Study of neutrino interactions with the electronic detectors of the OPERA experiment

N. Agafonova; A. Aleksandrov; O. Altinok; A. Anokhina; S. Aoki; A. Ariga; T. Ariga; D. Autiero; A. Badertscher; A. Bagulya; A. Bendhahbi; A. Bertolin; C. Bozza; T. Brugière; R. Brugnera; F. Brunet; G. Brunetti; S. Buontempo; A. Cazes; L. Chaussard; M. Chernyavskiy; V. Chiarella; A. Chukanov; N. D'Ambrosio; F. Dal Corso; G. De Lellis; P. Del Amo Sanchez; Y. Déclais; M. De Serio; F. Di Capua; A. Di Crescenzo; D. Di Ferdinando; N. Di Marco; S. Dmitrievski; M. Dracos; D. Duchesneau; S. Dusini; T. Dzhatdoev; J. Ebert; O. Egorov; R. Enikeev; A. Ereditato; L. S. Esposito; J. Favier; T. Ferber; R. A. Fini; D. Frekers; T. Fukuda; A. Garfagnini; G. Giacomelli; M. Giorgini; C. Göllnitz; J. Goldberg; D. Golubkov; L. Goncharova; Y. Gornushkin; G. Grella; F. Grianti; A. M. Guler; C. Gustavino; C. Hagner; K. Hamada; T. Hara; M. Hierholzer; A. Hollnagel; K. Hoshino; M. Ieva; H. Ishida; K. Jakovcic; C. Jollet; F. Juget; M. Kamiscioglu; K. Kazuyama; S. H. Kim; M. Kimura; N. Kitagawa; B. Klicek; J. Knuesel; K. Kodama; M. Komatsu; U. Kose; I. Kreslo; H. Kubota; C. Lazzaro; J. Lenkeit; I. Lippi; A. Ljubicic; A. Longhin; P. Loverre; G. Lutter; A. Malgin; G. Mandrioli; K. Mannai; J. Marteau; T. Matsuo; V. Matveev; N. Mauri; E. Medinaceli; F. Meisel; A. Meregaglia; P. Migliozzi; S. Mikado; S. Miyamoto; P. Monacelli; K. Morishima; U. Moser; M. T. Muciaccia; N. Naganawa; T. Naka; M. Nakamura; T. Nakano; D. Naumov; V. Nikitina; K. Niwa; Y. Nonoyama; S. Ogawa; N. Okateva; A. Olchevskiy; M. Paniccia; A. Paoloni; B. D. Park; I. G. Park; A. Pastore; L. Patrizii; E. Pennacchio; H. Pessard; K. Pretzl; V. Pilipenko; C. Pistillo; N. Polukhina; M. Pozzato; F. Pupilli; R. Rescigno; T. Roganova; H. Rokujo; G. Romano; G. Rosa; I. Rostovtseva; A. Rubbia; A. Russo; V. Ryasny; O. Ryazhskaya; O. Sato; Y. Sato; A. Schembri; W. Schmidt-Parzefall; H. Schroeder; L. Scotto Lavina; A. Sheshukov; H. Shibuya; G. Shoziyeov; S. Simone; M. Sioli; C. Sirignano; G. Sirri; J. S. Song; M. Spinetti; L. Stanco; N. Starkov; M. Stipcevic; T. Strauss; P. Strolin; S. Takahashi; M. Tenti; F. Terranova; I. Tezuka; V. Tioukov; P. Tolun; A. Trabelsi; T. Tran; S. Tufanli; P. Vilain; M. Vladimirov; L. Votano; J. L. Vuilleumier; G. Wilquet; B. Wonsak; V. Yakushev; C. S. Yoon; T. Yoshioka; J. Yoshida; Y. Zaitsev; S. Zemskova; A. Zghiche; R. Zimmermann

doi:10.1088/1367-2630/13/5/053051

Study of neutrino interactions with the electronic detectors of the OPERA experiment

N. Agafonova
, A. Aleksandrov
, O. Altinok
, A. Anokhina
, S. Aoki
, A. Ariga
, T. Ariga
, D. Autiero
, A. Badertscher
, A. Bagulya
, A. Bendhahbi
, A. Bertolin
, C. Bozza
, T. Brugière
, R. Brugnera
, F. Brunet
, G. Brunetti
, S. Buontempo
, A. Cazes
, L. Chaussard

