Published November 1, 2008 | Version v1
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The NOνA experiment

Creators

  • 1. Fermilab, Batavia, IL 60510 (United States)

Description

The NOνA Project will construct a 15 kt Far Detector 835 km from Fermilab at Ash River Minnesota, a 220 ton Near Detector on the Fermilab site and upgrade the existing NuMI beamline from 400 kW to 700 kW. The detector technology is liquid scintillator captured in reflective rigid PVC cells. The light is captured using WLS fibre and routed to avalanche photo diodes. NOνA is designed to observe the appearance of electron neutrinos, determine the value of sin2(2θ13) and begin the study of CP violation in the neutrino sector. NOνA is the only currently approved experiment with the ability to determine the neutrino mass ordering. The NOvA physics program and projected sensitivities are described in this report.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/136/2/022019

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1742-6596/136/2/022019;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
136
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
[6 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
23. international conference on neutrino physics and astrophysics
Dates
25-31 May 2008
Place
Christchurch (New Zealand)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41043856
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CP INVARIANCE; ELECTRON NEUTRINOS; FERMILAB; FIBERS; LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; NEUTRINO DETECTION; NEUTRINO OSCILLATION; PHOTODIODES; REST MASS; SENSITIVITY; WEINBERG ANGLE
Descriptors DEC
DETECTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LEPTONS; MASS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NEUTRINOS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; US DOE; US ORGANIZATIONS