The MINOS experiment is a long-baseline, two-detector neutrino oscillation experiment. MINOS will use the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab when it is completed later this year. The NuMI neutrino beam will use 120 GeV protons from the Main Injector accelerator to make an intense 1-20 GeV neutrino beam. The MINOS detectors are large steel-scintillator sampling calorimeters, calibrated with a third calibration detector at CERN. Comparison of the neutrino interaction rates at the two detectors will allow a precision measurement of muon-neutrino disappearance predicted by atmospheric neutrino experiments. Additionally, MINOS will extend the search for electron-neutrino appearance, expected by most models of neutrino mixing. I will discuss the design and construction of the project as well as the intended measurement capabilities.
Organiser: Christoph Amelung / PH-EP Note: Please note unusual day Tea & coffee will be served at 16.00 hrs.
