LBNF

The Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility, or LBNF, is a proposed neutrino experiment that aims to study neutrinos and antineutrinos. It is planned to be located at Fermilab in Illinois and will utilize a massive detector situated a mile underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in South Dakota. The experiment will send an intense beam of neutrinos from Fermilab, through the Earth, to the detector at SURF, a distance of about 800 miles or 1,300 kilometers, which is the longest distance for any neutrino experiment of its kind.

The primary scientific goals of LBNF include determining whether neutrinos are their own antiparticles, measuring the mass ordering of neutrinos, and searching for CP violation in the lepton sector, which could help explain the imbalance between matter and antimatter in the universe. These measurements are crucial for advancing our understanding of fundamental particle physics and the evolution of the cosmos. The experiment will employ a large liquid argon time projection chamber (TPC) detector, which is well-suited for capturing the complex interactions of neutrinos. LBNF is a collaborative international project involving numerous research institutions from around the world. It is expected to provide groundbreaking data that could lead to new discoveries about the nature of neutrinos and the universe.