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

490 citations · 1.6k across the 36 of their papers we have counts for

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37 papers

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…

physics.ins-det2020★ 18 cited

SND@LHC

SHiP Collaboration, C. Ahdida, A. Akmete +341

We propose to build and operate a detector that, for the first time, will measure the process at the LHC and search for feebly interacting particles (FIPs) in an unexplor…

physics.ins-det2020★ 3 cited

Measurement of the muon flux for the SHiP experiment

SHiP Collaboration

The SHiP experiment will search for very weakly interacting particles beyond the Standard Model which are produced in a 400 \GeV/ proton beam dump at the CERN SPS. About $10^{11…

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…

nucl-ex2019★ 1 cited

Natural superheavy nuclei in astrophysical data

Andrey Alexandrov, Victor Alexeev, Alexander Bagulya +16

The paper presents the summary data of the authors' research within the framework of the OLIMPIYA project (the Russian acronym of {\bf OLI}viny iz {\bf M}eteoritov --- {\bf P}oisk…

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-ph2018

Sensitivity of the SHiP experiment to Heavy Neutral Leptons

SHiP Collaboration

Heavy Neutral Leptons (HNLs) are hypothetical particles predicted by many extensions of the Standard Model. These particles can, among other things, explain the origin of neutrino…

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…

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…

physics.ins-det2017★ 38 cited

The active muon shield in the SHiP experiment

SHiP collaboration, A. Akmete, A. Alexandrov +229

The SHiP experiment is designed to search for very weakly interacting particles beyond the Standard Model which are produced in a 400 GeV/c proton beam dump at the CERN SPS. An ess…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 17 cited

NEWS: Nuclear Emulsions for WIMP Search

A. Aleksandrov, A. Anokhina, T. Asada +56

Nowadays there is compelling evidence for the existence of dark matter in the Universe. A general consensus has been expressed on the need for a directional sensitive detector to c…

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…

physics.ins-det2015★ 272 cited

A facility to Search for Hidden Particles (SHiP) at the CERN SPS

SHiP Collaboration, M. Anelli, S. Aoki +233

A new general purpose fixed target facility is proposed at the CERN SPS accelerator which is aimed at exploring the domain of hidden particles and make measurements with tau neutri…

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-ph2015★ 1 cited

Search for Sterile Neutrinos in the Muon Neutrino Disappearance Mode at FNAL

A. Anokhina, A. Bagulya, M. Benettoni +61

The NESSiE Collaboration has been setup to undertake a conclusive experiment to clarify the {\em muon--neutrino disappearance} measurements at short baselines in order to put sever…

hep-ph2014

The NESSiE way to searches for sterile neutrinos at FNAL

L. Stanco, A. Anokhina, A. Bagulya +66

Neutrino physics is nowadays receiving more and more attention as a possible source of information for the long-standing problem of new physics beyond the Standard Model. The recen…

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-ph2014★ 5 cited

Prospects for the measurement of muon-neutrino disappearance at the FNAL-Booster

A. Anokhina, A. Bagulya, M. Benettoni +66

Neutrino physics is nowadays receiving more and more attention as a possible source of information for the long-standing problem of new physics beyond the Standard Model. The recen…

physics.ins-det2014★ 1 cited

Determination of the muon charge sign with the dipolar spectrometers of the OPERA experiment

OPERA Collaboration, N. Agafonova, A. Aleksandrov +141

The OPERA long-baseline neutrino-oscillation experiment has observed the direct appearance of in the CNGS beam. Two large muon magnetic spectrometers are used to identi…

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…