DUNE: Pre-Construction Phase

Lead Research Organisation: University of Sheffield
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy

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Planned Impact

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Publications

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Manly S (2021) Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Near Detector Conceptual Design Report in Instruments

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Kudryavtsev V (2020) Neutron production in ( a , n ) reactions in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

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Addazi A (2021) New high-sensitivity searches for neutrons converting into antineutrons and/or sterile neutrons at the HIBEAM/NNBAR experiment at the European Spallation Source in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics

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Adams D (2020) Design and performance of a 35-ton liquid argon time projection chamber as a prototype for future very large detectors in Journal of Instrumentation

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Adams D (2018) Photon detector system timing performance in the DUNE 35-ton prototype liquid argon time projection chamber in Journal of Instrumentation

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Acciarri R (2021) Cosmic Ray Background Removal With Deep Neural Networks in SBND. in Frontiers in artificial intelligence

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Acciarri R (2020) Construction of precision wire readout planes for the Short-Baseline Near Detector (SBND) in Journal of Instrumentation

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Acciarri R (2021) Cosmic Ray Background Removal With Deep Neural Networks in SBND. in Frontiers in artificial intelligence

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Abud A (2022) Low exposure long-baseline neutrino oscillation sensitivity of the DUNE experiment in Physical Review D

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Abud A (2022) Scintillation light detection in the 6-m drift-length ProtoDUNE Dual Phase liquid argon TPC in The European Physical Journal C

 
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.