Status of the CHORUS neutrino oscillation experiment

Pesen E.

NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS, vol.70, pp.219-222, 1999 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 70
  • Publication Date: 1999
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/s0920-5632(98)00421-6
  • Journal Name: NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Artic & Antarctic Regions, zbMATH
  • Page Numbers: pp.219-222
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The CHORUS experiment is designed to search for nu(mu) --> nu(tau) oscillation with a hybrid detector system containing 800 kg nuclear emulsions as target and vertex detector. Run I (320 000 recorded nu(mu)CC in 1994/5) and more than half of the run II (460 000 nu(mu)CC in 1996/7) data taking have been successfully completed. Approximately 80 000 events have been analyzed so far, searching for tau(-) --> mu(-)<(nu)over bar>(mu)nu(tau) and tau(-) --> h(-)(n pi(0))nu(tau) decays. No candidate has been found, leading to a limit sin(2) 2 theta(mu tau) less than or equal to 4.5 10(-3) for large Delta m(2).