Tag: NU
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Neutrinos Make Their Mark in the North Hall
Neutrinos Make Their Mark in the North Hall One of the conclusions from the ESPPU 2013 process was that CERN should actively engage in the global accelerator-based neutrino program. As a result, CERN became involved in various initiatives, including the DUNE project, and took a leading role in constructing two large 750-ton Liquid Argon TPC
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Innovative Scintillator Detector Technologies
Innovative Scintillator Detector Technologies Plastic scintillator detectors are cost-effective and benefit from a very fast response as well as the possibility to easily shape their geometry. Thus, their deployment is a standard in most of the particle physics experiments. Although their development has reached a limit, a lot more potential can still be extracted. A
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SND@LHC Experiment: hunting for high-energy neutrinos and preparing for the HL run
SND@LHC Experiment: hunting for high-energy neutrinos and preparing for the HL run Using the Large Hadron Collider as a neutrino source is the goal of the SND@LHC experiment. High-energy neutrinos, from a few hundred GeV to a few TeV, have never been studied. Moreover, neutrinos, particularly electron and tau species, in the SND pseudo-rapidity region
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ProtoDUNE: Paving the Way for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
ProtoDUNE: Paving the Way for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) is a groundbreaking scientific initiative poised to elucidate the mysteries of neutrinos. Its progress has been marked by remarkable feats of engineering and scientific innovation. In February 2024 LBNF reached a critical milestone
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Charting the Future of Neutrino Experiments
Charting the Future of Neutrino Experiments The development of next-generation neutrino experiments is underway at CERN, which will shed light on the nature of these elusive particles. While the development of far and near detectors is advancing well, novel identification techniques for neutrino beams are vital to strongly reduce systematic uncertainties on key observables –
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Discover how CERN’s innovative cryostat technology is advancing neutrino physics
Discover how CERN's innovative cryostat technology is advancing neutrino physics As stated in the 2020 Update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics, the existence of non-zero neutrino masses is a compelling sign of new physics. The worldwide neutrino physics program explores the full scope of the rich neutrino sector and commands strong support in
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DUNE and T2K gear up for next stage
DUNE and T2K gear up for next stage In the middle of the LHC ring, at the CERN Prevessin site, lies an experimental facility dedicated to particles that are but missing momentum to the four major LHC experiments. The Neutrino Platform, built as an extension of the SPS test beam area, hosts the R&D activities
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LLP11: The eleventh workshop of the Long-Lived Particle Community
LLP11: The eleventh workshop of the Long-Lived Particle Community Amidst the excitement of preparations for the impending Run 3 of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), as well as prominent developments of key projects around the globe, the eleventh workshop of the Long-Lived Particle (LLP) Community initiative (LLP11) was held virtually from 30 May to 3
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DUNE prototype activities at the Neutrino Platform
DUNE prototype activities at the Neutrino Platform The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), now under construction, is a long baseline neutrino experiment with a near detector at Fermilab and far detector at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota to observe neutrinos produced by a new beam at Fermilab. DUNE will make precision measurements
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Gearing up preparations for the T2K-II phase
Gearing up preparations for the T2K-II phase The upgrade of the near detector of the T2K experiment became in April 2019 an official CERN Neutrino Platform experiment (NP07). As a consequence an increased detector assembly activity has been started at CERN over the last months. This will continue until summer 2022 before the installation of