Colloquium

Department of Physics & Astronomy

[Special Colloquium] Exploring the Known and the Unknown with the DUNE Experiment

October 20, 2026l Hit 1126
Date : October 26, 2026 16:00 ~
Speaker : Sowjanya Gollapinni (Physics Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Professor : Prof. Sunghoon Jung, Prof. Joonho Jang, Prof. Yongjoo Baek
Location : 56동105호

Neutrinos provide a promising window to probe a wide range of fundamental physics phenomena. Neutrino related discoveries in the last two decades indicate that the answer to the most sought-after question of why we live in a matter-dominated universe may be within reach. Although more than a trillion of neutrinos pass unnoticed through our bodies every second, they still remain largely mysterious. These ghostly little particles are notoriously difficult to detect given how reluctant they are to interact with matter and require building immense and exquisitely sensitive detectors. The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a next generation neutrino experiment at Fermilab and South Dakota in United States with primary goals of resolving the neutrino mass ordering and measuring the charge-parity violating phase, the indicator of a possible explanation for our matter dominated universe. DUNE will use the promising liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) technology as it presents neutrino interactions with unprecedented detail. After briefly reviewing the current state of neutrino physics and open questions, this talk will describe the DUNE experiment along with the rich physics that it offers and its current status.

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