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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)
Slide
A possible schedule for OPERA at
LNGS
Conclusions |
Author: A. Ereditato
Contact: Giuliana.Fiorillo@na.infn.it
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