Revival Of Science in US- Most Advanced Neutrino Experiment!!!
As Mr.Obama promised during his presidential speech , it is all set for science revival in US. Wok has started to build up "The Worlds' Most Advanced Neutrino Experiment"
Ash River, Minn. – Construction begins this May on a cutting-edge physics laboratory in northern Minnesota, supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Congressmen of Illinois joined officials from the U.S. Department of Energy on May 1st , Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of Minnesota to break ground for NOvA, the world’s most advanced neutrino experiment.(Neutrino is a subatomic particle.. and exhibits unusual behaviuor predicet by Qunatum Mechanics")
Ground Breaking and The Nova Site
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About The Project
Construction of the facility, supported under a cooperative agreement for research between the U.S. Department of Energy and the University of Minnesota.
The NOvA project will construct the NuMI Off-Axis Electron Neutrino Appearance (NOvA) detector facility, a laboratory of the University of Minnesota’s School of Physics and Astronomy, near the Ash River, about 40 miles southeast of International Falls. The lab will house a 15,000-ton particle detector that will investigate the role of subatomic particles called neutrinos in the origin of the universe.
The NOvA project involves about 180 scientists and engineers from 28 institutions. The collaboration will build the neutrino detector and install it in the new laboratory. When the detector is completed, physicists will explore the mysterious behavior of neutrinos by examining pulses of neutrinos sent straight through the earth from Fermilab in Illinois to the NOvA detector facility in Minnesota. The neutrinos travel the 500 miles in less than three milliseconds.
The new laboratory expands the university’s international reputation as a leader in neutrino research. The University of Minnesota currently runs the Soudan Underground Laboratory near Tower, Minn., the only laboratory of its kind in the United States. For more information about the NOvA groundbreaking, please Click Here to VIsit the official Nova Site .