of Physics, FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear emulsions, 01 natural sciences, Elementary particle, law.invention, Data acquisition, law, 0103 physical sciences, Microscopy, Nuclear emulsion, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Automatic scanning, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Digital imaging, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Emulsion, business, Computer hardware
Abstract

The use of nuclear emulsions in very large physics experiments is now possible thanks to the recent improvements in the industrial production of emulsions and to the development of fast automated microscopes. In this paper the hardware performances of the European Scanning System (ESS) are described. The ESS is a very fast automatic system developed for the mass scanning of the emulsions of the OPERA experiment, which requires microscopes with scanning speeds of about 20 cm^2/h in an emulsion volume of 44 micron thickness., 16 pages, 12 figures, Accepted by Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A

Published
2006

14. High-speed particle tracking in nuclear emulsion by last-generation automatic microscopes

Author

Maximiliano Sioli, N. Armenise, Alessandra Pastore, I. Kreslo, D. Coppola, P. Royole-Degieux, Luigi Salvatore Esposito, P. Strolin, L. Arrabito, T. Waelchli, E. Barbuto, M. Hauger, M. Giorgini, G. De Rosa, M. Ieva, P. Migliozzi, G. Giacomelli, C. Sirignano, Nicola D'Ambrosio, G. Romano, C. Pistillo, G. Sirri, Imad Baptiste Laktineh, S. Buontempo, F. Di Capua, N. Savvinov, M. De Serio, L. Patrizii, J. Damet, G. Sorrentino, G. Mandrioli, G. Rosa, M. T. Muciaccia, Cristiano Bozza, L. Consiglio, G. Grella, M. Cozzi, L. Scotto Lavina, Frédéric Juget, V. Tioukov, A. Marotta, S. Simone, D. Di Ferdinando, G. De Lellis, F. Formisano, N. Armenise, M. De Serio, M. Ieva, M.T. Muciaccia, A. Pastore, S. Simone, J. Damet, I. Kreslo, N. Savvinov, T. Waelchli, L. Consiglio, M. Cozzi, D. Di Ferdinando, L.S. Esposito, G. Giacomelli, M. Giorgini, G. Mandrioli, L. Patrizii, M. Sioli, G. Sirri, L. Arrabito, I. Laktineh, P. Royole-Degieux, S. Buontempo, N. D’Ambrosio, G. De Lelli, G. De Rosa, F. Di Capua, D. Coppola, F. Formisano, A. Marotta, P. Migliozzi, C. Pistillo, L. Scotto Lavina, G. Sorrentino, P. Strolin, V. Tioukov, F. Juget, M. Hauger, G. Rosa, E. Barbuto, C. Bozza, G. Grella, G. Romano, C. Sirignano, Armenise, N., De Serio, M., Ieva, M., Muciaccia, M. T., Pastore, A., Simone, S., Damet, J., Kreslo, I., Savvinov, N., Waelchli, T., Consiglio, L., Cozzi, M., Di Ferdinando, D., Esposito, L. S., Giacomelli, G., Giorgini, M., Mandrioli, G., Patrizii, L., Sioli, M., Sirri, G., Arrabito, L., Laktineh, I., Royole Degieux, P., Buontempo, S., D’Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Rosa, G., DI CAPUA, Francesco, Coppola, D., Formisano, F., Marotta, A., Migliozzi, P., Pistillo, C., Scotto Lavina, L., Sorrentino, G., Strolin, P., Tioukov, V., Juget, F., Hauger, M., Rosa, G., Barbuto, E., Bozza, C., Grella, G., Romano, G., Sirignano, C., Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), OPERA, N., Armenise, M., De Serio, M., Ieva, M. T., Muciaccia, A., Pastore, S., Simone, J., Damet, I., Kreslo, N., Savvinov, T., Waelchli, L., Consiglio, M., Cozzi, D., Di Ferdinando, L. S., Esposito, G., Giacomelli, M., Giorgini, G., Mandrioli, L., Patrizii, M., Sioli, G., Sirri, L., Arrabito, I., Laktineh, P., Royole Degieux, S., Buontempo, N., D’Ambrosio, DE LELLIS, Giovanni, DE ROSA, Gianfranca, D., Coppola, F., Formisano, A., Marotta, P., Migliozzi, C., Pistillo, L., Scotto Lavina, G., Sorrentino, P., Strolin, V., Tioukov, F., Juget, M., Hauger, G., Rosa, E., Barbuto, C., Bozza, G., Grella, G., Romano, and C., Sirignano

