SPECIAL ISSUE: Proceedings of the Conference on Neutrinos and Implications for Physics Beyond the Standard Model, Stony Brook, USA, 11–13 October 2002; Editor: R. ShrockNo Access

MINOS: THE PHYSICS PROGRAM AND THE CONSTRUCTION STATUS

For MINOS Collaboration: The MINOS Collaboration includes research groups from Argonne National Laboratory, University of Athens, Brookhaven National Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, University of Cambride, University of Campinas, College de France, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Harvard University, Illinois Institute of Technology, Indiana University, ITEP Moscow, Lebedev Institute, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University College London, Macalester College, University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Northwestern University, University of Oxford, University of Pittsburgh, IHEP Protvino, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, University of Sao Paolo, University of South Carolina Stanford University, University of Sussex, Texas A&M University, University of Texas at Austin, Tufts University, Western Washington University, and University of Wisconsin. and
KAROL LANG

For MINOS Collaboration: The MINOS Collaboration includes research groups from Argonne National Laboratory, University of Athens, Brookhaven National Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, University of Cambride, University of Campinas, College de France, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Harvard University, Illinois Institute of Technology, Indiana University, ITEP Moscow, Lebedev Institute, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University College London, Macalester College, University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Northwestern University, University of Oxford, University of Pittsburgh, IHEP Protvino, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, University of Sao Paolo, University of South Carolina Stanford University, University of Sussex, Texas A&M University, University of Texas at Austin, Tufts University, Western Washington University, and University of Wisconsin.

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KAROL LANG

Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-0264, USA

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Abstract

The MINOS experiment will study muon neutrino oscillations in the range of parameter space implied by the measurements with atmospheric neutrinos. The two magnetized toroidal tracking calorimeters, 1 kton at Fermilab and 5.4 kton in the Soudan Mine 735-km away, are constructed out of extruded scintillator strips and use wavelength-shifting and clear fibers read out by multi-anode photomultipliers. The far detector is now more than 3/4 completed and commenced collecting cosmic ray data. The neutrino beamline and the near detector will be finished by the end of 2004. In addition, a calibration detector was also constructed and exposed to the test beams. Over the last two years the entire project has progressed on schedule and budget and with most of the civil construction out of the way the road to this interesting physics program is finally cleared.

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The MINOS Collaboration includes research groups from Argonne National Laboratory, University of Athens, Brookhaven National Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, University of Cambridge, University of Campinas, College de France, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Harvard University, Illinois Institute of Technology, Indiana University, ITEP Moscow, Lebedev Institute, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University College London, Macalester College, University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Northwestern University, University of Oxford, University of Pittsburgh, IHEP Protvino, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, University of Sao Paolo, University of South Carolina Stanford University, University of Sussex, Texas A&M University, University of Texas at Austin, Tufts University, Western Washington University, and Universisty of Wisconsin . Google Scholar
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