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Title: DUNE as the Next-Generation Solar Neutrino Experiment

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), and Dept. of Physics; Max-Planck-Inst. für Physik, München (Germany)
  2. Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), and Dept. of Physics; SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  3. Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), and Dept. of Physics
  4. Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), Dept. of Physics, and Dept. of Astronomy

We show that the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), with significant but feasible new efforts, has the potential to deliver world-leading results in solar neutrinos. With a $$\mathrm{100 kton - yr}$$ exposure, DUNE could detect ≳$$\mathrm{10^5}$$ signal events above 5 MeV electron energy. Separate precision measurements of neutrino-mixing parameters and the $$\mathrm{^8B}$$ flux could be made using two detection channels ($$ν_e + \mathrm{^{40}Ar}$$ and $$ν_{e,μ,τ} + e^-$$) and the day-night effect (>$$\mathrm{10σ}$$). New particle physics may be revealed through the comparison of solar neutrinos (with matter effects) and reactor neutrinos (without), which is discrepant by ~$$\mathrm{2σ}$$ (and could become $$\mathrm{5.6σ}$$). New astrophysics may be revealed through the most precise measurement of the $$\mathrm{^8B}$$ flux (to 2.5%) and the first detection of the hep flux (to 11%). DUNE is required: No other experiment, even proposed, has been shown capable of fully realizing these discovery opportunities.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
1566934
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1566886
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 123, Issue 13; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 56 works
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