University of Sussex PhD Studentship on the DUNE Neutrino Experiment

Funder	Science and Technology Facilities Council
Recipient Organization	University of Sussex
Country	United Kingdom
Start Date	Sep 30, 2024
End Date	Mar 30, 2028
Duration	1,277 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Student; Supervisor
Data Source	UKRI Gateway to Research
Grant ID	`2925925`

Grant Description

DUNE is an international mega experiment that is being developed to measure CP violation in the neutrinos.

These still somewhat mysterious particles could hold the key to explaining the matter - antimatter symmetry in the Universe. Even though the big bang created matter and antimatter, we are living in a matter dominated Universe.

In addition, DUNE has a unique sensitivity to neutrinos from a supernova in our Galaxy, which would give a wealth of information on neutrino particles as well as the dying moments of stars.

The amount of data that will be produced by DUNE is vast and we need to be able to effectively identify rare events such as supernova neutrino interactions. The Sussex group focuses on the development of the software to do this