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Agafonova N, Alexandrov A, Anokhina A, Aoki S, Ariga A, Ariga T, Bertolin A, Bozza C, Brugnera R, Buonaura A, Buontempo S, Chernyavskiy M, Chukanov A, Consiglio L, D'Ambrosio N, De Lellis G, De Serio M, Del Amo Sanchez P, Di Crescenzo A, Di Ferdinando D, Di Marco N, Dmitrievsky S, Dracos M, Duchesneau D, Dusini S, Dzhatdoev T, Ebert J, Ereditato A, Favier J, Fini RA, Fornari F, Fukuda T, Galati G, Garfagnini A, Gentile V, Goldberg J, Gorbunov S, Gornushkin Y, Grella G, Guler AM, Gustavino C, Hagner C, Hara T, Hayakawa T, Hollnagel A, Ishiguro K, Iuliano A, Jakovcic K, Jollet C, Kamiscioglu C, Kamiscioglu M, Kim SH, Kitagawa N, Klicek B, Kodama K, Komatsu M, Kose U, Kreslo I, Laudisio F, Lauria A, Ljubicic A, Longhin A, Loverre P, Malenica M, Malgin A, Mandrioli G, Matsuo T, Matveev V, Mauri N, Medinaceli E, Meregaglia A, Mikado S, Miyanishi M, Mizutani F, Monacelli P, Montesi MC, Morishima K, Muciaccia MT, Naganawa N, Naka T, Nakamura M, Nakano T, Niwa K, Ogawa S, Okateva N, Olchevsky A, Ozaki K, Paoloni A, Paparella L, Park BD, Pasqualini L, Pastore A, Patrizii L, Pessard H, Pistillo C, Podgrudkov D, Polukhina N, Pozzato M, Pupilli F, Roda M, Roganova T, Rokujo H, Rosa G, Ryazhskaya O, Sadovsky A, Sato O, Schembri A, Shakiryanova I, Shchedrina T, Shibayama E, Shibuya H, Shiraishi T, Simone S, Sirignano C, Sirri G, Sotnikov A, Spinetti M, Stanco L, Starkov N, Stellacci SM, Stipcevic M, Strolin P, Takahashi S, Tenti M, Terranova F, Tioukov V, Tufanli S, Ustyuzhanin A, Vasina S, Vilain P, Voevodina E, Votano L, Vuilleumier JL, Wilquet G, Wonsak B, Yoon CS. Final Results of the OPERA Experiment on ν_{τ} Appearance in the CNGS Neutrino Beam. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 120:211801. [PMID: 29883136 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.211801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
The OPERA experiment was designed to study ν_{μ}→ν_{τ} oscillations in the appearance mode in the CERN to Gran Sasso Neutrino beam (CNGS). In this Letter, we report the final analysis of the full data sample collected between 2008 and 2012, corresponding to 17.97×10^{19} protons on target. Selection criteria looser than in previous analyses have produced ten ν_{τ} candidate events, thus reducing the statistical uncertainty in the measurement of the oscillation parameters and of ν_{τ} properties. A multivariate approach for event identification has been applied to the candidate events and the discovery of ν_{τ} appearance is confirmed with an improved significance level of 6.1σ. |Δm_{32}^{2}| has been measured, in appearance mode, with an accuracy of 20%. The measurement of the ν_{τ} charged-current cross section, for the first time with a negligible contamination from ν[over ¯]_{τ}, and the first direct evidence for the ν_{τ} lepton number are also reported.
