• DOI:10.2172/1699419
• Corpus ID: 211069605

Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume II: DUNE Physics

@article{Abi2020DeepUN,
  title={Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume II: DUNE Physics},
  author={Babak Abi and R. Acciarri and Mario A. Acero and George Adamov and David L. Adams and Marco Adinolfi and Z. Ahmad and J. Ahmed and Tyler Alion and S. A. Monsalve and C. Alt and J. R. Anderson and Costas Andreopoulos and M. P. Andrews and F. Andrianala and S. Andringa and A. M. Ankowski and J. Anthony and M. G. Antonova and Stefan Antusch and A. Aranda Fernandez and Akitaka Ariga and Lukas On Arnold and Manuel A. Arroyave and Jonathan Asaadi and Adam Aurisano and V. Aushev and Dario Autiero and Farrukh Azfar and Henning Olling Back and J. J. Back and C. Backhouse and Paolo Baesso and L. Bagby and R. Bajou and Supraja Balasubramanian and Pierre Baldi and Bindu Anubha Bambah and Fernando Bar{\~a}o and Gabriela Barenboim and Gary John Barker and Wayne A. Barkhouse and Chris P. Barnes and Giles David Barr and J. Barranco Monarca and Nuno Barros and Joshua Barrow and Amit Bashyal and V. Basque and F. Bay and J. L. Bazo Alba and John F. Beacom and E. Bechetoille and Biswaranjan Behera and Leo Bellantoni and Giorgio Bellettini and Vincenzo Bellini and Olga Beltramello and Daniel Belver and N. Benekos and F. Bento Neves and Joshua Berger and Sophie Berkman and Paolo Bernardini and Roman Berner and H. G. Berns and Sergio Bertolucci and M. Betancourt and Yashwanth Bezawada and Mrinmoy Bhattacharjee and B. Bhuyan and Simone Biagi and Jianming Bian and Matteo Biassoni and Kurt Biery and Burak Bilki and Mary Bishai and Alexander Bitadze and A. Blake and Beatriz B. Siffert and F. d. M. Blaszczyk and Gerald Charles Blazey and Edward Blucher and J. G. Boissevain and Sara Bolognesi and T. Bolton and Maurizio Bonesini and Mathieu Bongrand and F. Bonini and Alexander Booth and Christopher Neal Booth and Stefania Bordoni and A. Borkum and T. Boschi and Nilay Bostan and Petr Bouř and S. B. Boyd and D K Boyden and Juraj Bracinik and Davide Braga and D. Brailsford and Andrew Brandt and John W. Bremer and Christopher Brew and Eldwan Brianne and Stephen J. Brice and Claudia Brizzolari and Carl Bromberg and Gustaaf Brooijmans and James John Brooke and Alan D. Bross and G. Brunetti and Norman Buchanan and H. S. Budd and Davide Caiulo and Paolo Calafiura and Jordan Calcutt and M. Calin and Steven Calvez and E. Calvo and Leslie Camilleri and Alessio Caminata and Mario Campanelli and David Caratelli and Gabriella Carini and Bruno Carlus and Paolo Carniti and Ivan Caro Terrazas and Hector Carranza and Andr'es Castillo and Cesar Castromonte and C. Cattadori and F. Cavalier and F. Cavanna and Sandro Centro and Giuseppe Benedetto Cerati and Alberto Cervelli and A. Cervera Villanueva and M. Chalifour and C. Chang and E. Chardonnet and Arka Chatterjee and Subhasis Chattopadhyay and Jorge Chaves and H. Chen and M. C. Chen and Y. Chen and Daniel Cherdack and C. Y. Chi and Sam Childress and Ana Chiriacescu and K. Cho and Sandhya Choubey and Anne Christensen and D. Christian and Georgios Christodoulou and Eric Church and P. E. L. Clarke and Thomas E. Coan and Alfredo G. Cocco and Jo{\~a}o A. B. Coelho and Erin Conley and Janet M. Conrad and M. R. Convery and Lauren Anita Corwin and P. H. Cotte and L. Cremaldi and Linda Cremonesi and J. I. Crespo-Anad{\'o}n and E. Cristaldo and R. Cross and C. Cuesta and Y. Cui and David Cussans and M. M. Dabrowski and H{\'e}lio da Motta and L. Da Silva Peres and Q. David and Gavin S. Davies and Stefano Davini and John W. Dawson and Kaushik De and Rog{\'e}rio M. de Almeida and Paul Debbins and Ida de Bonis and M. P. Decowski and Andr'e de Gouvea and P. C. de Holanda and I. L. de Icaza Astiz and Alexander Deisting and Paul de Jong and Alain Delbart and D Delepine and Manuel Alejandro Segura Delgado and Andrea Dell'Acqua and P. De Lurgio and J. de Mello Neto and David Demuth and Steve Dennis and Chris Densham and Grzegorz W. Deptuch and A. 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Stokes and Matthew Strait and Thomas Strauss and Sergei I. Striganov and Ahn Stuart and D. Summers and Antonio Surdo and Vasja Susi{\vc} and Louise Suter and Concetta Sutera and Robert C. Svoboda and Barbara Szczerbinska and Andrzej M. Szelc and Richard L. Talaga and H. A. Tanaka and B. Tapia Oregui and Alexander D. Tapper and S. Tariq and E. Tatar and R. Tayloe and Abraham Teklu and M. Tenti and Kazuhiro Terao and Christoph A. Ternes and Francesco Terranova and Gemma Testera and A. Thea and J. L. Thompson and Craig E. Thorn and Steven Timm and Alessandra Tonazzo and M. Torti and M. T{\'o}rtola and Francesco Tortorici and D. Totani and M. Toups and C. Touramanis and Jason Trevor and W. H. Trzaska and Y. T. Tsai and Z. Tsamalaidze and Ka Vang Tsang and N. Tsverava and S. Tufanli and Craig E. Tull and E. Tyley and Martin Tzanov and Melissa Uchida and Jon Urheim and Tracy Usher and Mark Robert Vagins and P. Vahle and G. A. Valdiviesso and E. Valencia and Z. Vallari and Jos{\'e} W. F. Valle and Sofia Vallecorsa and Richard Van Berg and Richard Van de Water and David V. Forero and Filippo Varanini and D. Vargas and G. S. Varner and Justin A. Vasel and G. Vasseur and Kamran Salehi Vaziri and Sandro Ventura and Alejandro Verdugo and Stefano Vergani and Milo Vermeulen and Marco Verzocchi and H. Vieira de Souza and Chiara Vignoli and Cristovao Vilela and Brett Viren and T. Vrba and Tomasz Wachala and Abigail Victoria Waldron and Michael Wallbank and H. G. Wang and J. Wang and Y. Wang and Karl Warburton and David S. Warner and M. Wascko and David D. Waters and A. W. Watson and P B Weatherly and Andreas Weber and M. S. Weber and H Wei and A. Weinstein and Daniel Wenman and Matthew J. Wetstein and M. R. While and Andrew White and L. Whitehead and Denver Whittington and Michael J. Wilking and Callum Wilkinson and Zachary Douglas Williams and Fergus Wilson and R. J. Wilson and Jeremy Wolcott and Taritree Wongjirad and Kevin Wood and L. Wood and E. Worcester and M. Worcester and C. Wret and W. Wu and Y. Xiao and G. Yang and T. Yang and N. Yershov and Katsuya Yonehara and T. de Young and B. Yu and J. Yu and Jaroslav Z{\'a}le{\vs}{\'a}k and Laura Zambelli and Bruno Zamorano and Andrea Zani and L. Zazueta and G. Zeller and J. Zennamo and K. Zeug and C Zhang and M. G. Zhao and E. Zhivun and G. Y. Zhu and Eric D. Zimmerman and Marco Zito and S. Zucchelli and J. Zuklin and Vishnu V. Zutshi and Robert Zwaska},
  journal={arXiv: High Energy Physics - Experiment},
  year={2020}
}

