NuMI beamline

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The NuMI beamline is a high-intensity neutrino production facility at Fermilab that generates neutrino beams for long-baseline particle physics experiments.

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instanceOf Fermilab accelerator facility
neutrino beamline
particle physics facility
acronym NuMI
linked to: NuMI beamline
baselineLength 735 km to Soudan Underground Laboratory (MINOS)
810 km to Ash River, Minnesota (NOvA)
beamMode antineutrino mode
neutrino mode
beamPower up to ~700 kW class
beamType high-intensity neutrino beam
long-baseline neutrino beam
commissioned mid-2000s
commissionedFor MINOS experiment
constructionStartDate late 1990s
country United States
designedFor long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments
fullName Neutrinos at the Main Injector
linked to: NuMI beamline
fundedBy U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science
linked to: Office of Science
hasComponent decay pipe
far detector sites
graphite target station
hadron absorber
magnetic focusing horns
near detector hall
primary proton beamline
hasFarDetector MINOS Far Detector
linked to: MINOS

NOvA Far Detector
linked to: NOvA experiment
hasNearDetector MINERvA detector
linked to: MINERvA

MINOS Near Detector
linked to: MINOS
locatedIn Batavia, Illinois
Fermilab
locatedInCountry United States
neutrinoFlavor muon neutrino–dominated beam
operatedBy Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Fermilab Accelerator Division
ownedBy U.S. Department of Energy
primaryBeamEnergy 120 GeV
primaryBeamParticle proton
producesParticle electron antineutrino (intrinsic component)
electron neutrino (intrinsic component)
muon antineutrino
muon neutrino
researchField neutrino cross-section measurements
neutrino oscillations
neutrino physics
safetyFeature radiation shielding
remote handling systems
servesExperiment ArgoNeuT
MINERvA
MINOS
MINOS+
linked to: MINOS experiment

MicroBooNE (off-axis studies)
NOvA
linked to: NOvA experiment

other off-axis neutrino detectors at Fermilab
targetMaterial graphite
upgradedFor NOvA experiment
usesAccelerator Booster Neutrino Beam (for protons via Booster to Main Injector)
Main Injector

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Main Injector suppliedBeamsTo NuMI beamline
Main Injector suppliedBeamsTo MINERvA experiment
linked to: NuMI beamline
Main Injector usedInProgram Fermilab neutrino program
linked to: NuMI beamline
Booster synchrotron precedesInBeamline Fermilab neutrino beamlines
linked to: NuMI beamline
NuMI beamline fullName Neutrinos at the Main Injector
linked to: NuMI beamline
NuMI beamline acronym NuMI
linked to: NuMI beamline
NOvA experiment usesBeamline NuMI beamline
NOvA experiment locatedAlong NuMI beam path
linked to: NuMI beamline
MINOS experiment uses NuMI neutrino beam
linked to: NuMI beamline
MINOS uses NuMI beamline
MINOS beamSource NuMI (Neutrinos at the Main Injector)
linked to: NuMI beamline
ArgoNeuT locatedInBeamline NuMI beamline
MINERvA usesBeamFrom NuMI beamline
MINERvA isOnBeamline NuMI
linked to: NuMI beamline