DUNE UK Production Project
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Oxford
Department Name: Oxford Physics
Abstract
The LBNF/DUNE project is a global flagship initiative in high-energy particle physics that addresses key questions on the origin and structure of the universe. The long-baseline neutrino facility (LBNF) will be the world's most intense high-energy neutrino beam. It will fire neutrinos 1300 km from Fermilab in Illinois towards the 70,000 ton DUNE detector in South Dakota in order to study neutrino oscillations. DUNE will be the first large-scale US-hosted experiment run as a truly international project.
DUNE has broad support from the global particle physics community in the US and Europe and with growing interest in developing countries; DUNE currently is a scientific collaboration of over 1100 collaborators from 36 nations, with overall UK leadership.
LBNF/DUNE will undertake a game-changing programme of neutrino physics. Its highest-level scientific goals target big questions in physics:
1) Discovery and measurements of neutrino CP violation. This subtle difference between neutrinos and antineutrinos could be responsible for the remaining matter in the universe;
2) Precision neutrino physics, including the definitive determination of the mass hierarchy;
3) Search for new physics beyond the current understanding of neutrino oscillations;
4) Observation of the electron neutrino burst from a galactic core-collapse supernova, providing a real-time probe of neutron star and possibly black hole formation;
5) Search for proton decay, expected in most models of new physics, but not yet observed.
The UK is making major contribution to the construction of the massive DUNE far detector, through a partnership between UK universities, UK national laboratories and UK industry. In this proposal UK scientists are requesting resources to construct detector elements for this global scientific project.
DUNE has broad support from the global particle physics community in the US and Europe and with growing interest in developing countries; DUNE currently is a scientific collaboration of over 1100 collaborators from 36 nations, with overall UK leadership.
LBNF/DUNE will undertake a game-changing programme of neutrino physics. Its highest-level scientific goals target big questions in physics:
1) Discovery and measurements of neutrino CP violation. This subtle difference between neutrinos and antineutrinos could be responsible for the remaining matter in the universe;
2) Precision neutrino physics, including the definitive determination of the mass hierarchy;
3) Search for new physics beyond the current understanding of neutrino oscillations;
4) Observation of the electron neutrino burst from a galactic core-collapse supernova, providing a real-time probe of neutron star and possibly black hole formation;
5) Search for proton decay, expected in most models of new physics, but not yet observed.
The UK is making major contribution to the construction of the massive DUNE far detector, through a partnership between UK universities, UK national laboratories and UK industry. In this proposal UK scientists are requesting resources to construct detector elements for this global scientific project.
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 will 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 an initial GCRF bid was successful. A longer 5-10 year strategic partnerships with LA is in preparation.
ii) Industrial Impact/Engagement
- The large APA frames will be produced in UK industry. Several potential partners have been identified and are 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, LHCb and SKA.
iii) Capability Building/Utilisation and Skills Retention
- Utilisation and retention of the existing skill base at the Rutherford Appleton and Daresbury Laboratories.
- 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 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 will 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 an initial GCRF bid was successful. A longer 5-10 year strategic partnerships with LA is in preparation.
ii) Industrial Impact/Engagement
- The large APA frames will be produced in UK industry. Several potential partners have been identified and are 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, LHCb and SKA.
iii) Capability Building/Utilisation and Skills Retention
- Utilisation and retention of the existing skill base at the Rutherford Appleton and Daresbury Laboratories.
- 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 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
Manly S
(2021)
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Near Detector Conceptual Design Report
in Instruments
Abi B
(2020)
First results on ProtoDUNE-SP liquid argon time projection chamber performance from a beam test at the CERN Neutrino Platform
in Journal of Instrumentation
Abed Abud A
(2023)
Highly-parallelized simulation of a pixelated LArTPC on a GPU
in Journal of Instrumentation
Abud A
(2023)
Identification and reconstruction of low-energy electrons in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector
in Physical Review D
Abed Abud A
(2023)
Impact of cross-section uncertainties on supernova neutrino spectral parameter fitting in the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
in Physical Review D
Abi B
(2020)
Long-baseline neutrino oscillation physics potential of the DUNE experiment DUNE Collaboration
in The European Physical Journal C
Abud A
(2022)
Low exposure long-baseline neutrino oscillation sensitivity of the DUNE experiment
in Physical Review D
Abi B
(2020)
Neutrino interaction classification with a convolutional neural network in the DUNE far detector
in Physical Review D
Abud A
(2023)
Reconstruction of interactions in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector with Pandora
in The European Physical Journal C
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
Description | DUNE Collaboration |
Organisation | Fermilab - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | This is an international science collaboration. We are working on the design of a near detector for a future of neutrino oscillation experiment as well as on the design of a data acquisition system for a 40 kton liquid Argon detector to detect and clarify neutrino interactions. |
Collaborator Contribution | There are around 150 other collaborating institutions, which work on all aspects of this planned experiment. More details can be found on the collaboration web page. |
Impact | Design reports, and conference contributions. |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | DUNE Collaboration |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | This is an international science collaboration. We are working on the design of a near detector for a future of neutrino oscillation experiment as well as on the design of a data acquisition system for a 40 kton liquid Argon detector to detect and clarify neutrino interactions. |
Collaborator Contribution | There are around 150 other collaborating institutions, which work on all aspects of this planned experiment. More details can be found on the collaboration web page. |
Impact | Design reports, and conference contributions. |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | LBNF |
Organisation | Fermilab - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | planning a future long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment |
Collaborator Contribution | providing the project office and major components of the program planning |
Impact | many conference proceedings and a technical design report |
Start Year | 2010 |