BooNE Is Beginning
 
Eric D. Zimmerman, Univ. of Colorado
 
BooNE, a neutrino oscillation experiment at Fermilab, is approaching
the start of data collection. The experiment is searching for nu_mu to
nu_e oscillations in an effort to check the LSND result from Los
Alamos. I'll discuss the current picture of neutrino oscillation
physics and cover the experiment in detail, including the beamline,
detector, and cross-checks on the beam and reconstruction. Additionally,
I'll show the progress of the experiment through detector completion,
beamline construction, and first signals from the detector.