The OPERA experiment has been running with the CNGS neutrino beam from 2008 to 2012 and collected 1.8 × 1020 protons on target. Five tau neutrino candidates were observed, with a background of 0.25 events, leading to the discovery of tau neutrino appearance in a muon neutrino beam, reported in 2015. The analysis of the emulsion films is now completed. We report preliminary results obtained with the analysis of the final sample. We also report a study on cosmic-ray annual modulation. We then give some final remarks including the near future plans of the Collaboration.

The OPERA experiment and its contribution to neutrino physics / Lellis, De. - In: POS PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENCE. - ISSN 1824-8039. - (2017). (Intervento presentato al convegno The 3rd International Symposium on “Quest for the Origin of Particles and the Universe", KMI2017 tenutosi a Nagoya, Japan nel 5-7 Gennaio 2017).

The OPERA experiment and its contribution to neutrino physics

De Lellis
2017

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The OPERA experiment has been running with the CNGS neutrino beam from 2008 to 2012 and collected 1.8 × 1020 protons on target. Five tau neutrino candidates were observed, with a background of 0.25 events, leading to the discovery of tau neutrino appearance in a muon neutrino beam, reported in 2015. The analysis of the emulsion films is now completed. We report preliminary results obtained with the analysis of the final sample. We also report a study on cosmic-ray annual modulation. We then give some final remarks including the near future plans of the Collaboration.
2017
The OPERA experiment and its contribution to neutrino physics / Lellis, De. - In: POS PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENCE. - ISSN 1824-8039. - (2017). (Intervento presentato al convegno The 3rd International Symposium on “Quest for the Origin of Particles and the Universe", KMI2017 tenutosi a Nagoya, Japan nel 5-7 Gennaio 2017).
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