{"id":62,"date":"2016-03-17T07:36:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T14:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/hep\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2016-08-19T10:59:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T17:59:24","slug":"dune","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/hep\/research\/dune\/","title":{"rendered":"DUNE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dunescience.org\/\">DUNE (Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment)<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a proposed U.S.-based neutrino oscillation, nucleon decay, and supernova 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, the <a href=\"http:\/\/lbnf.fnal.gov\/\">Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF)<\/a>, originating at Fermilab, near Chicago, Illinois. The beam will travel about 1300 km through the earth to a far detector at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanfordlab.org\/\">Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF)<\/a> located in Lead, SD.\u00a0 The primary physics goals of the DUNE\u00a0experiment are to measure the CP violating phase angle, improve the precision of the measured value of \u03b8<sub>13<\/sub>, and determine the sign of \u0394m<sup>2<\/sup><sub>13<\/sub> (i.e. determine the neutrino mass hierarchy).\u00a0 In addition to neutrino oscillation physics, the DUNE\u00a0physics program will also include searches for proton decays, supernova burst neutrinos, and solar neutrino measurements.<\/p>\n<p>CSU researchers are contributing to detector design (photon detection) and have leading roles in\u00a0physics working groups. Prof. Wilson was co-spokesperson of the LBNE collaboration on which\u00a0DUNE and LBNF are based; he is also a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanfordlab.org\/sdsta\/board_members\">board member<\/a> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanfordlab.org\/sdsta\">South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA)\u00a0<\/a>that operates SURF.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_171\" style=\"width: 2070px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-171\" class=\"wp-image-171 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/hep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/LBNF_Graphic_021715.png\" alt=\"LBNF_Graphic_021715\" width=\"2070\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/hep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/LBNF_Graphic_021715.png 2070w, https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/hep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/LBNF_Graphic_021715-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/hep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/LBNF_Graphic_021715-768x255.png 768w, https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/hep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/LBNF_Graphic_021715-1024x340.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2070px) 100vw, 2070px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cartoon graphic (not-to-scale) illustrating the main components of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment and the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility that provides the beam originating at\u00a0Fermilab.<\/p><\/div>\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 supernova 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, the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF), originating at Fermilab, near Chicago, Illinois. 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