JUNO Non-oscillation Physics

TL;DR

JUNO is a next-generation 20 kt liquid scintillator detector in China designed for neutrino mass ordering and a broad range of neutrino and astroparticle physics studies, including rare processes and new physics searches.

Contribution

This paper reviews the diverse physics potential of JUNO for non-reactor neutrino sources, emphasizing its unique contributions across multiple fields.

Findings

Potential to determine neutrino mass hierarchy

Capability to detect neutrinos from supernovae, the Sun, and geoneutrinos

Searches for exotic processes like nucleon decay and dark matter interactions

Abstract

The JUNO observatory, a 20 kt liquid scintillator detector to be completed in 2022 in China, belongs to the next-generation of neutrino detectors, which share the common features of having a multi-ton scale and an energy resolution at unprecedented levels. Beside the ambitious goal of neutrino mass ordering determination, the JUNO Collaboration plans also to perform a wide series of other measurements in the neutrino and astroparticle fields, rare processes and searches for new physics. The detector characteristics will allow the detection of neutrinos from many sources, like supernovae, the Sun, atmospheric and geoneutrinos. Other potential studies accessible to JUNO include the search for exotic processes, such as nucleon decays, Dark Matter and magnetic monopoles interactions, light sterile neutrinos production. This work reviews the physics potential of JUNO about non-reactor neutrino sources, highlighting the unique contributions that the experiment will give to the various fields in the forthcoming years.