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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…
Stereo neutrino spectrum of 235U fission rejects sterile neutrino hypothesis
H. Almazán, L. Bernard, A. Blanchet +21
Anomalies in past neutrino measurements have led to the discovery that these particles have non-zero mass and oscillate between their three flavors when they propagate. In the 2010…
Improved FIFRELIN de-excitation model for neutrino applications
H. Almazan, L. Bernard, A. Blanchet +26
The precise modeling of the de-excitation of Gd isotopes is of great interest for experimental studies of neutrinos using Gd-loaded organic liquid scintillators. The FIFRELIN code…
Searching for Hidden Neutrons with a Reactor Neutrino Experiment: Constraints from the STEREO Experiment
H. Almazán, L. Bernard, A. Blanchet +25
Different extensions of the standard model of particle physics, such as braneworld or mirror matter models, predict the existence of a neutron sterile state, possibly as a dark mat…
First antineutrino energy spectrum from U fissions with the STEREO detector at ILL
STEREO collaboration, H. Almazán, L. Bernard +24
This article reports the measurement of the U-induced antineutrino spectrum shape by the STEREO experiment. 43'000 antineutrinos have been detected at about 10 m from the h…
Note on arXiv:2005.05301, 'Preparation of the Neutrino-4 experiment on search for sterile neutrino and the obtained results of measurements'
H. Almazán, M. Andriamirado, A. B. Balantekin +79
We comment on the claimed observation [arXiv:arXiv:2005.05301] of sterile neutrino oscillations by the Neutrino-4 collaboration. Such a claim, which requires the existence of a new…
Accurate Measurement of the Electron Antineutrino Yield of U-235 Fissions from the STEREO Experiment with 119 Days of Reactor-On Data
STEREO Collaboration, H. Almazán, L. Bernard +26
We report a measurement of the antineutrino rate from the fission of U-235 with the STEREO detector using 119 days of reactor turned on. In our analysis, we perform several detaile…
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…
Improved Sterile Neutrino Constraints from the STEREO Experiment with 179 Days of Reactor-On Data
STEREO Collaboration, H. Almazán, L. Bernard +27
The STEREO experiment is a very short baseline reactor antineutrino experiment. It is designed to test the hypothesis of light sterile neutrinos being the cause of a deficit of the…
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…
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…
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…
Sterile Neutrino Constraints from the STEREO Experiment with 66 days of Reactor-on Data
H. Almazán, P. del Amo Sanchez, L. Bernard +25
The reactor antineutrino anomaly might be explained by the oscillation of reactor antineutrinos toward a sterile neutrino of eV mass. In order to explore this hypothesis, the STERE…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A Precision Measurement of Charm Dimuon Production in Neutrino Interactions from the NOMAD Experiment
NOMAD Collaboration
We present our new measurement of the cross-section for charm dimuon production in neutrino-iron interactions based upon the full statistics collected by the NOMAD experiment. Afte…
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…
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…
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…