• B. Abi, R. Acciarri, +958 authors R. Zwaska
• Published 7 February 2020
• Physics
• arXiv: High Energy Physics - Experiment

The preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe, the dynamics of the supernovae that produced the heavy elements necessary for life, and whether protons eventually decay -- these mysteries at the forefront of particle physics and astrophysics are key to understanding the early evolution of our universe, its current state, and its eventual fate. DUNE is an international world-class experiment dedicated to addressing these questions as it searches for leptonic charge-parity symmetry violation, stands ready to capture supernova neutrino bursts, and seeks to observe nucleon decay as a signature of a grand unified theory underlying the standard model.

The DUNE far detector technical design report (TDR) describes the DUNE physics program and the technical designs of the single- and dual-phase DUNE liquid argon TPC far detector modules. Volume II of this TDR, DUNE Physics, describes the array of identified scientific opportunities and key goals. Crucially, we also report our best current understanding of the capability of DUNE to realize these goals, along with the detailed arguments and investigations on which this understanding is based.

This TDR volume documents the scientific basis underlying the conception and design of the LBNF/DUNE experimental configurations. As a result, the description of DUNE's experimental capabilities constitutes the bulk of the document. Key linkages between requirements for successful execution of the physics program and primary specifications of the experimental configurations are drawn and summarized.
This document also serves a wider purpose as a statement on the scientific potential of DUNE as a central component within a global program of frontier theoretical and experimental particle physics research. Thus, the presentation also aims to serve as a resource for the particle physics community at large.