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| == Neutrio Physics == | #acl All:read ## page was renamed from Neutrino [[ATLAS|{{attachment:Atlas_small.jpg|ATLAS|height="128"}}]][[Minos|{{attachment:Minos_small.jpg|Minos|height="128"}}]][[NEdm|{{attachment:Nedm_small.jpg|Nedm|height="128"}}]][[SNO+|{{attachment:SNO_small.jpg|SNO+|height="128"}}]][[DEAP|{{attachment:deap3600_small.jpg|DEAP|height="128"}}]] |
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| Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. | == MINOS Experiment == |
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| On MINOS we do the extraordinary thing of firing a beam of neutrinos 735km through the Earth (seriously!). The three neutrinos have slightly different masses and so for a given energy the heaviest neutrino travels slightly slower than the lightest. This difference in speed gives rise to a quantum mechanical effect called neutrino oscillations and it is very hard to detect, which is why we need to fire the neutrinos over such a long distance. | |
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| Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum. Typi non habent claritatem insitam; est usus legentis in iis qui facit eorum claritatem. Investigationes demonstraverunt lectores legere me lius quod ii legunt saepius. Claritas est etiam processus dynamicus, qui sequitur mutationem consuetudium lectorum. Mirum est notare quam littera gothica, quam nunc putamus parum claram, anteposuerit litterarum formas humanitatis per seacula quarta decima et quinta decima. Eodem modo typi, qui nunc nobis videntur parum clari, fiant sollemnes in futurum. | We have worked on the MINOS experiment for over a decade, right through from construction and test beam calibration to first data and now the final results. We worked in particular on the muon antineutrino physics analysis and led that effort all the way through to the results and the papers in 2011. More information about the MINOS Experiment can be found [[http://www-numi.fnal.gov/|here|target='blank"]]. Following a long shutdown to upgrade the accelerator complex at Fermilab, MINOS+ will be born. We will run the MINOS detectors with the beam in the medium energy configuration, providing a high statistics and high precision measurement of new regions of parameter space. MINOS+ will search for new physics involving sterile neutrinos, extra dimensions and much more. We also work on [[NOvA|NOvA]], the new 2nd generation experiment that uses the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab. Please contact [[http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/212474|Jeff Hartnell]] or [[http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/109371|Lisa Falk]] for further information. |
MINOS Experiment
On MINOS we do the extraordinary thing of firing a beam of neutrinos 735km through the Earth (seriously!). The three neutrinos have slightly different masses and so for a given energy the heaviest neutrino travels slightly slower than the lightest. This difference in speed gives rise to a quantum mechanical effect called neutrino oscillations and it is very hard to detect, which is why we need to fire the neutrinos over such a long distance.
We have worked on the MINOS experiment for over a decade, right through from construction and test beam calibration to first data and now the final results. We worked in particular on the muon antineutrino physics analysis and led that effort all the way through to the results and the papers in 2011.
More information about the MINOS Experiment can be found here.
Following a long shutdown to upgrade the accelerator complex at Fermilab, MINOS+ will be born. We will run the MINOS detectors with the beam in the medium energy configuration, providing a high statistics and high precision measurement of new regions of parameter space. MINOS+ will search for new physics involving sterile neutrinos, extra dimensions and much more.
We also work on NOvA, the new 2nd generation experiment that uses the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab.
Please contact Jeff Hartnell or Lisa Falk for further information.