OPERA Experiment
The Oscillation Project with Emulsion-tRacking Apparatus (OPERA) is an instrument used in a scientific experiment for detecting tau neutrinos from muon neutrino oscillations. The experiment is a collaboration between CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, and the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Gran Sasso, Italy and uses the CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso (CNGS) neutrino beam.
The process starts with protons from the SPS at CERN being fired in pulses at a carbon target to produce pions and kaons. These particles decay to produce muons and neutrinos.
Read more about OPERA Experiment: Detector, Tau Neutrino, Time-of-flight Measurements
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