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hep-ex2026

Exploring ESSSB Near Water Cherenkov Detector Designs Through Graph Neural Network Flavour Identification

J. Aguilar, M. Anastasopoulos, D. Barčot +100

The ESSSB experiment aims to measure CP violation in the leptonic sector with high precision, necessitating robust reconstruction of neutrino events in the water Cherenkov (WC)…

hep-ex2026

Construction, commissioning, and performance of the ENUBET demonstrator

F. Acerbi, I. Angelis, L. Bomben +74

A final full-size prototype of the instrumented decay tunnel of ENUBET, referred to as the Demonstrator, was constructed and its performance was tested during the 2022, 2023 and 20…

hep-ex2026

Study of Supernova Neutrinos at ESSnuSB

ESSnuSB, :, J. Aguilar +97

In this paper, we have studied the sensitivity of the ESSnuSB far detector to supernova neutrinos. ESSnuSB is a proposed long-baseline neutrino experiment in Sweden, which will use…

hep-ex2025

Neutrino Scattering: Connections Across Theory and Experiment

L. Alvarez-Ruso, A. M. Ankowski, A. Ashkenazi +31

In this document drafted by the Neutrino Scattering Theory Experiment Collaboration (NuSTEC), we provide input on the synergies between theoretical and experimental efforts that ca…

hep-ex2025

Classification of Electron and Muon Neutrino Events for the ESSSB Near Water Cherenkov Detector using Graph Neural Networks

J. Aguilar, M. Anastasopoulos, D. Barčot +94

In the effort to obtain a precise measurement of leptonic CP-violation with the ESSSB experiment, accurate and fast reconstruction of detector events plays a pivotal role. In th…

hep-ex2024★ 7 cited

Decoherence in Neutrino Oscillation at the ESSnuSB Experiment

ESSnuSB, :, J. Aguilar +94

Neutrino oscillation experiments provide a unique window in exploring several new physics scenarios beyond the standard three flavour. One such scenario is quantum decoherence in n…

hep-ex2023

Design and performance of the ENUBET monitored neutrino beam

F. Acerbi, I. Angelis, L. Bomben +69

The ENUBET project is aimed at designing and experimentally demonstrating the concept of monitored neutrino beams. These novel beams are enhanced by an instrumented decay tunnel, w…

hep-ex2023★ 11 cited

The ESSnuSB design study: overview and future prospects

ESSnuSB Collaboration, A. Alekou, E. Baussan +83

ESSnuSB is a design study for an experiment to measure the CP violation in the leptonic sector at the second neutrino oscillation maximum using a neutrino beam driven by the unique…

hep-ex2022

Updated constraints on sterile neutrino mixing in the OPERA experiment using a new identification method

N. Agafonova, A. Alexandrov, A. Anokhina +123

This paper describes a new identification method specifically designed to improve the low-energy () identification efficiency attained by enlarging…

hep-ex2022★ 46 cited

The European Spallation Source neutrino Super Beam Conceptual Design Report

A. Alekou, E. Baussan, A. K. Bhattacharyya +73

This conceptual design report provides a detailed account of the European Spallation Source neutrino Super Beam (ESSSB) feasibility study. This facility has been proposed after…

hep-ex2021★ 1 cited

Updated physics performance of the ESSnuSB experiment

A. Alekou, E. Baussan, N. Blaskovic Kraljevic +48

In this paper, we present the physics performance of the ESSnuSB experiment in the standard three flavor scenario using the updated neutrino flux calculated specifically for the ES…

hep-ex2019★ 3 cited

First observation of a tau neutrino charged current interaction with charm production in the Opera experiment

N. Agafonova, A. Alexandrov, A. Anokhina +124

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 observe…

hep-ex2019★ 21 cited

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

OPERA Collaboration, N. Agafonova, A. Alexandrov +124

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 isolat…

hep-ex2018

Latest results of the OPERA experiment on nu-tau appearance in the CNGS neutrino beam

N. Agafonova, A. Alexandrov, A. Anokhina +132

OPERA is a long-baseline experiment designed to search for oscillations in appearance mode. It was based at the INFN Gran Sasso laboratory (LNGS) and took data from 200…

hep-ex2018★ 18 cited

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

N. Agafonova, A. Alexandrov, A. Anokhina +125

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 en…

hep-ex2018★ 114 cited

Final results of the OPERA experiment on appearance in the CNGS beam

OPERA Collaboration, N. Agafonova, A. Alexandrov +134

The OPERA experiment was designed to study oscillations in appearance mode in the CNGS neutrino beam. In this letter we report the final analysis of the full data sampl…

hep-ex2018★ 4 cited

Final results of the search for oscillations with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam

OPERA Collaboration, N. Agafonova, A. Aleksandrov +130

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…

hep-ex2015★ 163 cited

Discovery of tau neutrino appearance in the CNGS neutrino beam with the OPERA experiment

OPERA Collaboration, N. Agafonova, A. Aleksandrov +139

The OPERA experiment was designed to search for oscillations in appearance mode, i.e. by detecting the -leptons produced in charged current interacti…

hep-ex2015★ 29 cited

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

OPERA Collaboration, N. Agafonova, A. Aleksandrov +128

The OPERA experiment, exposed to the CERN to Gran Sasso beam, collected data from 2008 to 2012. Four oscillated Charged Current interaction candidates have been detecte…

hep-ex2014★ 52 cited

Observation of nu_tau appearance in the CNGS beam with the OPERA experiment

OPERA Collaboration, N. Agafonova, A. Aleksandrov +145

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 evide…

hep-ex2014★ 43 cited

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

N. Agafonova, A. Anokhina, S. Aoki +135

The OPERA experiment, designed to perform the first observation of oscillations in appearance mode through the detection of the leptons produced in c…

hep-ex2014★ 29 cited

Measurement of TeV atmospheric muon charge ratio with the full OPERA data

N. Agafonova, A. Anokhina, S. Aoki +134

The OPERA detector, designed to search for oscillations in the CNGS beam, is located in the underground Gran Sasso laboratory, a privileged location to study TeV-scal…

hep-ex2013★ 1 cited

New results on appearance with the OPERA experiment in the CNGS beam

OPERA Collaboration, N. Agafonova, A. Aleksandrov +167

The OPERA neutrino experiment is designed to perform the first observation of neutrino oscillations in direct appearance mode in the channel, via the detection of the…

hep-ex2013★ 7 cited

Search for oscillations with the OPERA experiment in the CNGS beam

OPERA collaboration, N. Agafonova, A. Aleksandrov +161

A first result of the search for \numu \nue oscillations in the OPERA experiment, located at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory, is presented. The experiment looke…