Procedure for short-lived particle detection in the OPERA experiment and its application to charm decays

N. Agafonova; A. Aleksandrov; A. Anokhina; S. Aoki; A. Ariga; T. Ariga; 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. Göllnitz; J. Goldberg; Y. Gornushkin; G. Grella; M. Guler; C. Gustavino; C. Hagner; T. Hara; A. Hollnagel; B. Hosseini; H. Ishida; K. Ishiguro; K. Jakovcic; C. Jollet; C. Kamiscioglu; M. Kamiscioglu; J. Kawada; 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; A. Malgin; M. Malenica; G. Mandrioli; T. Matsuo; V. Matveev; N. Mauri; E. Medinaceli; A. Meregaglia; S. Mikado; 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; H. Rokujo; T. Roganova; 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; T. Strauss; P. Strolin; S. Takahashi; M. Tenti; F. Terranova; V. Tioukov; S. Tufanli; P. Vilain; M. Vladimirov; L. Votano; J. L. Vuilleumier; G. Wilquet; B. Wonsak; C. S. Yoon; S. Zemskova; A. Zghiche

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Procedure for short-lived particle detection in the OPERA experiment and its application to charm decays

N. Agafonova, A. Aleksandrov, A. Anokhina, S. Aoki, A. Ariga, T. Ariga, 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 SanchezA. 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. Göllnitz, J. Goldberg, Y. Gornushkin, G. Grella, M. Guler, C. Gustavino, C. Hagner, T. Hara, A. Hollnagel, B. Hosseini, H. Ishida, K. Ishiguro, K. Jakovcic, C. Jollet, C. Kamiscioglu, M. Kamiscioglu, J. Kawada, 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, A. Malgin, M. Malenica, G. Mandrioli, T. Matsuo, V. Matveev, N. Mauri, E. Medinaceli, A. Meregaglia, S. Mikado, 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, H. Rokujo, T. Roganova, 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, T. Strauss, P. Strolin, S. Takahashi, M. Tenti, F. Terranova, V. Tioukov, S. Tufanli, P. Vilain, M. Vladimirov, L. Votano, J. L. Vuilleumier, G. Wilquet, B. Wonsak, C. S. Yoon, S. Zemskova, A. Zghiche

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The OPERA experiment, designed to perform the first observation of (Formula Presented) oscillations in appearance mode through the detection of the τ leptons produced in ν_τ charged current interactions, has collected data from 2008 to 2012. In the present paper, the procedure developed to detect τ 1~ from the neutrino interaction point, is described in detail and applied to the search for charmed hadrons, showing similar decay topologies as the τ lepton. In the analysed sample, 50 charm decay candidate events are observed while 54 ±4 are expected, proving that the detector performance and the analysis chain applied to neutrino events are well reproduced by the OPERA simulation and thus validating the methods for ν_τ appearance detection.

Original language	English
Article number	2986
Pages (from-to)	1-9
Number of pages	9
Journal	European Physical Journal C
Volume	74
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-2986-0
Publication status	Published - Aug 1 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Agafonova, N., Aleksandrov, A., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, 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., ... Zghiche, A. (2014). Procedure for short-lived particle detection in the OPERA experiment and its application to charm decays. European Physical Journal C, 74(8), 1-9. Article 2986. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-2986-0

Agafonova, N, Aleksandrov, A, Anokhina, A, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Ariga, 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, Göllnitz, C, Goldberg, J, Gornushkin, Y, Grella, G, Guler, M, Gustavino, C, Hagner, C, Hara, T, Hollnagel, A, Hosseini, B, Ishida, H, Ishiguro, K, Jakovcic, K, Jollet, C, Kamiscioglu, C, Kamiscioglu, M, Kawada, J, 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, Malgin, A, Malenica, M, Mandrioli, G, Matsuo, T, Matveev, V, Mauri, N, Medinaceli, E, Meregaglia, A, Mikado, S, 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, Rokujo, H, Roganova, T, 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, Strauss, T, Strolin, P, Takahashi, S, Tenti, M, Terranova, F, Tioukov, V, Tufanli, S, Vilain, P, Vladimirov, M, Votano, L, Vuilleumier, JL, Wilquet, G, Wonsak, B, Yoon, CS, Zemskova, S & Zghiche, A 2014, 'Procedure for short-lived particle detection in the OPERA experiment and its application to charm decays', European Physical Journal C, vol. 74, no. 8, 2986, pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-2986-0

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AU - Agafonova, N.

AU - Aleksandrov, A.

AU - Anokhina, A.

AU - Aoki, S.

AU - Ariga, A.

AU - Ariga, T.

AU - Bender, D.

AU - Bertolin, A.

AU - Bozza, C.

AU - Brugnera, R.

