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Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe by Detecting Neutrinos - the DUNE experiment and beyond

Mayla Sanchez

Neutrinos possibly hold the key to one of the most profound questions still to be answered: why is the Universe dominated only by matter and what role did neutrinos play in the evolution of the universe? The answers to these questions lie hidden within the yet to be known properties of neutrinos. Long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments in the US and elsewhere, have begun probing the existence of charge-parity (CP) violation in the leptonic sector and other fundamental neutrino properties which might unravel the answers we seek. Experiments in the US neutrino oscillation program, such as NOvA and DUNE, use a powerful source of neutrinos from Fermilab directed towards detectors over 500 miles away. By studying the neutrinos from one of the most intense sources ever achieved at two different locations, these experiments seek to explore with unprecedented precision the neutrino properties that allow neutrinos to shift from flavor to another. The challenge in obtaining the required precision for this and future neutrino oscillation experiments lies in controlling the systematic uncertainties in the energy measurement of neutrinos. The novel liquid argon detectors planned for DUNE hold the promise of minimizing these uncertainties. In this talk, I will discuss the latest results of current neutrino oscillation experiments and how a next generation experiment such as DUNE will contribute to solving some of the Universe’s deepest questions.

Speaker: Mayly Sanchez, Florida State University

Monday, 11/18/24

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