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1. Ion charge separation with new generation of nuclear emulsion films

Author: Montesi M.C., Lauria A., Alexandrov A., Solestizi L. Alunni, Giovanni Ambrosi, Argirò S., Diaz R. Arteche, Bartosik N., Battistoni G., Belcari N., Bellinzona E., Bianucci S., Biondi S., Bisogni M.G., Bruni G., Camarlinghi N., Carra P., Cerello P., Ciarrocchi E., Clozza A., Colombi S., Guerra A. Del, Simoni M. De, Crescenzo A. Di, Donetti M., Dong Y., Durante M., Embriaco A., Emde M., Faccini R., Ferrero V., Ferroni F., Fiandrini E., Finck C., Fiorina E., Fischetti M., Francesconi M., Franchini M., Galati G., Galli L., Garbini M., Gentile V., Giraudo G., Hetzel R., Iarocci E., Ionica M., Kanxheri K., Kraan A. C., Lante V., Tessa C. La, Torres E. Lopez, Marafini M., Mattei I., Mengarelli A., Mirabelli R., Moggi A., Morone M.C., Morrocchi M., Muraro S., Narici L., Pastore A., Pastrone N., Patera V., Pennazio F., Placidi P., Pullia M., Raffaelli F., Ramello L., Ridolfi R., Rosso V., Rovituso M., Sanelli C., Sarti A., Sartorelli G., Sato O., Savazzi S., Scavarda L., Schiavi A., Schuy C., Scifoni E., Sciubba A., Sécher A., Selvi M., Servoli L., Silvestre G., Sitta M., Spighi R., Spiriti E., Sportelli G., Stahl A., Tioukov V., Tomassini S., Tommasino F., Traini G., Valle S.M., Vanstalle M., Villa M., Weber U., Zoccoli A., and Lellis G. De
Subjects: charge identification, nuclear emulsions, charged particles therapy, 29.40.rg, 42.62.be, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: In hadron therapy, the accelerated ions, interacting with the body of the patient, cause the fragmentation of both projectile and target nuclei. The fragments interact with the human tissues depositing energy both in the entrance channel and in the volume surrounding the tumor. The knowledge of the fragments features is crucial to determine the energy amount deposited in the human body, and - hence - the damage to the organs and to the tissues around the tumor target.
Published: 2019
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2. Directional Sensitivity of the NEWSdm Experiment to Cosmic Ray Boosted Dark Matter

Author: Agafonova, N. Y., Alexandrov, A., Anokhina, A. M., Asada, T., Ashikhmin, V. V, Boccia, V., Centanni, D., Chernyavskii, M. M., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., Di Crescenzo, A., Dowdy, Y. C., Dmitrievski, S., Enikeev, R. I., Galati, G., Galkin, V. I., Golovatiuk, A., Gorbunov, S. A., Gornushkin, Y., Guler, A. M., Gulyaeva, V. V., Iuliano, A., Khalikov, E. V., Kim, S. H., Konovalova, N. S., Krasilnikova, Y. O., Lauria, A., Lee, K. Y., Loschiavo, V. P., Managadze, A. K., Miloi, A., Montesi, M. C., Naka, T., Okateva, N. M., Park, B. D, Podgrudkov, D. A., Polukhina, N. G., Roganova, T. M., Rosa, G., Samoilov, M. A., Sadykov, Z. T., Saeki, K., Sato, O., Shakiryanova, I. R., Shchedrina, T. V., Shiraishi, T., Sohn, J. Y., Sotnikov, A., Starkov, N. I., Starkova, E. N., Strekalina, D. M., Tioukov, V., Ursov, E. D., Ustyuzhanin, A., Vasina, S., Voronkov, R. A., and Yoon, C. S.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We present a study of a directional search for Dark Matter boosted forward when scattered by cosmic-ray nuclei, using a module of the NEWSdm experiment. The boosted Dark Matter flux at the edge of the Earth's atmosphere is expected to be pointing to the Galactic Center, with a flux 15 to 20 times larger than in the transverse direction. The module of the NEWSdm experiment consists of a 10 kg stack of Nano Imaging Trackers, i.e.~newly developed nuclear emulsions with AgBr crystal sizes down to a few tens of nanometers. The module is installed on an equatorial telescope. The relatively long recoil tracks induced by boosted Dark Matter, combined with the nanometric granularity of the emulsion, result in an extremely low background. This makes an installation at the INFN Gran Sasso laboratory, both on the surface and underground, viable. A comparison between the two locations is made. The angular distribution of nuclear recoils induced by boosted Dark Matter in the emulsion films at the surface laboratory is expected to show an excess with a factor of 3.5 in the direction of the Galactic Center. This excess allows for a Dark Matter search with directional sensitivity. The surface laboratory configuration prevents the deterioration of the signal in the rock overburden and it emerges as the most powerful approach for a directional observation of boosted Dark Matter with high sensitivity. We show that, with this approach, a 10 kg module of the NEWSdm experiment exposed for one year at the Gran Sasso surface laboratory can probe Dark Matter masses between 1 keV/c$^2$ and 1 GeV/c$^2$ and cross-section values down to $10^{-30}$~cm$^2$ with a directional sensitive search., Comment: 15 pages, 14 figures, updated references, clarified discussion in intro section. Accepted in JCAP
Published: 2023
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3. Updated constraints on sterile neutrino mixing in the OPERA experiment using a new $\nu_e$ identification method

Author: Agafonova, N., Alexandrov, A., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Bertolin, A., Bozza, C., Brugnera, R., Buontempo, S., Chernyavskiy, M., Chukanov, A., Consiglio, L., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., Sanchez, P. del Amo, Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ferdinando, D., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievsky, S., Dracos, M., Duchesneau, D., Dusini, S., Dzhatdoev, T., Ebert, J., Ereditato, A., Fini, R. A., 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., 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., Ogawa, S., Okateva, N., 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., Shakiryanova, I., Shchedrina, T., Shibayama, E., Shibuya, H., 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., Tufanli, S., Vasina, S., Vilain, P., Voevodina, E., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. L., Wilquet, G., and Yoon, C. S.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: This paper describes a new $\nu_e$ identification method specifically designed to improve the low-energy ($< 30\,\mathrm{GeV}$) $\nu_e$ identification efficiency attained by enlarging the emulsion film scanning volume with the next generation emulsion readout system. A relative increase of 25-70% in the $\nu_e$ low-energy region is expected, leading to improvements in the OPERA sensitivity to neutrino oscillations in the framework of the 3 + 1 model. The method is applied to a subset of data where the detection efficiency increase is expected to be more relevant, and one additional $\nu_e$ candidate is found. The analysis combined with the $\nu_\tau$ appearance results improves the upper limit on $\sin^2 2\theta_{\mu e}$ to 0.016 at 90% C.L. in the MiniBooNE allowed region $\Delta m^2_{41} \sim 0.3\,\mathrm{eV}^2$., Comment: 13 pages, 6 figures
Published: 2022

4. Environmental sub-MeV neutron measurement at the Gran Sasso surface laboratory with a super-fine-grained nuclear emulsion detector

Author: Shiraishi, T., Akamatsu, S., Naka, T., Asada, T., De Lellis, G., Tioukov, V., Rosa, G., Kobayashi, R., Ambrosio, N., Alexandrov, A., and Sato, O.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract: The measurement of environmental neutrons is particularly important in the search for new physics, such as dark matter particles, because neutrons constitute an often-irreducible background source. The measurement of the neutron energy spectra in the sub-MeV scale is technically difficult because it requires a very good energy resolution and a very high $\gamma$-ray rejection power. In this study, we used a super-fine-grained nuclear emulsion, called Nano Imaging Tracker (NIT), as a neutron detector. The main target of neutrons is the hydrogen (proton) content of emulsion films. Through a topological analysis, proton recoils induced by neutron scattering can be detected as tracks with sub-micrometric accuracy. This method shows an extremely high $\gamma$-ray rejection power, at the level of $5 \times 10^7 ~ \gamma/\rm{cm}^2$, which is equivalent to 5 years accumulation of environmental $\gamma$-rays, and a very good energy and direction resolution even in the sub-MeV energy region. In order to carry out this measurement with sufficient statistics, we upgraded the automated scanning system to achieve a speed of 250 g/year/machine. We calibrated the detector performance of this system with 880 keV monochromatic neutrons: a very good agreement with the expectation was found for all the relevant kinematic variables. The application of the developed method to a sample exposed at the INFN Gran Sasso surface laboratory provided the first measurement of sub-MeV environmental neutrons with a flux of $(7.6 \pm 1.7) \times 10^{-3} \rm{cm}^{-2} \rm{s}^{-1}$ in the proton energy range between 0.25 and 1 MeV (corresponds to neutron energy range between 0.25 and 10 MeV), consistent with the prediction. The neutron energy and direction distributions also show a good agreement., Comment: 11 pages, 14 figures
Published: 2022
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5. Reconstruction of 400 GeV/c proton interactions with the SHiP-charm project

Author: Ahdida, C., Akmete, A., Albanese, R., Alexandrov, A., Alicante, F., Alt, J., Aoki, S., Arduini, G., Back, J. J., Dos Santos, F. Baaltasar, Bardou, F., Barker, G. J., Battistin, M., Bauche, J., Bay, A., Bayliss, V., Betancourt, C., Bezshyiko, I., Bezshyyko, O., Bick, D., Bieschke, S., Blanco, A., Boehm, J., Bogomilov, M., Boiarska, I., Bondarenko, K., Bonivento, W. M., Borburgh, J., Boyarsky, A., Brenner, R., Breton, D., Brignoli, A., Büscher, V., Buonaura, A., Buontempo, S., Cadeddu, S., Calviani, M., Campanelli, M., Casolino, M., Centanni, D., Charitonidis, N., Chau, P., Chauveau, J., Choi, K.-Y., Chumakov, A., Cicero, V., Climescu, M., Conaboy, A., Congedo, L., Cornelis, K., Cristinziani, M., Crupano, A., Dallavalle, G. M., Datwyler, A., D’Ambrosio, N., D’Appollonio, G., de Asmundis, R., De Carvalho Saraiva, J., De Lellis, G., de Magistris, M., De Roeck, A., De Serio, M., De Simone, D., Di Crescenzo, A., Di Giulio, L., Dib, C., Dijkstra, H., Dougherty, L. A., Drohan, V., Dubreuil, A., Durhan, O., Ehlert, M., Elikkaya, E., Fabbri, F., Fedotovs, F., Ferrillo, M., Ferro-Luzzi, M., Fini, R. A., Fischer, H., Fonte, P., Franco, C., Fraser, M., Fresa, R., Froeschl, R., Fukuda, T., Galati, G., Gall, J., Gatignon, L., Gentile, V., Goddard, B., Golinka-Bezshyyko, L., Golutvin, A., Gorbounov, P., Gorkavenko, V., Grandchamp, A. L., Graverini, E., Grenard, J.-L., Grenier, D., Guler, A. M., Haefeli, G. J., Hagner, C., Hakobyan, H., Harris, I. W., van Herwijnen, E., Hessler, C., Hollnagel, A., Hosseini, B., Iaselli, G., Iuliano, A., Jacobsson, R., Joković, D., Jonker, M., Kadenko, I., Kain, V., Kaiser, B., Kamiscioglu, C., Kershaw, K., Khoriauli, G., Kim, Y. G., Kitagawa, N., Ko, J.-W., Kodama, K., Kolev, D. I., Komatsu, M., Kono, A., Kormannshaus, S., Korol, I., Korzenev, A., Kostyukhin, V., Platia, E. Koukovini, Kovalenko, S., Lacker, H. M., Lamont, M., Lantwin, O., Lauria, A., Lee, K. S., Lee, K. Y., Leonardo, N., Lévy, J.-M., Loschiavo, V. P., Lopes, L., Sola, E. Lopez, Lyons, F., Lyubovitskij, V., Maalmi, J., Magnan, A.-M., Manabe, Y., Manfredi, M., Marsh, S., Marshall, A. M., Mermod, P., Miano, A., Mikado, S., Mikulenko, A., Milstead, D. A., Montanari, A., Montesi, M. C., Morishima, K., Muttoni, Y., Naganawa, N., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Ninin, P., Nishio, A., Ogawa, S., Osborne, J., Ovchynnikov, M., Owtscharenko, N., Owen, P. H., Pacholek, P., Park, B. D., Pastore, A., Patel, M., Perillo-Marcone, A., Petkov, G. L., Petridis, K., Prieto, J. Prieto, Prota, A., Quercia, A., Rademakers, A., Rakai, A., Rawlings, T., Redi, F., Reghunath, A., Ricciardi, S., Rinaldesi, M., Rodin, Volodymyr, Rodin, Viktor, Robbe, P., Cavalcante, A. B. Rodrigues, Rokujo, H., Rovelli, T., Ruchayskiy, O., Ruf, T., Galan, F. Sanchez, Diaz, P. Santos, Ull, A. Sanz, Sato, O., Schliwinski, J. S., Schmidt-Parzefall, W., Schumann, M., Serra, N., Sgobba, S., Shadura, O., Shaposhnikov, M., Shchutska, L., Shibuya, H., Shihora, L., Shirobokov, S., Silverstein, S. B., Simone, S., Simoniello, R., Soares, G., Sohn, J. Y., Sokolenko, A., Solodko, E., Stoel, L., Stramaglia, M. E., Sukhonos, D., Suzuki, Y., Takahashi, S., Tastet, J. L., Timiryasov, I., Tioukov, V., Tommasini, D., Torii, M., Tosi, N., Treille, D., Tsenov, R., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Vannucci, F., Venkova, P., Venturi, V., Vilchinski, S., Vincke, Heinz, Vincke, Helmut, Visone, C., van Waasen, S., Wanke, R., Wertelaers, P., Williams, O., Woo, J.-K., Wurm, M., Xella, S., Yilmaz, D., Yilmazer, A. U., Yoon, C. S., and Zimmerman, J.
Published: 2024
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6. Accurate surface profile measurement using CMM without estimating tip correction vectors

Author: Watanabe, M., Sato, O., Matsuzaki, K., Kajima, M., Watanabe, T., Bitou, Y., and Takatsuji, T.
Published: 2024
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7. The FLUKA Monte Carlo simulation of the magnetic spectrometer of the FOOT experiment

