NuMI beamline

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Fermilab accelerator facility neutrino beamline particle physics facility

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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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Fermilab neutrino beamlines	1
Fermilab neutrino program	1
MINERvA experiment	1
Neutrinos at the Main Injector	1
NuMI	1
NuMI beam path	1
NuMI neutrino beam	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Fermilab accelerator facility ⓘ neutrino beamline ⓘ particle physics facility ⓘ
acronym	NuMI beamline self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NuMI
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 of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designedFor	long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments ⓘ
fullName	NuMI beamline self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Neutrinos at the Main Injector
fundedBy	Office of Science ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Energy 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 ⓘ surface form: MINOS Far Detector NOvA experiment ⓘ surface form: NOvA Far Detector
hasNearDetector	MINERvA ⓘ surface form: MINERvA detector MINOS ⓘ surface form: MINOS Near Detector
locatedIn	Batavia, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ surface form: Fermilab
locatedInCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
neutrinoFlavor	muon neutrino–dominated beam ⓘ
operatedBy	Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ surface form: 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 experiment ⓘ surface form: MINOS+ MicroBooNE (off-axis studies) ⓘ NOvA experiment ⓘ surface form: NOvA other off-axis neutrino detectors at Fermilab ⓘ
targetMaterial	graphite ⓘ
upgradedFor	NOvA experiment ⓘ
usesAccelerator	Booster Neutrino Beam ⓘ surface form: Booster Neutrino Beam (for protons via Booster to Main Injector) Main Injector ⓘ

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NuMI beamline → acronym → NuMI beamline self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: NuMI

NuMI beamline → fullName → NuMI beamline self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Neutrinos at the Main Injector

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory → hasFacility → NuMI beamline ⓘ

NOvA experiment → locatedAlong → NuMI beamline ⓘ

this entity surface form: NuMI beam path

Booster synchrotron → precedesInBeamline → NuMI beamline ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fermilab neutrino beamlines

Main Injector → suppliedBeamsTo → NuMI beamline ⓘ

this entity surface form: MINERvA experiment

Main Injector → usedInProgram → NuMI beamline ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fermilab neutrino program

MINOS experiment → uses → NuMI beamline ⓘ

this entity surface form: NuMI neutrino beam

NOvA experiment → usesBeamline → NuMI beamline ⓘ