AU - Buonaura, A.

AU - Buontempo, S.

AU - Büttner, B.

AU - Chernyavsky, M.

AU - Chukanov, A.

AU - Consiglio, L.

AU - D’Ambrosio, N.

AU - De Lellis, G.

AU - De Serio, M.

AU - Del Amo Sanchez, P.

AU - Di Crescenzo, A.

AU - Di Ferdinando, D.

AU - Di Marco, N.

AU - Dmitrievski, S.

AU - Dracos, M.

AU - Duchesneau, D.

AU - Dusini, S.

AU - Dzhatdoev, T.

AU - Ebert, J.

AU - Ereditato, A.

AU - Fini, R. A.

AU - Fukuda, T.

AU - Galati, G.

AU - Garfagnini, A.

AU - Giacomelli, G.

AU - Göllnitz, C.

AU - Goldberg, J.

AU - Gornushkin, Y.

AU - Grella, G.

AU - Guler, M.

AU - Gustavino, C.

AU - Hagner, C.

AU - Hara, T.

AU - Hollnagel, A.

AU - Hosseini, B.

AU - Ishida, H.

AU - Ishiguro, K.

AU - Jakovcic, K.

AU - Jollet, C.

AU - Kamiscioglu, C.

AU - Kamiscioglu, M.

AU - Kawada, J.

AU - Kim, J. H.

AU - Kim, S. H.

AU - Kitagawa, N.

AU - Klicek, B.

AU - Kodama, K.

AU - Komatsu, M.

AU - Kose, U.

AU - Kreslo, I.

AU - Lauria, A.

AU - Lenkeit, J.

AU - Ljubicic, A.

AU - Longhin, A.

AU - Loverre, P.

AU - Malgin, A.

AU - Malenica, M.

AU - Mandrioli, G.

AU - Matsuo, T.

AU - Matveev, V.

AU - Mauri, N.

AU - Medinaceli, E.

AU - Meregaglia, A.

AU - Mikado, S.

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AU - Nakamura, M.

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AU - Pastore, A.

AU - Patrizii, L.

AU - Pessard, H.

AU - Pistillo, C.

AU - Podgrudkov, D.

AU - Polukhina, N.

AU - Pozzato, M.

AU - Pupilli, F.

AU - Roda, M.

AU - Rokujo, H.

AU - Roganova, T.

AU - Rosa, G.

AU - Ryazhskaya, O.

AU - Sato, O.

AU - Schembri, A.

AU - Shakiryanova, I.

AU - Shchedrina, T.

AU - Sheshukov, A.

AU - Shibuya, H.

AU - Shiraishi, T.

AU - Shoziyoev, G.

AU - Simone, S.

AU - Sioli, M.

AU - Sirignano, C.

AU - Sirri, G.

AU - Spinetti, M.

AU - Stanco, L.

AU - Starkov, N.

AU - Stellacci, S. M.

AU - Stipcevic, M.

AU - Strauss, T.

AU - Strolin, P.

AU - Takahashi, S.

AU - Tenti, M.

AU - Terranova, F.

AU - Tioukov, V.

AU - Tufanli, S.

AU - Vilain, P.

AU - Vladimirov, M.

AU - Votano, L.

AU - Vuilleumier, J. L.

AU - Wilquet, G.

AU - Wonsak, B.

AU - Yoon, C. S.

AU - Zemskova, S.

AU - Zghiche, A.

N1 - Funding Information: We thank CERN for the successful operation of the CNGS facility and INFN for the continuous support given to the experiment through its LNGS laboratory. We acknowledge funding from our national agencies. Fonds de la Recherche Scientique-FNRS and Institut InterUniversitaire des Sciences Nucléaires for Belgium, MoSES for Croatia, CNRS and IN2P3 for France, BMBF for Germany, INFN for Italy, JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science), MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), QFPU (Global COE programme of Nagoya University, Quest for Fundamental Principles in the Universe supported by JSPS and MEXT) and Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan for Japan, SNF, the University of Bern for Switzerland, the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant No. 19-02-00213-a, 12-02-12142 ofim), the Programs of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences Neutrino physics and Experimental and theoretical researches of fundamental interactions connected with work on the accelerator of CERN, the Programs of Support of Leading Schools (Grant No. 3110.2014.2), and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation for Russia and the National Research Foundation of Korea Grant No. 2011-0029457 for Korea. We are also indebted to INFN for providing fellowships and grants to non-Italian researchers. We thank the IN2P3 Computing Centre (CC-IN2P3) for providing computing resources for the analysis and hosting the central database for the OPERA experiment. We are indebted to our technical collaborators for the excellent quality of their work over many years of design, prototyping, construction and running of the detector and of its facilities. Publisher Copyright: © 2014, The Author(s).

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