Elucidating the Mysteries of Neutrinos with Liquid Argon Detectors at Fermilab
Dr. Lauren Yates
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Neutrino Division
Fermilab
Among the fundamental constituents of the Standard Model of particle physics, neutrinos have proved particularly enigmatic and challenging to study because they interact only weakly with ordinary matter. Liquid argon detectors have emerged as a leading technology for current and next-generation experiments aiming to make precision measurements of neutrino properties. This colloquium will focus on the procession of liquid argon neutrino detectors at Fermilab, culminating in the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) that will be the centerpiece of Fermilab’s neutrino physics program for many years to come. I will discuss in depth the latest liquid argon neutrino detector to come online, the Short-Baseline Near Detector (SBND), which started data-taking in 2024. SBND is poised to address fundamental questions about the number of neutrino species and the nature of their interactions.
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