Author: Dong, Y., Valle, S.M., Battistoni, G., Mattei, I., Finck, C., Patera, V., Alexandrov, A., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Argirò, S., Barbanera, M., Bartosik, N., Bisogni, M.G., Boccia, V., Cavanna, F., Cerello, P., Ciarrocchi, E., De Gregorio, A., De Lellis, G., Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ruzza, B., Donetti, M., Durante, M., Faccini, R., Ferrero, V., Fiorina, E., Francesconi, M., Franchini, M., Franciosini, G., Galati, G., Galli, L., Ionica, M., Iuliano, A., Kanxheri, K., Kraan, A.C., La Tessa, C., Lauria, A., Lopez Torres, E., Magi, M., Manna, A., Marafini, M., Massa, M., Massimi, C., Mengarelli, A., Mereghetti, A., Minniti, T., Moggi, A., Montesi, M.C., Morone, M.C., Morrocchi, M., Pastrone, N., Peverini, F., Pennazio, F., Pisanti, C., Placidi, P., Pullia, M., Ramello, L., Reidel, C., Ridolfi, R., Sabatini, L., Salvi, L., Sanelli, C., Sarti, A., Sato, O., Savazzi, S., Scavarda, L., Schiavi, A., Schuy, C., Scifoni, E., Servoli, L., Silvestre, G., Sitta, M., Spighi, R., Spiriti, E., Tioukov, V., Tomassini, S., Tommasino, F., Toppi, M., Trigilio, A., Traini, G., Ubaldi, G., Valetti, A., Vanstalle, M., Villa, M., Weber, U., Zarrella, R., Zoccoli, A., and Muraro, S.
Published: 2025
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8. Measurements of protons and charged pions emitted from $\nu_{\mu}$ charged-current interactions on iron at a mean neutrino energy of 1.49$\,$GeV using a nuclear emulsion detector

Author: Oshima, H., Matsuo, T., Ali, A., Aoki, S., Berns, L., Fukuda, T., Hanaoka, Y., Hayato, Y., Hiramoto, A., Ichikawa, A. K., Inamoto, H., Kasumi, A., Kawahara, H., Kikawa, T., Komatani, R., Komatsu, M., Kuretsubo, K., Marushima, T., Matsumoto, H., Mikado, S., Minamino, A., Mizuno, K., Morimoto, Y., Morishima, K., Naganawa, N., Naiki, M., Nakamura, M., Nakamura, Y., Nakano, T., Nakaya, T., Nishio, A., Odagawa, T., Ogawa, S., Rokujo, H., Sato, O., Shibuya, H., Sugimura, K., Suzui, L., Suzuki, Y., Takagi, H., Takahashi, S., Takao, T., Tanihara, Y., Watanabe, M., Yamada, K., Yasutome, K., Yokoyama, M., and Yoshimoto, M.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: This study conducted an analysis of muons, protons, and charged pions emitted from $\nu_{\mu}$ charged-current interactions on iron using a nuclear emulsion detector. The emulsion detector with a 65$\,$kg iron target was exposed to a neutrino beam corresponding to 4.0$\times$10$^{19}$ protons on target with a mean neutrino energy of 1.49$\,$GeV. The measurements were performed at a momentum threshold of 200 (50)$\,$MeV/$c$ for protons (pions), which are the lowest momentum thresholds attempted up to now. The measured quantities are the multiplicities, emission angles, and momenta of the muons, protons, and charged pions. In addition to these inclusive measurements, exclusive measurements such as the muon-proton emission-angle correlations of specific channels and the opening angle between the protons of CC0$\pi$2$p$ events were performed. The data were compared to Monte Carlo (MC) predictions and some significant differences were observed. The results of the study demonstrate the capability of detailed measurements of neutrino-nucleus interactions using a nuclear emulsion detector to improve neutrino interaction models., Comment: 21 pages, 25 figures
Published: 2022
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9. A measurement of proton-carbon forward scattering in a proof-of-principle test of the EMPHATIC spectrometer

Author: Pavin, M., Aliaga-Soplin, L., Barbi, M., Bellantoni, L., Bhadra, S., Ferrazzi, B., Fields, L., Fiorentini, A., Fukuda, T., Gameil, K., Hakim, Y. Al, Hartz, M., Jamieson, B., Kiburg, M., Kolev, N., Kawai, H., Konaka, A., Lebrun, P., Lindner, T., Mizuno, T., Naganawa, N., Paley, J., Rivera, R., Santucci, G., Sato, O., Sekiguchi, T., Sikora, A., Slater, G., Suzuki, A., Sugimoto, T., Tabata, M., Uplegger, L., and Vladisavljevic, T.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The next generation of long-baseline neutrino experiments will be capable of precision measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters, precision neutrino-nucleus scattering, and unprecedented sensitivity to physics beyond the Standard Model. Reduced uncertainties in neutrino fluxes are necessary to achieve high precision and sensitivity in these future precise neutrino measurements. New measurements of hadron-nucleus interaction cross sections are needed to reduce uncertainties of neutrino fluxes. We report measurements of the differential cross-section as a function of scattering angle for proton-carbon interactions with a single charged particle in the final state at beam momenta of 20, 30, and 120 GeV/c. These measurements are the result of a beam test for EMPHATIC, a hadron-scattering and hadron-production experiment. The total, elastic and inelastic cross-sections are also extracted from the data and compared to previous measurements. These results can be used in current and future long-baseline neutrino experiments, and demonstrate the feasibility of future measurements by an upgraded EMPHATIC spectrometer.
Published: 2021
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10. Development of New Tracking Detector with Fine-grained Nuclear Emulsion for sub-MeV Neutron Measurement

Author: Shiraishi, T., Todoroki, I., Naka, T., Umemoto, A., Kobayashi, R., and Sato, O.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: In this study, we have developed a new sub-MeV neutron detector that has a high position resolution, energy resolution, directional sensitivity, and low background. The detector is based on a super-fine-grained nuclear emulsion, called the Nano Imaging Tracker (NIT), and it is capable of detecting neutron induced proton recoils as tracks through topological analysis with sub-micrometric accuracy. We used a type of NIT with AgBr:I crystals of (98 +- 10) nm size dispersed in the gelatin. First, we calibrated the performance of NIT device for detecting monochromatic neutrons with sub-MeV energy generated by nuclear fusion reactions, and the detection efficiency for recoil proton tracks of more than 2 um range was consistently 100\% (the 1 sigma lower limit was 83%) in accordance with expectations by manual based analysis. In addition, recoil energy and angle distribution obtained good agreement with kinematical expectation. The primary neutron energy was reconstructed by using them, and it was evaluated as 42% with FWHM at 540 keV. Furthermore, we demonstrated newly developed an automatic track recognition system dedicated to the track range of more than a few micrometers. It achieved a recognition efficiency of (74 +- 4)%, and recoil energy and angle distribution obtained good agreement with manual analysis. Finally, it indicated the very high rejection power for gamma-rays., Comment: 16 pages, 13 figures
Published: 2021
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11. First measurement using a nuclear emulsion detector of the $\nu_{\mu}$ charged-current cross section on iron around the 1$\,$GeV energy region

Author: Oshima, H., Matsuo, T., Ali, A., Aoki, S., Berns, L., Fukuda, T., Hanaoka, Y., Hayato, Y., Hiramoto, A., Ichikawa, A. K., Kawahara, H., Kikawa, T., Komatani, R., Komatsu, M., Kuretsubo, K., Marushima, T., Matsumoto, H., Mikado, S., Minamino, A., Mizuno, K., Morimoto, Y., Morishima, K., Naganawa, N., Naiki, M., Nakamura, M., Nakamura, Y., Nakano, N., Nakano, T., Nakaya, T., Nishio, A., Odagawa, T., Ogawa, S., Rokujo, H., Sato, O., Shibuya, H., Sugimura, K., Suzui, L., Suzuki, Y., Takagi, H., Takahashi, S., Takao, T., Tanihara, Y., Watanabe, R., Yamada, K., Yasutome, K., and Yokoyama, M.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: We have carried out $\nu_{\mu}$ charged-current interaction measurement on iron using an emulsion detector exposed to the T2K neutrino beam in the J-PARC neutrino facility. The data samples correspond to 4.0$\times$10$^{19}$ protons on target, and the neutrino mean energy is 1.49$\,$GeV. The emulsion detector is suitable for precision measurements of charged particles produced in neutrino-iron interactions with a low momentum threshold thanks to thin-layered structure and sub-$\mu$m spatial resolution. The charged particles are successfully detected, and their multiplicities are measured using the emulsion detector. The cross section was measured to be $\sigma^{\mathrm{Fe}}_{\mathrm{CC}} = (1.28 \pm 0.11({\mathrm{stat.}})^{+0.12}_{-0.11}({\mathrm{syst.}})) \times 10^{-38} \, {\mathrm{cm}}^{2}/{\mathrm{nucleon}}$. The cross section in a limited kinematic phase space of induced muons, $\theta_{\mu} < 45^{\circ}$ and $p_{\mu} > 400 \, {\rm MeV}/c$, on iron was $\sigma^{\mathrm{Fe}}_{\mathrm{CC \hspace{1mm} phase \hspace{0.5mm} space}} = (0.84 \pm 0.07({\mathrm{stat.}})^{+0.07}_{-0.06}({\mathrm{syst.}})) \times 10^{-38} \, {\mathrm{cm}}^{2}/{\mathrm{nucleon}}$. The cross-section results are consistent with previous values obtained via different techniques using the same beamline, and they are well reproduced by current neutrino interaction models. These results demonstrate the capability of the detector towards the detailed measurements of the neutrino-nucleus interactions around the 1$\,$GeV energy region., Comment: 27 pages, 17 figures
Published: 2020
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12. Sensitivity of the SHiP experiment to dark photons decaying to a pair of charged particles

Author: SHiP Collaboration, Ahdida, C., Akmete, A., Albanese, R., Alexandrov, A., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Arduini, G., Atkin, E., Azorskiy, N., Back, J. J., Bagulya, A., Santos, F. Baaltasar Dos, Baranov, A., Bardou, F., Barker, G. J., Battistin, M., Bauche, J., Bay, A., Bayliss, V., Bencivenni, G., Berdnikov, A. Y., Berdnikov, Y. A., Bertani, M., Betancourt, C., Bezshyiko, I., Bezshyyko, O., Bick, D., Bieschke, S., Blanco, A., Boehm, J., Bogomilov, M., Boiarska, I., Bondarenko, K., Bonivento, W. M., Borburgh, J., Boyarsky, A., Brenner, R., Breton, D., Büscher, V., Buonaura, A., Buontempo, S., Cadeddu, S., Calcaterra, A., Calviani, M., Campanelli, M., Casolino, M., Charitonidis, N., Chau, P., Chauveau, J., Chepurnov, A., Chernyavskiy, M., Choi, K. -Y., Chumakov, A., Ciambrone, P., Cicero, V., Congedo, L., Cornelis, K., Cristinziani, M., Crupano, A., Dallavalle, G. M., Datwyler, A., D'Ambrosio, N., D'Appollonio, G., de Asmundis, R., Saraiva, J. De Carvalho, De Lellis, G., de Magistris, M., De Roeck, A., De Serio, M., De Simone, D., Dedenko, L., Dergachev, P., Di Crescenzo, A., Di Giulio, L., Di Marco, N., Dib, C., Dijkstra, H., Dmitrenko, V., Dougherty, L. A., Dolmatov, A., Domenici, D., Donskov, S., Drohan, V., Dubreuil, A., Durhan, O., Ehlert, M., Elikkaya, E., Enik, T., Etenko, A., Fabbri, F., Fedin, O., Fedotovs, F., Felici, G., Ferrillo, M., Ferro-Luzzi, M., Filippov, K., Fini, R. A., Fonte, P., Franco, C., Fraser, M., Fresa, R., Froeschl, R., Fukuda, T., Galati, G., Gall, J., Gatignon, L., Gavrilov, G., Gentile, V., Goddard, B., Golinka-Bezshyyko, L., Golovatiuk, A., Golovtsov, V., Golubkov, D., Golutvin, A., Gorbounov, P., Gorbunov, D., Gorbunov, S., Gorkavenko, V., Gorshenkov, M., Grachev, V., Grandchamp, A. L., Graverini, E., Grenard, J. -L., Grenier, D., Grichine, V., Gruzinskii, N., Guler, A. M., Guz, Yu., Haefeli, G. J., Hagner, C., Hakobyan, H., Harris, I. W., van Herwijnen, E., Hessler, C., Hollnagel, A., Hosseini, B., Hushchyn, M., Iaselli, G., Iuliano, A., Jacobsson, R., Joković, D., Jonker, M., Kadenko, I., Kain, V., Kaiser, B., Kamiscioglu, C., Karpenkov, D., Kershaw, K., Khabibullin, M., Khalikov, E., Khaustov, G., Khoriauli, G., Khotyantsev, A., Kim, Y. G., Kim, V., Kitagawa, N., Ko, J. -W., Kodama, K., Kolesnikov, A., Kolev, D. I., Kolosov, V., Komatsu, M., Kono, A., Konovalova, N., Kormannshaus, S., Korol, I., Korol'ko, I., Korzenev, A., Kostyukhin, V., Platia, E. Koukovini, Kovalenko, S., Krasilnikova, I., Kudenko, Y., Kurbatov, E., Kurbatov, P., Kurochka, V., Kuznetsova, E., Lacker, H. M., Lamont, M., Lanfranchi, G., Lantwin, O., Lauria, A., Lee, K. S., Lee, K. Y., Lévy, J. -M., Loschiavo, V. P., Lopes, L., Sola, E. Lopez, Lyubovitskij, V., Maalmi, J., Magnan, A. -M., Maleev, V., Malinin, A., Manabe, Y., Managadze, A. K., Manfredi, M., Marsh, S., Marshall, A. M., Mefodev, A., Mermod, P., Miano, A., Mikado, S., Mikhaylov, Yu., Milstead, D. A., Mineev, O., Montanari, A., Montesi, M. C., Morishima, K., Movchan, S., Muttoni, Y., Naganawa, N., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Nasybulin, S., Ninin, P., Nishio, A., Novikov, A., Obinyakov, B., Ogawa, S., Okateva, N., Opitz, B., Osborne, J., Ovchynnikov, M., Owtscharenko, N., Owen, P. H., Pacholek, P., Paoloni, A., Park, B. D., Pastore, A., Patel, M., Pereyma, D., Perillo-Marcone, A., Petkov, G. L., Petridis, K., Petrov, A., Podgrudkov, D., Poliakov, V., Polukhina, N., Prieto, J. Prieto, Prokudin, M., Prota, A., Quercia, A., Rademakers, A., Rakai, A., Ratnikov, F., Rawlings, T., Redi, F., Ricciardi, S., Rinaldesi, M., Rodin, Volodymyr, Rodin, Viktor, Robbe, P., Cavalcante, A. B. Rodrigues, Roganova, T., Rokujo, H., Rosa, G., Rovelli, T., Ruchayskiy, O., Ruf, T., Samoylenko, V., Samsonov, V., Galan, F. Sanchez, Diaz, P. Santos, Ull, A. Sanz, Saputi, A., Sato, O., Savchenko, E. S., Schliwinski, J. S., Schmidt-Parzefall, W., Serra, N., Sgobba, S., Shadura, O., Shakin, A., Shaposhnikov, M., Shatalov, P., Shchedrina, T., Shchutska, L., Shevchenko, V., Shibuya, H., Shirobokov, S., Shustov, A., Silverstein, S. B., Simone, S., Simoniello, R., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, S., Sohn, J. Y., Sokolenko, A., Solodko, E., Starkov, N., Stoel, L., Stramaglia, M. E., Sukhonos, D., Suzuki, Y., Takahashi, S., Tastet, J. L., Teterin, P., Naing, S. Than, Timiryasov, I., Tioukov, V., Tommasini, D., Torii, M., Tosi, N., Treille, D., Tsenov, R., Ulin, S., Ursov, E., Ustyuzhanin, A., Uteshev, Z., Uvarov, L., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Vannucci, F., Venturi, V., Vilchinski, S., Vincke, Heinz, Vincke, Helmut, Visone, C., Vlasik, K., Volkov, A., Voronkov, R., van Waasen, S., Wanke, R., Wertelaers, P., Williams, O., Woo, J. -K., Wurm, M., Xella, S., Yilmaz, D., Yilmazer, A. U., Yoon, C. S., Zaytsev, Yu., Zelenov, A., and Zimmerman, J.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: Dark photons are hypothetical massive vector particles that could mix with ordinary photons. The simplest theoretical model is fully characterised by only two parameters: the mass of the dark photon m$_{\gamma^{\mathrm{D}}}$ and its mixing parameter with the photon, $\varepsilon$. The sensitivity of the SHiP detector is reviewed for dark photons in the mass range between 0.002 and 10 GeV. Different production mechanisms are simulated, with the dark photons decaying to pairs of visible fermions, including both leptons and quarks. Exclusion contours are presented and compared with those of past experiments. The SHiP detector is expected to have a unique sensitivity for m$_{\gamma^{\mathrm{D}}}$ ranging between 0.8 and 3.3$^{+0.2}_{-0.5}$ GeV, and $\varepsilon^2$ ranging between $10^{-11}$ and $10^{-17}$.
Published: 2020
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13. First measurement of $\bar{\nu}_{\mu}$ and $\nu_{\mu}$ charged-current inclusive interactions on water using a nuclear emulsion detector

