The NOvA experiment: status and outlook

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作者
Patterson, R. B. [1 ]
机构
[1] CALTECH, Pasadena, CA 91101 USA
关键词
NOvA; neutrino; long-baseline; mixing; mass hierarchy; CP violation;
D O I
10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2013.04.005
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
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 nu(e)/(nu) over bar (e) appearance and nu mu/(nu) over bar (mu) disappearance, through which NOvA will provide constraints on theta(13), theta(23), vertical bar Delta m(atm)(2 vertical bar), the neutrino mass hierarchy, and the CP-violating phase delta. In this article, we review NOvA's uniquely broad physics scope, including sensitivity updates in light of the latest knowledge of theta(13), and we discuss the experiment's construction and operation timeline.
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