Underground physics with DUNE

Vitaly A Kudryavtsev,Dune Collaboration

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/718/6/062032

Abstract

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a project to design, construct and operate a next-generation long-baseline neutrino detector with a liquid argon (LAr) target capable also of searching for proton decay and supernova neutrinos. It is a merger of previous efforts of the LBNE and LBNO collaborations, as well as other interested parties to pursue a broad programme with a staged 40-kt LAr detector at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) 1300 km from Fermilab. This programme includes studies of neutrino oscillations with a powerful neutrino beam from Fermilab, as well as proton decay and supernova neutrino burst searches. In this paper we will focus on the underground physics with DUNE.

Highlights

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a project to design, construct and operate a next-generation long-baseline neutrino detector with a liquid argon (LAr) target capable of searching for proton decay and supernova neutrinos
Measurements of the time, flavour and energy structure of the neutrino burst will be critical for understanding the dynamics of this astrophysical phenomenon, as well as providing information on neutrino properties
The DUNE Far Detector (FD) with its LAr target will primarily be sensitive to electron neutrinos complementing water Cherenkov detectors and scintillators with enhanced sensitivity to electron antineutrinos

Summary

Introduction

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a project to design, construct and operate a next-generation long-baseline neutrino detector with a liquid argon (LAr) target capable of searching for proton decay and supernova neutrinos. The decay modes with a charged kaon are unique for LAr experiments; since stopping kaons have a higher ionisation density than pions or muons with the same momentum, a LArTPC could detect them with extremely high efficiency.

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