About us
The CIEMAT neutrino group is currently composed of 5 researchers, 3 engineers, 4 PhD students, 2 research assistant and 2 technicians. The research activities of the group are focused on the study of neutrino oscillations, participating in the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) long-baseline neutrino experiment and the Short-Baseline Neutrino Program at Fermilab.
The CIEMAT neutrino group has important responsibilities on the construction of the DUNE Far Detector and the physics analysis preparation. To validate the liquid argon time-projection chamber technology (LArTPC) for DUNE, CIEMAT is involved in the design, construction, operation and analysis of the ProtoDUNE detectors at the CERN Neutrino Platform, focusing on the light detection systems. The CIEMAT neutrino group is also working on the SBND and MicroBooNE experiments, two LArTPCs that are part of the Short-Baseline Neutrino Program at Fermilab.
We also work on R&D for large scale cryogenic liquid detectors, participating in the AIDA-innova European Project, the SoLAR (Solar Neutrinos in Liquid Argon) project, and on the novel LiquidO Technology consisting of an opaque scintillator and a dense array of fibers.
We are still participating in the final phase of the Double Chooz reactor neutrino experiment and in the data analysis of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR looking for the neutrinoless double beta decay and physics beyond the Standar Model.
Our activities are funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism from the NextGenerationEU European funds, the Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 European Programmes, the Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid, and the L'Oreal Foundation.
News
Hightligh of recent papers:
- Scintillation light detection in the 6-m drift-length ProtoDUNE Dual Phase liquid argon TPC, DUNE Collaboration, EPJC 82 (2022) 618.
- Revealing Neutrino Oscillations Unknowns with Reactor and Long-Baseline Accelerator Experiments, I. Gil-Botella and C. Palomares, Universe 8 (2022) 81.
- Scintillation light detection in the 6-m drift length ProtoDUNE Dual Phase liquid argon TPC, DUNE Collaboration (I. Gil-Botella et al.), JINST 17 (2022) C01012.
- Scintillation light detection in the long-drift ProtoDUNE-DP liquid argon TPC, DUNE Collaboration DUNE Collaboration (C. Cuesta et al.), J.Phys. Conf. Ser. 2374 (2022) 012031.
- Impact of xenon doping in the scintillation light in a large liquid-argon TPC DUNE Collaboration (J. Soto-Otón et al.) J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 2374 (2022) 012164.
- Validation tests of the Photon Detection System in Liquid Nitrogen for the ProtoDUNE detector. R. Álvarez Garrote, ; E. Calvo Alamillo, A.Canto Combarro, J.I.Crespo Anadón, C. Cuesta Soria, A. De la Torre Rojo, I. Gil Botella, S. Manthey Corchado, I. Martín Martín, Mª.C. Palomares, L. Pérez Molina, A. Verdugo de Osa. Informe Técnico Ciemat ISSN: 2695-8864 NIPO: 832-22-012-X, 2022.
- Measurement of the X-ARAPUCA absolute efficiency in LAr. L. Pérez Molina, R. Álvarez Garrote, E. Calvo Alamillo, A.Canto Combarro, J.I.Crespo Anadón, C. Cuesta Soria, I. Gil Botella, S. Manthey Corchado, I. Martín Martín, Mª.C. Palomares, A. De la Torre Rojo, A. Verdugo de Osa. Informe Técnico Ciemat ISSN: 2695-8864 NIPO: 832-22-016-1, 2022