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most citedMeasurement of the neutrino velocity with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam

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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-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★ 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★ 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…

hep-ex2012★ 50 cited

Measurement of the neutrino velocity with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam using the 2012 dedicated data

The OPERA Collaboration, T. Adam, N. Agafonova +168

In spring 2012 CERN provided two weeks of a short bunch proton beam dedicated to the neutrino velocity measurement over a distance of 730 km. The OPERA neutrino experiment at the u…

hep-ex2011★ 490 cited

Measurement of the neutrino velocity with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam

The OPERA Collaboration, T. Adam, N. Agafonova +188

The OPERA neutrino experiment at the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory has measured the velocity of neutrinos from the CERN CNGS beam over a baseline of about 730 km. The measureme…

physics.ins-det2011★ 95 cited

Momentum measurement by the Multiple Coulomb Scattering method in the OPERA lead emulsion target

The OPERA Collaboration

A new method of momentum measurement of charged particles through Multiple Coulomb Scattering (MCS) in the OPERA lead emulsion target is presented. It is based on precise measureme…

hep-ex2010★ 5 cited

Measurement of the atmospheric muon charge ratio with the OPERA detector

OPERA Collaboration, N. Agafonova, A. Anokhina +182

The OPERA detector at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory (LNGS) was used to measure the atmospheric muon charge ratio in the TeV energy region. We analyzed 403069 atmospheric mu…

hep-ex2007★ 138 cited

A first measurement of the interaction cross section of the tau neutrino

The DONuT Collaboration

The DONuT experiment collected data in 1997 and published first results in 2000 based on four observed charged-current (CC) interactions. The final analysis of the data colle…

hep-ex1996★ 25 cited

Measurement of B(D_s+ -> mu+ nu_mu)/B(D_s+ -> phi mu+ nu_mu) and Determination of the Decay Constant f_{D_s}

K. Kodama, S. Torikai, N. Ushida +71

We have observed purely-leptonic decays of from a sample of muonic one prong decay events detected in the emulsion target of Fermila…