MINOS experiment
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Fermilab experiment
long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment
neutrino experiment
particle physics experiment
The MINOS experiment is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation project that studied how neutrinos change type as they travel from Fermilab to a distant underground detector.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fermilab experiment
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long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment → neutrino experiment → particle physics experiment → |
| acronym | MINOS → |
| beamType | muon neutrino beam from pion and kaon decays → |
| collaborationSize | over 100 scientists → |
| country |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
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| dataTakingEnd | 2012 → |
| dataTakingStart | 2005 → |
| fullName |
MINOS experiment
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surface form: "Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search"
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| fundedBy |
National Science Foundation
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U.S. Department of Energy → |
| hasBaselineLength | 735 km → |
| hasFarDetectorDepth | about 700 meters underground → |
| hasFarDetectorFunction | measure oscillated neutrino spectrum → |
| hasFarDetectorLocation |
Soudan Underground Mine State Park
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Soudan, Minnesota → |
| hasFarDetectorMass | about 5.4 kilotons → |
| hasNearDetectorFunction | characterize the neutrino beam before oscillation → |
| hasNearDetectorLocation | Fermilab, Illinois NERFINISHED → |
| hasNearDetectorMass | about 1 kiloton → |
| hasSuccessor |
MINOS experiment
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surface form: "MINOS+ experiment"
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| hostLaboratory | Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory NERFINISHED → |
| locatedAt | Fermilab NERFINISHED → |
| measures |
atmospheric neutrino oscillation parameters
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sin²(2θ₂₃) → |Δm²₃₂| → |
| operatedBy | international collaboration → |
| publicationTopic |
comparison of neutrino and antineutrino oscillations
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precision measurement of muon neutrino disappearance → |
| relatedExperiment |
NOvA experiment
→
Kamioka Observatory, Gifu Prefecture, Japan →
surface form: "Super-Kamiokande"
T2K →
surface form: "T2K experiment"
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| scientificGoal |
improve precision on atmospheric neutrino parameters
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test the three-flavor neutrino oscillation framework → |
| searchesFor |
CPT violation in the neutrino sector
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non-standard neutrino interactions → sterile neutrinos → |
| startYear | 2005 → |
| studies |
antineutrino oscillations
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muon neutrino disappearance → neutrino mass-squared differences → neutrino mixing angles → neutrino oscillations → |
| uses |
NuMI beamline
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surface form: "NuMI neutrino beam"
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| usesBeamSource | Main Injector at Fermilab → |
| usesDetectorType | magnetized iron-scintillator tracking calorimeter → |
| usesParticle |
muon antineutrinos
→
muon neutrinos → |
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this entity surface form: "Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search"
this entity surface form: "MINOS+ experiment"
this entity surface form: "MINOS+"