The detection of neutrino interactions in the emulsion/lead target of the OPERA experiment

N. Agafonova; A. Anokhina; S. Aoki; A. Ariga; T. Ariga; L. Arrabito; D. Autiero; A. Badertscher; A. Bagulya; F. Bersani Greggio; A. Bertolin; M. Besnier; D. Bick; V. Boyarkin; C. Bozza; T. Brugière; R. Brugnera; G. Brunetti; S. Buontempo; E. Carrara; A. Cazes; L. Chaussard; M. Chernyavsky; V. Chiarella; N. Chon-Sen; A. Chukanov; M. Cozzi; G. D'amato; F. Dal Corso; N. D'ambrosio; G. De Lellis; Y. Déclais; M. De Serio; F. Di Capua; D. Di Ferdinando; A. Di Giovanni; N. Di Marco; C. Di Troia; S. Dmitrievski; A. Dominjon; M. Dracos; D. Duchesneau; S. Dusini; J. Ebert; O. Egorov; R. Enikeev; A. Ereditato; L. S. Esposito; J. Favier; G. Felici; T. Ferber; R. Fini; D. Frekers; T. Fukuda; C. Fukushima; V. I. Galkin; V. A. Galkin; A. Garfagnini; G. Giacomelli; M. Giorgini; C. Goellnitz; T. Goeltzenlichter; J. Goldberg; D. Golubkov; Y. Gornushkin; G. Grella; F. Grianti; M. Guler; C. Gustavino; C. Hagner; K. Hamada; T. Hara; M. Hierholzer; K. Hoshino; M. Ieva; K. Jakovcic; B. Janutta; C. Jollet; F. Juget; M. Kazuyama; S. H. Kim; M. Kimura; N. Kitagawa; B. Klicek; J. Knuesel; K. Kodama; D. Kolev; M. Komatsu; U. Kose; A. Krasnoperov; I. Kreslo; Z. Krumstein; H. Kubota; V. V. Kutsenov; V. A. Kuznetsov; I. Laktineh; C. Lazzaro; J. Lenkeit; A. Ljubicic; A. Longhin; G. Lutter; A. Malgin; K. Manai; G. Mandrioli; A. Marotta; J. Marteau; T. Matsuo; V. Matveev; N. Mauri; E. Medinaceli; F. Meisel; A. Meregaglia; M. Messina; P. Migliozzi; S. Miyamoto; P. Monacelli; K. Morishima; U. Moser; M. T. Muciaccia; N. Naganawa; T. Naka; M. Nakamura; T. Nakano; V. Nikitina; K. Niwa; Y. Nonoyama; A. Nozdrin; S. Ogawa; A. Olchevski; G. Orlova; V. Osedlo; D. Ossetski; M. Paniccia; A. Paoloni; B. D. Park; I. G. Park; A. Pastore; L. Patrizii; E. Pennacchio; H. Pessard; V. Pilipenko; C. Pistillo; N. Polukhina; M. Pozzato; K. Pretzl; P. Publichenko; F. Pupilli; R. Rescigno; D. Rizhikov; T. Roganova; G. Romano; G. Rosa; I. Rostovtseva; A. Rubbia; A. Russo; V. Ryasny; O. Ryazhskaya; A. Sadovski; O. Sato; Y. Sato; V. Saveliev; A. Schembri; W. Schmidt Parzefall; H. Schroeder; H. U. Schütz; J. Schuler; L. Scotto Lavina; H. Shibuya; S. Simone; M. Sioli; C. Sirignano; G. Sirri; J. S. Song; M. Spinetti; L. Stanco; N. Starkov; M. Stipcevic; T. Strauss; P. Strolin; V. Sugonyaev; S. Takahashi; V. Tereschenko; F. Terranova; I. Tezuka; V. Tioukov; P. Tolun; V. Tsarev; R. Tsenov; S. Tufanli; N. Ushida; V. Verguilov; P. Vilain; M. Vladimirov; L. Votano; J. L. Vuilleumier; G. Wilquet; B. Wonsak; V. Yakushev; C. S. Yoon; T. Yoshioka; J. Yoshida; Y. Zaitsev; A. Zghiche; R. Zimmermann

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/4/06/P06020

The detection of neutrino interactions in the emulsion/lead target of the OPERA experiment

