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BE Seminar
CNGS: First Year of Operation
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AB Auditorium Prevessin (CERN)
AB Auditorium Prevessin
CERN
Description
The CNGS facility (CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso) aims at directly detecting muon-neutrino to tau-neutrino oscillations. An intense muon-neutrino beam (10E17 muon-neutrino per day) is generated at CERN and directed over 732 km towards the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, LNGS, in Italy, where two large and complex detectors, OPERA and ICARUS, are located.
CNGS is the first long-baseline neutrino facility in which the measurement of the oscillation parameters is performed by observation of tau-neutrino appearance.
In this talk, an overview of the CNGS facility is presented. Major events since the commissioning of the facility in 2006 are summarized. The experience gained in operating this 500 kW neutrino beam facility is described. Highlights on CNGS beam performance during the 2008 run are given.
A selection of interesting first events from the OPERA detector is shown.
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CNGS is the first long-baseline neutrino facility in which the measurement of the oscillation parameters is performed by observation of tau-neutrino appearance.
In this talk, an overview of the CNGS facility is presented. Major events since the commissioning of the facility in 2006 are summarized. The experience gained in operating this 500 kW neutrino beam facility is described. Highlights on CNGS beam performance during the 2008 run are given.
A selection of interesting first events from the OPERA detector is shown.
More information
Organised by
Werner Herr (AB/ABP)