Speaker
Dr
Marilisa De Serio
(I.N.F.N. Bari)
Description
The OPERA experiment has been designed to prove the existence of nu_mu -> nu_tau oscillations in the atmospheric sector by the direct observation of nu_tau appearance in the CNGS nu_mu beam, produced at CERN.
The detector, installed at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (Italy), 730 km away from the neutrino source, consists of a modular target made of lead - nuclear emulsion bricks complemented by electronic trackers and muon spectrometers.
After the short physics run in October 2007, the experiment started full data-taking with 1.25 kt mass in 2008, when about 1700 interactions were collected.
The current status and the first results from the analysis of 2008 data will be presented.
Author
Dr
Marilisa De Serio
(I.N.F.N. Bari)
