Recent Results and Future Prospects from MINOS

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2009

OSTI ID:946545

Paley, Jonathan M

The MINOS experiment uses the intense NuMI beam created at Fermilab and two magnetized tracking calorimeters, one located at Fermilab and one located 735 km away at the Soudan Mine in Minnesota, to make precise measurements of {nu}{sub {mu}} disappearance oscillation parameters. We present recent results from the first two years of NuMI beam operations, including the precise measurement of the atmospheric neutrino oscillation parameters and the search for sterile neutrinos. Future prospects for MINOS will also be discussed, including an improved limit on the {theta}{sub 13} mixing angle by searching for {nu}{sub e} appearance in the {nu}{sub {mu}} beam.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 946545
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-CONF-09-015-E; arXiv eprint number arXiv:0901.2131; TRN: US0900976
• Resource Relation: Conference: Presented at 18th International Conference on Particles and Nuclei (PANIC 08), Eilat, Israel, 9-14 Nov 2008
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
CALORIMETERS
FERMILAB
NEUTRINO OSCILLATION
NEUTRINOS
NUCLEI
OSCILLATIONS
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