NOνA (
NuMI Off-Axis νe Appearance) is a proposed
particle physics experiment designed to detect
neutrinos in
Fermilab's NuMI (Neutrinos at the Main Injector) beam. Intended to be the successor to
MINOS, NOνA will consist of two detectors, one at Fermilab (the near detector), and one in northern Minnesota (the far detector). Neutrinos from NuMI will pass through 810km of Earth to reach the far detector. NOνA's main goal is to observe the
oscillation of muon neutrinos to electron neutrinos. By observing how many neutrinos change from one type to the other, NOνA hopes to accomplish three things:Measurement of the
mixing angle θ13Measurement of the
CP-violating phase δDetermination of the neutrino mass hierarchy
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