NUFACT2014, XVIth International Workshop on Neutrino Factories and Future Neutrino Beam Facilities

Overview of the NOvA experiment

Not scheduled

15m

Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre (University of Glasgow)

Description

The NO$\nu$A experiment, with a baseline of 810 km, samples Fermilab's upgraded NuMI beam with a Near Detector on-site and a Far Detector (FD) at Ash River, MN, to observe oscillations of muon neutrinos. The detectors are functionally identical, fully constructed, and currently in the final phase of commissioning. The 344,064 liquid scintillator-filled cells of the 14 kton FD provide high granularity of a large detector mass and enable us to reject the 120 kHz cosmic ray muon rate at a factor of 1 in 40 million events in the $\nu_e$ signal region and 1 in 20 million in the $\nu_\mu$ signal region. NO$\nu$A seeks to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy and shed light on the CP violating phase angle. This poster gives an overview of the detectors, the upgraded NuMI beam, the current status of the experiment, and current sensitivities of various aspects of the science goals of NO$\nu$A.