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- N Agafonova
- INR-Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RUS-117312 Moscow, Russia
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- SINP MSU-Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, RUS-119991 Moscow, Russia
| | - S Aoki
- Kobe University, J-657-8501 Kobe, Japan
| | - A Ariga
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
| | - T Ariga
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
- Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University, J-819-0395 Fukuoka, Japan
| | - A Bertolin
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - C Bozza
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Salerno and "Gruppo Collegato" INFN, I-84084 Fisciano (Salerno), Italy
| | - R Brugnera
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - A Buonaura
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università Federico II di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - S Buontempo
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - M Chernyavskiy
- LPI-Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RUS-119991 Moscow, Russia
| | - A Chukanov
- JINR-Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RUS-141980 Dubna, Russia
| | - L Consiglio
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - N D'Ambrosio
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi (L'Aquila), Italy
| | - G De Lellis
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università Federico II di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - M De Serio
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
| | - P Del Amo Sanchez
- LAPP, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - A Di Crescenzo
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università Federico II di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | | | - N Di Marco
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi (L'Aquila), Italy
| | - S Dmitrievsky
- JINR-Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RUS-141980 Dubna, Russia
| | - M Dracos
- IPHC, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS/IN2P3, F-67037 Strasbourg, France
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- LAPP, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - S Dusini
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- SINP MSU-Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, RUS-119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Hamburg University, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- LAPP, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- INFN Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
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- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università Federico II di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- GSSI-Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-40127 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Technion, IL-32000 Haifa, Israel
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- LPI-Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RUS-119991 Moscow, Russia
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- JINR-Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RUS-141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Salerno and "Gruppo Collegato" INFN, I-84084 Fisciano (Salerno), Italy
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- METU-Middle East Technical University, TR-06800 Ankara, Turkey
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- Hamburg University, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Kobe University, J-657-8501 Kobe, Japan
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- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
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- Hamburg University, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università Federico II di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Ruder Bošković Institute, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia
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- IPHC, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS/IN2P3, F-67037 Strasbourg, France
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- METU-Middle East Technical University, TR-06800 Ankara, Turkey
- Ankara University, TR-06560 Ankara, Turkey
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- METU-Middle East Technical University, TR-06800 Ankara, Turkey
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- Gyeongsang National University, 900 Gazwa-dong, Jinju 660-701, Korea
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- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
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- Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials and Sensing Devices, Ruder Bośković Institute, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Aichi University of Education, J-448-8542 Kariya (Aichi-Ken), Japan
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- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università Federico II di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Ruder Bošković Institute, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Ruder Bošković Institute, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia
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- INR-Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RUS-117312 Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Sezione di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
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- Toho University, J-274-8510 Funabashi, Japan
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- INR-Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RUS-117312 Moscow, Russia
| | - N Mauri
- INFN Sezione di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- IPHC, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS/IN2P3, F-67037 Strasbourg, France
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- Nihon University, J-275-8576 Narashino, Chiba, Japan
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università Federico II di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | | | - M T Muciaccia
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
| | - T Naka
- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
| | - M Nakamura
- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
| | - T Nakano
- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
