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3/12/2012

End of CNGS run

6-10/11/2012

8th NBI2012 workshop at CERN

31/05/2010

First tau-neutrino candidate detected

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Project Organization:  Secondary Beam WG, Project Team, Technical WG, Commissioning WG
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The expected performance of the CNGS facility in terms of protons on target and production of neutrinos is described in the CNGS technical reports. A summary of results, updated in November 2000, is given here. 

Proton beam
cg.gif (821 bytes) 4.5 x 1019 protons at 400 GeV on CNGS target per year
Muon intensities
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- first muon detector: £ 2.5 x 107 muons per cm2 per 1013 protons on target
- second muon detector:  £ 4 x 105 muons per cm2 per 1013 protons on target
Neutrino beam at Gran Sasso 
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