Status of the Short-Baseline Near Detector at Fermilab

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20m
Poster session Neutrino Physics Neutrino Physics Session 2

Speaker

Gustavo Valdiviesso

Description

The Short-Baseline Near Detector (SBND) will be one of three liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) neutrino detectors positioned along the axis of the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fermilab, as part of the Short-Baseline Neutrino (SBN) Program. The detector is currently in the construction phase and is anticipated to begin operation in the second half of 2022.  SBND is characterised by superb imaging capabilities and will record over a million neutrino interactions per year. Thanks to its unique combination of measurement resolution and statistics, SBND will carry out a rich program of neutrino interaction measurements and novel searches for physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM). It will enable the potential of the overall SBN sterile neutrino program by performing a precise characterisation of the unoscillated event rate, and by constraining BNB flux and neutrino-Argon cross-section systematic uncertainties. In this talk, the physics reach, current status, and future prospects of SBND are discussed.

Primary authors

Costas Andreopoulos (University of Liverpool and STFC/RAL) Ornella Palamara (Fermilab) David Schmitz (University of Chicago) Dr Vishvas Pandey (University of Florida)

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