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

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astro-ph.IM2023★ 8 cited

Directional Sensitivity of the NEWSdm Experiment to Cosmic Ray Boosted Dark Matter

N. Y. Agafonova, A. Alexandrov, A. M. Anokhina +54

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 flu…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 19 cited

Characterization of the varying flux of atmospheric muons measured with the Large Volume Detector for 24 years

N. Yu. Agafonova, M. Aglietta, P. Antonioli +25

The Large Volume Detector (LVD), hosted in the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, is triggered by atmospheric muons at a rate of ~Hz. The data collected over almos…

astro-ph.CO2017★ 37 cited

Discovery potential for directional Dark Matter detection with nuclear emulsions

N. Agafonova, A. Aleksandrov, A. Anokhina +53

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 o…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 61 cited

Implication for the core collapse supernova rate from 21 years of data of the Large Volume Detector

N. Y. Agafonova, M. Aglietta, P. Antonioli +32

The Large Volume Detector (LVD) has been continuously taking data since 1992 at the INFN Gran Sasso National Laboratory. LVD is sensitive to neutrino bursts from gravitational stel…

hep-ex2013★ 1 cited

Measurement of cosmic muon charge ratio with the Large Volume Detector

N. Yu. Agafonova, M. Aglietta, P. Antonioli +28

The charge ratio for atmospheric muons has been measured using Large Volume Detector (LVD) in the INFN Gran Sasso National Laboratory, Italy (minimal depth is…

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-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…

hep-ex2011

Search for oscillation with the OPERA experiment in the CNGS beam

The OPERA Collaboration

The OPERA neutrino experiment in the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory (LNGS) was designed to perform the first detection of neutrino oscillations in direct appearance mode in the…

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-ex2011★ 57 cited

Study of neutrino interactions with the electronic detectors of the OPERA experiment

OPERA Collaboration

The OPERA experiment is based on a hybrid technology combining electronic detectors and nuclear emulsions. OPERA collected muon-neutrino interactions during the 2008 and 2009 physi…

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…

physics.ins-det2008★ 47 cited

Emulsion sheet doublets as interface trackers for the OPERA experiment

A. Ariga

New methods for efficient and unambiguous interconnection between electronic counters and target units based on nuclear photographic emulsion films have been developed. The applica…

hep-ex1998★ 104 cited

Muon `Depth -- Intensity' Relation Measured by LVD Underground Experiment and Cosmic-Ray Muon Spectrum at Sea Level

M. Aglietta

We present the analysis of the muon events with all muon multiplicities collected during 21804 hours of operation of the first LVD tower. The measured angular distribution of muon…