[DUSELScience] NOvA Results

[Andreas G. Piepke]

Marvin,
3/30/2006

Congratulations for observing neutrino oscillations! The hard work of the
MINOS collaboration certainly paid off. It is sad that Doug Michael
couldn't see this.

Regards

Andreas

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  Andreas Piepke
  Dep. of Physics and Astronomy
  University of Alabama
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On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Marvin Marshak wrote:

> To: People Interested in Underground Science
>
> In a special seminar today at Fermilab, the MINOS Collaboration
> will present its first neutrino beam data on measuring the parameters
> for neutrino oscillations. For 0.93 x 10^20 protons on target, the MINOS
> parameter measurements are
>
> Delta m23 squared = [3.05+0.60-0.55 (statistical) ±0.12
> (systematic) ] x 10^-3
>
> Sin^2 2 theta23 = 0.88+0.12-0.15 (statistical) ± 0.06 (systematic)
>
> We believe that these results are interesting and important to the
> development
> of plans for underground science in the United States. In particular,
> MINOS's measurement of Delta m23 squared near the high end of the
> Super-K range suggests that the existing NuMI beam is likely more
> valuable
> for future neutrino studies than may have been thought previously. The
> cost of a new beam to another location is about $200-400 million, which
> is comparable to and might well exceed the cost of an underground
> laboratory.
> We would appreciate hearing your comments and suggestions about
> what role the Soudan Underground Laboratory might have in future use
> of the NuMI beam, particularly beginning 8-10 years from now after the
> NOvA Detector has completed collecting a substantial amount of data.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Earl Peterson
> Marvin Marshak
>
>
> Marvin L. Marshak
> Institute of Technology Professor
> Morse-Alumni Professor
> University of Minnesota
> 116 Church Street SE
> Minneapolis MN 55455  612-624-1312  612-624-4578 (fax)
>
>