Subjects
automatic scanning, digital imaging, elementary particles, microscopy, nuclear emulsions, v oscillations, ν oscillations, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Microscope, NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Tracking (particle physics), 01 natural sciences, Elementary particle, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Optics, law, 0103 physical sciences, Microscopy, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Nuclear emulsion, Nuclear emulsions, Automatic scanning, Digital imaging, neutrino oscillations, Elementary particles, 010306 general physics, Neutrino oscillation, Instrumentation, NUCLEAR EMULSIONS, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, ν oscillation, AUTOMATIC MICROSCOPE, Automation, Particle, 29.40.Rg, 29.40.Gx, 07.05.Pj, business
Abstract

The technique of nuclear emulsions for high-energy physics experiments is being revived, thanks to the remarkable progress in measurement automation achieved in the past years. The present paper describes the features and performances of the European Scanning System, a last-generation automatic microscope working at a scanning speed of 20 cm 2 / h . The system has been developed in the framework of the OPERA experiment, designed to unambigously detect ν μ → ν τ oscillations in nuclear emulsions.

Published
2005

15. Atmospheric muon flux measurements at the external site of the Gran Sasso Lab

Author

Luigi Salvatore Esposito, M. Giorgini, G. Sorrentino, P. Migliozzi, P. Righini, G. De Lellis, E. Barbuto, M. De Serio, G. De Rosa, G. Mandrioli, C. Pistillo, M. Ieva, G. Sirri, S. Simone, Cristiano Bozza, L. Patrizii, G. Grella, Maximiliano Sioli, M. Cozzi, M. T. Muciaccia, Nicola D'Ambrosio, Chiara Sirignano, G. Rosa, G. Giacomelli, V. Tioukov, E., Barbuto, C., Bozza, M., Cozzi, N., D'Ambrosio, DE LELLIS, Giovanni, DE ROSA, Gianfranca, M., De Serio, L. S., Esposito, G., Giacomelli, M., Giorgini, G., Grella, M., Ieva, G., Mandrioli, P., Migliozzi, M. T., Muciaccia, L., Patrizii, C., Pistillo, P., Righini, G., Rosa, S., Simone, M., Sioli, C., Sirignano, G., Sirri, G., Sorrentino, V., Tioukov, E. Barbuto, C. Bozza, M. Cozzi, N. D’Ambrosio, G. De Lelli, G. De Rosa, M. De Serio, L.S. Esposito, G. Giacomelli, M. Giorgini, G. Grella, M. Ieva, G. Mandrioli, P. Migliozzi, M.T. Muciaccia, L. Patrizii, C. Pistillo, P. Righini, G. Rosa, S. Simone, M. Sioli, C. Sirignano, G. Sirri, G. Sorrentino, and V. Tioukov

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Muon, MUONI COSMICI, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Monte Carlo method, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Flux, Cosmic ray, Particle detector, Charged particle, Nuclear physics, Physics::Popular Physics, ESPERIMENTO OPERA, Scintillation counter, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear emulsion, EMULSIONI NUCLEARI, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, OSCILLAZIONE NEUTRINI
Abstract

Measurements of the atmospheric flux of muons and other charged particles have been performed at the external site of the Gran Sasso Laboratory (LNGS, Italy, 1000 m a.s.l. ), in view of the OPERA experiment. Scintillation counters and nuclear emulsion plates have been used. Rates and angular distributions at several depths of Fe shielding are presented and compared with Monte Carlo simulations.

Published
2004

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