N. Agafonova, A. Anokhina, S. Aoki, A. Ariga, T. Ariga, L. Arrabito, D. Autiero, A. Badertscher, A. Bagulya, F. Bersani Greggio, A. Bertolin, M. Besnier, D. Bick, V. Boyarkin, C. Bozza, T. Brugière, R. Brugnera, G. Brunetti, S. Buontempo, E. CarraraA. Cazes, L. Chaussard, M. Chernyavsky, V. Chiarella, N. Chon-Sen, A. Chukanov, M. Cozzi, G. D'amato, F. Dal Corso, N. D'ambrosio, G. De Lellis, Y. Déclais, M. De Serio, F. Di Capua, D. Di Ferdinando, A. Di Giovanni, N. Di Marco, C. Di Troia, S. Dmitrievski, A. Dominjon, M. Dracos, D. Duchesneau, S. Dusini, J. Ebert, O. Egorov, R. Enikeev, A. Ereditato, L. S. Esposito, J. Favier, G. Felici, T. Ferber, R. Fini, D. Frekers, T. Fukuda, C. Fukushima, V. I. Galkin, V. A. Galkin, A. Garfagnini, G. Giacomelli, M. Giorgini, C. Goellnitz, T. Goeltzenlichter, J. Goldberg, D. Golubkov, Y. Gornushkin, G. Grella, F. Grianti, M. Guler, C. Gustavino, C. Hagner, K. Hamada, T. Hara, M. Hierholzer, K. Hoshino, M. Ieva, K. Jakovcic, B. Janutta, C. Jollet, F. Juget, M. Kazuyama, S. H. Kim, M. Kimura, N. Kitagawa, B. Klicek, J. Knuesel, K. Kodama, D. Kolev, M. Komatsu, U. Kose, A. Krasnoperov, I. Kreslo, Z. Krumstein, H. Kubota, V. V. Kutsenov, V. A. Kuznetsov, I. Laktineh, C. Lazzaro, J. Lenkeit, A. Ljubicic, A. Longhin, G. Lutter, A. Malgin, K. Manai, G. Mandrioli, A. Marotta, J. Marteau, T. Matsuo, V. Matveev, N. Mauri, E. Medinaceli, F. Meisel, A. Meregaglia, M. Messina, P. Migliozzi, S. Miyamoto, P. Monacelli, K. Morishima, U. Moser, M. T. Muciaccia, N. Naganawa, T. Naka, M. Nakamura, T. Nakano, V. Nikitina, K. Niwa, Y. Nonoyama, A. Nozdrin, S. Ogawa, A. Olchevski, G. Orlova, V. Osedlo, D. Ossetski, M. Paniccia, A. Paoloni, B. D. Park, I. G. Park, A. Pastore, L. Patrizii, E. Pennacchio, H. Pessard, V. Pilipenko, C. Pistillo, N. Polukhina, M. Pozzato, K. Pretzl, P. Publichenko, F. Pupilli, R. Rescigno, D. Rizhikov, T. Roganova, G. Romano, G. Rosa, I. Rostovtseva, A. Rubbia, A. Russo, V. Ryasny, O. Ryazhskaya, A. Sadovski, O. Sato, Y. Sato, V. Saveliev, A. Schembri, W. Schmidt Parzefall, H. Schroeder, H. U. Schütz, J. Schuler, L. Scotto Lavina, H. Shibuya, S. Simone, M. Sioli, C. Sirignano, G. Sirri, J. S. Song, M. Spinetti, L. Stanco, N. Starkov, M. Stipcevic, T. Strauss, P. Strolin, V. Sugonyaev, S. Takahashi, V. Tereschenko, F. Terranova, I. Tezuka, V. Tioukov, P. Tolun, V. Tsarev, R. Tsenov, S. Tufanli, N. Ushida, V. Verguilov, P. Vilain, M. Vladimirov, L. Votano, J. L. Vuilleumier, G. Wilquet, B. Wonsak, V. Yakushev, C. S. Yoon, T. Yoshioka, J. Yoshida, Y. Zaitsev, A. Zghiche, R. Zimmermann

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The OPERA neutrino detector in the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory (LNGS) was designed to perform the first detection of neutrino oscillations in appearance mode through the study of ν_μ→ ν_τ oscillations. The apparatus consists of an emulsion/lead target complemented by electronic detectors and it is placed in the high energy long-baseline CERN to LNGS beam (CNGS) 730 km away from the neutrino source. Runs with CNGS neutrinos were successfully carried out in 2007 and 2008 with the detector fully operational with its related facilities for the emulsion handling and analysis. After a brief description of the beam and of the experimental setup we report on the collection, reconstruction and analysis procedures of first samples of neutrino interaction events.

