The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment -- DUNE: the precision era of neutrino physics

TL;DR

The DUNE experiment aims to advance neutrino physics by precisely measuring neutrino oscillation parameters, determining the mass hierarchy, and exploring rare phenomena like proton decay and supernova neutrinos using a large underground Liquid Argon detector.

Contribution

This paper outlines the design and scientific goals of the DUNE project, emphasizing its potential to explore new physics beyond current neutrino models.

Findings

DUNE will measure CP violation in the neutrino sector.

It will determine the neutrino mass hierarchy.

The experiment can detect rare events like proton decay and supernova neutrinos.

Abstract

The last decade was remarkable for neutrino physics. In particular, the phenomenon of neutrino flavor oscillations has been firmly established by a series of independent measurements. All parameters of the neutrino mixing are now known and we have elements to plan a judicious exploration of new scenarios that are opened by these recent advances. With precise measurements, we can test the 3-neutrino paradigm, neutrino mass hierarchy and CP asymmetry in the lepton sector. The future long-baseline experiments are considered to be a fundamental tool to deepen our knowledge of electroweak interactions. The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment -- DUNE will detect a broad-band neutrino beam from Fermilab in an underground massive Liquid Argon Time-Projection Chamber at an L/E of about $10^3$ km / GeV to reach good sensitivity for CP-phase measurements and the determination of the mass hierarchy. The dimensions and the depth of the Far Detector also create an excellent opportunity to look for rare signals like proton decay to study violation of baryonic number, as well as supernova neutrino bursts, broadening the scope of the experiment to astrophysics and associated impacts in cosmology. In this presentation, we will discuss the physics motivations and the main experimental features of the DUNE project required to reach its scientific goals.