| | - K Niwa
- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
| | - S Ogawa
- Toho University, J-274-8510 Funabashi, Japan
| | - N Okateva
- LPI-Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RUS-119991 Moscow, Russia
| | - A Olchevsky
- JINR-Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RUS-141980 Dubna, Russia
| | - K Ozaki
- Kobe University, J-657-8501 Kobe, Japan
| | - A Paoloni
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, I-00044 Frascati (Roma), Italy
| | - L Paparella
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- Gyeongsang National University, 900 Gazwa-dong, Jinju 660-701, Korea
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- INFN Sezione di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
| | - A Pastore
- INFN Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
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- LAPP, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- SINP MSU-Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, RUS-119991 Moscow, Russia
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- LPI-Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RUS-119991 Moscow, Russia
- MEPhI-Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, RUS-115409 Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Sezione di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- SINP MSU-Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, RUS-119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
| | - G Rosa
- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INR-Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RUS-117312 Moscow, Russia
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- JINR-Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RUS-141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi (L'Aquila), Italy
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- INR-Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RUS-117312 Moscow, Russia
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- LPI-Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RUS-119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Toho University, J-274-8510 Funabashi, Japan
| | | | - S Simone
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - G Sirri
- INFN Sezione di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
| | - A Sotnikov
- JINR-Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RUS-141980 Dubna, Russia
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, I-00044 Frascati (Roma), Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- LPI-Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RUS-119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Salerno and "Gruppo Collegato" INFN, I-84084 Fisciano (Salerno), Italy
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- Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials and Sensing Devices, Ruder Bośković Institute, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia
| | - P Strolin
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università Federico II di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- HSE-National Research University Higher School of Economics, RUS-101000, Moscow, Russia
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- JINR-Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RUS-141980 Dubna, Russia
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- IIHE, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, I-00044 Frascati (Roma), Italy
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- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- IIHE, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Hamburg University, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Gyeongsang National University, 900 Gazwa-dong, Jinju 660-701, Korea
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Agafonova N, Aleksandrov A, Anokhina A, Aoki S, Ariga A, Ariga T, Bender D, Bertolin A, Bodnarchuk I, Bozza C, Brugnera R, Buonaura A, Buontempo S, Büttner B, Chernyavsky M, Chukanov A, Consiglio L, D'Ambrosio N, De Lellis G, De Serio M, Del Amo Sanchez P, Di Crescenzo A, Di Ferdinando D, Di Marco N, Dmitrievski S, Dracos M, Duchesneau D, Dusini S, Dzhatdoev T, Ebert J, Ereditato A, Fini RA, Fornari F, Fukuda T, Galati G, Garfagnini A, Goldberg J, Gornushkin Y, Grella G, Guler AM, Gustavino C, Hagner C, Hara T, Hayakawa H, Hollnagel A, Hosseini B, Ishiguro K, Jakovcic K, Jollet C, Kamiscioglu C, Kamiscioglu M, Kim JH, Kim SH, Kitagawa N, Klicek B, Kodama K, Komatsu M, Kose U, Kreslo I, Laudisio F, Lauria A, Ljubicic A, Longhin A, Loverre PF, Malgin A, Malenica M, Mandrioli G, Matsuo T, Matsushita T, Matveev V, Mauri N, Medinaceli E, Meregaglia A, Mikado S, Miyanishi M, Mizutani F, Monacelli P, Montesi MC, Morishima K, Muciaccia MT, Naganawa N, Naka T, Nakamura M, Nakano T, Nakatsuka Y, Niwa K, Ogawa S, Olchevsky A, Omura T, Ozaki K, Paoloni A, Paparella L, Park BD, Park IG, Pasqualini L, Pastore A, Patrizii L, Pessard H, Pistillo C, Podgrudkov D, Polukhina N, Pozzato M, Pupilli F, Roda M, Roganova T, Rokujo H, Rosa G, Ryazhskaya O, Sato O, Schembri A, Schmidt-Parzefall W, Shakirianova I, Shchedrina T, Sheshukov A, Shibuya H, Shiraishi T, Shoziyoev G, Simone S, Sioli M, Sirignano C, Sirri G, Sotnikov A, Spinetti M, Stanco L, Starkov N, Stellacci SM, Stipcevic M, Strolin P, Takahashi S, Tenti M, Terranova F, Tioukov V, Tufanli S, Vilain P, Vladymyrov M, Votano L, Vuilleumier JL, Wilquet G, Wonsak B, Yoon CS, Zemskova S. Discovery of τ Neutrino Appearance in the CNGS Neutrino Beam with the OPERA Experiment. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 115:121802. [PMID: 26430986 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.121802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
The OPERA experiment was designed to search for ν_{μ}→ν_{τ} oscillations in appearance mode, i.e., by detecting the τ leptons produced in charged current ν_{τ} interactions. The experiment took data from 2008 to 2012 in the CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso beam. The observation of the ν_{μ}→ν_{τ} appearance, achieved with four candidate events in a subsample of the data, was previously reported. In this Letter, a fifth ν_{τ} candidate event, found in an enlarged data sample, is described. Together with a further reduction of the expected background, the candidate events detected so far allow us to assess the discovery of ν_{μ}→ν_{τ} oscillations in appearance mode with a significance larger than 5σ.
