Status of the MINOS experiment and review of long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments in Europe and North America

Abstract

Together with K2K in Japan, MINOS (Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search) and the CNGS (CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso) program represents the first generation of accelerator-based long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. I report on the status of MINOS and CNGS — their goals, construction status, and prospects. In particular, construction and commissioning of the MINOS Far Detector is far along, and detector performance is being studied with cosmic ray data. Finally, I summarize ideas for the next generation of experiments currently being considered in Europe and North America.