Author: Hiramoto, A., Suzuki, Y., Ali, A., Aoki, S., Berns, L., Fukuda, T., Hanaoka, Y., Hayato, Y., Ichikawa, A. K., Kawahara, H., Kikawa, T., Koga, T., Komatani, R., Komatsu, M., Kosakai, Y., Matsuo, T., Mikado, S., Minamino, A., Mizuno, K., Morimoto, Y., Morishima, K., Naganawa, N., Naiki, M., Nakamura, M., Nakamura, Y., Nakano, N., Nakano, T., Nakaya, T., Nishio, A., Odagawa, T., Ogawa, S., Oshima, H., Rokujo, H., Sanjana, I., Sato, O., Shibuya, H., Sugimura, K., Suzui, L., Takagi, H., Takao, T., Tanihara, Y., Yasutome, K., and Yokoyama, M.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: This paper reports the track multiplicity and kinematics of muons, charged pions, and protons from charged-current inclusive $\bar{\nu}_{\mu}$ and $\nu_{\mu}$ interactions on a water target, measured using a nuclear emulsion detector in the NINJA experiment. A 3-kg water target was exposed to the T2K antineutrino-enhanced beam with a mean energy of 1.3 GeV. Owing to the high-granularity of the nuclear emulsion, protons with momenta down to 200 MeV/$c$ from the neutrino-water interactions were detected. We find good agreement between the observed data and model predictions for all kinematic distributions other than the number of charged pions. These results demonstrate the capability of measurements with nuclear emulsion to improve neutrino interaction models., Comment: 22 pages, 20 figures
Published: 2020
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14. A resin gauge for performance testing of X-ray CT and its calibration by multiple orientation measurements

Author: Watanabe, M., Sato, O., Matsuzaki, K., Telada, S., Watanabe, T., Bitou, Y., and Takatsuji, T.
Published: 2023
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15. First observation of a tau neutrino charged current interaction with charm production in the Opera experiment

Author: Agafonova, N., Alexandrov, 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., Sanchez, P. del Amo, Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ferdinando, D., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievsky, 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., ić, K. Jakovč, Jollet, C., Kamiscioglu, C., Kamiscioglu, M., Kim, S. H., Kitagawa, N., ek, B. Klič, Kodama, K., Komatsu, M., Kose, U., Kreslo, I., Laudisio, F., Lauria, A., Longhin, A., Loverre, P., Malgin, A., 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., Ogawa, S., Okateva, N., 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., Shakiryanova, I., Shchedrina, T., Shibayama, E., Shibuya, H., Shiraishi, T., Simone, S., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Sotnikov, A., Spinetti, M., Stanco, L., Starkov, N., Stellacci, S. M., ević, M. Stipč, Strolin, P., Takahashi, S., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Tioukov, V., Vasina, S., Vilain, P., Voevodina, E., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. L., Wilquet, G., and Yoon, C. S.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
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 $c\overline{c}$ 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 $\nu_{\tau}$ 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., Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures; Editors: Marco Roda, Chiara Sirignano and Gabriele Sirri
Published: 2019
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16. EMPHATIC: A proposed experiment to measure hadron scattering and productioncross sections for improved neutrino flux predictions

Author: Akaishi, T., Aliaga-Soplin, L., Asano, H., Aurisano, A., Barbi, M., Bellantoni, L., Bhadra, S., Chang, W-C., Fields, L., Fiorentini, A., Friend, M., Fukuda, T., Harris, D., Hartz, M., Honda, R., Ishikawa, T., Jamieson, B., Kearns, E., Kolev, N., Komatsu, M., Komatsu, Y., Konaka, A., Kordosky, M., Lang, K., Lebrun, P., Lindner, T., Ma, Y., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, Muether, M., Naganawa, N., Naruki, M., Niner, E., Noumi, H., Ozawa, K., Paley, J., Pavin, M., de Perio, P., Proga, M., Sakuma, F., Santucci, G., Sawada, T., Sato, O., Sekiguchi, T., Shirotori, K., Suzuki, A., Tabata, M., Takahashi, T., Tomida, N., Wendell, R., and Yamaga, T.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: Hadron scattering and production uncertainties are a limiting systematic on accelerator and at-mospheric neutrino flux predictions. New hadron measurements are necessary for neutrino fluxpredictions with well-understood and reduced uncertainties. We propose a new compact experimentto measure hadron scattering and production cross sections at beam energies that are inaccessibleto currently operating experiments. These measurements can reduce the current 10% neutrino fluxuncertainties by an approximate factor of two.
Published: 2019

17. Final results on neutrino oscillation parameters from the OPERA experiment in the CNGS beam

Author: OPERA Collaboration, Agafonova, N., Alexandrov, A., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Bertolin, A., Bozza, C., Brugnera, R., Buontempo, S., Chernyavskiy, M., Chukanov, A., Consiglio, L., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., Sanchez, P. del Amo, Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ferdinando, D., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievsky, S., Dracos, M., Duchesneau, D., Dusini, S., Dzhatdoev, T., Ebert, J., Ereditato, A., Fini, R. A., 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., 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., Ogawa, S., Okateva, N., 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., Shakiryanova, I., Shchedrina, T., Shibayama, E., Shibuya, H., 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., Tufanli, S., Vasina, S., Vilain, P., Voevodina, E., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. L., Wilquet, G., and Yoon, C. S.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The OPERA experiment has conclusively observed the appearance of tau neutrinos in the muon neutrino CNGS beam. Exploiting the OPERA detector capabilities, it was possible to isolate high purity samples of $\nu_{e}$, $\nu_{\mu}$ and $\nu_{\tau}$ charged current weak neutrino interactions, as well as neutral current weak interactions. In this Letter, the full dataset is used for the first time to test the three-flavor neutrino oscillation model and to derive constraints on the existence of a light sterile neutrino within the framework of the $3+1$ neutrino model. For the first time, tau and electron neutrino appearance channels are jointly used to test the sterile neutrino hypothesis. A significant fraction of the sterile neutrino parameter space allowed by LSND and MiniBooNE experiments is excluded at 90% C.L. In particular, the best-fit values obtained by MiniBooNE combining neutrino and antineutrino data are excluded at 3.3 $\sigma$ significance., Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures; Editors: Budimir Kli\v{c}ek and Matteo Tenti
Published: 2019
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18. Comparison of Accuracy Verification Method for X-Ray CT

Author: Matsuzaki, K., Sato, O., Fujimoto, H., Abe, M., Takatsuji, T., Hinduja, Srichand, editor, da Silva Bartolo, Paulo Jorge, editor, Li, Lin, editor, and Jywe, Wen-Yuh, editor
Published: 2022
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19. Graphite-supported platinum-palladium bimetallic catalyst for aromatic hydrogenation of 4-propylphenol in aqueous ethanol solution under free-external hydrogen source

Author: Kusumawati, E.N., Horyo, D., Taniguchi, K., Nanao, H., Sasaki, T., Sato, O., Yamaguchi, A., and Shirai, M.
Published: 2023
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20. Latest results of the OPERA experiment on nu-tau appearance in the CNGS neutrino beam

Author: Agafonova, N., Alexandrov, 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., Sanchez, P. del Amo, Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ferdinando, D., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievsky, S., Dracos, M., Duchesneau, D., Dusini, S., Dzhatdoev, T., Ebert, J., Ereditato, A., Favier, J., 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., Malenica, M., Malgin, A., 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., Ogawa, S., Olchevsky, A., Okateva, N., Ozaki, K., Paoloni, A., Paparella, L., Park, B. D., Pasqualini, L., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pessard, H., Pistillo, C., Podgrudkov, D., Polukhina, N., Pozzato, M., Pupilli, F., Roda, M., Roganova, T., Rokujo, H., Rosa, G., Ryazhskaya, O., Sadovsky, A., Sato, O., Schembri, A., Shakiryanova, I., Shchedrina, T., Shibayama, E., Shibuya, H., 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., Tufanli, S., Ustyuzhanin, A., Vasina, S., Vilain, P., Voevodina, E., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. L., Wilquet, G., Wonsak, B., and Yoon, C. S.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: OPERA is a long-baseline experiment designed to search for $\nu_{\mu}\to\nu_{\tau}$ oscillations in appearance mode. It was based at the INFN Gran Sasso laboratory (LNGS) and took data from 2008 to 2012 with the CNGS neutrino beam from CERN. After the discovery of $\nu_\tau$ appearance in 2015, with $5.1\sigma$ significance, the criteria to select $\nu_\tau$ candidates have been extended and a multivariate approach has been used for events identification. In this way the statistical uncertainty in the measurement of the oscillation parameters and of $\nu_\tau$ properties has been improved. Results are reported., Comment: 7 pages, 1 figure, conference: The 15th International Workshop on Tau Lepton Physics (tau2018)AB
Published: 2018

21. Measurement of the cosmic ray muon flux seasonal variation with the OPERA detector

Author: Agafonova, N., Alexandrov, 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., Sanchez, P. del Amo, Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ferdinando, D., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievsky, 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., Jakovčić, K., Jollet, C., Kamiscioglu, C., Kamiscioglu, M., Kim, S. H., Kitagawa, N., Kliček, B., Kodama, K., Komatsu, M., Kose, U., Kreslo, I., Laudisio, F., Lauria, A., Ljubičić, A., Longhin, A., Loverre, P., Malgin, A., 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., Ogawa, S., Okateva, N., 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., Shakiryanova, I., Shchedrina, T., Shibayama, E., Shibuya, H., Shiraishi, T., Simone, S., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Sotnikov, A., Spinetti, M., Stanco, L., Starkov, N., Stellacci, S. M., Stipčević, M., Strolin, P., Takahashi, S., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Tioukov, V., Vasina, S., Vilain, P., Voevodina, E., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. L., Wilquet, G., and Yoon, C. S.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The OPERA experiment discovered muon neutrino into tau neutrino oscillations in appearance mode, detecting tau leptons by means of nuclear emulsion films. The apparatus was also endowed with electronic detectors with tracking capability, such as scintillator strips and resistive plate chambers. Because of its location, in the underground Gran Sasso laboratory, under 3800 m.w.e., the OPERA detector has also been used as an observatory for TeV muons produced by cosmic rays in the atmosphere. In this paper the measurement of the single muon flux modulation and of its correlation with the seasonal variation of the atmospheric temperature are reported.
Published: 2018
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22. Final results of the OPERA experiment on $\nu_\tau$ appearance in the CNGS beam

