BooNE vs MiniBooNE
MiniBooNE is the first phase of the Booster Neutrino
Experiment (BooNE); in this phase, neutrino oscillation measurements will be made with a
single detector. If oscillations are observed, then MiniBooNE will be upgraded to stage two (BooNE)
with a two-detector configuration.
The BooNE experiment proposes to definitively explore the neutrino
oscillation signal reported by the Los Alamos LSND experiment. MiniBooNE represents the first
phase for the BooNE collaboration and consists of a 1 GeV neutrino beam and a single, 800-ton
mineral oil detector (the MiniBooNE detector). The MiniBooNE detector is located 500
meters downstream of the neutrino source, and is optimized to search for the LSND signal.
If MiniBooNE verifies the LSND signal, then BooNE will proceed to its next
stage: a second detector built at the appropriate neutrino source-detector distance. This distance
will be determined so that the two-detector configuration can precisely measure the
oscillation parameters, and search for CP and CPT violation.
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