Accelerator-Based Neutrino Experiments

The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois is the host laboratory for three neutrino experiments that will collect data in the coming years.  These experiments measure the rare interaction of neutrinos and antineutrinos with matter. For example, the MINOS experiment measures neutrino oscillations by analyzing the composition of a neutrino beam traveling 450 miles through the Earth from Fermilab to northern Minnesota. Another neutrino experiment, NOVA, is under construction in Minnesota, and a new project to construct a Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment in South Dakota is in the planning stages. Together with experiments in Europe and Japan, these experiments will measure the properties of these elusive particles, and ultimately,  seek to  find out what role neutrinos play in the violation of the matter-antimatter symmetry and hence the evolution of the universe.