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Article: Tunnelling for Neutrinos.(the Neutrinos at Main Injector--Minnesota/Illinois Neutrinos Oscillation Search Project)
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- World Tunnelling
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- February 1, 2001
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The Neutrinos at Main Injector--Minnesota/Illinois Neutrinos Oscillation Search Project (NuMI-MINOS) is one of a number of neutrino experiments conceived worldwide to investigate the properties of the neutrino. The neutrino is a small, elementary particle, descriptively named by Enrico Fermi as the little neutral one ("neutrino"), owing to its size and electrical neutrality. These "weak" particles interact much less than other particles, such as electrons or quarks, and have historically proven difficult to study. However, new, more prolific particle accelerators such as Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory's (Fermilab's) Main Injector, provide the dense flux of ...
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Article: Neutrino train to pick up passengers at Fermilab
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November 17, 2002 ;
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... ... protons generated by Fermilab's main injector. The beam begins its journey in what is called the target hall, a series of underground rooms that ... protons will tumble down a ramp from the main injector into a 250-foot portion of the hall ...
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