Original language	English
Article number	P06020
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	4
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/4/06/P06020
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics
Particle tracking detectors

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Instrumentation
Mathematical Physics

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Agafonova, N., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Arrabito, L., Autiero, D., Badertscher, A., Bagulya, A., Bersani Greggio, F., Bertolin, A., Besnier, M., Bick, D., Boyarkin, V., Bozza, C., Brugière, T., Brugnera, R., Brunetti, G., Buontempo, S., ... Zimmermann, R. (2009). The detection of neutrino interactions in the emulsion/lead target of the OPERA experiment. Journal of Instrumentation, 4(6), [P06020]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/4/06/P06020

Agafonova, N, Anokhina, A, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Ariga, T, Arrabito, L, Autiero, D, Badertscher, A, Bagulya, A, Bersani Greggio, F, Bertolin, A, Besnier, M, Bick, D, Boyarkin, V, Bozza, C, Brugière, T, Brugnera, R, Brunetti, G, Buontempo, S, Carrara, E, Cazes, A, Chaussard, L, Chernyavsky, M, Chiarella, V, Chon-Sen, N, Chukanov, A, Cozzi, M, D'amato, G, Dal Corso, F, D'ambrosio, N, De Lellis, G, Déclais, Y, De Serio, M, Di Capua, F, Di Ferdinando, D, Di Giovanni, A, Di Marco, N, Di Troia, C, Dmitrievski, S, Dominjon, A, Dracos, M, Duchesneau, D, Dusini, S, Ebert, J, Egorov, O, Enikeev, R, Ereditato, A, Esposito, LS, Favier, J, Felici, G, Ferber, T, Fini, R, Frekers, D, Fukuda, T, Fukushima, C, Galkin, VI, Galkin, VA, Garfagnini, A, Giacomelli, G, Giorgini, M, Goellnitz, C, Goeltzenlichter, T, Goldberg, J, Golubkov, D, Gornushkin, Y, Grella, G, Grianti, F, Guler, M, Gustavino, C, Hagner, C, Hamada, K, Hara, T, Hierholzer, M, Hoshino, K, Ieva, M, Jakovcic, K, Janutta, B, Jollet, C, Juget, F, Kazuyama, M, Kim, SH, Kimura, M, Kitagawa, N, Klicek, B, Knuesel, J, Kodama, K, Kolev, D, Komatsu, M, Kose, U, Krasnoperov, A, Kreslo, I, Krumstein, Z, Kubota, H, Kutsenov, VV, Kuznetsov, VA, Laktineh, I, Lazzaro, C, Lenkeit, J, Ljubicic, A, Longhin, A, Lutter, G, Malgin, A, Manai, K, Mandrioli, G, Marotta, A, Marteau, J, Matsuo, T, Matveev, V, Mauri, N, Medinaceli, E, Meisel, F, Meregaglia, A, Messina, M, Migliozzi, P, Miyamoto, S, Monacelli, P, Morishima, K, Moser, U, Muciaccia, MT, Naganawa, N, Naka, T, Nakamura, M, Nakano, T, Nikitina, V, Niwa, K, Nonoyama, Y, Nozdrin, A, Ogawa, S, Olchevski, A, Orlova, G, Osedlo, V, Ossetski, D, Paniccia, M, Paoloni, A, Park, BD, Park, IG, Pastore, A, Patrizii, L, Pennacchio, E, Pessard, H, Pilipenko, V, Pistillo, C, Polukhina, N, Pozzato, M, Pretzl, K, Publichenko, P, Pupilli, F, Rescigno, R, Rizhikov, D, Roganova, T, Romano, G, Rosa, G, Rostovtseva, I, Rubbia, A, Russo, A, Ryasny, V, Ryazhskaya, O, Sadovski, A, Sato, O, Sato, Y, Saveliev, V, Schembri, A, Schmidt Parzefall, W, Schroeder, H, Schütz, HU, Schuler, J, Scotto Lavina, L, Shibuya, H, Simone, S, Sioli, M, Sirignano, C, Sirri, G, Song, JS, Spinetti, M, Stanco, L, Starkov, N, Stipcevic, M, Strauss, T, Strolin, P, Sugonyaev, V, Takahashi, S, Tereschenko, V, Terranova, F, Tezuka, I, Tioukov, V, Tolun, P, Tsarev, V, Tsenov, R, Tufanli, S, Ushida, N, Verguilov, V, Vilain, P, Vladimirov, M, Votano, L, Vuilleumier, JL, Wilquet, G, Wonsak, B, Yakushev, V, Yoon, CS, Yoshioka, T, Yoshida, J, Zaitsev, Y, Zghiche, A & Zimmermann, R 2009, 'The detection of neutrino interactions in the emulsion/lead target of the OPERA experiment', Journal of Instrumentation, vol. 4, no. 6, P06020. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/4/06/P06020

