Credit: Matthew Kapust, Sanford Underground Research FacilityCompletion of enormous underground caverns for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) paves the method for groundbreaking neutrino research, involving an international team of over 1,400 scientists and engineers.Excavation employees have completed sculpting out the future home of the massive particle detectors for the worldwide Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment. Are neutrinos linked to dark matter or other undiscovered particles?The Role of Neutrino DetectorsThe caverns provide area for 4 large neutrino detectors– each one about the size of a seven-story building (see 2-minute animation below). DUNE researchers will pursue three significant science goals: find out whether neutrinos might be the factor the universe is made of matter; appearance for subatomic phenomena that might help realize Einsteins dream of the marriage of forces; and see for neutrinos emerging from a blowing up star, maybe experiencing the birth of a neutron star or a black hole.Trillions of neutrinos travel through our bodies each second without us even knowing it.
Credit: Matthew Kapust, Sanford Underground Research FacilityCompletion of massive underground caverns for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) paves the way for groundbreaking neutrino research, involving an international team of over 1,400 researchers and engineers.Excavation workers have actually finished sculpting out the future home of the gigantic particle detectors for the global Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment. Are neutrinos linked to dark matter or other undiscovered particles?The Role of Neutrino DetectorsThe caverns offer space for 4 large neutrino detectors– each one about the size of a seven-story building (see 2-minute animation below). DUNE researchers will pursue three significant science goals: find out whether neutrinos could be the reason the universe is made of matter; look for subatomic phenomena that could assist understand Einsteins dream of the marriage of forces; and view for neutrinos emerging from a taking off star, perhaps experiencing the birth of a neutron star or a black hole.Trillions of neutrinos travel through our bodies each second without us even understanding it. With DUNE, scientists will look for neutrinos from exploding stars and take a look at the behavior of a beam of neutrinos produced at Fermilab, situated near Chicago, about 800 miles east of the underground caverns. Big particle detectors for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment will be placed here to study the behavior of neutrinos.