OPERA is a long-baseline neutrino experiment located in the Hall C of the Gran Sasso underground Laboratory at an average depth of 3.8 km w.e., corresponding to average muon energies at surface higher than 1.4 TeV. After a brief description of the main scientific goals of the experiment, we focus on the potentialities of OPERA used as a cosmic ray detector. In particular, we report on the measurement of the atmospheric muon charge ratio R_mu = N_mu+/N_mu- and on the analysis of upgoing muons induced by atmospheric neutrinos. © 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd.
Mauri, N. (2010). Cosmic ray studies with the OPERA detector at Gran Sasso. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES, 203, 1-3 [10.1088/1742-6596/203/1/012129].
Cosmic ray studies with the OPERA detector at Gran Sasso
Mauri, Nicoletta
2010
Abstract
OPERA is a long-baseline neutrino experiment located in the Hall C of the Gran Sasso underground Laboratory at an average depth of 3.8 km w.e., corresponding to average muon energies at surface higher than 1.4 TeV. After a brief description of the main scientific goals of the experiment, we focus on the potentialities of OPERA used as a cosmic ray detector. In particular, we report on the measurement of the atmospheric muon charge ratio R_mu = N_mu+/N_mu- and on the analysis of upgoing muons induced by atmospheric neutrinos. © 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
