Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Conceptual Design Report Volume 1: The LBNF and DUNE Projects

TL;DR

This report details the design of the LBNF and DUNE projects, which aim to advance neutrino physics through a large underground detector and a high-intensity neutrino beam for studying oscillations, astrophysics, and nucleon decay.

Contribution

It presents the conceptual design of a large-scale neutrino experiment, integrating a high-power beam with a massive liquid argon detector for comprehensive neutrino research.

Findings

Design of a large modular liquid argon detector

Implementation of a high-intensity neutrino beam

Plans for neutrino oscillation and nucleon decay studies

Abstract

This document presents the Conceptual Design Report (CDR) put forward by an international neutrino community to pursue the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF/DUNE), a groundbreaking science experiment for long-baseline neutrino oscillation studies and for neutrino astrophysics and nucleon decay searches. The DUNE far detector will be a very large modular liquid argon time-projection chamber (LArTPC) located deep underground, coupled to the LBNF multi-megawatt wide-band neutrino beam. DUNE will also have a high-resolution and high-precision near detector.