DUNE: Pre-Construction Phase
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Oxford
Department Name: Oxford Physics
Abstract
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Planned Impact
A major UK capital investment in DUNE will deliver a number of long-term benefits to the UK.
i) Strategic Partnerships
- The capital investment would build a strong UK - US partnership in particle physics, as well as securing the UK's international position. LBNF/DUNE is a very high-profile project in the US and the strategic importance of partnering with the UK is recognised within the highest levels of the US DOE and beyond.
- DUNE offers the possibility to build strong partnerships between UK and developing nations, particularly in Latin America and a GCRF bid is planned.
ii) Industrial Impact/Engagement
- The large APA frames would be produced in UK industry. A potential partner has been identified and is engaged in the current prototyping programme.
- The DAQ electronics boards would be manufactured in UK industry, leveraging the existing connections with industry from ATLAS, CMS and SKA.
iii) Capability Building/Utilisation and Skills Retention
- Utilisation and retention of the existing skill base at the RAL and Daresbury laboratory.
- The provision of high-speed DAQ boards would enable UK universities to retain their world-leading reputation in high-energy physics, building on similar projects for ATLAS and CMS.
iv) Broader Impact
- DUNE is likely to be the next new global particle physics project. Strong UK participation will provide unique and exciting training opportunities for PhD students;
- A project of the scale of LBNF/DUNE and the exciting science that it will generate can play a role in inspiring the next generation young students into STEM subjects.
i) Strategic Partnerships
- The capital investment would build a strong UK - US partnership in particle physics, as well as securing the UK's international position. LBNF/DUNE is a very high-profile project in the US and the strategic importance of partnering with the UK is recognised within the highest levels of the US DOE and beyond.
- DUNE offers the possibility to build strong partnerships between UK and developing nations, particularly in Latin America and a GCRF bid is planned.
ii) Industrial Impact/Engagement
- The large APA frames would be produced in UK industry. A potential partner has been identified and is engaged in the current prototyping programme.
- The DAQ electronics boards would be manufactured in UK industry, leveraging the existing connections with industry from ATLAS, CMS and SKA.
iii) Capability Building/Utilisation and Skills Retention
- Utilisation and retention of the existing skill base at the RAL and Daresbury laboratory.
- The provision of high-speed DAQ boards would enable UK universities to retain their world-leading reputation in high-energy physics, building on similar projects for ATLAS and CMS.
iv) Broader Impact
- DUNE is likely to be the next new global particle physics project. Strong UK participation will provide unique and exciting training opportunities for PhD students;
- A project of the scale of LBNF/DUNE and the exciting science that it will generate can play a role in inspiring the next generation young students into STEM subjects.
Publications
Abed Abud A
(2022)
Separation of track- and shower-like energy deposits in ProtoDUNE-SP using a convolutional neural network
in The European Physical Journal C
Abi B
(2020)
Volume III. DUNE far detector technical coordination
in Journal of Instrumentation
Abi B
(2020)
Long-baseline neutrino oscillation physics potential of the DUNE experiment DUNE Collaboration
in The European Physical Journal C
Abi B
(2021)
Supernova neutrino burst detection with the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment DUNE Collaboration
in The European Physical Journal C
Abi B
(2020)
Volume I. Introduction to DUNE
in Journal of Instrumentation
Abi B
(2020)
Volume IV. The DUNE far detector single-phase technology
in Journal of Instrumentation
Abratenko P
(2020)
Measurement of space charge effects in the MicroBooNE LArTPC using cosmic muons
in Journal of Instrumentation
Abratenko P
(2017)
Determination of muon momentum in the MicroBooNE LArTPC using an improved model of multiple Coulomb scattering
in Journal of Instrumentation
Abratenko P
(2021)
The continuous readout stream of the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber for detection of supernova burst neutrinos
in Journal of Instrumentation
Abratenko P
(2020)
First Measurement of Differential Charged Current Quasielasticlike ?_{µ}-Argon Scattering Cross Sections with the MicroBooNE Detector.
