The DUNE experiment at Fermilab and SURF

The DUNE experiment will use the world’s most powerful neutrino beam produced at the upgraded Fermilab accelerator complex and detected at a distance of 800 miles by huge liquid Argon detectors 1 mile underground in South Dakota to elucidate the mysteries of neutrinos: determine their Mass Ordering, search for matter-antimatter differences (CP-Violation) which may be linked to the matter dominance which provides the stability over long timescales required for the development of life as we know it, and make precision checks of the validity of the 3-neutrino mixing paradigm.

The establishment of neutrino mixing about 25 years ago signalled the existence of non-zero masses of neutrinos, which to this day remains the only established physics beyond the Standard Model of Particle Physics. The DUNE international experiment at the LBNF facility is a $3.5B mega-project to perform the next generation of precision studies and searches in neutrino oscillations. The neutrino beam will be produced from a 1.2MW proton beam, upgradable to 2.4MW. The experiment uses for the first time huge LAr TPC detectors which offer excellent tracking and energy measurement capabilities. Phase I comprises two 17 kton Far Detector modules, with two more planned for Phase II.

The Liverpool group has made key contributions to the design and pre-production of the charge-sensitive Anode Plane Arrays for the Far Detector and to the development of the Data Acquisition System. We provide leadership for the ProtoDUNE kton LAr TPC prototype at the CERN Neutrino Platform since 2015, and we develop optical charge readout technologies which are candidates for use in the Phase II Far Detector modules.

Team Leader

  • Prof. Christos Touramanis

Academic and Research Staff

  • Prof. Costas Andreopoulos
  • Dr. Konstantinos Mavrokoridis
  • Dr. Krish Majumdar
  • Dr. Marco Roda

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