Author: OPERA Collaboration, Agafonova, N., Alexandrov, 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., Sanchez, P. del Amo, Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ferdinando, D., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievsky, S., Dracos, M., Duchesneau, D., Dusini, S., Dzhatdoev, T., Ebert, J., Ereditato, A., Favier, J., Fini, R. A., Fornari, F., Fukuda, T., Galati, G., Garfagnini, A., Gentile, V., Goldberg, J., Gornushkin, Y., Gorbunov, S., 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., Ljubicic, 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., Olchevsky, A., Ogawa, S., Ozaki, K., Paoloni, A., Paparella, L., Park, B. D., Pasqualini, L., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pessard, H., Pistillo, C., Podgrudkov, D., Polukhina, N., Pozzato, M., Pupilli, F., Roda, M., Roganova, T., Rokujo, H., Rosa, G., Ryazhskaya, O., Sadovsky, A., Sato, O., Schembri, A., Shakiryanova, 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., Tufanli, S., Ustyuzhanin, A., Vasina, S., Vilain, P., Voevodina, E., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. L., Wilquet, G., Wonsak, B., and Yoon, C. S.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The OPERA experiment was designed to study $\nu_\mu\to\nu_\tau$ oscillations in appearance mode in the CNGS neutrino beam. In this letter we report the final analysis of the full data sample collected between 2008 and 2012, corresponding to $17.97\cdot 10^{19}$ protons on target. Selection criteria looser than in previous analyses have produced ten $\nu_\tau$ candidate events, thus reducing the statistical uncertainty in the measurement of the oscillation parameters and of $\nu_\tau$ properties. A multivariate approach for event identification has been applied to the candidate events and the discovery of $\nu_\tau$ appearance is confirmed with an improved significance level of 6.1 $\sigma$. $\Delta m^2_{23}$ has been measured, in appearance mode, with an accuracy of 20%. The measurement of $\nu_\tau$ CC cross-section, for the first time with a negligible contamination from $\bar{\nu}_\tau$, and the first direct observation of the $\nu_\tau$ lepton number are also reported., Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures
Published: 2018
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23. Final results of the search for $\nu_{\mu} \to \nu_{e}$ oscillations with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam

Author: OPERA Collaboration, 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., Sanchez, P. del Amo, Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ferdinando, D., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievsky, S., Dracos, M., Duchesneau, D., Dusini, S., Dzhatdoev, T., Ebert, J., Ereditato, A., Favier, J., Fini, R. A., Fornari, F., Fukuda, T., Galati, G., Garfagnini, A., Gentile, V., Goldberg, J., Gornushkin, Y., Gorbunov, S., Grella, G., Guler, A. M., Gustavino, C., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hayakawa, T., Hollnagel, A., Hosseini, B., 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., Ljubicic, A., Longhin, A., Loverre, P., Malgin, A., Malenica, M., Mandrioli, G., Matsuo, T., Matveev, V., Mauri, N., Medinaceli, E., Meisel, F., 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., Shakiryanova, 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., and Yoon, C. S.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The OPERA experiment has discovered the tau neutrino appearance in the CNGS muon neutrino beam, in agreement with the 3 neutrino flavour oscillation hypothesis. The OPERA neutrino interaction target, made of Emulsion Cloud Chamber, was particularly efficient in the reconstruction of electromagnetic showers. Moreover, thanks to the very high granularity of the emulsion films, showers induced by electrons can be distinguished from those induced by $\pi^0$s, thus allowing the detection of charged current interactions of electron neutrinos. In this paper the results of the search for electron neutrino events using the full dataset are reported. An improved method for the electron neutrino energy estimation is exploited. Data are compatible with the 3 neutrino flavour mixing model expectations and are used to set limits on the oscillation parameters of the 3+1 neutrino mixing model, in which an additional mass eigenstate $m_{4}$ is introduced. At high $\Delta m^{2}_{41}$ $( \gtrsim 0.1~\textrm{eV}^{2})$, an upper limit on $\sin^2 2\theta_{\mu e}$ is set to 0.021 at 90% C.L. and $\Delta m^2_{41} \gtrsim 4 \times 10^{-3}~\textrm{eV}^{2}$ is excluded for maximal mixing in appearance mode., Comment: Editors: M. Tenti and S. Vasina
Published: 2018

24. Design and performance of a scintillation tracker for track matching in nuclear-emulsion-based neutrino interaction measurement

Author: Odagawa, T., Fukuda, T., Hiramoto, A., Kawahara, H., Kikawa, T., Minamino, A., Nakaya, T., Sato, O., Suzuki, Y., and Yasutome, K.
Published: 2022
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25. Study of tau-neutrino production at the CERN SPS

Author: Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Firu, E., Fukuda, T., Gornushkin, Y., Guler, A. M., Haiduc, M., Kodama, K., Korkmaz, M. A., Kose, U., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Neagu, A. T., Rokujo, H., Sato, O., Vasina, S., Vladymyrov, M., and Yoshimoto, M.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The DsTau project proposes to study tau-neutrino production in high-energy proton interactions. The outcome of this experiment are prerequisite for measuring the $\nu_\tau$ charged-current cross section that has never been well measured. Precisely measuring the cross section would enable testing of lepton universality in $\nu_\tau$ scattering and it also has practical implications for neutrino oscillation experiments and high-energy astrophysical $\nu_\tau$ observations. $D_s$ mesons, the source of tau neutrinos, following high-energy proton interactions will be studied by a novel approach to detect the double-kink topology of the decays $D_s \rightarrow \tau\nu_\tau$ and $\tau\rightarrow\nu_\tau X$. Directly measuring $D_s\rightarrow \tau$ decays will provide an inclusive measurement of the $D_s$ production rate and decay branching ratio to $\tau$. The momentum reconstruction of $D_s$ will be performed by combining topological variables. This project aims to detect 1,000 $D_s \rightarrow \tau$ decays in $2.3 \times 10^8$ proton interactions in tungsten target to study the differential production cross section of $D_s$ mesons. To achieve this, state-of-the-art emulsion detectors with a nanometric-precision readout will be used. The data generated by this project will enable the $\nu_\tau$ cross section from DONUT to be re-evaluated, and this should significantly reduce the total systematic uncertainty. Furthermore, these results will provide essential data for future $\nu_\tau$ experiments such as the $\nu_\tau$ program in the SHiP project at CERN. In addition, the analysis of $2.3 \times 10^8$ proton interactions, combined with the expected high yield of $10^5$ charmed decays as by-products, will enable the extraction of additional physical quantities., Comment: CERN-SPSC-2017-029 (SPSC-P-354)
Published: 2017

26. Nuclear resonant scattering experiment with fast time response: new scheme for observation of $^{229\rm m}$Th radiative decay

Author: Yoshimi, A., Hara, H., Hiraki, T., Kasamatsu, Y., Kitao, S., Kobayashi, Y., Konashi, K., Masuda, R., Masuda, T., Miyamoto, Y., Okai, K., Okubo, S., Ozaki, R., Sasao, N., Sato, O., Seto, M., Schumm, T., Shigekawa, Y., Stellmer, S., Suzuki, K., Uetake, S., Watanabe, M., Yamaguchi, A., Yasuda, Y., Yoda, Y., Yoshimura, K., and Yoshimura, M.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, Physics - Atomic Physics
Abstract: Nuclear resonant excitation of the 29.19-keV level in $^{229}$Th with high-brilliance synchrotron- radiation and detection of its decay signal, are proposed with the aim of populating the extremely low-energy isomeric state of $^{229}$Th.The proposed experiment, known as nuclear resonant scattering (NRS), has the merit of being free from uncertainties about the isomer level energy. However, it requires higher time resolution and shorter tail in the response function of the detector than that of conventional NRS experiments because of the short lifetime of the 29.19-keV state. We have fabricated an X-ray detector system which has a time resolution of 56 ps and a shorter tail function than the previously reported one. We have demonstrated an NRS experiment with the 26.27-keV nuclear level of $^{201}$Hg for feasibility assessment of the $^{229}$Th experiment. The NRS signal is clearly distinct from the prompt electronic scattering signal by the implemented detector system. The half-life of the 26.27-keV state of $^{201}$Hg is determined as 629 $\pm$ 18 ps which is better precision by a factor three than that reported to date., Comment: 11 pages, 5 figures
Published: 2017
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27. Discovery potential for directional Dark Matter detection with nuclear emulsions

Author: Agafonova, N., Aleksandrov, A., Anokhina, A., Asada, T., Ashikhmin, V. V., Bodnarchuk, I., Buonaura, A., Chernyavskii, M., Chukanov, A., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., Di Crescenzo, A., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievski, S., Enikeev, R. I., Fini, R. A., Galati, G., Gentile, V., Gorbunov, S., Gornushkin, Y., Guler, A. M., Ichiki, H., Katsuragawa, T., Konovalova, N., Kuge, K., Lauria, A., Lee, K. Y., Lista, L., Malgin, A. S., Managadze, A., Monacelli, P., Montesi, M. C., Naka, T., Okateva, N., Park, B. D., Podgrudkov, D., Polukhina, N., Pupilli, F., Roganova, T., Rogozhnikov, A., Rosa, G., Ryazhskaya, O. G., Sato, O., Shakiryanova, I. R., Shchedrina, T., Sirignano, C., Sohn, J. Y., Sotnikov, A., Starkov, N., Strolin, P., Tioukov, V., Umemoto, A., Ustyuzhanin, A., Yoon, C. S., Yoshimoto, M., and Vasina, S.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: Direct Dark Matter searches are nowadays one of the most fervid research topics with many experimental efforts devoted to the search for nuclear recoils induced by the scattering of Weakly Interactive Massive Particles (WIMPs). Detectors able to reconstruct the direction of the nucleus recoiling against the scattering WIMP are opening a new frontier to possibly extend Dark Matter searches beyond the neutrino background. Exploiting directionality would also prove the galactic origin of Dark Matter with an unambiguous signal-to-background separation. Indeed, the angular distribution of recoiled nuclei is centered around the direction of the Cygnus constellation, while the background distribution is expected to be isotropic. Current directional experiments are based on gas TPC whose sensitivity is limited by the small achievable detector mass. In this paper we present the discovery potential of a directional experiment based on the use of a solid target made of newly developed nuclear emulsions and of optical read-out systems reaching unprecedented nanometric resolution., Comment: 8 pages, 12 figures
Published: 2017
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28. First demonstration of emulsion multi-stage shifter for accelerator neutrino experiment in J-PARC T60

Author: Yamada, K., Aoki, S., Cao, S., Chikuma, N., Fukuda, T., Fukuzawa, Y., Gonin, M., Hayashino, T., Hayato, Y., Hiramoto, A., Hosomi, F., Ishiguro, K., Iori, S., Inoh, T., Kawahara, H., Kim, H., Kitagawa, N., Koga, T., Komatani, R., Komatsu, M., Matsushita, A., Mikado, S., Minamino, A., Mizusawa, H., Morishima, K., Matsuo, T., Matsumoto, T., Morimoto, Y., Morishita, M., Nakamura, K., Nakamura, M., Nakamura, Y., Naganawa, N., Nakano, T., Nakaya, T., Nakatsuka, Y., Nishio, A., Ogawa, S., Oshima, H., Quilain, B., Rokujo, H., Sato, O., Seiya, Y., Shibuya, H., Shiraishi, T., Suzuki, Y., Tada, S., Takahashi, S., Yoshimoto, M., and Yokoyama, M.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: We describe the first ever implementation of an emulsion multi-stage shifter in an accelerator neutrino experiment. The system was installed in the neutrino monitor building in J-PARC as a part of a test experiment T60 and stable operation was maintained for a total of 126.6 days. By applying time information to emulsion films, various results were obtained. Time resolutions of 5.3 to 14.7 s were evaluated in an operation spanning 46.9 days (time resolved numbers of 3.8--1.4$\times10^{5}$). By using timing and spatial information, a reconstruction of coincident events that consisted of high multiplicity events and vertex events, including neutrino events was performed. Emulsion events were matched to events observed by INGRID, one of near detectors of the T2K experiment, with high reliability (98.5\%) and hybrid analysis was established via use of the multi-stage shifter. The results demonstrate that the multi-stage shifter is feasible for use in neutrino experiments.
Published: 2017

29. The active muon shield in the SHiP experiment

Author: SHiP collaboration, Akmete, A., Alexandrov, A., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Atkin, E., Azorskiy, N., Back, J. J., Bagulya, A., Baranov, A., Barker, G. J., Bay, A., Bayliss, V., Bencivenni, G., Berdnikov, A. Y., Berdnikov, Y. A., Bertani, M., Betancourt, C., Bezshyiko, I., Bezshyyko, O., Bick, D., Bieschke, S., Blanco, A., Boehm, J., Bogomilov, M., Bondarenko, K., Bonivento, W. M., Boyarsky, A., Brenner, R., Breton, D., Brundler, R., Bruschi, M., Büscher, V., Buonaura, A., Buontempo, S., Cadeddu, S., Calcaterra, A., Campanelli, M., Chauveau, J., Chepurnov, A., Chernyavsky, M., Choi, K. -Y., Chumakov, A., Ciambrone, P., Dallavalle, G. M., D'Ambrosio, N., D'Appollonio, G., De Lellis, G., De Roeck, A., De Serio, M., Dedenko, L., Di Crescenzo, A., Di Marco, N., Dib, C., Dijkstra, H., Dmitrenko, V., Domenici, D., Donskov, S., Dubreuil, A., Ebert, J., Enik, T., Etenko, A., Fabbri, F., Fabbri, L., Fedin, O., Fedorova, G., Felici, G., Ferro-Luzzi, M., Fini, R. A., Fonte, P., Franco, C., Fukuda, T., Galati, G., Gavrilov, G., Gerlach, S., Golinka-Bezshyyko, L., Golubkov, D., Golutvin, A., Gorbunov, D., Gorbunov, S., Gorkavenko, V., Gornushkin, Y., Gorshenkov, M., Grachev, V., Graverini, E., Grichine, V., Guler, A. M., Guz, Yu., Hagner, C., Hakobyan, H., van Herwijnen, E., Hollnagel, A., Hosseini, B., Hushchyn, M., Iaselli, G., Iuliano, A., Jacobsson, R., Jonker, M., Kadenko, I., Kamiscioglu, C., Kamiscioglu, M., Khabibullin, M., Khaustov, G., Khotyantsev, A., Kim, S. H., Kim, V., Kim, Y. G., Kitagawa, N., Ko, J. -W., Kodama, K., Kolesnikov, A., Kolev, D. I., Kolosov, V., Komatsu, M., Konovalova, N., Korkmaz, M. A., Korol, I., Korol'ko, I., Korzenev, A., Kovalenko, S., Krasilnikova, I., Krivova, K., Kudenko, Y., Kurochka, V., Kuznetsova, E., Lacker, H. M., Lai, A., Lanfranchi, G., Lantwin, O., Lauria, A., Lebbolo, H., Lee, K. Y., Lévy, J. -M., Likacheva, V., Lopes, L., Lyubovitskij, V., Maalmi, J., Magnan, A., Maleev, V., Malinin, A., Mefodev, A., Mermod, P., Mikado, S., Mikhaylov, Yu., Milstead, D. A., Mineev, O., Montanari, A., Montesi, M. C., Morishima, K., Movchan, S., Naganawa, N., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Novikov, A., Obinyakov, B., Ogawa, S., Okateva, N., Owen, P. H., Paoloni, A., Park, B. D., Paparella, L., Pastore, A., Patel, M., Pereyma, D., Petrenko, D., Petridis, K., Podgrudkov, D., Poliakov, V., Polukhina, N., Prokudin, M., Prota, A., Rademakers, A., Ratnikov, F., Rawlings, T., Razeti, M., Redi, F., Ricciardi, S., Roganova, T., Rogozhnikov, A., Rokujo, H., Rosa, G., Rovelli, T., Ruchayskiy, O., Ruf, T., Samoylenko, V., Saputi, A., Sato, O., Savchenko, E. S., Schmidt-Parzefall, W., Serra, N., Shakin, A., Shaposhnikov, M., Shatalov, P., Shchedrina, T., Shchutska, L., Shevchenko, V., Shibuya, H., Shustov, A., Silverstein, S. B., Simone, S., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, S., Sohn, J. Y., Sokolenko, A., Starkov, N., Storaci, B., Strolin, P., Takahashi, S., Timiryasov, I., Tioukov, V., Tosi, N., Treille, D., Tsenov, R., Ulin, S., Ustyuzhanin, A., Uteshev, Z., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Vannucci, F., Venkova, P., Vilchinski, S., Villa, M., Vlasik, K., Volkov, A., Voronkov, R., Wanke, R., Woo, J. -K., Wurm, M., Xella, S., Yilmaz, D., Yilmazer, A. U., Yoon, C. S., and Zaytsev, Yu.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The SHiP experiment is designed to search for very weakly interacting particles beyond the Standard Model which are produced in a 400 GeV/c proton beam dump at the CERN SPS. An essential task for the experiment is to keep the Standard Model background level to less than 0.1 event after $2\times 10^{20}$ protons on target. In the beam dump, around $10^{11}$ muons will be produced per second. The muon rate in the spectrometer has to be reduced by at least four orders of magnitude to avoid muon-induced combinatorial background. A novel active muon shield is used to magnetically deflect the muons out of the acceptance of the spectrometer. This paper describes the basic principle of such a shield, its optimization and its performance., Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures; added clarifications to the penalty function and emphasized that we care about neutrino interactions in the air
Published: 2017
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30. First neutrino event detection with nuclear emulsion at J-PARC neutrino beamline

