CNGS beam with the OPERA experiment
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Search for ν τ appearance via neutrino oscillations in the ν µ CNGS beam with the OPERA experiment The OPERA neutrino detector in the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory (LNGS) is designed to realize the first detection of neutrino oscillations in the appearance mode through the study of νµ → ντ oscillations. The apparatus consists of an emulsion/lead target associated to electronic detectors and is placed in the high energy long-baseline CERN to LNGS beam (CNGS) 730 km away from the neutrino source. Runs with CNGS neutrinos were successfully carried out in 2007 and 2008 with the detector fully operational with its related facilities for the emulsion handling and analysis. After a brief description of the beam and of the experimental setup we report on the collection, reconstruction and analysis procedures of first samples of neutrino interaction events.
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