The NOvA experiment at FNAL, status and perspectives

Conference · Thu Oct 06 04:00:00 EDT 2011 · Nucl.Phys.B Proc.Suppl.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2011.04.099· OSTI ID:1968005

Norman, A. ^[1]

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1. Fermilab

The NO$$\nu$$A experiment is a new long baseline neutrino experiment designed to measure $$\theta_{13}$$ through the appear- ance of $$\nu_e$$ in a $$\nu_\mu$$ beam, at an off-axis angle of 14 mrad. The NO$$\nu$$A experiment has constructed and instrumented their near detector and has begun taking data in a surface location that places the detector in both the Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) neutrino beam and booster neutrino beam at Fermilab. This location provides significant neutrino fluxes for studies of both $$\nu_{e}$$ and $$\nu_\mu$$ interactions and for understanding of the detector response to both types of interactions.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
• Contributing Organization: NOvA
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 1968005
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-CONF-11-522-CD; oai:inspirehep.net:929606
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Nucl.Phys.B Proc.Suppl. Journal Volume: 217
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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