{"id":22,"date":"2012-08-11T21:56:12","date_gmt":"2012-08-12T03:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hep.colostate.edu\/~buchanan\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2017-10-02T02:32:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T02:32:34","slug":"lbne","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/buchanan\/research\/lbne\/","title":{"rendered":"DUNE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>DUNE (Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment)<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a proposed U.S.-based neutrino oscillation , nucleon decay, and SN burst detection experiment.\u00a0The DUNE experiment will be a next generation long baseline neutrino experiment that will utilize an on-axis wide-band neutrino beam originating at Fermilab<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">, near <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">Chicago, Illinois. The beam will travel about 1300 km through<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-774 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/buchanan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/08\/LArEvent_crop-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"311\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/buchanan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/08\/LArEvent_crop-2.jpg 341w, https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/buchanan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/08\/LArEvent_crop-2-300x121.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px\"> the earth to a far <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">dete<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">ctor located in Lead, SD.\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 14px\">The primary <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">physics goals of the LBNE experiment are to measure the CP violating phase angle, improve the precision of the measured va<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">lue of \u03b8<sub>13<\/sub>, and determine<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px\"> the sign of \u0394m<sup>2<\/sup><sub>13<\/sub> (i.e. determine the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">neutrino mass hierarchy<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">).\u00a0 In addition <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">to neutrino oscillation physics, the LBNE physics program will also include searches for proton decays, supernova burst neutrinos, and solar neutrino measurements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">In early 2012, the Department of Energy stipulated that DUNE would need to be constructed in a phased approach. The first phase of the experiment will be comprised of a 10<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px\"> kiloton liquid argon (LAr<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">) time projection chamber located a mile underground in the Homestake mine &#8211; in the path of a 1.2 MW neutrino beam from Fermilab. Studies are underway to optimize the design of the 10 kiloton detector. The CSU LBNE group has a significant role on this process. My group is focused on designing and prototyping a design for a photon detection system that will enhance the performance of the LAr TPC. I am currently the project leader for this detector project. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">Prior to our work on the LAr photon detection system we developed prototype light collectors designed to increase the light collection efficiency of high quantum efficiency photomultiplier tubes proposed to instrument a 200 kt water Cerenkov detector (one of the two original far detector options).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUNE (Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment) The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a proposed U.S.-based neutrino oscillation , nucleon decay, and SN burst detection experiment.\u00a0The DUNE experiment will be a next generation long baseline neutrino experiment that will utilize an on-axis wide-band neutrino beam originating at Fermilab, near Chicago, Illinois. The beam will travel about &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/buchanan\/research\/lbne\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":20,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","nodate","item-wrap"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"buchanan","author_link":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/buchanan\/author\/buchanan\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/buchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/buchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/buchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/buchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/buchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/buchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":776,"href":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/buchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/776"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/buchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/buchanan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}