Author: Fukuda, T., Aoki, S., Cao, S., Chikuma, N., Fukuzawa, Y., Gonin, M., Hayashino, T., Hayato, Y., Hiramoto, A., Hosomi, F., Ishiguro, K., Iori, S., Inoh, T., Kawahara, H., Kim, H., Kitagawa, N., Koga, T., Komatani, R., Komatsu, M., Matsushita, A., Mikado, S., Minamino, A., Mizusawa, H., Morishima, K., Matsuo, T., Matsumoto, T., Morimoto, Y., Morishita, M., Nakamura, K., Nakamura, M., Nakamura, Y., Naganawa, N., Nakano, T., Nakaya, T., Nakatsuka, Y., Nishio, A., Ogawa, S., Oshima, H., Quilain, B., Rokujo, H., Sato, O., Seiya, Y., Shibuya, H., Shiraishi, T., Suzuki, Y., Tada, S., Takahashi, S., Yamada, K., Yoshimoto, M., and Yokoyama, M.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: Precise neutrino--nucleus interaction measurements in the sub-multi GeV region are important to reduce the systematic uncertainty in future neutrino oscillation experiments. Furthermore, the excess of ${\nu_e}$ interactions, as a possible interpretation of the existence of a sterile neutrino has been observed in such an energy region. The nuclear emulsion technique can measure all the final state particles with low energy threshold for a variety of targets (Fe, C, H${_2}$O, and so on). Its sub-$\mu$m position resolution allows measurements of the ${\nu_e}$ cross-section with good electron/gamma separation capability. We started a new experiment at J-PARC to study sub-multi GeV neutrino interactions by introducing the nuclear emulsion technique. The J-PARC T60 experiment has been implemented as a first step of such a project. Systematic neutrino event analysis with full scanning data in the nuclear emulsion detector was performed for the first time. The first neutrino event detection and its analysis is described in this paper., Comment: 26 pages, 29 figures, 4 table, prepared for submission to PTEP
Published: 2017
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31. Kinesin-1 (KIF5) Transports PAI-1 Containing Vesicles in Myofibroblasts Derived From Human Pleural Mesothelial Cells

Author: Sakai, T., primary, Choo, Y., additional, Mitsuhashi, S., additional, Sato, O., additional, Jeffers, A., additional, Idell, S., additional, Tucker, T.A., additional, and Ikebe, M., additional
Published: 2024
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32. Myocardin Is Involved in Cytoskeletal Remodeling of IPF Fibroblasts During Myofibroblast Differentiation

Author: Sato, O., primary, Choo, Y., additional, Olawuyi, K., additional, Ikebe, R., additional, Idell, S., additional, Tucker, T.A., additional, and Ikebe, M., additional
Published: 2024
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33. On the Spatio‐Temporal Scales of the Subtropical Mode Water Formation in the South Atlantic

Author: Sato, O. T., primary, Polito, P. S., additional, and Dottori, M., additional
Published: 2024
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34. NEWS: Nuclear Emulsions for WIMP Search

Author: Aleksandrov, A., Anokhina, A., Asada, T., Bender, D., Bodnarchuk, I., Buonaura, A., Buontempo, S., Chernyavskii, M., Chukanov, A., Consiglio, L., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., Di Crescenzo, A., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievski, S., Dzhatdoev, T., Fini, R. A., Furuya, S., Galati, G., Gentile, V., Gorbunov, S., Gornushkin, Y., Guler, A. M., Ichiki, H., Kamiscioglu, C., Kamiscioglu, M., Katsuragawa, T., Kimura, M., Konovalova, N., Kuge, K., Lauria, A., Loverre, P., Machii, S., Managadze, A., Monacelli, P., Montesi, M. C., Naka, T., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Pastore, A., Podgrudkov, D., Polukhina, N., Pupilli, F., Roganova, T., Rosa, G., Sato, O., Shchedrina, T., Simone, S., Sirignano, C., Sotnikov, A., Starkov, N., Strolin, P., Tawara, Y., Tioukov, V., Umemoto, A., Vladymyrov, M., Yoshimoto, M., and Zemskova, S.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: Nowadays there is compelling evidence for the existence of dark matter in the Universe. A general consensus has been expressed on the need for a directional sensitive detector to confirm, with a complementary approach, the candidates found in conventional searches and to finally extend their sensitivity beyond the limit of neutrino-induced background. We propose here the use of a detector based on nuclear emulsions to measure the direction of WIMP-induced nuclear recoils. The production of nuclear emulsion films with nanometric grains is established. Several measurement campaigns have demonstrated the capability of detecting sub-micrometric tracks left by low energy ions in such emulsion films. Innovative analysis technologies with fully automated optical microscopes have made it possible to achieve the track reconstruction for path lengths down to one hundred nanometers and there are good prospects to further exceed this limit. The detector concept we propose foresees the use of a bulk of nuclear emulsion films surrounded by a shield from environmental radioactivity, to be placed on an equatorial telescope in order to cancel out the effect of the Earth rotation, thus keeping the detector at a fixed orientation toward the expected direction of galactic WIMPs. We report the schedule and cost estimate for a one-kilogram mass pilot experiment, aiming at delivering the first results on the time scale of six years.
Published: 2016

35. Practical experimental design of task-specific uncertainty evaluation for coordinate metrology

Author: Sato, O., primary, Takatsuji, T., additional, and Balsamo, A., additional
Published: 2022
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36. Charge identification of nuclear fragments with the FOOT Time-Of-Flight system

Author: Kraan, A.C., Zarrella, R., Alexandrov, A., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Argirò, S., Arteche Diaz, R., Bartosik, N., Battistoni, G., Belcari, N., Bellinzona, E., Biondi, S., Bruni, G., Carra, P., Cerello, P., Ciarrocchi, E., Clozza, A., Colombi, S., De Lellis, G., Del Guerra, A., De Simoni, M., Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ruzza, B., Donetti, M., Dong, Y., Durante, M., Faccini, R., Ferrero, V., Fiandrini, E., Finck, C., Fiorina, E., Fischetti, M., Francesconi, M., Franchini, M., Franciosini, G., Galati, G., Galli, L., Gentile, V., Giraudo, G., Hetzel, R., Iarocci, E., Ionica, M., Iuliano, A., Kanxheri, K., Lante, V., La Tessa, C., Laurenza, M., Lauria, A., Lopez Torres, E., Marafini, M., Massimi, C., Mattei, I., Mengarelli, A., Moggi, A., Montesi, M.C., Morone, M.C., Morrocchi, M., Muraro, S., Murtas, F., Pastore, A., Pastrone, N., Patera, V., Pennazio, F., Placidi, P., Pullia, M., Raffaelli, F., Ramello, L., Ridolfi, R., Rosso, V., Sanelli, C., Sarti, A., Sartorelli, G., Sato, O., Savazzi, S., Scavarda, L., Schiavi, A., Schuy, C., Scifoni, E., Sciubba, A., Sécher, A., Selvi, M., Servoli, L., Silvestre, G., Sitta, M., Spighi, R., Spiriti, E., Sportelli, G., Stahl, A., Tioukov, V., Tomassini, S., Tommasino, F., Toppi, M., Traini, G., Valle, S.M., Vanstalle, M., Villa, M., Weber, U., Zoccoli, A., and Bisogni, M.G.
Published: 2021
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37. Charge identification of fragments produced in ¹⁶O beam interactions at 200 MeV/n and 400 MeV/n on C and C₂H₄ targets

Author: Galati, G., Boccia, V., Alexandrov, A., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Argirò, S., Barbanera, M., Bartosik, N., Battistoni, G., Bisogni, M. G., Bruni, G., Cavanna, F., Cerello, P., Ciarrocchi, E., Colombi, S., De Gregorio, A., De Lellis, G., Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ruzza, B., Donetti, M., Dong, Y., Durante, M., Faccini, R., Ferrero, V., Finck, C., Fiorina, E., Francesconi, M., Franchini, M., Franciosini, G., Galli, L., Ionica, M., Iuliano, A., Kanxheri, K., Kraan, A. C., La Tessa, C., Lauria, A., Torres, E. Lopez, Magi, M., Manna, A., Marafini, M., Massa, M., Massimi, C., Mattei, I., Mengarelli, A., Mereghetti, A., Minniti, T., Moggi, A., Morone, M. C., Morrocchi, M., Muraro, S., Pastrone, N., Patera, V., Pennazio, F., Peverini, F., Placidi, P., Pullia, M., Ramello, L., Reidel, C., Ridolfi, R., Salvi, L., Sanelli, C., Sarti, A., Sato, O., Savazzi, S., Scavarda, L., Schiavi, A., Schuy, C., Scifoni, E., Sciubba, A., Servoli, L., Silvestre, G., Sitta, M., Spighi, R., Spiriti, E., Tioukov, V., Tomassini, S., Tommasino, F., Toppi, M., Traini, G., Trigilio, A., Ubaldi, G., Valetti, A., Vanstalle, M., Villa, M., Weber, U., Zarrella, R., Zoccoli, A., Montesi, M. C., Galati, G., Boccia, V., Alexandrov, A., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Argirò, S., Barbanera, M., Bartosik, N., Battistoni, G., Bisogni, M. G., Bruni, G., Cavanna, F., Cerello, P., Ciarrocchi, E., Colombi, S., De Gregorio, A., De Lellis, G., Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ruzza, B., Donetti, M., Dong, Y., Durante, M., Faccini, R., Ferrero, V., Finck, C., Fiorina, E., Francesconi, M., Franchini, M., Franciosini, G., Galli, L., Ionica, M., Iuliano, A., Kanxheri, K., Kraan, A. C., La Tessa, C., Lauria, A., Torres, E. Lopez, Magi, M., Manna, A., Marafini, M., Massa, M., Massimi, C., Mattei, I., Mengarelli, A., Mereghetti, A., Minniti, T., Moggi, A., Morone, M. C., Morrocchi, M., Muraro, S., Pastrone, N., Patera, V., Pennazio, F., Peverini, F., Placidi, P., Pullia, M., Ramello, L., Reidel, C., Ridolfi, R., Salvi, L., Sanelli, C., Sarti, A., Sato, O., Savazzi, S., Scavarda, L., Schiavi, A., Schuy, C., Scifoni, E., Sciubba, A., Servoli, L., Silvestre, G., Sitta, M., Spighi, R., Spiriti, E., Tioukov, V., Tomassini, S., Tommasino, F., Toppi, M., Traini, G., Trigilio, A., Ubaldi, G., Valetti, A., Vanstalle, M., Villa, M., Weber, U., Zarrella, R., Zoccoli, A., and Montesi, M. C.
Abstract: Introduction: Charged Particle Therapy plays a key role in the treatment of deep-seated tumours, because of the advantageous energy deposition culminating in the Bragg peak. However, knowledge of the dose delivered in the entrance channel is limited by the lack of data on the beam and fragmentation of the target. Methods: The FOOT experiment has been designed to measure the cross sections of the nuclear fragmentation of projectile and target with two different detectors: an electronic setup for the identification of Z ≥ 3 fragments and a nuclear emulsion spectrometer for Z ≤ 3 fragments. In this paper, we analyze the data taken by exposing four nuclear emulsion spectrometers, with C and C₂H₄ targets, to 200 MeV/n and 400 MeV/n oxygen beams at GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung (Darmstadt, Germany), and we report the charge identification of produced fragments based on the controlled fading induced on nuclear emulsion films. Results: The goal of identifying fragments as heavy as lithium has been achieved. Discussion: The results will contribute to a better understanding of the nuclear fragmentation process in charged particle therapy and have implications for refining treatment planning in the presence of deep-seated tumors.
Published: 2024

