PARALLEL SESSION PAPERS: Session 1: Neutrino PhysicsNo Access

STATUS OF THE MINOS EXPERIMENT

for the MINOS COLLABORATION.

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CHRISTOPHER SMITH

Lauritsen Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

Current address: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217751X05025747Cited by:1 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

The MINOS experiment is designed to search for neutrino oscillations. A neutrino beam from Fermilab is observed by the Near and Far detectors, separated by 735km. A comparison of the observed neutrino events at the two locations allows a measurement of the oscillation parameters to be made. Commissioning of the Near detector is underway and the Far detector is collecting cosmic ray and atmospheric neutrino data. Analysis of the atmospheric neutrino events has begun and neutrino, antineutrino event separation has been achieved. Data collection with the NuMI beam will begin in December 2004.