SSP2012 - 5th International Symposium on Symmetries in Subatomic Physics

NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino experiment designed to study nu_mu --> nu_e and anti-nu_mu --> anti-nu_e oscillations. It will measure the neutrino mixing angle theta_13 with a high precision, probe the neutrino mass hierarchy, and search for CP violation in neutrino oscillations. The experiment consists of two detectors. The Near Detector will be located at Fermilab close to the source of the neutrino beam. The Far Detector is being built at Ash River in Northern Minnesota. It is positioned 14 mrad off the neutrino beam axis where the neutrinos have an energy distribution with a narrow peak around 2 GeV, and where the transition probability of nu_mu --> nu_e is close to its maximum. I will present the current status of the detector construction and show the proposed physics reach for theta_13, the mass hierarchy and CP violation in the neutrino sector.