U.S. neutrino megaproject takes shape in abandoned gold mine
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is under construction in an abandoned gold mine in South Dakota. This multibillion-dollar project aims to study neutrinos, the least understood particles in physics, and may help answer fundamental questions about the universe. The project is a collaboration involving 38 countries and is expected to advance our understanding of matter and its origins.
- ▪DUNE is located a mile beneath Lead, South Dakota, and will serve as a detector for neutrinos beamed from Illinois.
- ▪The project has been in the making for over two decades and is primarily funded by the Department of Energy.
- ▪Neutrinos are nearly weightless particles that can pass through matter without interaction, making them difficult to study.
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May 8, 20265 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmA massive neutrino experiment is taking shape in an abandoned gold mineThe Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment will study nature’s most mysterious particle a mile beneath South Dakota’s Black Hills and will potentially reveal the origins of matterBy Joseph Howlett edited by Lee BillingsOne of two massive caverns a mile beneath the town of Lead, S.D. Physicists just began constructing an enormous particle detector here to study their least understood particle, the neutrino.
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