Observation of tau neutrino appearance in the CNGS beam with the OPERA experiment

N. Agafonova; A. Aleksandrov; A. Anokhina; S. Aoki; A. Ariga; T. Ariga; T. Asada; D. Bender; A. Bertolin; C. Bozza; R. Brugnera; A. Buonaura; S. Buontempo; B. Büttner; M. Chernyavsky; A. Chukanov; L. Consiglio; N. D'Ambrosio; G. De Lellis; M. De Serio; P. Del Amo Sanchez; A. Di Crescenzo; D. Di Ferdinando; N. Di Marco; S. Dmitrievski; M. Dracos; D. Duchesneau; S. Dusini; T. Dzhatdoev; J. Ebert; A. Ereditato; R. A. Fini; T. Fukuda; G. Galati; A. Garfagnini; G. Giacomelli; C. Goellnitz; J. Goldberg; Y. Gornushkin; G. Grella; M. Guler; C. Gustavino; C. Hagner; T. Hara; T. Hayakawa; A. Hollnagel; B. Hosseini; H. Ishida; K. Ishiguro; K. Jakovcic; C. Jollet; C. Kamiscioglu; M. Kamiscioglu; T. Katsuragawa; J. Kawada; H. Kawahara; J. H. Kim; S. H. Kim; N. Kitagawa; B. Klicek; K. Kodama; M. Komatsu; U. Kose; I. Kreslo; A. Lauria; J. Lenkeit; A. Ljubicic; A. Longhin; P. Loverre; M. Malenica; A. Malgin; G. Mandrioli; T. Matsuo; V. Matveev; N. Mauri; E. Medinaceli; A. Meregaglia; M. Meyer; S. Mikado; M. Miyanishi; P. Monacelli; M. C. Montesi; K. Morishima; M. T. Muciaccia; N. Naganawa; T. Naka; M. Nakamura; T. Nakano; Y. Nakatsuka; K. Niwa; S. Ogawa; N. Okateva; A. Olshevsky; T. Omura; K. Ozaki; A. Paoloni; B. D. Park; I. G. Park; L. Pasqualini; A. Pastore; L. Patrizii; H. Pessard; C. Pistillo; D. Podgrudkov; N. Polukhina; M. Pozzato; F. Pupilli; M. Roda; T. Roganova; H. Rokujo; G. Rosa; O. Ryazhskaya; O. Sato; A. Schembri; I. Shakiryanova; T. Shchedrina; A. Sheshukov; H. Shibuya; T. Shiraishi; G. Shoziyoev; S. Simone; M. Sioli; C. Sirignano; G. Sirri; M. Spinetti; L. Stanco; N. Starkov; S. M. Stellacci; M. Stipcevic; P. Strolin; S. Takahashi; M. Tenti; F. Terranova; V. Tioukov; S. Tufanli; A. Umemoto; P. Vilain; M. Vladimirov; L. Votano; J. L. Vuilleumier; G. Wilquet; B. Wonsak; C. S. Yoon; I. Yaguchi; M. Yoshimoto; S. Zemskova; A. Zghiche

doi:10.1093/ptep/ptu132

Observation of tau neutrino appearance in the CNGS beam with the OPERA experiment

N. Agafonova, A. Aleksandrov, A. Anokhina, S. Aoki, A. Ariga, T. Ariga, T. Asada, D. Bender, A. Bertolin, C. Bozza, R. Brugnera, A. Buonaura, S. Buontempo, B. Büttner, M. Chernyavsky, A. Chukanov, L. Consiglio, N. D'Ambrosio, G. De Lellis, M. De SerioP. Del Amo Sanchez, A. Di Crescenzo, D. Di Ferdinando, N. Di Marco, S. Dmitrievski, M. Dracos, D. Duchesneau, S. Dusini, T. Dzhatdoev, J. Ebert, A. Ereditato, R. A. Fini, T. Fukuda, G. Galati, A. Garfagnini, G. Giacomelli, C. Goellnitz, J. Goldberg, Y. Gornushkin, G. Grella, M. Guler, C. Gustavino, C. Hagner, T. Hara, T. Hayakawa, A. Hollnagel, B. Hosseini, H. Ishida, K. Ishiguro, K. Jakovcic, C. Jollet, C. Kamiscioglu, M. Kamiscioglu, T. Katsuragawa, J. Kawada, H. Kawahara, J. H. Kim, S. H. Kim, N. Kitagawa, B. Klicek, K. Kodama, M. Komatsu, U. Kose, I. Kreslo, A. Lauria, J. Lenkeit, A. Ljubicic, A. Longhin, P. Loverre, M. Malenica, A. Malgin, G. Mandrioli, T. Matsuo, V. Matveev, N. Mauri, E. Medinaceli, A. Meregaglia, M. Meyer, S. Mikado, M. Miyanishi, P. Monacelli, M. C. Montesi, K. Morishima, M. T. Muciaccia, N. Naganawa, T. Naka, M. Nakamura, T. Nakano, Y. Nakatsuka, K. Niwa, S. Ogawa, N. Okateva, A. Olshevsky, T. Omura, K. Ozaki, A. Paoloni, B. D. Park, I. G. Park, L. Pasqualini, A. Pastore, L. Patrizii, H. Pessard, C. Pistillo, D. Podgrudkov, N. Polukhina, M. Pozzato, F. Pupilli, M. Roda, T. Roganova, H. Rokujo, G. Rosa, O. Ryazhskaya, O. Sato, A. Schembri, I. Shakiryanova, T. Shchedrina, A. Sheshukov, H. Shibuya, T. Shiraishi, G. Shoziyoev, S. Simone, M. Sioli, C. Sirignano, G. Sirri, M. Spinetti, L. Stanco, N. Starkov, S. M. Stellacci, M. Stipcevic, P. Strolin, S. Takahashi, M. Tenti, F. Terranova, V. Tioukov, S. Tufanli, A. Umemoto, P. Vilain, M. Vladimirov, L. Votano, J. L. Vuilleumier, G. Wilquet, B. Wonsak, C. S. Yoon, I. Yaguchi, M. Yoshimoto, S. Zemskova, A. Zghiche

