NOvA experiment

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The NOvA experiment is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation project that studies how neutrinos change type as they travel from Fermilab to a distant detector in northern Minnesota.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment ⓘ
neutrino experiment ⓘ
particle physics experiment ⓘ
acronym NOvA ⓘ
linked to: NOvA experiment
baselineLength 810 km ⓘ
beamType muon neutrino beam ⓘ
collaborationSize over 200 scientists ⓘ
over 40 institutions ⓘ
constructionStart 2009 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dataTakingStart 2014 ⓘ
designedTo enhance electron neutrino appearance signal ⓘ
detectorTechnology PVC cells filled with liquid scintillator ⓘ
farDetectorCompletion 2014 ⓘ
farDetectorMass about 14 kilotons ⓘ
farDetectorRegion northern Minnesota ⓘ
farDetectorState Minnesota ⓘ
field high-energy physics ⓘ
neutrino physics ⓘ
fullName NuMI Off-Axis ν_e Appearance experiment ⓘ
linked to: NOvA experiment
fundedBy National Science Foundation ⓘ
U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
hasDetectorType liquid scintillator detector ⓘ
tracking calorimeter ⓘ
hasFarDetectorLocation Ash River, Minnesota, United States ⓘ
hasNearDetectorLocation Fermilab, Illinois, United States ⓘ
hostedBy Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ
locatedAlong NuMI beam path ⓘ
linked to: NuMI beamline
nearDetectorMass about 300 tons ⓘ
offAxisAngle about 14 milliradians ⓘ
primaryGoal measure electron neutrino appearance in a muon neutrino beam ⓘ
readoutTechnology avalanche photodiodes ⓘ
wavelength-shifting fibers ⓘ
relatedTo DUNE experiment ⓘ
T2K experiment ⓘ
linked to: T2K
secondaryGoal constrain mass-squared differences of neutrinos ⓘ
constrain neutrino mixing angle theta_23 ⓘ
measure muon antineutrino oscillations ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
studies CP violation in the lepton sector ⓘ
muon neutrino disappearance ⓘ
muon neutrino to electron neutrino appearance ⓘ
neutrino mass hierarchy ⓘ
neutrino oscillations ⓘ
usesBeamFrom Fermilab ⓘ
usesBeamline NuMI beamline ⓘ
usesMethod off-axis neutrino beam configuration ⓘ
website https://novaexperiment.fnal.gov/ ⓘ

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NuMI beamline → servesExperiment → NOvA ⓘ
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NuMI beamline → hasFarDetector → NOvA Far Detector ⓘ
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DUNE experiment → relatedTo → NOvA experiment ⓘ
NOvA experiment → fullName → NuMI Off-Axis ν_e Appearance experiment ⓘ
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NOvA experiment → acronym → NOvA ⓘ
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MINOS experiment → relatedExperiment → NOvA experiment ⓘ
Fermilab Booster → supportsExperiment → NOvA ⓘ
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MINOS → relatedExperiment → NOvA ⓘ
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LBNF neutrino beamline → relatedExperiment → NOvA ⓘ
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LBNE experiment → relatedProject → NOvA experiment ⓘ
MINERvA → collaboratesWith → NOvA ⓘ
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Ash River, Minnesota, United States → hasFacility → NOvA Far Detector Laboratory ⓘ
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