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.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| NOvA | 2 |
| NOvA Far Detector | 1 |
| NuMI Off-Axis ν_e Appearance experiment | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment
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neutrino experiment ⓘ particle physics experiment ⓘ |
| acronym |
NOvA experiment
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| baselineLength | 810 km ⓘ |
| beamType | muon neutrino beam ⓘ |
| collaborationSize |
over 200 scientists
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over 40 institutions ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 2009 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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United States
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| 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
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neutrino physics ⓘ |
| fullName |
NOvA experiment
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NuMI Off-Axis ν_e Appearance experiment
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| fundedBy |
National Science Foundation
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U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ |
| hasDetectorType |
liquid scintillator detector
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tracking calorimeter ⓘ |
| hasFarDetectorLocation | Ash River, Minnesota, United States ⓘ |
| hasNearDetectorLocation |
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
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Fermilab, Illinois, United States
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| hostedBy | Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedAlong |
NuMI beamline
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NuMI beam path
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| nearDetectorMass | about 300 tons ⓘ |
| offAxisAngle | about 14 milliradians ⓘ |
| primaryGoal | measure electron neutrino appearance in a muon neutrino beam ⓘ |
| readoutTechnology |
avalanche photodiodes
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wavelength-shifting fibers ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
DUNE experiment
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T2K ⓘ
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T2K experiment
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| secondaryGoal |
constrain mass-squared differences of neutrinos
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constrain neutrino mixing angle theta_23 ⓘ measure muon antineutrino oscillations ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| studies |
CP violation in the lepton sector
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muon neutrino disappearance ⓘ muon neutrino to electron neutrino appearance ⓘ neutrino mass hierarchy ⓘ neutrino oscillations ⓘ |
| usesBeamFrom |
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
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Fermilab
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| usesBeamline | NuMI beamline ⓘ |
| usesMethod | off-axis neutrino beam configuration ⓘ |
| website | https://novaexperiment.fnal.gov/ ⓘ |
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