Title: "The Minerva Experiment"

Abstract:

The MINERvA experiment, a collaboration of high energy and nuclear physicists, employs a compact and fully active detector for a dedicated study of neutrino interactions off multiple nuclear targets at Fermilab. The detector will be located in the MINOS near detector hall at Fermilab allowing it to take full advantage of the well- known, high flux of the the NuMI beamline. This will allow for high statistics measurements of neutrino-nucleus cross-sections to be made in unprecedented detail. By using targets of He, C, Fe and Pb, a first study of neutrino induced nuclear effects will also be possible. These results will help present and future neutrino oscillation experiments determine the incoming neutrino energy and separate oscillation backgrounds from signal.