Speaker
Laura Johanna Fields
(University of Notre Dame (US))
Description
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will use an intense neutrino beam created in Illinois and sent through the Earth to a large liquid argon detector in South Dakota. The neutrino beam, part of the Long Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF), will consist of a 120 GeV proton beam which will impinge a long graphite target. Mesons produced in the target will be focused by three magnetic horns and will decay to neutrinos in a 200 m long decay pipe. The design of the target/horn system was optimized using a genetic algorithm. This optimization will be discussed, as well as other ongoing and future design optimizations within the DUNE collaboration.
Author
Laura Johanna Fields
(University of Notre Dame (US))
