NOvA joins supernova watch

摘要

The NOvA experiment in the US, designed to study neutrino oscillations in a beam produced at Fermilab, has joined the Supernova Early Warning System (SNEWS). SNEWS is a global network of neutrino experiments that has been running in automated mode since 2005 to catch core-collapse supernovae in our galaxy – which occur a handful of times each century. NOvA joins other detectors including Super-K in Japan, Ice Cube at the South Pole, Borexino in Italy, Daya Bay in China, and HALO in Canada. The next step for SNEWS is to embrace the world of multi-messenger astronomy by linking with the LIGO and VIRGO gravitational-wave detectors. Potential collaborators are invited to join a SNEWS workshop at SNOLAB, Canada, in June.