M. Chernyavskiy, V. Chiarella, A. Chukanov, N. D'Ambrosio, F. Dal Corso, G. De Lellis, P. Del Amo Sanchez, Y. Déclais, M. De Serio, F. Di Capua, A. Di Crescenzo, D. Di Ferdinando, N. Di Marco, S. Dmitrievski, M. Dracos, D. Duchesneau, S. Dusini, T. Dzhatdoev, J. Ebert, O. Egorov, R. Enikeev, A. Ereditato, L. S. Esposito, J. Favier, T. Ferber, R. A. Fini, D. Frekers, T. Fukuda, A. Garfagnini, G. Giacomelli, M. Giorgini, C. Göllnitz, J. Goldberg, D. Golubkov, L. Goncharova, Y. Gornushkin, G. Grella, F. Grianti, A. M. Guler, C. Gustavino, C. Hagner, K. Hamada, T. Hara, M. Hierholzer, A. Hollnagel, K. Hoshino, M. Ieva, H. Ishida, K. Jakovcic, C. Jollet, F. Juget, M. Kamiscioglu, K. Kazuyama, S. H. Kim, M. Kimura, N. Kitagawa, B. Klicek, J. Knuesel, K. Kodama, M. Komatsu, U. Kose, I. Kreslo, H. Kubota, C. Lazzaro, J. Lenkeit, I. Lippi, A. Ljubicic, A. Longhin, P. Loverre, G. Lutter, A. Malgin, G. Mandrioli, K. Mannai, J. Marteau, T. Matsuo, V. Matveev, N. Mauri, E. Medinaceli, F. Meisel, A. Meregaglia, P. Migliozzi, S. Mikado, S. Miyamoto, P. Monacelli, K. Morishima, U. Moser, M. T. Muciaccia, N. Naganawa, T. Naka, M. Nakamura, T. Nakano, D. Naumov, V. Nikitina, K. Niwa, Y. Nonoyama, S. Ogawa, N. Okateva, A. Olchevskiy, M. Paniccia, A. Paoloni, B. D. Park, I. G. Park, A. Pastore, L. Patrizii, E. Pennacchio, H. Pessard, K. Pretzl, V. Pilipenko, C. Pistillo, N. Polukhina, M. Pozzato, F. Pupilli, R. Rescigno, T. Roganova, H. Rokujo, G. Romano, G. Rosa, I. Rostovtseva, A. Rubbia, A. Russo, V. Ryasny, O. Ryazhskaya, O. Sato, Y. Sato, A. Schembri, W. Schmidt-Parzefall, H. Schroeder, L. Scotto Lavina, A. Sheshukov, H. Shibuya, G. Shoziyeov, S. Simone, M. Sioli, C. Sirignano, G. Sirri, J. S. Song, M. Spinetti, L. Stanco, N. Starkov, M. Stipcevic, T. Strauss, P. Strolin, S. Takahashi, M. Tenti, F. Terranova, I. Tezuka, V. Tioukov, P. Tolun, A. Trabelsi, T. Tran, S. Tufanli, P. Vilain, M. Vladimirov, L. Votano, J. L. Vuilleumier, G. Wilquet, B. Wonsak, V. Yakushev, C. S. Yoon, T. Yoshioka, J. Yoshida, Y. Zaitsev, S. Zemskova, A. Zghiche, R. Zimmermann

Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
INFN Sezione di Napoli
Middle East Technical University (METU)
SINP MSU-Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics
Moscow State University
Kobe University
Centre for Research and Education in Fundamental Physics
University of Bern
IGFL, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1
ETH Zurich
ETH Zurich
P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Unité de Physique Nucléaire et des Hautes Energies (UPNHE)
INFN
Sezione di Roma
Dipartimento di Fisica
University of Padova
Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Dipartimento di Fisica
INFN Sezione di Bologna
LNF-INFN
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche
INFN Sezione di Bari
Université de Strasbourg
Universität Hamburg
Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
University of Münster
Nagoya University
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Milan
Department of Physics
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
University of Urbino Carlo Bo
Toho University
Ruđer Bošković Institute
Gyeongsang National University
Pusan National University
Aichi University of Education
Dipartimento di Fisica
Asan Medical Center
Utsunomiya University
Fachbereich Physik
Universität Rostock
SUBATECH
Université Libre de Bruxelles

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Abstract

The OPERA experiment is based on a hybrid technology combining electronic detectors (EDs) and nuclear emulsions. OPERA collected muon-neutrino interactions during the 2008 and 2009 physics runs of the CNGS neutrino beam, produced at CERN with an energy range of about 5-35 GeV. A total of 5.3 × 10¹⁹ protons on target equivalent luminosity have been analysed with the OPERA EDs: scintillator strips target trackers and magnetic muon spectrometers equipped with resistive plate gas chambers and drift tubes, allowing a detailed reconstruction of muon-neutrino interactions. Charged current (CC) and neutral current (NC) interactions are identified, using the measurements in the EDs, and the NC/CC ratio is computed. The momentum distribution and the charge of the muon tracks produced in CC interactions are analysed. Calorimetric measurements of the visible energy are performed for both the CC and NC samples. For CC events, the Bjorken-y distribution and the hadronic shower profile are computed. The results are compared with a detailed Monte Carlo simulation of the response of EDs.

