Searching for Exotic Signals with the NOvA Experiment
Two highly segmented NOvA scintillation detectors, separated by 810 km and located in the pathof the NuMI neutrino beam produced at Fermilab, are optimized to study the neutrino oscillationphenomenon. At the same time, the larger Far Detector with 4,000 m2 surface area is capable to search for the low-mass magnetic monopoles, and to monitor the flux of the high-multiplicitycosmic ray showers. The smaller Near Detector, located 100 m underground at Fermilab, is ableto search for the presence of possible elusive Dark Matter particles in the high-intensity NuMIneutrino beam, and to study the seasonal variations of multi-muon cosmic flux component. BothNOvA detectors serve in combination as a powerful supernova neutrino detector, and allow forthe multi-messenger signal searches in coincidence with LIGO/Virgo gravitational wave events.A survey of the most recent NOvA results on these topics is presented.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- Contributing Organization:
- NO$\nu$A
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 1873712
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-CONF-22-335-V; oai:inspirehep.net:2061294
- Journal Information:
- PoS, Vol. EPS-HEP2021
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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