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The MINOS (Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search) experiment, will search for neutrino oscillations (either µ-> or µ-> e) with unprecedented precision. Observation of these oscillations would be conclusive evidence that neutrinos have mass.

MINOS will be located 1/2 mile underground in an iron mine at the Soudan Underground Mine State Park in northern Minnesota. (This mine is currently the site of the Soudan 2 proton-decay experiment.) MINOS, a magnetized tracking calorimeter, will weigh 5,000 Tons and will be the target of an intense beam of neutrinos from the Main Injector at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory near Chicago (Fermilab). It is expected to start collecting data in 2004.
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The first MINOS Far Detector Plane Installed 7/27/01
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Last Updated: 11 Sept 2002