3–14 Jun 2024
Bologna, Italy
Europe/Rome timezone

The SAND detector for the DUNE experiment

Not scheduled
20m
Aula Magna, Department of Physics and Astronomy (DIFA), University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy)

Aula Magna, Department of Physics and Astronomy (DIFA), University of Bologna

Bologna, Italy

Via Irnerio 46 - 40126, Bologna (BO), Italy

Speaker

Francesca Alemanno

Description

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a next-generation project aiming to study several neutrino properties. It will feature two experimental setups: a near detector that will be installed at Fermilab, in proximity of the neutrino-production point, and a far detector at a distance of 1300 km and 1500 m underground, at the SURF laboratory. The DUNE design and configuration will allow the study of neutrino oscillation, astrophysical neutrinos, and beyond standard model physics. The near detector complex foresees three detectors to be installed. Among these, the System for on-Axis Neutrino Detection (SAND) will serve as on-axis beam monitor, reduce the systematic uncertainties for the oscillation analysis, and search for physics beyond the standard model. SAND will be composed of three sub-detectors, surrounded by a 0.6 T superconducting magnet. The outermost detector will be a lead/scintillating-fiber electromagnetic calorimeter while the inner volume will include a 1-ton liquid argon active target placed upstream followed by a target tracker system. The SAND detector and its goals will be shown in this poster.

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