Physicists to send highest-intensity neutrino beam from Illinois to South Dakota
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he world's highest-intensity neutrino beam starts in Illinois and heads straight through the earth all the way to South Dakota. What does that have to do with Brookhaven National Lab on Long Island?]
Here’s the story: The neutrino beam is produced at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) and sent more than 1,000 kilometers to be measured by detectors for the Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) at the proposed Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory in South Dakota, a project funded by the Department of Energy Office of Science. From these measurements, scientists hope to learn more about the three known types of neutrinos and how they oscillate, or change from one type to the other.
To create the extraordinarily high-intensity beam of neutrinos, scientists propose bombarding a very durable target with bunches of highly energetic protons under extreme conditions. For the past several months, scientists at BNL have been conducting experiments on potential materials for producing neutrinos. The Brookhaven Linac Isotope Producer (BLIP), primarily used to produce medical isotopes, can recreate the anticipated conditions and consequently the effects that can be expected on the target. By assessing an array of target materials, scientists can see which are best at producing neutrino beams and establish their useful operational life, which will help ensure that no unexpected failure of the target will interrupt beam production.
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http://www.physorg.com/news195317591.html?
Here’s the story: The neutrino beam is produced at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) and sent more than 1,000 kilometers to be measured by detectors for the Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) at the proposed Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory in South Dakota, a project funded by the Department of Energy Office of Science. From these measurements, scientists hope to learn more about the three known types of neutrinos and how they oscillate, or change from one type to the other.
To create the extraordinarily high-intensity beam of neutrinos, scientists propose bombarding a very durable target with bunches of highly energetic protons under extreme conditions. For the past several months, scientists at BNL have been conducting experiments on potential materials for producing neutrinos. The Brookhaven Linac Isotope Producer (BLIP), primarily used to produce medical isotopes, can recreate the anticipated conditions and consequently the effects that can be expected on the target. By assessing an array of target materials, scientists can see which are best at producing neutrino beams and establish their useful operational life, which will help ensure that no unexpected failure of the target will interrupt beam production.
read more:
http://www.physorg.com/news195317591.html?
