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Proto-DUNE-II Progress at CERN

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Abstract



The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will be comprised of “near detectors” at Fermilab in Illinois, where the neutrino beams will originate, and “far detectors” 800 miles away in South Dakota. A prototype of the far detectors, Proto-DUNE II is being built at CERN where it is expected to take data in 2023 using a proton beam originating from an offshoot of the Large Hadron Collider. The far detector technology to be evaluated at CERN utilizes a liquid argon time projection chamber assisted by a field cage that provides the uniform electric field required for nominal detector function. In this talk, we present details of the assembly of some of the field cage modules by a team of students and faculty at the University of Texas at Arlington as well as the progress of the Proto-DUNE-II project.

Presenters

  • Eric M Garcia

    University of Texas at Arlington, The University of Texas at Arlington

Authors

  • Eric M Garcia

    University of Texas at Arlington, The University of Texas at Arlington

  • Rohit Raut

    University of Texas at Arlington

  • Michael Solek

    University of Texas at Arlington

  • Morgan G Elliott

    University of Texas at Arlington

  • Claire Cavalier

    University of Texas at Arlington, The University of Texas at Arlington

  • Aayush Bhattarai

    University of Texas at Arlington

  • Andrew Brandt

    University of Texas at Arlington, The University of Texas at Arlington, UTA

  • Brian Reid

    University of Texas at Arlington