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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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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NuMI beamline upgradedFor NOvA experiment
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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