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most citedFinal results of the OPERA experiment on appearance in the CNGS beam

114 citations · 380 across the 44 of their papers we have counts for

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46 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Toward High-Resolution Detection of Target Fragmentation: TEA-Sensitized NIT for Proton Therapy Applications

V. Boccia, T. Asada, A. Alexandrov +96

Nano Imaging Trackers (NIT) are fine-grained nuclear emulsions capable of tracking charged particles with sub-micrometric spatial resolution. The DAMON (Direct Measurement of Targe…

astro-ph.HE2026

Constraints on the VHE counterpart of two binary black hole mergers observed by the MAGIC and CTAO LST-1 telescopes

K. Abe, S. Abe, J. Abhir +358

We present very-high-energy gamma-ray observations of two binary black hole merger candidates, GW240615_113620 and GW241125_010116, performed with the Major Atmospheric Gamma Imagi…

nucl-ex2026

Measurement of 80-200 MeV/n O nuclear cross-section on Carbon and Polyethylene targets with the nuclear emulsion detector of the FOOT experiment

FOOT Collaboration, Giuliana Galati, Vincenzo Boccia +93

Accurate knowledge of nuclear fragmentation cross-sections is essential for optimizing charged particle therapy. In this study, conducted within the framework of the FOOT (Fragment…

hep-ex2026

Measurement of the muon neutrino charged-current cross section with SND@LHC

LHC Collaboration, D. Abbaneo, S. Ahmad +163

We report a measurement of the muon neutrino charged-current (CC) interaction cross section on tungsten using the electronic detectors of the SND@LHC experiment at the CERN Large H…

astro-ph.HE2026

Detection of the distant quasar OP 313 with the first Large-Sized Telescope of CTAO

K. Abe, S. Abe, J. Abhir +412

In December 2023, the Large-Sized Telescope prototype (LST-1) detected for the first time VHE -ray emission from the FSRQ OP~313 becoming the furthest blazar ever observed at VH…

astro-ph.HE2026

Chasing Gamma-Ray Signals from Binary Neutron Star Coalescences with the Cherenkov Telescope Array: Prospects and Observing Strategies

S. Abe, J. Abhir, A. Abhishek +457

The detection of gravitational waves (GWs) from a binary neutron star (BNS) merger by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (GW170817), together with its electromagnetic counterpart, th…

astro-ph.HE2026

VHE gamma-ray intranight variability from BL Lacertae during the extreme flaring state of 2022

K. Abe, S. Abe, A. Abhishek +297

BL Lacertae (BL Lac), the archetypal blazar of its subclass and one of the most studied blazars in the last decades, has undergone a series of major multi-wavelength outbursts sinc…

astro-ph.HE2026

Extreme Blazars Observed with MAGIC: Second Catalog Release

K. Abe, S. Abe, J. Abhir +353

Extremely high-peaked BL Lac objects - also named extreme blazars - are among the most energetic and persistent extragalactic accelerators in the Universe, defined by a synchrotron…

hep-ex2026

Study of the Run-3 muon flux at the SND@LHC experiment

LHC Collaboration

Long-range muons produced in proton-proton collisions at the ATLAS interaction point constitute the primary background for neutrino interaction searches at the SND@LHC experiment.…

physics.ins-det2026

New method for clustering thresholds determination in Microstrip Silicon Detector

S. Mazzolani, I. Mattei, L. Servoli

The Microstrip Silicon Detector (MSD) is one of the subsystems of the FragmentatiOn Of Target (FOOT) experiment whose goal is to measure double differential nuclear fragmentation c…

hep-ex2026

Measurement of the Muon Flux at SND@LHC: Results from the 2023-2025 Proton and Heavy-Ion Periods

LHC Collaboration

The SND@LHC experiment investigates neutrinos in the forward pseudorapidity range. The detector consists of a veto system, a scintillating fiber tracker interleaved…

hep-ex2026

SND@LHC Upgrade for the High-Luminosity LHC: Physics Reach and Installation Scenarios

LHC Collaboration

The SND@LHC experiment is currently taking data at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), exploring the unique forward region at pseudorapidities from 7.2 to 8.4. Its physics programme c…

astro-ph.HE2025

CTAO LST-1 observations of magnetar SGR 1935+2154: Deep limits on sub-second bursts and persistent tera-electronvolt emission

K. Abe, S. Abe, A. Abhishek +333

The Galactic magnetar SGR 1935+2154 has exhibited prolific high-energy (HE) bursting activity in recent years. Investigating its potential tera-electronvolt counterpart could provi…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 2 cited

VHE -ray observations of bright BL Lacs with the Large-Sized Telescope prototype (LST-1) of the CTAO

The CTAO-LST Project, :, K. Abe +331

Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) is the next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory operating in the energy range from 20 GeV up to 300 TeV, with two sites in La…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 3 cited

Prospects for dark matter observations in dwarf spheroidal galaxies with the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

K. Abe, S. Abe, J. Abhir +491

The dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) orbiting the Milky Way are widely regarded as systems supported by velocity dispersion against self-gravity, and as prime targets for the sear…

physics.ins-det2025

The SND@LHC neutron shielding

LHC Collaboration

The design and construction of a neutron shielding for the SND@LHC detector, which utilizes a combination of plexiglass and borated polyethylene, is presented. FLUKA simulations we…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 3 cited

GRB 221009A: Observations with LST-1 of CTAO and Implications for Structured Jets in Long Gamma-Ray Bursts

LST Collaboration, K. Abe, S. Abe +328

GRB 221009A is the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) observed to date. Extensive observations of its afterglow emission across the electromagnetic spectrum were performed, providing…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Detection of the Geminga pulsar at energies down to 20 GeV with the LST-1 of CTAO

The CTAO-LST Project, :, K. Abe +331

Geminga is the third gamma-ray pulsar firmly detected by imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) after the Crab and the Vela pulsars. Most of its emission is expected at t…

physics.ins-det2025

Studies of Hadronic Showers in SND@LHC

LHC Collaboration

The SND@LHC experiment was built for observing neutrinos arising from LHC pp collisions. The detector consists of two sections: a target instrumented with SciFi modules and a hadro…

hep-ex2025

Input from the SND@LHC collaboration to the 2026 Update to the European Strategy for Particle Physics

LHC collaboration

By observing collider neutrino interactions of different flavours, the SND@LHC and Faser experiments have shown that the LHC can make interesting contributions to neutrino physics.…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 13 cited

Detection of RS Oph with LST-1 and modelling of its HE/VHE gamma-ray emission

CTA-LST Project, :, K. Abe +316

The recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi (RS Oph) underwent a thermonuclear eruption in August 2021. In this event, RS Oph was detected by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.), the…

nucl-ex2025

Cross Section Measurements of Large Angle Fragments Production in the Interaction of Carbon Ion Beams with Thin Targets

The FOOT Collaboration, Y. Dong, I. Mattei +87

The fragmentation cross sections of carbon ion beams with kinetic energies of impinging on thin targets of graphite (C), polyvinyl-toluene (CH)…

nucl-ex2025

Angular differential and elemental fragmentation cross sections of a beam on a graphite target with the FOOT experiment

FOOT Collaboration, R. Ridolfi, M. Toppi +88

This paper presents the measurements of the angular differential cross sections for the forward production of He, Li, Be, B, C and N nuclei in the fragmentation process of a 400$\t…

hep-ex2024★ 1 cited

Observation of collider neutrinos without final state muons with the SND@LHC experiment

LHC Collaboration

We report the observation of neutrino interactions without final state muons at the LHC, with a significance of 6.4. A data set of proton-proton collisions at …