Speaker
Description
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is one of the most ambitious neutrino oscillation projects ever conceived. Currently under construction at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in South Dakota, DUNE will exploit a high-power, wide-band neutrino beam produced at Fermilab. In this talk, I will review the broad physics program of the experiment, which includes precision tests of the three-flavor oscillation paradigm, the determination of the neutrino mass ordering, and the search for CP violation in the lepton sector. I will also discuss DUNE’s rich astroparticle physics potential, based on the observation of natural sources. Special emphasis will be placed on the status of the construction and on the technology validation activities carried out at CERN through the ProtoDUNE detectors during 2024–2025.
