The Science of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE)

This 4-minute animation shows how the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment will help scientists understand how the universe works. DUNE will use a huge particle detector a mile underground to embark on a mission with three major science goals: 1.) Study an intense, 1,300-kilometer-long neutrino beam to discover what happened after the big bang: Are neutrinos the reason the universe is made of matter? 2.) Use 70,000 tons of liquid argon to look for proton decay and move closer to realizing Einstein’s dream of a unified theory of matter and energy. 3.) Catch neutrinos from a supernova to watch the formation of neutron stars and black holes in real time. About 1,000 scientists from 160 institutions in 30 countries are working on the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, hosted at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and South Dakota’s Sanford Underground Research Facility. DUNE collaborators come from institutions in Armenia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Greece, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Madagascar, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

[bokchoiman]

Fantastic. One step closer to understanding our purpose in the universe. Here's to hoping the science machine never runs out of fuel.

[relwalretep]

I'm somewhat reminded of Arthur C Clarke's pondering of whether we could use neutrinos to replace cables for the purposes of communication. Hopefully the technology created by DUNE as well as the discoveries it makes will progress us to such a truly wireless future. Best wishes to all who are working on the project!

[jimmylin]

this experiment could be a solid argument against flat-earthers

[m.a.t.a.s]

"Even bananas emit neutrinos" My life is complete!

[AswinSSoman]

efficient illustration.
but can studying neutrinos really helps us to know why antimatter is not there or it is less abundant or what happened to them?

[dirkbalfanz]

" Der Suchende soll nicht aufhören zu suchen, bis er findet. Und wenn er findet, wird er in Erschütterung geraten; und (wenn) er erschüttert ist, wird er in Verwunderung geraten, und er wird König über das All werden."

[andresfelquintero]

such an old video, but describes the experiment pretty well.

[SquashyPan]

that big bang simulation DESTROYED the definition. still, great video, great images and great work!

[zodiacfml]

How do they know the neutrino source if it can come from everywhere?

[iamjimgroth]

Would be much more interesting to learn how it works.

[astropredo]

Congratulations, Fermilab! Incredible job!

[YCCCm]

Looks like a cinematic I'd see in Doom 3. That being said, cool stuff all around.

[SSmitar]

Okay so I know that it's established that a Proton decays and average life span on a Proton is in range of 10^34 years. But I want to know, under what kind of conditions a Proton could decay other than its normal lifespan? and What would be the aftermath of observing Proton decay? If anyone knows answer to these questions, it would be an immense help.

[stoyanfurdzhev]

Daes antimatter has quantitative expression? And in what aspect it's different from that of matter? What's the difference between mass and the concept of natural numbers? Is a number a phisicale reality or a metaphysical concept? And what meaning bears the negative determination of matter, phisicale or metaphysical? You better ask Aristóteles what actually science means.

[dirkbalfanz]

"Erkenne, was vor deinem Angesicht ist, das, was dir verborgen ist. Es wird sich dir offenbaren, denn es gibt nichts Verborgenes, das nicht geoffenbart wird."

[dirkbalfanz]

"Ich werde euch geben, was kein Auge gesehen und kein Ohr gehört hat und was keine Hand berührt hat und was in keines Menschen Sinn gekommen ist."

[StormwaterIsOneWord]

Quick question: can you clarify what a unified theory of mass and energy is? I had the thinking that Einstein resolved that with the mass energy equivalence.

Other question: does Fermilab have any experiments that examine if antimatter decays differently than ordinary matter?

Thanks! Enjoying your videos!

[Reddogovereasy]

Question, isn't saying that matter won out a version of the victor writing the history books? And, why, should there be an equal volume of anti-matter to matter?

[HardKore]

Since a lot of randomness in the universe it probably was random that they were not equal amounts.

[NeonsStyleHD]

If we can unify matter and energy then we might be able to play with it, the way Biologists and Chemists can play with molecules and DNA to make things we've only dreamed of. Imagine if we had a machine that could arrange particules to create any arrangement of molecules we want. We would have our own Replicator lol. Gotta love Physics. Good luck with the experiment. May your hypothesis be proved true! or wrong as the case may be. lol