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- N Agafonova
- INR-Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RUS-117312 Moscow, Russia
| | | | - A Anokhina
- SINP MSU-Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, RUS-119991 Moscow, Russia
| | - S Aoki
- Kobe University, J-657-8501 Kobe, Japan
| | - A Ariga
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
| | - T Ariga
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
| | - D Bender
- METU-Middle East Technical University, TR-06531 Ankara, Turkey
| | - A Bertolin
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - I Bodnarchuk
- JINR-Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RUS-141980 Dubna, Russia
| | - C Bozza
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Salerno and "Gruppo Collegato" INFN, I-84084 Fisciano (Salerno), Italy
| | - R Brugnera
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - A Buonaura
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, 80125 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università Federico II di Napoli, I-80125 Napoli, Italy
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- Hamburg University, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
| | - M Chernyavsky
- LPI-Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RUS-119991 Moscow, Russia
| | - A Chukanov
- JINR-Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RUS-141980 Dubna, Russia
| | | | - N D'Ambrosio
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi (L'Aquila), Italy
| | - G De Lellis
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, 80125 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università Federico II di Napoli, I-80125 Napoli, Italy
| | - M De Serio
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
| | - P Del Amo Sanchez
- LAPP, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | | | | | - N Di Marco
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi (L'Aquila), Italy
| | - S Dmitrievski
- JINR-Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RUS-141980 Dubna, Russia
| | - M Dracos
- IPHC, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS/IN2P3, F-67037 Strasbourg, France
| | - D Duchesneau
- LAPP, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - S Dusini
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - T Dzhatdoev
- SINP MSU-Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, RUS-119991 Moscow, Russia
| | - J Ebert
- Hamburg University, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
| | - A Ereditato
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
| | - R A Fini
- INFN Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
| | - F Fornari
- INFN Sezione di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
| | - T Fukuda
- Toho University, J-274-8510 Funabashi, Japan
| | - G Galati
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, 80125 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università Federico II di Napoli, I-80125 Napoli, Italy
| | - A Garfagnini
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - J Goldberg
- Department of Physics, Technion, IL-32000 Haifa, Israel
| | - Y Gornushkin
- JINR-Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RUS-141980 Dubna, Russia
| | - G Grella
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Salerno and "Gruppo Collegato" INFN, I-84084 Fisciano (Salerno), Italy
| | - A M Guler
- METU-Middle East Technical University, TR-06531 Ankara, Turkey
| | | | - C Hagner
- Hamburg University, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
| | - T Hara
- Kobe University, J-657-8501 Kobe, Japan
| | - H Hayakawa
- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
| | - A Hollnagel
- Hamburg University, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
| | - B Hosseini
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, 80125 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università Federico II di Napoli, I-80125 Napoli, Italy
| | - K Ishiguro
- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
| | - K Jakovcic
- IRB-Rudjer Boskovic Institute, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia
| | - C Jollet
- IPHC, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS/IN2P3, F-67037 Strasbourg, France
| | - C Kamiscioglu
- METU-Middle East Technical University, TR-06531 Ankara, Turkey
| | - M Kamiscioglu
- METU-Middle East Technical University, TR-06531 Ankara, Turkey
| | - J H Kim
- Gyeongsang National University, 900 Gazwa-dong, Jinju 660-701, Korea
| | - S H Kim
- Gyeongsang National University, 900 Gazwa-dong, Jinju 660-701, Korea
| | - N Kitagawa
- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
| | - B Klicek
- IRB-Rudjer Boskovic Institute, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia
| | - K Kodama
- Aichi University of Education, J-448-8542 Kariya (Aichi-Ken), Japan
| | - M Komatsu
- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
| | - U Kose
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - I Kreslo
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
| | - F Laudisio
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Salerno and "Gruppo Collegato" INFN, I-84084 Fisciano (Salerno), Italy
| | - A Lauria
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, 80125 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università Federico II di Napoli, I-80125 Napoli, Italy
| | - A Ljubicic
- IRB-Rudjer Boskovic Institute, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia
| | - A Longhin
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, I-00044 Frascati (Roma), Italy
| | - P F Loverre
- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Roma "La Sapienza", I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - A Malgin
- INR-Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RUS-117312 Moscow, Russia
| | - M Malenica
- IRB-Rudjer Boskovic Institute, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia
| | - G Mandrioli
- INFN Sezione di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
