Neutrinos represent the frontier of high energy physics.
Physicists are only now unraveling the mysteries of these sub-atomic particles. The experiment is designed to quantify the attributes of neutrinos such as their mass. The experiment involves generating a particle beam rich in neutrinos at a newly-upgraded accelerator at Fermilab. The beam is sent approximately 500 miles underground to the Soudan Mine, a retired iron mine in the National Forest of northern Minnesota. Neutrino properties are determined by measuring changes in the beam from its origin at Fermilab to the Soudan Mine.