OPERA (Oscillation Project with Emulsion tRacking Apparatus) was a long-baseline experiment at the Gran Sasso laboratory (LNGS) designed to search for νμ→ντ oscillations in appearance mode. OPERA took data from 2008 to 2012 with the CNGS neutrino beam from CERN. The observation of five ντ candidates allowed assessing the discovery of νμ→ντ appearance in the CNGS neutrino beam with a significance of 5.1σ.
The data analysis is still ongoing, with the goal of improving the sensitivity to the sterile neutrino search in the νμ→ντ and νμ→νe appearance channels and oscillation parameters with reduced statistical uncertainties. Current results will be presented and perspectives discussed.