in Physical review letters
Abratenko P
(2020)
Search for heavy neutral leptons decaying into muon-pion pairs in the MicroBooNE detector
in Physical Review D
Abratenko P
(2020)
Measurement of differential cross sections for ? µ -Ar charged-current interactions with protons and no pions in the final state with the MicroBooNE detector
in Physical Review D
Abratenko P
(2019)
First Measurement of Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged Current Differential Cross Sections on Argon at E_{?}~0.8 GeV with the MicroBooNE Detector.
in Physical review letters
Abud A
(2022)
Low exposure long-baseline neutrino oscillation sensitivity of the DUNE experiment
in Physical Review D
Abud AA
(2022)
Scintillation light detection in the 6-m drift-length ProtoDUNE Dual Phase liquid argon TPC.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Acciarri R
(2018)
The Pandora multi-algorithm approach to automated pattern recognition of cosmic-ray muon and neutrino events in the MicroBooNE detector.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Acciarri R
(2017)
Noise Characterization and Filtering in the MicroBooNE Liquid Argon TPC
in Journal of Instrumentation
Acciarri R
(2017)
Michel electron reconstruction using cosmic-ray data from the MicroBooNE LArTPC
in Journal of Instrumentation
Acciarri R
(2017)
Design and construction of the MicroBooNE detector
in Journal of Instrumentation
Adams C
(2019)
Design and construction of the MicroBooNE Cosmic Ray Tagger system
in Journal of Instrumentation
Adams C
(2019)
First measurement of ? µ charged-current p 0 production on argon with the MicroBooNE detector
in Physical Review D
Adams C
(2018)
Ionization electron signal processing in single phase LArTPCs. Part II. Data/simulation comparison and performance in MicroBooNE
in Journal of Instrumentation
Adams C
(2020)
A method to determine the electric field of liquid argon time projection chambers using a UV laser system and its application in MicroBooNE
in Journal of Instrumentation
Adams C
(2018)
Ionization electron signal processing in single phase LArTPCs. Part I. Algorithm Description and quantitative evaluation with MicroBooNE simulation
in Journal of Instrumentation
Adams C
(2020)
Reconstruction and measurement of (100) MeV energy electromagnetic activity from p 0 arrow ?? decays in the MicroBooNE LArTPC
in Journal of Instrumentation
Adams C
(2019)
Deep neural network for pixel-level electromagnetic particle identification in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber
in Physical Review D
Adams C
(2019)
Comparison of $${\varvec{\nu }}_{\varvec{\mu }}-$$Ar multiplicity distributions observed by MicroBooNE to GENIE model predictions MicroBooNE Collaboration
in The European Physical Journal C
Adams C
(2020)
Calibration of the charge and energy loss per unit length of the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber using muons and protons
in Journal of Instrumentation
Adams C
(2019)
Rejecting cosmic background for exclusive charged current quasi elastic neutrino interaction studies with Liquid Argon TPCs; a case study with the MicroBooNE detector
in The European Physical Journal C
Adams D
(2018)
Photon detector system timing performance in the DUNE 35-ton prototype liquid argon time projection chamber
in Journal of Instrumentation
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
Auger M
(2017)
A Novel Cosmic Ray Tagger System for Liquid Argon TPC Neutrino Detectors
in Instruments
Del Tutto Marco
(2017)
VENu: The Virtual Environment for Neutrinos
Manly S
(2021)
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Near Detector Conceptual Design Report
in Instruments
| Description | This award is for research to prepare a formal design for the data acquisition system (DAQ) for the DUNE experiment, a large liquid argon detector for a future neutrino oscillation experiment. There were two major goals of this research, both of which have been met. (1) Provide the data acquisition system for the 'ProtoDUNE' liquid argon detector at CERN which is a 2nd-generation prototype for the DUNE experiment. This completed the first phase as intended during the period of this grant. (2) Bring together a team to provide the DAQ for the final DUNE experiment, comprised of both UK scientists and scientists from other countries. The team of people working on this prototype has enlarged considerably compared to the early prototype. The DAQ was used in protoDUNE to demonstrate the design of all the detector components (not just the DAQ, including e.g. cryogenics, calibration, readout planes, cold electronics, detector response, offline software). We expect to operate the prototype in the CERN particle beam again in summer of 2022, upgraded with components suited for the mass-production for the final detector. The experiment is in the later-stages of the international search-for-funding phase. |
