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Construction begins on massive underground neutrino experiment designed to unlock the secrets of the universe
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- Installation crews from Fermilab, CERN and the Sanford Underground Research Facility have begun building massive cryostats for the DUNE neutrino experiment.
- Cryostats are giant insulated containers that will hold the detector's liquid argon and detector components underground.
- Physics World reported the same cryostat installation start on 2026-11-10.
Why it matters
DUNE is a large underground neutrino experiment intended to study neutrino properties in unprecedented detail, so construction progress marks a step toward new measurements for particle physicists.
Who’s affected
- particle physicists and neutrino researchers
- engineers working on large underground facilities
- #neutrinos
- #dune
- #particle physics
- #underground physics
- #cryostats
Installation crews with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and CERN, the European Organization for Particle Physics , are working alongside the Sanford Underground Research Facility to begin building massive cryostats, giant insulated containers…
Timeline
Construction of massive cryostats for the DUNE experiment begins underground, as announced by Fermilab
Physics World
US underground neutrino experiment begins cryostat installation
Fermilab
Construction begins on massive underground neutrino experiment designed to unlock the secrets of the universe