| | - T Matsuo
- Toho University, J-274-8510 Funabashi, Japan
| | | | - V Matveev
- INR-Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RUS-117312 Moscow, Russia
| | - N Mauri
- INFN Sezione di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
| | - E Medinaceli
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - A Meregaglia
- IPHC, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS/IN2P3, F-67037 Strasbourg, France
| | - S Mikado
- Nihon University, J-275-8576 Narashino, Chiba, Japan
| | | | | | | | - M C Montesi
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, 80125 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università Federico II di Napoli, I-80125 Napoli, Italy
| | | | - M T Muciaccia
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
| | - N Naganawa
- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
| | - T Naka
- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
| | - M Nakamura
- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
| | - T Nakano
- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
| | | | - K Niwa
- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
| | - S Ogawa
- Toho University, J-274-8510 Funabashi, Japan
| | - A Olchevsky
- JINR-Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RUS-141980 Dubna, Russia
| | - T Omura
- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
| | - K Ozaki
- Kobe University, J-657-8501 Kobe, Japan
| | - A Paoloni
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, I-00044 Frascati (Roma), Italy
| | - L Paparella
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
| | - B D Park
- Gyeongsang National University, 900 Gazwa-dong, Jinju 660-701, Korea
| | - I G Park
- Gyeongsang National University, 900 Gazwa-dong, Jinju 660-701, Korea
| | - L Pasqualini
- INFN Sezione di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
| | - A Pastore
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
| | - L Patrizii
- INFN Sezione di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
| | - H Pessard
- LAPP, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C Pistillo
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
| | - D Podgrudkov
- SINP MSU-Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, RUS-119991 Moscow, Russia
| | - N Polukhina
- LPI-Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RUS-119991 Moscow, Russia
| | - M Pozzato
- INFN Sezione di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
| | - F Pupilli
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, I-00044 Frascati (Roma), Italy
| | - M Roda
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - T Roganova
- SINP MSU-Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, RUS-119991 Moscow, Russia
| | - H Rokujo
- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
| | - G Rosa
- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Roma "La Sapienza", I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - O Ryazhskaya
- INR-Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RUS-117312 Moscow, Russia
| | - O Sato
- Nagoya University, J-464-8602 Nagoya, Japan
| | - A Schembri
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi (L'Aquila), Italy
| | | | - I Shakirianova
- INR-Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RUS-117312 Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università Federico II di Napoli, I-80125 Napoli, Italy
- LPI-Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RUS-119991 Moscow, Russia
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- JINR-Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RUS-141980 Dubna, Russia
| | - H Shibuya
- Toho University, J-274-8510 Funabashi, Japan
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- SINP MSU-Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, RUS-119991 Moscow, Russia
| | - S Simone
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
| | - M Sioli
- INFN Sezione di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
| | - C Sirignano
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - G Sirri
- INFN Sezione di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
| | - A Sotnikov
- JINR-Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RUS-141980 Dubna, Russia
| | - M Spinetti
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, I-00044 Frascati (Roma), Italy
| | - L Stanco
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - N Starkov
- LPI-Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RUS-119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Salerno and "Gruppo Collegato" INFN, I-84084 Fisciano (Salerno), Italy
| | - M Stipcevic
- IRB-Rudjer Boskovic Institute, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia
| | - P Strolin
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, 80125 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università Federico II di Napoli, I-80125 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
| | - F Terranova
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, I-00044 Frascati (Roma), Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
| | - V Tioukov
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, 80125 Napoli, Italy
| | - S Tufanli
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
| | - P Vilain
- IIHE, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
| | - M Vladymyrov
- LPI-Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RUS-119991 Moscow, Russia
| | - L Votano
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, I-00044 Frascati (Roma), Italy
| | - J L Vuilleumier
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
| | - G Wilquet
- IIHE, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
| | - B Wonsak
- Hamburg University, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
| | - C S Yoon
- Gyeongsang National University, 900 Gazwa-dong, Jinju 660-701, Korea
| | - S Zemskova
- JINR-Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RUS-141980 Dubna, Russia
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