Long-baseline neutrino oscillation physics potential of the DUNE experiment
The sensitivity of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) to neutrino oscillation is determined, based on a full simulation, reconstruction, and event selection of the far detector and a full simulation and parameterized analysis of the near detector. Detailed uncertainties due to the flux prediction, neutrino interaction model, and detector effects are included. DUNE will resolve the neutrino mass ordering to a precision of 5σ, for all δCP values, after 2 years of running with the nominal detector design and beam configuration. It has the potential to observe charge-parity violation in the neutrino sector to a precision of 3σ (5σ) after an exposure of 5 (10) years, for 50% of all δCP values. It will also make precise measurements of other parameters governing long-baseline neutrino oscillation, and after an exposure of 15 years will achieve a similar sensitivity to sin22θ13 to current reactor experiments. ; Fermi Research Alliance, LLC (FRA) DE-AC02-07CH11359 ; National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) ; Carlos Chagas Filho Foundation for Research Support of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) ; FAPEG, Brazil ; Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) ; Canada Foundation for Innovation ; IPP, Canada ; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) ; CERN ; Ministry of Education, Youth & Sports - Czech Republic Czech Republic Government ; European Union (EU) ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) ; French Atomic Energy Commission ; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) ; Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology ; NRF, South Korea ; CAM, Spain ; La Caixa Foundation ; Spanish Government ; SERI, Switzerland ; Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) ; Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK) ; Royal Society of London ; UKRI/STFC, UK ; United States Department of Energy (DOE) ; National Science Foundation (NSF) ; National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility DE-AC02-05CH11231