2007/10/08 by N. Yu. Agafonova, M. Aglietta, P. Antonioli +31 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Neutrino Physics Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0445-x
published as Eur.Phys.J.C52:849-855,2007 · Accepted for publication by the European Physical Journal C ; 7 pages, 11 figures
arxiv created 2007/10/08 · openalex publication_date 2007/10/25 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The CERN Neutrino to Gran Sasso (CNGS) project aims to produce a high energy, wide band νμ beam at CERN and send it toward the INFN Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS), 732 km away. Its main goal is the observation of the ντ appearance, through neutrino flavour oscillation. The beam started its operation in August 2006 for about 12 days: a total amount of 7.6~1017 protons were delivered to the target. The LVD detector, installed in hall A of the LNGS and mainly dedicated to the study of supernova neutrinos, was fully operating during the whole CNGS running time. A total number of 569 events were detected in coincidence with the beam spill time. This is in good agreement with the expected number of events from Montecarlo simulations.