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The OPERA experiment is searching for νμ ν τ oscillations in appearance mode, i.e., via the direct detection of \tau leptons in \nu -\tau charged-current interactions. The evidence of \nu -\mu \rightarrow \nu -\tau appearance has been previously reported with three \nu -\tau candidate events using a sub-sample of data from the 2008-2012 runs. We report here a fourth \nu -\tau candidate event, with the \tau decaying into a hadron, found after adding the 2012 run events without any muon in the final state to the data sample. Given the number of analyzed events and the low background, \nu -\mu \rightarrow \nu -\tau oscillations are established with a significance of 4.2\sigma.

Original language	English
Article number	101C01
Journal	Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics
Volume	2014
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/ptep/ptu132
Publication status	Published - Jul 2 2014
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Agafonova, N., Aleksandrov, A., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Asada, T., Bender, D., Bertolin, A., Bozza, C., Brugnera, R., Buonaura, A., Buontempo, S., Büttner, B., Chernyavsky, M., Chukanov, A., Consiglio, L., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., ... Zghiche, A. (2014). Observation of tau neutrino appearance in the CNGS beam with the OPERA experiment. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 2014(10), Article 101C01. https://doi.org/10.1093/ptep/ptu132

Agafonova, N, Aleksandrov, A, Anokhina, A, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Ariga, T, Asada, T, Bender, D, Bertolin, A, 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, Fukuda, T, Galati, G, Garfagnini, A, Giacomelli, G, Goellnitz, C, Goldberg, J, Gornushkin, Y, Grella, G, Guler, M, Gustavino, C, Hagner, C, Hara, T, Hayakawa, T, Hollnagel, A, Hosseini, B, Ishida, H, Ishiguro, K, Jakovcic, K, Jollet, C, Kamiscioglu, C, Kamiscioglu, M, Katsuragawa, T, Kawada, J, Kawahara, H, Kim, JH, Kim, SH, Kitagawa, N, Klicek, B, Kodama, K, Komatsu, M, Kose, U, Kreslo, I, Lauria, A, Lenkeit, J, Ljubicic, A, Longhin, A, Loverre, P, Malenica, M, Malgin, A, Mandrioli, G, Matsuo, T, Matveev, V, Mauri, N, Medinaceli, E, Meregaglia, A, Meyer, M, Mikado, S, Miyanishi, M, Monacelli, P, Montesi, MC, Morishima, K, Muciaccia, MT, Naganawa, N, Naka, T, Nakamura, M, Nakano, T, Nakatsuka, Y, Niwa, K, Ogawa, S, Okateva, N, Olshevsky, A, Omura, T, Ozaki, K, Paoloni, A, 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, Shakiryanova, I, Shchedrina, T, Sheshukov, A, Shibuya, H, Shiraishi, T, Shoziyoev, G, Simone, S, Sioli, M, Sirignano, C, Sirri, G, Spinetti, M, Stanco, L, Starkov, N, Stellacci, SM, Stipcevic, M, Strolin, P, Takahashi, S, Tenti, M, Terranova, F, Tioukov, V, Tufanli, S, Umemoto, A, Vilain, P, Vladimirov, M, Votano, L, Vuilleumier, JL, Wilquet, G, Wonsak, B, Yoon, CS, Yaguchi, I, Yoshimoto, M, Zemskova, S & Zghiche, A 2014, 'Observation of tau neutrino appearance in the CNGS beam with the OPERA experiment', Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, vol. 2014, no. 10, 101C01. https://doi.org/10.1093/ptep/ptu132

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