MINERvA is a neutrino scattering experiment which uses the NuMI beamline at Fermilab.
MINERvA seeks to measure low energy neutrino interactions both in support of neutrino oscillation experiments and also to study the strong dynamics of the nucleon and nucleus that affect these interactions.
We completed construction in March 2010, and studied interactions of few GeV neutrinos and anti-neutrinos until April 2012. We are busily analyzing that dataset. Our first results have already shown evidence for the effect of multinucleon processes in elastic scattering, and this observation will improve our knowledge of energy reconstruction in neutrino oscillation experiments.
MINERvA is looking forward to a run in a new high energy neutrino beam beginning in summer 2013. Higher energies and rates will allow us to measure the analog of the "EMC effect" in neutrinos which should shed light on the dynamics of this nuclear modification of nucleon properties.