| Exploitation Route | The prototype electronics and software developed during this grant period, and tested at CERN will be used to iterate to the final-design for DUNE. We have gained considerable experience in real-time triggering of the detector, which is essential for the final experiment. It has also given us considerable experience to scale up the prototype to the larger detector and for including strategies to handle the immense amount of data expected from the final DUNE detector. This is essential for getting the full science potential from the DUNE experiment. Since the inception of this grant, further UK teams have joined; from Imperial, QMUL and further members from RHUL; these teams will be focussed on extending the DAQ system components to the near detector at Fermilab. |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics |
| URL | http://www.dunescience.org/ |
| Description | DUNE UK Production Project |
| Amount | £1,167,470 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/S00372X/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2019 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Title | ProtoDUNE DAQ and operation |
| Description | The ProtoDUNE experiment at CERN has specific needs with regard to Data Acquisition from the experiment. It is a combination of specific functions needed for collecting beam data in the CERN beam and of functions needed in the final DUNE experiment when constructed. This institute has direct responsibility to providing the data acquisition for ProtoDUNE. It is the bridging step to providing DAQ for the large DUNE experiment to which this grant relates. In 2017 and 2018, this experiment went through extensive development and commissioning. The experiment was operated in September-November 2018 and successfully demonstrated many aspects of liquid argon TPCs. We now have a data set which is being analysed. The ProtoDUNE facility is being used for further development of DAQ for DUNE. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The DAQ design relies on a combination of standard and innovative methods which will pave the way for the methodology on the DUNE experiment and possibly other neutrino experiments. The DUNE experiment is a multi-mnational collaboration and the design methodology is being shared among all institutes. Once a functional version is operating (expected in 2018), the design methodology will be presented at conferences and made available in journal articles. The ProtoDUNE facility is now the 'standard candle' as far as low noise operation is concerned, and will be used to develop the much larger DUNE experiment. |
| URL | http://www.dunescience.org |
| Description | Submission of grant request for Construction of DUNE experiment |
| Organisation | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
| Department | Particle Physics Department |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The DUNE experiment is a large liquid argon neutrino experiment situated 1250km away from the source of the Fermilab neutrino beam, and is designed to study CP violation in neutrinos through their oscillation. We are developing the data acquisition for this experiment. It is most important to be as economical as possible, because the detector needs to be as large as possible to leverage the use of the beam to detect this physics phenomenon (the experiment improves with larger numbers of interactions). Oxford is designing software, hardware and contributing to the prototyping at CERN. We are also the lead institution in the bid for the next phase of funding, the construction of the experiment. We submitted the grant request in Sept 2018, it proceeded through committee review, and was awarded. It started in October 2019. |
| Collaborator Contribution | There are eight other institutes working with us on the data acquisition including Bristol, RAL, Imperial and Sussex. We are coordinating our application for construction funds. |
| Impact | Award of construction grant for DAQ of DUNE, starting October 2019. Design of data acquisition system and demonstration of prototype at ProtoDUNE at CERN |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Submission of grant request for Construction of DUNE experiment |
| Organisation | University of Sussex |
| Department | Physics and Astronomy Department |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The DUNE experiment is a large liquid argon neutrino experiment situated 1250km away from the source of the Fermilab neutrino beam, and is designed to study CP violation in neutrinos through their oscillation. We are developing the data acquisition for this experiment. It is most important to be as economical as possible, because the detector needs to be as large as possible to leverage the use of the beam to detect this physics phenomenon (the experiment improves with larger numbers of interactions). Oxford is designing software, hardware and contributing to the prototyping at CERN. We are also the lead institution in the bid for the next phase of funding, the construction of the experiment. We submitted the grant request in Sept 2018, it proceeded through committee review, and was awarded. It started in October 2019. |
| Collaborator Contribution | There are eight other institutes working with us on the data acquisition including Bristol, RAL, Imperial and Sussex. We are coordinating our application for construction funds. |
| Impact | Award of construction grant for DAQ of DUNE, starting October 2019. Design of data acquisition system and demonstration of prototype at ProtoDUNE at CERN |
| Start Year | 2017 |