Original language	English
Article number	053051
Journal	New Journal of Physics
Volume	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/13/5/053051
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2011
Externally published	Yes

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Agafonova, N., Aleksandrov, A., Altinok, O., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Autiero, D., Badertscher, A., Bagulya, A., Bendhahbi, A., Bertolin, A., Bozza, C., Brugière, T., Brugnera, R., Brunet, F., Brunetti, G., Buontempo, S., Cazes, A., ... Zimmermann, R. (2011). Study of neutrino interactions with the electronic detectors of the OPERA experiment. New Journal of Physics, 13, Article 053051. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/13/5/053051

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Study of neutrino interactions with the electronic detectors of the OPERA experiment

AU - Agafonova, N.

AU - Aleksandrov, A.

AU - Altinok, O.

AU - Anokhina, A.

AU - Aoki, S.

AU - Ariga, A.

AU - Ariga, T.

AU - Autiero, D.

AU - Badertscher, A.

AU - Bagulya, A.

AU - Bendhahbi, A.

AU - Bertolin, A.

AU - Bozza, C.

AU - Brugière, T.

AU - Brugnera, R.

AU - Brunet, F.

AU - Brunetti, G.

AU - Buontempo, S.

AU - Cazes, A.

AU - Chaussard, L.

AU - Chernyavskiy, M.

AU - Chiarella, V.

AU - Chukanov, A.

AU - D'Ambrosio, N.

AU - Dal Corso, F.

AU - De Lellis, G.

AU - Del Amo Sanchez, P.

AU - Déclais, Y.

AU - De Serio, M.

AU - Di Capua, F.

AU - Di Crescenzo, A.

AU - Di Ferdinando, D.

AU - Di Marco, N.

AU - Dmitrievski, S.

AU - Dracos, M.

AU - Duchesneau, D.

AU - Dusini, S.

AU - Dzhatdoev, T.

AU - Ebert, J.

AU - Egorov, O.

AU - Enikeev, R.

AU - Ereditato, A.

AU - Esposito, L. S.

AU - Favier, J.

AU - Ferber, T.

AU - Fini, R. A.

AU - Frekers, D.

AU - Fukuda, T.

AU - Garfagnini, A.

AU - Giacomelli, G.

AU - Giorgini, M.

AU - Göllnitz, C.

AU - Goldberg, J.

AU - Golubkov, D.

AU - Goncharova, L.

AU - Gornushkin, Y.

AU - Grella, G.

AU - Grianti, F.

AU - Guler, A. M.

AU - Gustavino, C.

AU - Hagner, C.

AU - Hamada, K.

AU - Hara, T.

AU - Hierholzer, M.

AU - Hollnagel, A.

AU - Hoshino, K.

AU - Ieva, M.

AU - Ishida, H.

AU - Jakovcic, K.

AU - Jollet, C.

AU - Juget, F.

AU - Kamiscioglu, M.

AU - Kazuyama, K.

AU - Kim, S. H.

AU - Kimura, M.

AU - Kitagawa, N.

AU - Klicek, B.

AU - Knuesel, J.

AU - Kodama, K.

AU - Komatsu, M.

AU - Kose, U.

AU - Kreslo, I.

AU - Kubota, H.

AU - Lazzaro, C.

AU - Lenkeit, J.

AU - Lippi, I.

AU - Ljubicic, A.

AU - Longhin, A.

AU - Loverre, P.

AU - Lutter, G.

AU - Malgin, A.

AU - Mandrioli, G.

AU - Mannai, K.

AU - Marteau, J.

AU - Matsuo, T.

AU - Matveev, V.

AU - Mauri, N.

AU - Medinaceli, E.

AU - Meisel, F.

AU - Meregaglia, A.

AU - Migliozzi, P.

AU - Mikado, S.

AU - Miyamoto, S.

AU - Monacelli, P.

AU - Morishima, K.

AU - Moser, U.

AU - Muciaccia, M. T.

AU - Naganawa, N.

AU - Naka, T.

AU - Nakamura, M.

AU - Nakano, T.