38. Intrinsic neutron background of nuclear emulsions for directional Dark Matter searches

Author: Alexandrov, A., Asada, T., Buonaura, A., Consiglio, L., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., Di Crescenzo, A., Di Marco, N., Di Vacri, M. L., Furuya, S., Galati, G., Gentile, V., Katsuragawa, T., Laubenstein, M., Lauria, A., Loverre, P. F., Machii, S., Monacelli, P., Montesi, M. C., Naka, T., Pupilli, F., Rosa, G., Sato, O., Strolin, P., Tioukov, V., Umemoto, A., and Yoshimoto, M.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: Recent developments of the nuclear emulsion technology led to the production of films with nanometric silver halide grains suitable to track low energy nuclear recoils with submicrometric length. This improvement opens the way to a directional Dark Matter detection, thus providing an innovative and complementary approach to the on-going WIMP searches. An important background source for these searches is represented by neutron-induced nuclear recoils that can mimic the WIMP signal. In this paper we provide an estimation of the contribution to this background from the intrinsic radioactive contamination of nuclear emulsions. We also report the induced background as a function of the read-out threshold, by using a GEANT4 simulation of the nuclear emulsion, showing that it amounts to about 0.06 neutrons per year per kilogram, fully compatible with the design of a 10 kg$\times$year exposure., Comment: Revised version
Published: 2015
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39. Discovery of tau neutrino appearance in the CNGS neutrino beam with the OPERA experiment

Author: OPERA Collaboration, Agafonova, N., Aleksandrov, A., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Bender, D., Bertolin, A., Bodnarchuk, I., Bozza, C., Brugnera, R., Buonaura, A., Buontempo, S., Büttner, B., Chernyavsky, M., Chukanov, A., Consiglio, L., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., Sanchez, P. Del Amo, 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., Goldberg, J., Gornushkin, Y., Grella, G., Guler, A. M., Gustavino, C., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hayakawa, H., Hollnagel, A., Hosseini, B., Ishiguro, K., Jakovcic, K., Jollet, C., Kamiscioglu, C., Kamiscioglu, M., Kim, J. H., Kim, S. H., Kitagawa, N., Klicek, B., Kodama, K., Komatsu, M., Kose, U., Kreslo, I., Laudisio, F., Lauria, A., Ljubicic, A., Longhin, A., Loverre, P. F., Malgin, A., Malenica, M., Mandrioli, G., Matsuo, T., Matsushita, 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., Nakatsuka, Y., Niwa, K., Ogawa, S., Olchevsky, A., Omura, T., Ozaki, K., Paoloni, A., Paparella, L., Park, B. D., Park, I. G., Pasqualini, L., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pessard, H., Pistillo, C., Podgrudkov, D., Polukhina, N., Pozzato, M., Pupilli, F., Roda, M., Roganova, T., Rokujo, H., Rosa, G., Ryazhskaya, O., Sato, O., Schembri, A., Schmidt-Parzefall, W., Shakirianova, I., Shchedrina, T., Sheshukov, A., Shibuya, H., Shiraishi, T., Shoziyoev, G., Simone, S., Sioli, M., 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., Tufanli, S., Vilain, P., Vladymyrov, M., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. L., Wilquet, G., Wonsak, B., Yoon, C. S., and Zemskova, S.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The OPERA experiment was designed to search for $\nu_{\mu} \rightarrow \nu_{\tau}$ oscillations in appearance mode, i.e. by detecting the $\tau$-leptons produced in charged current $\nu_{\tau}$ interactions. The experiment took data from 2008 to 2012 in the CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso beam. The observation of $\nu_{\mu} \rightarrow \nu_{\tau}$ appearance, achieved with four candidate events in a sub-sample of the data, was previously reported. In this paper, a fifth $\nu_{\tau}$ candidate event, found in an enlarged data sample, is described. Together with a further reduction of the expected background, the candidate events detected so far allow assessing the discovery of $\nu_{\mu}\rightarrow \nu_{\tau}$ oscillations in appearance mode with a significance larger than 5 $\sigma$., Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures
Published: 2015
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40. A facility to Search for Hidden Particles (SHiP) at the CERN SPS

Author: SHiP Collaboration, Anelli, M., Aoki, S., Arduini, G., Back, J. J., Bagulya, A., Baldini, W., Baranov, A., Barker, G. J., Barsuk, S., Battistin, M., Bauche, J., Bay, A., Bayliss, V., Bellagamba, L., Bencivenni, G., Bertani, M., Bezshyyko, O., Bick, D., Bingefors, N., Blondel, A., Bogomilov, M., Boyarsky, A., Bonacorsi, D., Bondarenko, D., Bonivento, W., Borburgh, J., Bradshaw, T., Brenner, R., Breton, D., Brook, N., Bruschi, M., Buonaura, A., Buontempo, S., Cadeddu, S., Calcaterra, A., Calviani, M., Campanelli, M., Capoccia, C., Cecchetti, A., Chatterjee, A., Chauveau, J., Chepurnov, A., Chernyavskiy, M., Ciambrone, P., Cicalo, C., Conti, G., Cornelis, K., Courthold, M., Dallavalle, M. G., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., Dedenko, L., Di Crescenzo, A., Di Marco, N., Dib, C., Dietrich, J., Dijkstra, H., Domenici, D., Donskov, S., Druzhkin, D., Ebert, J., Egede, U., Egorov, A., Egorychev, V., Alaoui, M. A. El, Enik, T., Etenko, A., Fabbri, F., Fabbri, L., Fedorova, G., Felici, G., Ferro-Luzzi, M., Fini, R. A., Franke, M., Fraser, M., Galati, G., Giacobbe, B., Goddard, B., Golinka-Bezshyyko, L., Golubkov, D., Golutvin, A., Gorbunov, D., Graverini, E., Grenard, J-L, Guler, A. M., Hagner, C., Hakobyan, H., Helo, J. C., van Herwijnen, E., Horvath, D., Iacovacci, M., Iaselli, G., Jacobsson, R., Kadenko, I., Kamiscioglu, M., Kamiscioglu, C., Khaustov, G., Khotjansev, A., Kilminster, B., Kim, V., Kitagawa, N., Kodama, K., Kolesnikov, A., Kolev, D., Komatsu, M., Konovalova, N., Koretskiy, S., Korolko, I., Korzenev, A., Kovalenko, S., Kudenko, Y., Kuznetsova, E., Lacker, H., Lai, A., Lanfranchi, G., Lauria, A., Lebbolo, H., Levy, J. -M., Lista, L., Loverre, P., Lukiashin, A., Lyubovitskij, V. E., Malinin, A., Manfredi, M., Perillo-Marcone, A., Marrone, A., Matev, R., Messomo, E. N., Mermod, P., Mikado, S., Mikhaylov, Yu., Miller, J., Milstead, D., Mineev, O., Mingazheva, R., Mitselmakher, G., Miyanishi, M., Monacelli, P., Montanari, A., Montesi, M. C., Morello, G., Morishima, K., Movtchan, S., Murzin, V., Naganawa, N., Naka, T., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Nurakhov, N., Obinyakov, B., Ocalan, K., Ogawa, S., Oreshkin, V., Orlov, A., Osborne, J., Pacholek, P., Panman, J., Paoloni, A., Paparella, L., Pastore, A., Patel, M., Petridis, K., Petrushin, M., Poli-Lener, M., Polukhina, N., Polyakov, V., Prokudin, M., Puddu, G., Pupilli, F., Rademakers, F., Rakai, A., Rawlings, T., Redi, F., Ricciardi, S., Rinaldesi, R., Roganova, T., Rogozhnikov, A., Rokujo, H., Romaniouk, A., Rosa, G., Rostovtseva, I., Rovelli, T., Ruchayskiy, O., Ruf, T., Saitta, G., Samoylenko, V., Samsonov, V., Ull, A. Sanz, Saputi, A., Sato, O., Schmidt-Parzefall, W., Serra, N., Sgobba, S., Shaposhnikov, M., Shatalov, P., Shaykhiev, A., Shchutska, L., Shevchenko, V., Shibuya, H., Shitov, Y., Silverstein, S., Simone, S., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, S., Solodko, E., Sosnovtsev, V., Spighi, R., Spinetti, M., Starkov, N., Storaci, B., Strabel, C., Strolin, P., Takahashi, S., Teterin, P., Tioukov, V., Tommasini, D., Treille, D., Tsenov, R., Tshchedrina, T., Ustyuzhanin, A., Vannucci, F., Venturi, V., Villa, M., Vincke, Heinz, Vincke, Helmut, Vladymyrov, M., Xella, S., Yalvac, M., Yershov, N., Yilmaz, D., Yilmazer, A. U., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Zaitsev, Y., and Zoccoli, A.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: A new general purpose fixed target facility is proposed at the CERN SPS accelerator which is aimed at exploring the domain of hidden particles and make measurements with tau neutrinos. Hidden particles are predicted by a large number of models beyond the Standard Model. The high intensity of the SPS 400~GeV beam allows probing a wide variety of models containing light long-lived exotic particles with masses below ${\cal O}$(10)~GeV/c$^2$, including very weakly interacting low-energy SUSY states. The experimental programme of the proposed facility is capable of being extended in the future, e.g. to include direct searches for Dark Matter and Lepton Flavour Violation., Comment: Technical Proposal
Published: 2015

41. Limits on muon-neutrino to tau-neutrino oscillations induced by a sterile neutrino state obtained by OPERA at the CNGS beam

Author: OPERA Collaboration, Agafonova, N., Aleksandrov, A., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Bender, D., Bertolin, A., Bodnarchuk, I., Bozza, C., Brugnera, R., Buonaura, A., Buontempo, S., Büttner, B., Chernyavsky, M., Chukanov, A., Consiglio, L., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., Sanchez, P. Del Amo, 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., Fukuda, T., Galati, G., Garfagnini, A., Goldberg, J., Gornushkin, Y., Grella, G., Guler, A. M., Gustavino, C., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hollnagel, A., Hosseini, B., Ishiguro, K., Jakovcic, K., Jollet, C., Kamiscioglu, C., Kamiscioglu, M., Kim, J. H., Kim, S. H., Kitagawa, N., Klicek, B., Kodama, K., Komatsu, M., Kose, U., Kreslo, I., Lauria, A., Ljubicic, A., Longhin, A., Malgin, A., Malenica, M., Mandrioli, G., Matsuo, T., Matveev, V., Mauri, N., Medinaceli, E., Meregaglia, A., Mikado, S., Monacelli, P., Montesi, M. C., Morishima, K., Muciaccia, M. T., Naganawa, N., Naka, T., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Nakatsuka, Y., Niwa, K., Ogawa, S., Omura, T., Ozaki, K., Paoloni, A., Paparella, L., Park, B. D., Park, I. G., 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., Sheshukov, A., Shibuya, H., Shiraishi, T., Shoziyoev, G., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Spinetti, M., Stanco, L., Starkov, N., Stellacci, S. M., Stipcevic, M., Strolin, P., Takahashi, S., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Tioukov, V., Tufanli, S., Vilain, P., Vladymyrov, M., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. L., Wilquet, G., Wonsak, B., Yoon, C. S., and Zemskova, S.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The OPERA experiment, exposed to the CERN to Gran Sasso $\nu_\mu$ beam, collected data from 2008 to 2012. Four oscillated $\nu_\tau$ Charged Current interaction candidates have been detected in appearance mode, which are consistent with $\nu_\mu \to \nu_\tau$ oscillations at the atmospheric $\Delta m^2$ within the "standard" three-neutrino framework. In this paper, the OPERA $\nu_\tau$ appearance results are used to derive limits on the mixing parameters of a massive sterile neutrino., Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures; reference to Planck result updated in the Introduction. Submitted to JHEP
Published: 2015
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42. The SHiP experiment at the proposed CERN SPS Beam Dump Facility

