DUNE: Pre-Construction Phase
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sheffield
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
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Planned Impact
see central je-S form submitted by the University of Cambridge
Publications
Armengaud E
(2017)
Measurement of the cosmogenic activation of germanium detectors in EDELWEISS-III
in Astroparticle Physics
Armengaud E
(2017)
Performance of the EDELWEISS-III experiment for direct dark matter searches
in Journal of Instrumentation
Akerib D
(2017)
Identification of radiopure titanium for the LZ dark matter experiment and future rare event searches
in Astroparticle Physics
Adams D
(2018)
Photon detector system timing performance in the DUNE 35-ton prototype liquid argon time projection chamber
in Journal of Instrumentation
Prihtiadi H
(2018)
Muon detector for the COSINE-100 experiment
in Journal of Instrumentation
Scovell P
(2018)
Low-background gamma spectroscopy at the Boulby Underground Laboratory
in Astroparticle Physics
Arnaud Q
(2018)
Optimizing EDELWEISS detectors for low-mass WIMP searches
in Physical Review D
Adhikari G
(2018)
Initial performance of the COSINE-100 experiment
in The European Physical Journal C
Abi B
(2020)
Long-baseline neutrino oscillation physics potential of the DUNE experiment DUNE Collaboration
in The European Physical Journal C
Abi B.
(2020)
Volume I. Introduction to DUNE
in JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
Description | Design of the DUNE far detector module Design and construction of the ProtoDUNE |
Exploitation Route | This paved the way for DUNE construction |
Sectors | Other |
Description | Teaching PhD students to operate the LAr experiment, carry out modelling and analyse data |
First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
Sector | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education |
Impact Types | Societal |
Description | Nucleon decay search and cosmic rays in the DUNE experiment |
Amount | £119,924 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/R006709/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2019 |
End | 03/2022 |
Title | Monte Carlo modelling of muon events (from 2008) |
Description | This is the method of simulating and analysing muon events that produce background for rare event search experiments. This method was developed and improved over a number of years as part of various projects and affected the outcomes of these projects. R&D towards new facility at the Boulby Underground Laboratory to host large rare event search experiments DUNE and other neutrino related experiments (Monte Carlo generator for cosmic-ray muons) LZ experiment Muon tomography work |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2008 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Many scientific collaborations are using this method. |
Description | DUNE Collaboration |
Organisation | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The DUNE project is a collaboration of more than 10 universities and national laboratories in the UK and more than 200 institutions across the world from more than 50 countries. The Collaboration continues to grow so number of members, institutes and countries is not fixed and changes every year. The DUNE project also includes the ProtoDUNE experiment and is linked to Short-Baseline Near Detector activities at Fermilab. |
Collaborator Contribution | The whole DUNE Collaboration contributes to DUNE Construction and future exploitation, including ProtoDUNE activities. |
Impact | The output is the operating ProtoDUNE experiment and associated publications. Another output is the publications by the DUNE Collaboration. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Title | Modified SOURCES4 code (from 2014) |
Description | The original code SOURCES4 developed at LANL (USA) has been modified to allow more accurate calculation of neutron yield in (alpha, n) reactions on a large number of isotopes relevant to material construction for rare event experiments. |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2014 |
Impact | The code is now widely used by physicists working with underground experiments for rare event searches. |
Title | Muon simulation code (from 2013) |
Description | A Monte Carlo code for modelling cosmic-ray muons at different underground sites, including SURF at South Dakota, USA (site for DUNE, LZ and LUX experiments), Modane, France (site for the EDELWEISS experiment) and Boulby in the UK (potential site for the next generation rare search experiment). |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2013 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | The code allows calculation of the muon fluxes and energy spectra underground. Initial simulations have been done for underground laboratories in Italy, France and others. In 2015 the model and method have first been applied to the SURF underground laboratory in the USA. Recent improvements to the model have been made for the DUNE experiment at SURF and recently for the Boulby site. Also used for muon simulations in geological repositories. |