Neutrino Research Group for Summer, 2005
> Principle Investigator
> Prof. Jeff Nelson
> Research Associate
> Dr. Francisco Yumiceva
> Undergraduate Students
> Daniel Damiani (REU, senior thesis student)
> Meghan Snyder (REU, senior thesis student)
> Zachary Barnett (REU)
> High School Teacher
> Michael Nordstrand
For More Information
Email: jkn@physics.wm.edu
Phone: (757) 221-3579
A Few Snap Shots
We first ran out beam this winter and are starting to come up to full intensity. This is the beginning of a five-year initial run of the MINOS experiment. Construction at Soudan was completed in 2003. Below is a picture of the first beam generated neutrino interaction in the detector at Soudan. It was captured in March of this year.
You can watch our experiment's data live on the web at http://farweb.minos-soudan.org/events/.
The summer 2004 research group on the 27th level of the Soudan mine (left) and at Fermilab during Near Detector construction (right).
Prior to joining William & Mary on 2004, Prof. Nelson was in charge of the MINOS detector construction at Soudan. Prof. Nelson (right) giving one of the first underground science tours in May of 2002.
Further Reading
o A recent article on neutrinos research at W&M Norfolk Daily Press (5/8/05)
o A recent front page (!) article on neutrinos featuring MINOS from the New York Times - Science Times (4/26/05)
o An article from the W&M News on the W&M Neutrino Research Group (3/05)
o A article from the CERN Courier an International Journal of High Energy Physics (4/05)
o The website for the Soudan Underground Laboratory
o The public information page of the MINOS Experiment
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Regional information the nearby
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o Some basic information about the RET program