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AU - Anokhina, A.

AU - Aoki, S.

AU - Ariga, A.

AU - Ariga, T.

AU - Arrabito, L.

AU - Autiero, D.

AU - Badertscher, A.

AU - Bagulya, A.

AU - Bersani Greggio, F.

AU - Bertolin, A.

AU - Besnier, M.

AU - Bick, D.

AU - Boyarkin, V.

AU - Bozza, C.

AU - Brugière, T.

AU - Brugnera, R.

AU - Brunetti, G.

AU - Buontempo, S.

AU - Carrara, E.

AU - Cazes, A.

AU - Chaussard, L.

AU - Chernyavsky, M.

AU - Chiarella, V.

AU - Chon-Sen, N.

AU - Chukanov, A.

AU - Cozzi, M.

AU - D'amato, G.

AU - Dal Corso, F.

AU - D'ambrosio, N.

AU - De Lellis, G.

AU - Déclais, Y.

AU - De Serio, M.

AU - Di Capua, F.

AU - Di Ferdinando, D.

AU - Di Giovanni, A.

AU - Di Marco, N.

AU - Di Troia, C.

AU - Dmitrievski, S.

AU - Dominjon, A.

AU - Dracos, M.

AU - Duchesneau, D.

AU - Dusini, S.

AU - Ebert, J.

AU - Egorov, O.

AU - Enikeev, R.

AU - Ereditato, A.

AU - Esposito, L. S.

AU - Favier, J.

AU - Felici, G.

AU - Ferber, T.

AU - Fini, R.

AU - Frekers, D.

AU - Fukuda, T.

AU - Fukushima, C.

AU - Galkin, V. I.

AU - Galkin, V. A.

AU - Garfagnini, A.

AU - Giacomelli, G.

AU - Giorgini, M.

AU - Goellnitz, C.

AU - Goeltzenlichter, T.

AU - Goldberg, J.

AU - Golubkov, D.

AU - Gornushkin, Y.

AU - Grella, G.

AU - Grianti, F.

AU - Guler, M.

AU - Gustavino, C.

AU - Hagner, C.

AU - Hamada, K.

AU - Hara, T.

AU - Hierholzer, M.

AU - Hoshino, K.

AU - Ieva, M.

AU - Jakovcic, K.

AU - Janutta, B.

AU - Jollet, C.

AU - Juget, F.

AU - Kazuyama, M.

AU - Kim, S. H.

AU - Kimura, M.

AU - Kitagawa, N.

AU - Klicek, B.

AU - Knuesel, J.

AU - Kodama, K.

AU - Kolev, D.

AU - Komatsu, M.

AU - Kose, U.

AU - Krasnoperov, A.

AU - Kreslo, I.

AU - Krumstein, Z.

AU - Kubota, H.

AU - Kutsenov, V. V.

AU - Kuznetsov, V. A.

AU - Laktineh, I.

AU - Lazzaro, C.

AU - Lenkeit, J.

AU - Ljubicic, A.

AU - Longhin, A.

AU - Lutter, G.

AU - Malgin, A.

AU - Manai, K.

AU - Mandrioli, G.

AU - Marotta, A.

AU - Marteau, J.

AU - Matsuo, T.

AU - Matveev, V.

AU - Mauri, N.

AU - Medinaceli, E.

AU - Meisel, F.

AU - Meregaglia, A.

AU - Messina, M.

AU - Migliozzi, P.

AU - Miyamoto, S.

AU - Monacelli, P.

AU - Morishima, K.

