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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★ 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-det2016★ 93 cited

Readout technologies for directional WIMP Dark Matter detection

J. B. R. Battat, I. G. Irastorza, A. Aleksandrov +90

The measurement of the direction of WIMP-induced nuclear recoils is a compelling but technologically challenging strategy to provide an unambiguous signature of the detection of Ga…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…