page_title: NOvA
hierarchical_section_title: NOvA
caption_attribution_description: English: The 14kt NOvA Far Detector in Ash River, Minnesota with person for scale.
context_page_description: The NOνA experiment is a particle physics experiment designed to detect neutrinos in Fermilab's NuMI beam. Intended to be the successor to MINOS, NOνA consists of two detectors, one at Fermilab, and one in northern Minnesota. Neutrinos from NuMI pass through 810 km of Earth to reach the far detector. NOνA's main goal is to observe the oscillation of muon neutrinos to electron neutrinos. The primary physics goals of NOvA are:
  Precise measurement, for neutrinos and antineutrinos, of the mixing angle θ₂₃, especially whether it is larger than, smaller than, or equal to 45°
  Precise measurement, for neutrinos and antineutrinos, of the associated mass splitting Δm²₃₂
  Strong constraints on the CP-violating phase δ
  Strong constraints on the neutrino mass hierarchy
context_section_description: The NOνA (NuMI Off-Axis νₑ Appearance) experiment is a particle physics experiment designed to detect neutrinos in Fermilab's NuMI (Neutrinos at the Main Injector) beam.  Intended to be the successor to MINOS, NOνA consists of two detectors, one at Fermilab (the near detector), and one in northern Minnesota (the far detector).  Neutrinos from NuMI pass through 810 km of Earth to reach the far detector.  NOνA's main goal is to observe the oscillation of muon neutrinos to electron neutrinos.  The primary physics goals of NOvA are: 
  Precise measurement, for neutrinos and antineutrinos, of the mixing angle θ₂₃, especially whether it is larger than, smaller than, or equal to 45°
  Precise measurement, for neutrinos and antineutrinos, of the associated mass splitting Δm²₃₂
  Strong constraints on the CP-violating phase δ
  Strong constraints on the neutrino mass hierarchy
caption: Photo of the NOvA Far Detector
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