Study of Neutrino Oscillations

中微子振荡研究

• 批准号: 0652367
• 负责人: Stanley Wojcicki
• 金额: $ 123万
• 依托单位: Stanford University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-06-01 至 2010-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0652367&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Study; Neutrino; Oscillations

This proposal entails two separate but related activities: continuing support for the running and data analysis phases of the Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search (MINOS) experiment and support for various activities connected with the initiation of the NuMI Off-axis electon Neutrino Appearance (NOvA) experiment. The scientific goals are verification of oscillation mechanism as the main source of muon neutrino disappearance observed conclusively initially in the SuperKamiokande experiment, precise measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters, and search for the muon neutrino to electron neutrino subdominant oscillation mode. NOvA is the only experiment in this decade which might be able to address the issue of the neutrino mass hierarchy. The group conducts an extensive outreach program at the experimental site for MINOS, at Soudan in northern Minnesota, and is making plans to extend this activity to the NOvA experimental site.

该提案涉及两项独立但相关的活动：继续支持主注入器中微子振荡搜索（MINOS）实验的运行和数据分析阶段，以及支持与 NuMI 离轴电子中微子出现（NOvA）实验启动相关的各种活动。 科学目标是验证超级神冈实验初步观测到的μ子中微子消失的主要来源振荡机制，精确测量中微子振荡参数，寻找μ子中微子对电子中微子的次主导振荡模式。 NOvA 是这十年来唯一能够解决中微子质量等级问题的实验。 该小组在明尼苏达州北部苏丹的 MINOS 实验地点开展了广泛的外展计划，并计划将这项活动扩展到 NOvA 实验地点。