The NOvA Experiment The NOvA Experiment Mark Messier Indiana University for the NOvA Collaboration 180 scientists and engineers from 26 institutions Mark Messier Indiana University for the NOvA Collaboration 180 scientists and engineers from 26 institutions
Neutrinos are everywhere
proton neutron electron neutron decay n → p + e
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quarks leptons up down charm strange top bottom electronmuontau +2/3 -1/3 +2/3 -1/3 +2/3 -1/ u ds ct b e μ τ electron neutrinomuon neutrinotau neutrino νeνe νμνμ ντντ
Neutrino Oscillations νμνμ νeνe
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NOvA’s Science matter anti-matter ?
NOvA’s Science matter anti-matter up down electron +2/3-1/30 u d e electron neutrino νeνe anti-upanti-down positron -2/3 +1/3 0+1 ud e anti-e neutrino νeνe up down electron +2/3-1/3 u d e anti-upanti-down positron -2/3 +1/3 0+1 ud e electron neutrino νeνe ?
NOvA’s Science matter anti-matter
USS Minnesota The NOvA Detector
Electron neutrino interaction in NOVA 20 cm amount of light 2.5 GeV ν e + p →1.9 GeV e GeV p GeV π + 20 cm electron from an electron neutrino amount of light
The NOvA Collaboration at Argonne National Lab, 25 April 2009 Argonne National Laboratory - University of Athens - California Institute of Technology - University of California, Los Angeles - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory - College de France - Harvard University - Indiana University - Lebedev Physical Institute - Michigan State University - University of Minnesota, Duluth - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis - The Institute for Nuclear Research, Moscow - Technische Universität München, Munich - State University of New York, Stony Brook - Northern Illinois University, DeKalb - Northwestern University - Ohio State University, Columbus - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro - University of South Carolina, Columbia - Southern Methodist University - Stanford University - University of Tennessee - Texas A&M University - University of Texas, Austin - University of Texas, Dallas - Tufts University - University of Virginia, Charlottesville - The College of William and Mary - Wichita State University