Research is proposed that can make an important contribution to the question: Do neutrinos have mass? The answer to this question is important to our understanding of our Sun and other stars, which are prolific emitters of neutrinos, to cosmological questions about the existence of dark matter, thought to make up must of the universe, and to particle physics in understanding the relationship of the neutrino to other elementary particles. If neutrinos have mass, the known three types of neutrinos can oscillate, one into another, given enough time- depending on their energy. In this case the produced neutrinos have sufficient time to oscillate, traveling 730 km. through the earth from Fermilab to a detector equipped mine (Soudan) in Minnesota.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Physics (PHY)
Application #
9725931
Program Officer
Alexander Firestone
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
1997-11-01
Budget End
2001-10-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1997
Total Cost
$1,775,285
Indirect Cost
Name
Stanford University
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Palo Alto
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
94304