Guest Author: Matthew Chalmers

ProtoDUNE Revealed

This 11 m-high structure with thick steel walls will soon contain a prototype detector for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), a major international project based in the US for studying neutrinos and proton decay… (from the CERN Courier)

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CERN’s Neutrino Platform

CERN is building a dedicated test facility called ENH1, due to be completed in 2017, which will enable R&D on the DUNE prototype modules and other detector development. Image credit: CERN.

CERN has a long tradition in neutrino physics, starting with the Gargamelle detector in 1973. At the end of 2014, CERN inaugurated its Neutrino Platform with the aim of providing a focal point for Europe’s contributions to global neutrino research…

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