IFIC Experimental Seminar:The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE)

por Justo Martin-Albo (IFIC)

lunes 13 feb. 2023 12:00 → 13:00 Europe/Madrid

1001-Primera-1-1-1 - Paterna. Seminario (Universe)

Neutrinos are the most abundant matter particles in the universe, and yet they are the least understood. They provided the first evidence of new physics beyond the Standard Model, and they could also be key to answer some of the most  pressing questions today in fundamental physics, such as the origin of mass and flavour, or the cosmic asymmetry between matter and antimatter. These issues will be tackled over the next two decades by the Deep Underground Neutrino  Experiment (DUNE), currently under construction. Once built, DUNE will consist of two state-of-the-art neutrino detectors exposed to the world’s most intense muon-neutrino beam. The detectors will be based on the liquid-argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) technology, which provides excellent tracking and calorimetry through the detection of the scintillation and ionization signals produced in the argon by interacting particles. DUNE has a very rich scientific programme that includes the precision study of long-baseline neutrino oscillations, searches for phenomena beyond the SM, and astroparticle physics. In this talk, I will give an overview of the DUNE experiment and its detector technology, focusing, in particular, on the activities and contributions of IFIC.

 

 

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