The OPERA experiment is dedicated to the direct observation of \nu \tau neutrinos in the long baseline \nu \mu CNGS beam. Here, a general description of the OPERA detector and its physics performance is presented, the preliminary test results with underground cosmic muons are shown as well.
PACS numbers: 14.60.Lm, 14.60.Pq
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