AU - Moser, U.

AU - Muciaccia, M. T.

AU - Naganawa, N.

AU - Naka, T.

AU - Nakamura, M.

AU - Nakano, T.

AU - Nikitina, V.

AU - Niwa, K.

AU - Nonoyama, Y.

AU - Nozdrin, A.

AU - Ogawa, S.

AU - Olchevski, A.

AU - Orlova, G.

AU - Osedlo, V.

AU - Ossetski, D.

AU - Paniccia, M.

AU - Paoloni, A.

AU - Park, B. D.

AU - Park, I. G.

AU - Pastore, A.

AU - Patrizii, L.

AU - Pennacchio, E.

AU - Pessard, H.

AU - Pilipenko, V.

AU - Pistillo, C.

AU - Polukhina, N.

AU - Pozzato, M.

AU - Pretzl, K.

AU - Publichenko, P.

AU - Pupilli, F.

AU - Rescigno, R.

AU - Rizhikov, D.

AU - Roganova, T.

AU - Romano, G.

AU - Rosa, G.

AU - Rostovtseva, I.

AU - Rubbia, A.

AU - Russo, A.

AU - Ryasny, V.

AU - Ryazhskaya, O.

AU - Sadovski, A.

AU - Sato, O.

AU - Sato, Y.

AU - Saveliev, V.

AU - Schembri, A.

AU - Schmidt Parzefall, W.

AU - Schroeder, H.

AU - Schütz, H. U.

AU - Schuler, J.

AU - Scotto Lavina, L.

AU - Shibuya, H.

AU - Simone, S.

AU - Sioli, M.

AU - Sirignano, C.

AU - Sirri, G.

AU - Song, J. S.

AU - Spinetti, M.

AU - Stanco, L.

AU - Starkov, N.

AU - Stipcevic, M.

AU - Strauss, T.

AU - Strolin, P.

AU - Sugonyaev, V.

AU - Takahashi, S.

AU - Tereschenko, V.

AU - Terranova, F.

AU - Tezuka, I.

AU - Tioukov, V.

AU - Tolun, P.

AU - Tsarev, V.

AU - Tsenov, R.

AU - Tufanli, S.

AU - Ushida, N.

AU - Verguilov, V.

AU - Vilain, P.

AU - Vladimirov, M.

AU - Votano, L.

AU - Vuilleumier, J. L.

AU - Wilquet, G.

AU - Wonsak, B.

AU - Yakushev, V.

AU - Yoon, C. S.

AU - Yoshioka, T.

AU - Yoshida, J.

AU - Zaitsev, Y.

AU - Zghiche, A.

AU - Zimmermann, R.

PY - 2009

Y1 - 2009

N2 - The OPERA neutrino detector in the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory (LNGS) was designed to perform the first detection of neutrino oscillations in appearance mode through the study of νμ→ ντ oscillations. The apparatus consists of an emulsion/lead target complemented by electronic detectors and it is placed in the high energy long-baseline CERN to LNGS beam (CNGS) 730 km away from the neutrino source. Runs with CNGS neutrinos were successfully carried out in 2007 and 2008 with the detector fully operational with its related facilities for the emulsion handling and analysis. After a brief description of the beam and of the experimental setup we report on the collection, reconstruction and analysis procedures of first samples of neutrino interaction events.

AB - The OPERA neutrino detector in the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory (LNGS) was designed to perform the first detection of neutrino oscillations in appearance mode through the study of νμ→ ντ oscillations. The apparatus consists of an emulsion/lead target complemented by electronic detectors and it is placed in the high energy long-baseline CERN to LNGS beam (CNGS) 730 km away from the neutrino source. Runs with CNGS neutrinos were successfully carried out in 2007 and 2008 with the detector fully operational with its related facilities for the emulsion handling and analysis. After a brief description of the beam and of the experimental setup we report on the collection, reconstruction and analysis procedures of first samples of neutrino interaction events.

KW - Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics

KW - Particle tracking detectors

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U2 - 10.1088/1748-0221/4/06/P06020

DO - 10.1088/1748-0221/4/06/P06020

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AN - SCOPUS:71049183502

SN - 1748-0221

VL - 4

JO - Journal of Instrumentation

JF - Journal of Instrumentation

IS - 6

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The detection of neutrino interactions in the emulsion/lead target of the OPERA experiment

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