The NOMAD search for neutrino oscillations

by Roberto PETTI (CERN)

Tuesday 14 Mar 2000, 16:30 → 16:45 Europe/Zurich

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)

The search for a signal from neutrino oscillations is the most sensitive way to address the issue of whether neutrinos have a finite mass. The NOMAD experiment at CERN was designed for a n_t appearance search in the cosmologically-relevant region of the parameter space. The original approach of NOMAD, entirely based on kinematic criteria for signal/background discrimination, required a fine-grained detector as well as specific reconstruction and analysis algorithms. Results obtained from the full NOMAD data set, corresponding to about 1.3M n_m charged current interactions, are discussed together with the techniques used for data analysis.

Organiser(s): Jasper Kirkby / EP Division

Note: Tea & coffee will be served at 16.00 hrs.