AU - Naumov, D.

AU - Nikitina, V.

AU - Niwa, K.

AU - Nonoyama, Y.

AU - Ogawa, S.

AU - Okateva, N.

AU - Olchevskiy, A.

AU - Paniccia, M.

AU - Paoloni, A.

AU - Park, B. D.

AU - Park, I. G.

AU - Pastore, A.

AU - Patrizii, L.

AU - Pennacchio, E.

AU - Pessard, H.

AU - Pretzl, K.

AU - Pilipenko, V.

AU - Pistillo, C.

AU - Polukhina, N.

AU - Pozzato, M.

AU - Pupilli, F.

AU - Rescigno, R.

AU - Roganova, T.

AU - Rokujo, H.

AU - Romano, G.

AU - Rosa, G.

AU - Rostovtseva, I.

AU - Rubbia, A.

AU - Russo, A.

AU - Ryasny, V.

AU - Ryazhskaya, O.

AU - Sato, O.

AU - Sato, Y.

AU - Schembri, A.

AU - Schmidt-Parzefall, W.

AU - Schroeder, H.

AU - Scotto Lavina, L.

AU - Sheshukov, A.

AU - Shibuya, H.

AU - Shoziyeov, G.

AU - Simone, S.

AU - Sioli, M.

AU - Sirignano, C.

AU - Sirri, G.

AU - Song, J. S.

AU - Spinetti, M.

AU - Stanco, L.

AU - Starkov, N.

AU - Stipcevic, M.

AU - Strauss, T.

AU - Strolin, P.

AU - Takahashi, S.

AU - Tenti, M.

AU - Terranova, F.

AU - Tezuka, I.

AU - Tioukov, V.

AU - Tolun, P.

AU - Trabelsi, A.

AU - Tran, T.

AU - Tufanli, S.

AU - Vilain, P.

AU - Vladimirov, M.

AU - Votano, L.

AU - Vuilleumier, J. L.

AU - Wilquet, G.

AU - Wonsak, B.

AU - Yakushev, V.

AU - Yoon, C. S.

AU - Yoshioka, T.

AU - Yoshida, J.

AU - Zaitsev, Y.

AU - Zemskova, S.

AU - Zghiche, A.

AU - Zimmermann, R.

PY - 2011/5/1

Y1 - 2011/5/1

N2 - The OPERA experiment is based on a hybrid technology combining electronic detectors (EDs) and nuclear emulsions. OPERA collected muon-neutrino interactions during the 2008 and 2009 physics runs of the CNGS neutrino beam, produced at CERN with an energy range of about 5-35 GeV. A total of 5.3 × 1019 protons on target equivalent luminosity have been analysed with the OPERA EDs: scintillator strips target trackers and magnetic muon spectrometers equipped with resistive plate gas chambers and drift tubes, allowing a detailed reconstruction of muon-neutrino interactions. Charged current (CC) and neutral current (NC) interactions are identified, using the measurements in the EDs, and the NC/CC ratio is computed. The momentum distribution and the charge of the muon tracks produced in CC interactions are analysed. Calorimetric measurements of the visible energy are performed for both the CC and NC samples. For CC events, the Bjorken-y distribution and the hadronic shower profile are computed. The results are compared with a detailed Monte Carlo simulation of the response of EDs.

AB - The OPERA experiment is based on a hybrid technology combining electronic detectors (EDs) and nuclear emulsions. OPERA collected muon-neutrino interactions during the 2008 and 2009 physics runs of the CNGS neutrino beam, produced at CERN with an energy range of about 5-35 GeV. A total of 5.3 × 1019 protons on target equivalent luminosity have been analysed with the OPERA EDs: scintillator strips target trackers and magnetic muon spectrometers equipped with resistive plate gas chambers and drift tubes, allowing a detailed reconstruction of muon-neutrino interactions. Charged current (CC) and neutral current (NC) interactions are identified, using the measurements in the EDs, and the NC/CC ratio is computed. The momentum distribution and the charge of the muon tracks produced in CC interactions are analysed. Calorimetric measurements of the visible energy are performed for both the CC and NC samples. For CC events, the Bjorken-y distribution and the hadronic shower profile are computed. The results are compared with a detailed Monte Carlo simulation of the response of EDs.

U2 - 10.1088/1367-2630/13/5/053051

DO - 10.1088/1367-2630/13/5/053051

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:79959283285

SN - 1367-2630

VL - 13

JO - New Journal of Physics

JF - New Journal of Physics

M1 - 053051

ER -

Study of neutrino interactions with the electronic detectors of the OPERA experiment

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