Abstract:

The NO$\nu$A experiment will be a second-generation experiment on the Fermilab NuMI neutrino beamline. It is designed to improve the measurements of the $\theta_{23}$ and $\theta_{13}$ neutrino mixing parameters by approximately an order of magnitude from what is possible with the MINOS experiment. A non-zero value of $\theta_{13}$ will open the door to measurements of the ordering of the neutrino masses and CP violation in the lepton sector. The long baseline of the NO$\nu$A experiment gives it a unique opportunity to measure the mass ordering.