neutrinos

Particle physics experiments investigate the origins and composition of the universe, and the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is designed to address the prevalence of matter over antimatter through the study of neutrinos.

Fermilab will be participating in the 17th annual Neutrino Day in Lead, SD on July 12. The citywide science festival is free to all and will include a livestream underground tour of DUNE and a live with Fermilab crews.

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LSA Magazine spoke with associate scientist Bryan Ramson about neutrinos, which play a fundamental role in unlocking the mysteries of the universe.

A new study explores the possibility of studying the sun’s interiors using neutrinos. By studying oscillations at different energy levels, scientists can infer details about the sun’s density structure beyond what traditional models provide.

A detector in the Mediterranean discovered a cosmic neutrino carried 30 times more energy than any neutrino observed to date. Fermilab’s Bryan Ramson weighs in the new discovery.

Particle accelerator beams can create significant damage to the targets used to generate particles for experiments. Researchers are designing targets to withstand material degradation from radiation damage, shock from thermal expansion and material fatigue — all caused by accelerated protons.

A successful test delivers DUNE steel beam a mile underground at Sanford Underground Research Lab in Lead, South Dakota.

Now that the excavation of 800,000 tons of rock from the Sanford Underground Research Facility is complete, LBNF-DUNE teams are working on the the far detector in South Dakota and the near detector at Fermilab in Illinois. The science collaboration includes more than 35 countries and DOE’s Office of Science is supporting the LBNF-DUNE to help answer some of physics’ biggest questions.

Argonne recently hosted the 25th international workshop on Neutrinos from Accelerators attended by global experts in high energy physics. Fermilab Director, Lia Merminga was the keynote speaker to nearly 200 theorists and experimentalists attending NuFact who are investigating the elusive neutrino.

A repost of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. Now that the excavation of the LBNF-DUNE project is complete, science and engineering teams are developing the detectors and systems DUNE will use to study neutrinos. The launch of LBNF/DUNE will bring a new era in understanding neutrinos and knowing more about our universe as a whole.