Author: Ahdida, C., Akmete, A., Albanese, R., Alt, J., Alexandrov, A., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Arduini, G., Atkin, E., Azorskiy, N., Back, J. J., Bagulya, A., Baaltasar Dos Santos, F., Baranov, A., Bardou, F., Barker, G. J., Battistin, M., Bauche, J., Bay, A., Bayliss, V., Berdnikov, A. Y., Berdnikov, Y. A., Betancourt, C., Bezshyiko, I., Bezshyyko, O., Bick, D., Bieschke, S., Blanco, A., Boehm, J., Bogomilov, M., Boiarska, I., Bondarenko, K., Bonivento, W. M., Borburgh, J., Boyarsky, A., Brenner, R., Breton, D., Brignoli, A., Büscher, V., Buonaura, A., Buontempo, S., Cadeddu, S., Calviani, M., Campanelli, M., Casolino, M., Charitonidis, N., Chau, P., Chauveau, J., Chepurnov, A., Chernyavskiy, M., Choi, K.-Y., Chumakov, A., Climescu, M., Conaboy, A., Congedo, L., Cornelis, K., Cristinziani, M., Crupano, A., Dallavalle, G. M., Datwyler, A., D’Ambrosio, N., D’Appollonio, G., de Asmundis, R., De Carvalho Saraiva, J., De Lellis, G., de Magistris, M., De Roeck, A., De Serio, M., De Simone, D., Dedenko, L., Dergachev, P., Di Crescenzo, A., Di Giulio, L., Dib, C., Dijkstra, H., Dmitrenko, V., Dougherty, L. A., Dolmatov, A., Donskov, S., Drohan, V., Dubreuil, A., Durhan, O., Ehlert, M., Elikkaya, E., Enik, T., Etenko, A., Fedin, O., Fedotovs, F., Ferrillo, M., Ferro-Luzzi, M., Filippov, K., Fini, R. A., Fischer, H., Fonte, P., Franco, C., Fraser, M., Fresa, R., Froeschl, R., Fukuda, T., Galati, G., Gall, J., Gatignon, L., Gavrilov, G., Gentile, V., Goddard, B., Golinka-Bezshyyko, L., Golovatiuk, A., Golovtsov, V., Golubkov, D., Golutvin, A., Gorbounov, P., Gorbunov, D., Gorbunov, S., Gorkavenko, V., Gorshenkov, M., Grachev, V., Grandchamp, A. L., Graverini, E., Grenard, J.-L., Grenier, D., Grichine, V., Gruzinskii, N., Guler, A. M., Guz, Yu., Haefeli, G. J., Hagner, C., Hakobyan, H., Harris, I. W., van Herwijnen, E., Hessler, C., Hollnagel, A., Hosseini, B., Hushchyn, M., Iaselli, G., Iuliano, A., Jacobsson, R., Joković, D., Jonker, M., Kadenko, I., Kain, V., Kaiser, B., Kamiscioglu, C., Karpenkov, D., Kershaw, K., Khabibullin, M., Khalikov, E., Khaustov, G., Khoriauli, G., Khotyantsev, A., Kim, Y. G., Kim, V., Kitagawa, N., Ko, J.-W., Kodama, K., Kolesnikov, A., Kolev, D. I., Kolosov, V., Komatsu, M., Kono, A., Konovalova, N., Kormannshaus, S., Korol, I., Korol’ko, I., Korzenev, A., Koukovini Platia, E., Kovalenko, S., Krasilnikova, I., Kudenko, Y., Kurbatov, E., Kurbatov, P., Kurochka, V., Kuznetsova, E., Lacker, H. M., Lamont, M., Lantwin, O., Lauria, A., Lee, K. S., Lee, K. Y., Leonardo, N., Lévy, J.-M., Loschiavo, V. P., Lopes, L., Lopez Sola, E., Lyons, F., Lyubovitskij, V., Maalmi, J., Magnan, A.-M., Maleev, V., Malinin, A., Manabe, Y., Managadze, A. K., Manfredi, M., Marsh, S., Marshall, A. M., Mefodev, A., Mermod, P., Miano, A., Mikado, S., Mikhaylov, Yu., Mikulenko, A., Milstead, D. A., Mineev, O., Montesi, M. C., Morishima, K., Movchan, S., Muttoni, Y., Naganawa, N., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Nasybulin, S., Ninin, P., Nishio, A., Obinyakov, B., Ogawa, S., Okateva, N., Osborne, J., Ovchynnikov, M., Owtscharenko, N., Owen, P. H., Pacholek, P., Park, B. D., Pastore, A., Patel, M., Pereyma, D., Perillo-Marcone, A., Petkov, G. L., Petridis, K., Petrov, A., Podgrudkov, D., Poliakov, V., Polukhina, N., Prieto Prieto, J., Prokudin, M., Prota, A., Quercia, A., Rademakers, A., Rakai, A., Ratnikov, F., Rawlings, T., Redi, F., Reghunath, A., Ricciardi, S., Rinaldesi, M., Rodin, Volodymyr, Rodin, Viktor, Robbe, P., Rodrigues Cavalcante, A. B., Roganova, T., Rokujo, H., Rosa, G., Ruchayskiy, O., Ruf, T., Samoylenko, V., Samsonov, V., Sanchez Galan, F., Santos Diaz, P., Sanz Ull, A., Sato, O., Savchenko, E. S., Schliwinski, J. S., Schmidt-Parzefall, W., Schumann, M., Serra, N., Sgobba, S., Shadura, O., Shakin, A., Shaposhnikov, M., Shatalov, P., Shchedrina, T., Shchutska, L., Shevchenko, V., Shibuya, H., Shihora, L., Shirobokov, S., Shustov, A., Silverstein, S. B., Simone, S., Simoniello, R., Skorokhvatov, M., Smirnov, S., Soares, G., Sohn, J. Y., Sokolenko, A., Solodko, E., Starkov, N., Stoel, L., Stramaglia, M. E., Sukhonos, D., Suzuki, Y., Takahashi, S., Tastet, J. L., Teterin, P., Than Naing, S., Timiryasov, I., Tioukov, V., Tommasini, D., Torii, M., Treille, D., Tsenov, R., Ulin, S., Ursov, E., Ustyuzhanin, A., Uteshev, Z., Uvarov, L., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Vannucci, F., Venkova, P., Venturi, V., Vidulin, I., Vilchinski, S., Vincke, Heinz, Vincke, Helmut, Visone, C., Vlasik, K., Volkov, A., Voronkov, R., van Waasen, S., Wanke, R., Wertelaers, P., Williams, O., Woo, J.-K., Wurm, M., Xella, S., Yilmaz, D., Yilmazer, A. U., Yoon, C. S., Zaytsev, Yu., Zelenov, A., and Zimmerman, J.
Published: 2022
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43. The Otari debris flow disaster occurred in December 1996

Author: Kawakami, H., primary, Suwa, H., additional, Marui, H., additional, Sato, O., additional, and Izumi, K., additional
Published: 2021
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44. Observation of nu_tau appearance in the CNGS beam with the OPERA experiment

Author: OPERA Collaboration, Agafonova, N., Aleksandrov, A., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Asada, T., Bender, D., Bertolin, A., Bozza, C., Brugnera, R., Buonaura, A., Buontempo, S., Buttne, B., Chernyavsky, M., Chukanov, A., Consiglio, L., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., Sanchez, P. Del Amo, 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., Fukuda, T., Galati, G., Garfagnini, A., Giacomelli, G., Goellnitz, C., Goldberg, J., Gornushkin, Y., Grella, G., Guler, M., Gustavino, C., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hayakawa, T., Hollnagel, A., Hosseini, B., Ishida, H., Ishiguro, K., Jakovcic, K., Jollet, C., Kamiscioglu, C., Kamiscioglu, M., Katsuragawa, T., Kawada, J., Kawahara, H., Kim, J. H., Kim, S. H., Kitagawa, N., Klicek, B., Kodama, K., Komatsu, M., Kose, U., Kreslo, I., Lauria, A., Lenkeit, J., Ljubicic, A., Longhin, A., Loverre, P., Malenica, M., Malgin, A., Mandrioli, G., Matsuo, T., Matveev, V., Mauri, N., Medinaceli, E., Meregaglia, A., Meyer, M., Mikado, S., Miyanishi, M., Monacelli, P., Montesi, M. C., Morishima, K., Muciaccia, M. T., Naganawa, N., Naka, T., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Nakatsuka, Y., Niwa, K., Ogawa, S., Okateva, N., Olshevsky, A., Omura, T., Ozaki, K., Paoloni, A., Park, B. D., Park, I. G., Pasqualini, L., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pessard, H., Pistillo, C., Podgrudkov, D., Polukhina, N., Pozzato, M., Pupilli, F., Roda, M., Roganova, T., Rokujo, H., Rosa, G., Ryazhskaya, O., Sato, O., Schembri, A., Shakiryanova, I., Shchedrina, T., Sheshukov, A., Shibuya, H., Shiraishi, T., Shoziyoev, G., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Spinetti, M., Stanco, L., Starkov, N., Stellacci, S. M., Stipcevic, M., Strolin, P., Takahashi, S., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Tioukov, V., Tufanli, S., Umemoto, A., Vilain, P., Vladimirov, M., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. L., Wilquet, G., Wonsak, B., Yoon, C. S., Yaguchi, I., Yoshimoto, M., Zemskova, S., and Zghiche, A.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The OPERA experiment is searching for nu_mu -> nu_tau oscillations in appearance mode i.e. via the direct detection of tau leptons in nu_tau charged current interactions. The evidence of nu_mu -> nu_tau appearance has been previously reported with three nu_tau candidate events using a sub-sample of data from the 2008-2012 runs. We report here a fourth nu_tau candidate event, with the tau decaying into a hadron, found after adding the 2012 run events without any muon in the final state to the data sample. Given the number of analysed events and the low background, nu_mu -> nu_tau oscillations are established with a significance of 4.2sigma., Comment: Submitted to Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (PTEP)
Published: 2014
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45. Determination of the muon charge sign with the dipolar spectrometers of the OPERA experiment

Author: OPERA Collaboration, Agafonova, N., Aleksandrov, A., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Bender, D., Bertolin, A., Bozza, C., Brugnera, R., Buonaura, A., Buontempo, S., Büttner, B., Chernyavsky, M., Chukanov, A., Consiglio, L., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., Sanchez, P. Del Amo, 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., Fukuda, T., Galati, G., Garfagnini, A., Giacomelli, G., Goellnitz, C., Goldberg, J., Goloubkov, D., Gornushkin, Y., Grella, G., Guler, M., Gustavino, C., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hollnagel, A., Hosseini, B., Ishida, H., Ishiguro, K., Jakovcic, K., Jollet, C., Kamiscioglu, C., Kamiscioglu, M., Kawada, J., Kim, J. H., Kim, S. H., Kitagawa, N., Klicek, B., Kodama, K., Komatsu, M., Kose, U., Kreslo, I., Lauria, A., Lenkeit, J., Ljubicic, A., Longhin, A., Loverre, P., Malgin, A., Malenica, M., Mandrioli, G., Matsuo, T., Matveev, V., Mauri, N., Medinaceli, E., Meregaglia, A., Meyer, M., Mikado, S., Monacelli, P., Montesi, M. C., Morishima, K., Muciaccia, M. T., Naganawa, N., Naka, T., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Nakatsuka, Y., Niwa, K., Ogawa, S., Okateva, N., Olshevsky, A., Omura, T., Ozaki, K., Paoloni, A., Park, B. D., Park, I. G., Pasqualini, L., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pessard, H., Pistillo, C., Podgrudkov, D., Polukhina, N., Pozzato, M., Pupilli, F., Roda, M., Rokujo, H., Roganova, T., Rosa, G., Rostovtseva, I., Ryazhskaya, O., Sato, O., Sato, Y., Schembri, A., Shakiryanova, I., Shchedrina, T., Sheshukov, A., Shibuya, H., Shiraishi, T., Shoziyoev, G., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Spinetti, M., Stanco, L., Starkov, N., Stellacci, S. M., Stipcevic, M., Strolin, P., Takahashi, S., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Tioukov, V., Tufanli, S., Vilain, P., Vladimirov, M., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. L., Wilquet, G., Wonsak, B., Yoon, C. S., Zaitsev, Y., Zemskova, S., and Zghiche, A.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The OPERA long-baseline neutrino-oscillation experiment has observed the direct appearance of $\nu_\tau$ in the CNGS $\nu_\mu$ beam. Two large muon magnetic spectrometers are used to identify muons produced in the $\tau$ leptonic decay and in $\nu_\mu^{CC}$ interactions by measuring their charge and momentum. Besides the kinematic analysis of the $\tau$ decays, background resulting from the decay of charmed particles produced in $\nu_\mu^{CC}$ interactions is reduced by efficiently identifying the muon track. A new method for the charge sign determination has been applied, via a weighted angular matching of the straight track-segments reconstructed in the different parts of the dipole magnets. Results obtained for Monte Carlo and real data are presented. Comparison with a method where no matching is used shows a significant reduction of up to 40\% of the fraction of wrongly determined charges., Comment: 10 pages. Improvements in the text
Published: 2014

46. Procedure for short-lived particle detection in the OPERA experiment and its application to charm decays

Author: Agafonova, N., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Bender, D., Bertolin, A., Bozza, C., Brugnera, R., Buonaura, A., Buontempo, S., Buttner, B., Chernyavsky, M., Chukanov, A., Consiglio, L., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., Sanchez, P. Del Amo, 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., Fukuda, T., Galati, G., Garfagnini, A., Giacomelli, G., Gollnitz, C., Goldberg, J., Gornushkin, Y., Grella, G., Guler, M., Gustavino, C., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hollnagel, A., Hosseini, B., Ishida, H., Ishiguro, K., Jakovcic, K., Jollet, C., Kamiscioglu, C., Kamiscioglu, M., Kawada, J., Kim, J. H., Kim, S. H., Kitagawa, N., Klicek, B., Kodama, K., Komatsu, M., Kose, U., Kreslo, I., Lauria, A., Lenkeit, J., Ljubicic, A., Longhin, A., Loverre, P., Malgin, A., Malenica, M., Mandrioli, G., Matsuo, T., Matveev, V., Mauri, N., Medinaceli, E., Meregaglia, A., Mikado, S., Monacelli, P., Montesi, M. C., Morishima, K., Muciaccia, M. T., Naganawa, N., Naka, T., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Nakatsuka, Y., Niwa, K., Ogawa, S., Okateva, N., Olshevsky, A., Omura, T., Ozaki, K., Paoloni, A., Park, B. D., Park, I. G., Pasqualini, L., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pessard, H., Pistillo, C., Podgrudkov, D., Polukhina, N., Pozzato, M., Pupilli, F., Roda, M., Rokujo, H., Roganova, T., Rosa, G., Ryazhskaya, O., Sato, O., Schembri, A., Shakiryanova, I., Shchedrina, T., Sheshukov, A., Shibuya, H., Shiraishi, T., Shoziyoev, G., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Spinetti, M., Stanco, L., Starkov, N., Stellacci, S. M., Stipcevic, M., Strauss, T., Strolin, P., Takahashi, S., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Tioukov, V., Tufanli, S., Vilain, P., Vladimirov, M., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. L., Wilquet, G., Wonsak, B., Yoon, C. S., Zemskova, S., and Zghiche, A.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The OPERA experiment, designed to perform the first observation of $\nu_\mu \rightarrow \nu_\tau$ oscillations in appearance mode through the detection of the $\tau$ leptons produced in $\nu_\tau$ charged current interactions, has collected data from 2008 to 2012. In the present paper, the procedure developed to detect $\tau$ particle decays, occurring over distances of the order of 1 mm from the neutrino interaction point, is described in detail. The results of its application to the search for charmed hadrons are then presented as a validation of the methods for $\nu_\tau$ appearance detection.
Published: 2014
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47. Measurement of TeV atmospheric muon charge ratio with the full OPERA data

