The OPERA emulsion detector for a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment

February 1998

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Summary

The OPERA emulsion detector for a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment 

Physics process: neutrino oscillation 

OPERA L.o.I: study the atmospheric neutrino anomaly, as indicated by Kamiokande  

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Automatic emulsion scanning 

Microscope event view 

Track selector  

Aim, target mass and experimental technique  

Rethinking the ECC technique 

Fraction of t?s decaying in: L (lead), E (emulsion layer), B (base), G (gap), L (long kinks)  

The detector 

element brick 

front view 

apparatus 

Emulsion 

Electronic detectors 

Data and event reconstruction 

n interactions 

t detection efficiency 

Charm induced background  

Charm b.g. (before vertex kinematics of candidate events) 

Other backgrounds 

B.G. reduction by vertex kinematics 

Sensitivity and discovery potential 

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Emulsion scanning (2) 

Feasibility studies, optimization and R&D (1) 

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A possible schedule for OPERA at LNGS 

Conclusions

Author: A. Ereditato 

Contact: Giuliana.Fiorillo@na.infn.it 

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