Measurement of the neutrino velocity with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam using the 2012 dedicated data

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doi:10.1007/JHEP01(2013)153

In spring 2012 CERN provided two weeks of a short bunch proton beam ded- icated to the neutrino velocity measurement over a distance of 730 km. The OPERA neutrino experiment at the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory used an upgraded setup compared to the 2011 measurements, improving the measurement time accuracy. An in- dependent timing system based on the Resistive Plate Chambers was exploited providing a time accuracy of ∼1 ns. Neutrino and anti-neutrino contributions were separated us- ing the information provided by the OPERA magnetic spectrometers. The new analysis profited from the precision geodesy measurements of the neutrino baseline and of the CNGS/LNGS clock synchronization. The neutrino arrival time with respect to the one computed assuming the speed of light in vacuum is found to be δtν ≡ T OFc − T OFν = (0.6±0.4 (stat.)±3.0 (syst.)) ns and δtν ≡ T OFc −T OFν = (1.7±1.4 (stat.)±3.1 (syst.)) ns ̄ ̄ for νμ and νμ , respectively. This corresponds to a limit on the muon neutrino velocity with ̄ respect to the speed of light of −1.8 × 10−6 < (vν − c)/c < 2.3 × 10−6 at 90% C.L. This new measurement confirms with higher accuracy the revised OPERA result.