Author: Agafonova, N., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Bender, D., Bertolin, A., Bozza, C., Brugnera, R., Buonaura, A., Buontempo, S., Buettner, B., Chernyavsky, M., Chukanov, A., Consiglio, L., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., Sanchez, P. Del Amo, 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., Fukuda, T., Galati, G., Garfagnini, A., Giacomelli, G., Goellnitz, C., Goldberg, J., Gornushkin, Y., Grella, G., Guler, M., Gustavino, C., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hollnagel, A., Hosseini, B., Ishida, H., Ishiguro, K., Jakovcic, K., Jollet, C., Kamiscioglu, C., Kamiscioglu, M., Kawada, J., Kim, J. H., Kim, S. H., Kitagawa, N., Klicek, B., Kodama, K., Komatsu, M., Kose, U., Kreslo, I., Lauria, A., Lenkeit, J., Ljubicic, A., Longhin, A., Loverre, P., Malgin, A., Malenica, M., Mandrioli, G., Matsuo, T., Matveev, V., Mauri, N., Medinaceli, E., Meregaglia, A., Mikado, S., Monacelli, P., Montesi, M. C., Morishima, K., Muciaccia, M. T., Naganawa, N., Naka, T., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Nakatsuka, Y., Niwa, K., Ogawa, S., Okateva, N., Olshevsky, A., Omura, T., Ozaki, K., Paoloni, A., Park, B. D., Park, I. G., Pasqualini, L., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pessard, H., Pistillo, C., Podgrudkov, D., Polukhina, N., Pozzato, M., Pupilli, F., Roda, M., Rokujo, H., Roganova, T., Rosa, G., Ryazhskaya, O., Sato, O., Schembri, A., Shakiryanova, I., Shchedrina, T., Sheshukov, A., Shibuya, H., Shiraishi, T., Shoziyoev, G., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Spinetti, M., Stanco, L., Starkov, N., Stellacci, S. M., Stipcevic, M., Strolin, P., Takahashi, S., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Tioukov, V., Tufanli, S., Vilain, P., Vladimirov, M., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. L., Wilquet, G., Wonsak, B., Yoon, C. S., Zemskova, S., and Zghiche, A.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The OPERA detector, designed to search for $\nu_{\mu} \to \nu_{\tau}$ oscillations in the CNGS beam, is located in the underground Gran Sasso laboratory, a privileged location to study TeV-scale cosmic rays. For the analysis here presented, the detector was used to measure the atmospheric muon charge ratio in the TeV region. OPERA collected charge-separated cosmic ray data between 2008 and 2012. More than 3 million atmospheric muon events were detected and reconstructed, among which about 110000 multiple muon bundles. The charge ratio $R_{\mu} \equiv N_{\mu^+}/N_{\mu^-}$ was measured separately for single and for multiple muon events. The analysis exploited the inversion of the magnet polarity which was performed on purpose during the 2012 Run. The combination of the two data sets with opposite magnet polarities allowed minimizing systematic uncertainties and reaching an accurate determination of the muon charge ratio. Data were fitted to obtain relevant parameters on the composition of primary cosmic rays and the associated kaon production in the forward fragmentation region. In the surface energy range 1-20 TeV investigated by OPERA, $R_{\mu}$ is well described by a parametric model including only pion and kaon contributions to the muon flux, showing no significant contribution of the prompt component. The energy independence supports the validity of Feynman scaling in the fragmentation region up to $200$ TeV/nucleon primary energy., Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures, 4 tables
Published: 2014
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48. Evidence for $\nu_\mu \to \nu_\tau$ appearance in the CNGS neutrino beam with the OPERA experiment

Author: Agafonova, N., Aleksandrov, A., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Asada, T., Autiero, D., Dhahbi, A. Ben, Badertscher, A., Bender, D., Bertolin, A., Bozza, C., Brugnera, R., Brunet, F., Brunetti, G., Buonaura, A., Buontempo, S., Buettner, B., Chaussard, L., Chernyavsky, M., Chiarella, V., Chukanov, A., Consiglio, L., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., Sanchez, P. Del Amo, Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ferdinando, D., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievski, S., Dracos, M., Duchesneau, D., Dusini, S., Dzhatdoev, T., Ebert, J., Ereditato, A., Favier, J., Ferber, T., Ferone, G., Fini, R. A., Fukuda, T., Galati, G., Garfagnini, A., Giacomelli, G., Goellnitz, C., Goldberg, J., Gornushkin, Y., Grella, G., Grianti, F., Guler, M., Gustavino, C., Hagner, C., Hakamata, K., Hara, T., Hayakawa, T., Hierholzer, M., Hollnagel, A., Hosseini, B., Ishida, H., Ishiguro, K., Ishikawa, M., Jakovcic, K., Jollet, C., Kamiscioglu, C., Kamiscioglu, M., Katsuragawa, T., Kawada, J., Kawahara, H., Kim, J. H., Kim, S. H., Kimura, M., Kitagawa, N., Klicek, B., Kodama, K., Komatsu, M., Kose, U., Kreslo, I., Lauria, A., Lenkeit, J., Ljubicic, A., Longhin, A., Loverre, P., Malgin, A., Mandrioli, G., Marteau, J., Matsuo, T., Matveev, V., Mauri, N., Medinaceli, E., Meregaglia, A., Migliozzi, P., Mikado, S., Miyanishi, M., Miyashita, E., Monacelli, P., Montesi, M. C., Morishima, K., Muciaccia, M. T., Naganawa, N., Naka, T., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Nakatsuka, Y., Niwa, K., Ogawa, S., Okateva, N., Olshevsky, A., Omura, T., Ozaki, K., Paoloni, A., Park, B. D., Park, I. G., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pennacchio, E., Pessard, H., Pistillo, C., Podgrudkov, D., Polukhina, N., Pozzato, M., Pretzl, K., Pupilli, F., Rescigno, R., Roda, M., Rokujo, H., Roganova, T., Rosa, G., Rostovtseva, I., Rubbia, A., Ryazhskaya, O., Sato, O., Sato, Y., Schembri, A., Schmidt-Parzefal, W., Shakiryanova, I., Shchedrina, T., Sheshukov, A., Shibuya, H., Shiraishi, T., Shoziyoev, G., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Spinetti, M., Stanco, L., Starkov, N., Stellacci, S. M., Stipcevic, M., Strauss, T., Strolin, P., Suzuki, K., Takahashi, S., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Tioukov, V., Tufanli, S., Vilain, P., Vladimirov, M., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. L., Wilquet, G., Wonsak, B., Yoon, C. S., Yoshida, J., Yoshimoto, M., Zaitsev, Y., Zemskova, S., and Zghiche, A.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The OPERA experiment is designed to search for $\nu_{\mu} \rightarrow \nu_{\tau}$ oscillations in appearance mode i.e. through the direct observation of the $\tau$ lepton in $\nu_{\tau}$ charged current interactions. The experiment has taken data for five years, since 2008, with the CERN Neutrino to Gran Sasso beam. Previously, two $\nu_{\tau}$ candidates with a $\tau$ decaying into hadrons were observed in a sub-sample of data of the 2008-2011 runs. Here we report the observation of a third $\nu_\tau$ candidate in the $\tau^-\to\mu^-$ decay channel coming from the analysis of a sub-sample of the 2012 run. Taking into account the estimated background, the absence of $\nu_{\mu} \rightarrow \nu_{\tau}$ oscillations is excluded at the 3.4 $\sigma$ level., Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures, 1 tables
Published: 2014
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49. New results on $\nu_\mu \to \nu_\tau$ appearance with the OPERA experiment in the CNGS beam

Author: OPERA Collaboration, Agafonova, N., Aleksandrov, A., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Asada, T., Autiero, D., Badertscher, A., Dhahbi, A. Ben, Bender, D., Bertolin, A., Bozza, C., Brugnera, R., Brunetti, G., Buettner, B., Buontempo, S., Chaussard, L., Chernyavskiy, M., Chiarella, V., Chukanov, A., Consiglio, L., D'Ambrosio, N., Sanchez, P. Del Amo, De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ferdinando, D., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievski, S., Dracos, M., Duchesneau, D., Dusini, S., Ebert, J., Ereditato, A., Favier, J., Ferber, T., Fini, R. A., Fukuda, T., Garfagnini, A., Giacomelli, G., Goellnitz, C., Goldberg, J., Gornushkin, Y., Grella, G., Grianti, F., Guler, A. M., Gustavino, C., Hagner, C., Hakamata, K., Hara, T., Hayakawa, T., Hierholzer, M., Hollnagel, A., Hosseini, B., Ishida, H., Ishiguro, K., Ishikawa, M., Jakovcic, K., Jollet, C., Kamiscioglu, C., Kamiscioglu, M., Katsuragawa, T., Kawahara, H., Kawada, J., Kim, J. H., Kim, S. H., Kimura, M., Kitagawa, N., Klicek, B., Kodama, K., Komatsu, M., Kose, U., Kreslo, I., Lauria, A., Lenkeit, J., Ljubicic, A., Longhin, A., Loverre, P., Malgin, A., Mandrioli, G., Marteau, J., Matsuo, T., Matveev, V., Mauri, N., Medinaceli, E., Meregaglia, A., Migliozzi, P., Mikado, S., Minotti, A., Miyanishi, M., Miyashita, E., Monacelli, P., Montesi, M. C., Morishima, K., Muciaccia, M. T., Naganawa, N., Naka, T., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Nakatsuka, Y., Niwa, K., Ogawa, S., Okateva, N., Olshevsky, A., Omura, T., Ozaki, K., Paoloni, A., Park, B. D., Park, I. G., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pennacchio, E., Pessard, H., Pistillo, C., Podgrudkov, D., Polukhina, N., Pozzato, M., Pretzl, K., Pupilli, F., Rescigno, R., Roda, M., Roganova, T., Rokujo, H., Rosa, G., Rostovtseva, I., Rubbia, A., Russo, A., Ryazhskaya, O., Sato, O., Sato, Y., Schembri, A., Schmidt-Parzefall, W., Shakiryanova, I., Schcedrina, T., Sheshukov, A., Shibuya, H., Shiraishi, T., Shoziyoev, G., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Spinetti, M., Stanco, L., Starkov, N., Stellacci, S. M., Stipcevic, M., Strauss, T., Strolin, P., Suzuki, K., Takahashi, S., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Tioukov, V., Tolun, P., Tufanli, S., Vilain, P., Vladimirov, M., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. L., Wilquet, G., Wonsak, B., Yoon, C. S., Yoshida, J., Yoshimoto, M., Zaitsev, Y., Zemskova, S., and Zghiche, A.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The OPERA neutrino experiment is designed to perform the first observation of neutrino oscillations in direct appearance mode in the $\nu_\mu \to \nu_\tau$ channel, via the detection of the $\tau$-leptons created in charged current $\nu_\tau$ interactions. The detector, located in the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory, consists of an emulsion/lead target with an average mass of about 1.2 kt, complemented by electronic detectors. It is exposed to the CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso beam, with a baseline of 730 km and a mean energy of 17 GeV. The observation of the first $\nu_\tau$ candidate event and the analysis of the 2008-2009 neutrino sample have been reported in previous publications. This work describes substantial improvements in the analysis and in the evaluation of the detection efficiencies and backgrounds using new simulation tools. The analysis is extended to a sub-sample of 2010 and 2011 data, resulting from an electronic detector-based pre-selection, in which an additional $\nu_\tau$ candidate has been observed. The significance of the two events in terms of a $\nu_\mu \to \nu_\tau$ oscillation signal is of 2.40 $\sigma$., Comment: 33 pages, 12 figures, 5 tables. Prepared for submission to JHEP
Published: 2013

50. Search for $\nu_\mu \rightarrow \nu_e$ oscillations with the OPERA experiment in the CNGS beam

Author: OPERA collaboration, Agafonova, N., Aleksandrov, A., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Autiero, D., Badertscher, A., Dhahbi, A. Ben, Bertolin, A., Bozza, C., Brugnera, R., Brunet, F., Brunetti, G., Buettner, B., Buontempo, S., Chaussard, L., Chernyavsky, M., Chiarella, V., Chukanov, A., Consiglio, L., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., Sanchez, P. del Amo, Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ferdinando, D., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievsky, S., Dracos, M., Duchesneau, D., Dusini, S., Dzhatdoev, T., Ebert, J., Ereditato, A., Ferber, T., Fini, R. A., Fukuda, T., Garfagnini, A., Giacomelli, G., Goellnitz, C., Goldberg, J., Gornushkin, Y., Grella, G., Grianti, F., Guler, A. M., Gustavino, C., Hagner, C., Hamada, K., Hara, T., Hierholzer, M., Hollnagel, A., Hosseini, B., Ishida, H., Ishiguro, K., Jakovcic, K., Jollet, C., Juget, F., Kamiscioglu, C., Kamiscioglu, M., Kawada, J., Kim, J. H., Kim, S. H., Kimura, M., Kitagawa, N., Klicek, B., Kodama, K., Komatsu, M., Kose, U., Kreslo, I., Lauria, A., Lenkeit, J., Ljubicic, A., Longhin, A., Loverre, P., Malgin, A., Mancini-Terracciano, C., Mandrioli, G., Marteau, J., Matsuo, T., Matveev, V., Mauri, N., Medinaceli, E., Meisel, F. W., Meregaglia, A., Migliozzi, P., Mikado, S., Minotti, A., Monacelli, P., Montesi, M. C., Morishima, K., Muciaccia, M. T., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Nakatsuka, Y., Naumov, D., Niwa, K., Ogawa, S., Okateva, N., Olchevsky, A., Omura, T., Ozaki, K., Paoloni, A., Park, B. D., Park, I. G., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pennacchio, E., Pessard, H., Pistillo, C., Podgrudkov, D., Polukhina, N., Pozzato, M., Pretzl, K., Pupilli, F., Rescigno, R., Roda, M., Roganova, T., Rokujo, H., Rosa, G., Rostovtseva, I., Rubbia, A., Russo, A., Ryazhskaya, O., Sato, O., Sato, Y., Schchedrina, T., Schembri, A., Schmidt-Parzefall, W., Shakiryanova, I., Sheshukov, A., Shibuya, H., Shiraishi, T., Shoziyoev, G., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Spinetti, M., Stanco, L., Starkov, N., Stellacci, S. M., Stipcevic, M., Strauss, T., Strolin, P., Suzuki, K., Takahashi, S., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Tioukov, V., Tolun, P., Tufanli, S., Vilain, P., Vladimirov, M., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. -L., Wilquet, G., Wonsak, B., Yoon, C. S., Yoshida, J., Zaitsev, Y., Zemskova, S., and Zghiche, A.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: A first result of the search for \numu $\rightarrow$ \nue oscillations in the OPERA experiment, located at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory, is presented. The experiment looked for the appearance of \nue in the CNGS neutrino beam using the data collected in 2008 and 2009. Data are compatible with the non-oscillation hypothesis in the three-flavour mixing model. A further analysis of the same data constrains the non-standard oscillation parameters $\theta_{new}$ and $\Delta m^2_{new}$ suggested by the LSND and MiniBooNE experiments. For large $\Delta m^{2}_{new}$ values ($>$0.1 eV$^{2}$), the OPERA 90% C.L. upper limit on sin$^{2}(2\theta_{new})$ based on a Bayesian statistical method reaches the value $7.2 \times 10^{-3}$.
Published: 2013

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