On Tuesday, Feb. 25, a crew in Ash River, Minn., installed the last of the NOvA far detector’s 28 blocks. View this video to learn more about the installation of the NOvA detector.
William Miller
NOvA Deputy Project Manager Rick Tesarek and Master Electronic Technician Mark Gebhard of Indiana University appear pleased after the first two modules of the first NOvA far-detector block were successfully filled with scintillator oil.
Work to fill the NOvA far-detector blocks in Ash River, Minn., with scintillator oil began last week. Here, a Wayne Transport truck unloads the scintillator oil that will fill the NOvA far-detector blocks. When a neutrino strikes an atom in the liquid scintillator that fills the 15-kiloton far detector, it releases a burst of charged particles. Scientists can detect these particles and use them to learn about neutrino interactions.
Members of the NOvA collaboration stand in front of the first completed block of the NOvA far detector in Ash River, Minn.