NOvA Near Detector
Many, many cables connect the many, many plates of the NOvA near detector.
NOvA: NuMI Off-Axis v(sub)e Appearance. Expanding an acronym usually gives a reader a better idea of what the acronym is all about; maybe not so much here. NuMI is Neutrinos at the Main Injector, a project that sends neutrinos from Fermilab in a beam toward an old iron mine in Minnesota in an attempt to detect neutrino oscillations.
Located about 100 meters underground, the detector is somewhat shielded from cosmic rays and other interference.
NOvA Near Detector
Many, many cables connect the many, many plates of the NOvA near detector.
NOvA: NuMI Off-Axis v(sub)e Appearance. Expanding an acronym usually gives a reader a better idea of what the acronym is all about; maybe not so much here. NuMI is Neutrinos at the Main Injector, a project that sends neutrinos from Fermilab in a beam toward an old iron mine in Minnesota in an attempt to detect neutrino oscillations.
Located about 100 meters underground, the detector is somewhat shielded from cosmic rays and other interference.