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Toggle navigation Home The Collaboration About the Collaboration Faces of DUNE Why neutrinos? Neutrino Detectors Home An International Experiment for Neutrino Science The (DUNE) is a leading-edge, international experiment for neutrino science. Discoveries over the past half-century have put neutrinos, the most abundant matter particles in the universe, in the spotlight for further research into several fundamental questions about the nature of matter and the evolution of the universe — questions that DUNE will seek to answer. DUNE will consist of two neutrino detectors placed in the world’s most intense neutrino beam. One detector will record particle interactions near the source of the beam, at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois. A second, much larger, detector will be installed more than a kilometer underground at the Sanford Underground Research Laboratory in Lead, South Dakota — 1,300 kilometers downstream of the source. These detectors will enable scientists to search for new subatomic phenomena and potentially transform our understanding of neutrinos and their role in the universe. Two prototype far detectors are at the European research center CERN. The first started taking data in September 2018 and the second is under construction. The Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility will provide the neutrino beamline and the infrastructure that will support the DUNE detectors. Groundbreaking for the LBNF excavation and construction at Sanford Lab occurred on July 21, 2017. Aiming for groundbreaking discoveries Origin of Matter Could neutrinos be the reason that the universe is made of matter rather than antimatter? By exploring the phenomenon of neutrino oscillations, DUNE seeks to revolutionize our understanding of neutrinos and their role in the universe. Unification of Forces With the world’s largest cryogenic particle detector located deep underground, DUNE can search for signs of proton decay. This could reveal a relation between the stability of matter and the Grand Unification of forces, moving us closer to realizing Einstein’s dream. Black Hole Formation DUNE’s observation of thousands of neutrinos from a core-collapse supernova in the Milky Way would allow us to peer inside a newly-formed neutron star and potentially witness the birth of a black hole. Search for: DUNE and LBNF DUNE at LBNF for the public DUNE at LBNF Fact Sheet Publications All Things Neutrino LBNF (Facility for the ) Fermilab Sanford Lab Environmental Assessment Frequently Asked Questions For the Media DUNE at Work No categories Copyright © 2020 • All Rights Reserved • Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory | Managed by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science | Security, Privacy, Legal Nus2Surf A PUBLICATION FOR THE DUNE & LBNF...