2012/09/04 by R. B. Patterson · 113 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Aerospace engineering #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Bar (unit) #Engineering #Fermilab #Geography #Neutrino #Neutrino Physics Research #Neutrino oscillation #Nova (rocket) #Nuclear physics #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Timeline #hep-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2013.04.005
published in Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements 235-236, 151-157 (Elsevier BV) · 7 pages, 13 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the XXV International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics (Neutrino 2012)
arxiv created 2012/09/04 · openalex publication_date 2013/02/01 · arxiv updated 2015/11/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The NOvA long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment is currently under construction and will use an upgraded NuMI neutrino source at Fermilab and a 14-kton detector at Ash River, Minnesota to explore the neutrino sector. NOvA uses a highly active, finely segmented detector design that offers superb event identification capability, allowing precision measurements of νe/νe-bar appearance and νμ/νμ-bar disappearance, through which NOvA will provide constraints on θ13, θ23, |Δm2atm|, the neutrino mass hierarchy, and the CP-violating phase δ. In this article, we review NOvA's uniquely broad physics scope, including sensitivity updates in light of the latest knowledge of θ13, and we discuss the experiment's construction and operation timeline.