Status of the CHORUS experiment

A large number of experiments are currently trying to observe the phenomenon of neutrino oscillation in various ways. Among these, the CHORUS appearance experiment focuses on v,, ---> vT and v. ---> vT detection through the observation of vT induced interactions in the Wide Band neutrino Beam at SPS (CERN). The vT identification is performed in nuclear emulsions by searching for the decay of the r lepton in a sample of events "enriched" by kinematical selection. The detection technique will be discussed and the measured performances of the apparatus will be reported.