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The '''Scattering and Neutrino Detetcor (SND)''' at [[Large Hadron Collider]] (LHC), [[CERN]], is currently being built for the detection of the collider [[Neutrino|neutrinos]]. The primary goal of SND is to measure the p+p --> <math>\mathrm{\nu}</math>+X  process and search for the feebly interacting particles. It will be operational from 2022, during the LHC-Run 3 (2022-2024). SND will be installed in an empty tunnel- TI18 that links the LHC and [[Super Proton Synchrotron]], 480m away from the [[ATLAS experiment]] interaction point in the fast forward region and along the beam collision axis.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=CERN approves new LHC experiment|url=https://home.cern/news/news/experiments/cern-approves-new-lhc-experiment|access-date=2021-07-28|website=CERN|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-02|title=Collider neutrinos on the horizon|url=https://cerncourier.com/a/collider-neutrinos-on-the-horizon/|access-date=2021-08-19|website=CERN Courier|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Designing the SND@LHC experiment|url=https://ep-news.web.cern.ch/content/designing-sndlhc-experiment|access-date=2021-08-19|website=EP News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=INSPIRE|url=https://inspirehep.net/literature/1859300|access-date=2021-08-19|website=inspirehep.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pastore|first=A|date=December 2020|title=Neutrino physics with the SHiP experiment at CERN|url=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1690/1/012171|journal=Journal of Physics: Conference Series|volume=1690|pages=012171|doi=10.1088/1742-6596/1690/1/012171|issn=1742-6588}}</ref>
The '''Scattering and Neutrino Detetcor (SND)''' at [[Large Hadron Collider]] (LHC), [[CERN]], is currently being built for the detection of the [[collider]] [[Neutrino|neutrinos]]. The primary goal of SND is to measure the p+p --> <math>\mathrm{\nu}</math>+X  process and search for the feebly interacting particles. It will be operational from 2022, during the LHC-Run 3 (2022-2024). SND will be installed in an empty tunnel- TI18 that links the LHC and [[Super Proton Synchrotron]], 480m away from the [[ATLAS experiment]] interaction point in the fast forward region and along the beam collision axis.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=CERN approves new LHC experiment|url=https://home.cern/news/news/experiments/cern-approves-new-lhc-experiment|access-date=2021-07-28|website=CERN|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2021-06-02|title=Collider neutrinos on the horizon|url=https://cerncourier.com/a/collider-neutrinos-on-the-horizon/|access-date=2021-08-19|website=CERN Courier|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Designing the SND@LHC experiment|url=https://ep-news.web.cern.ch/content/designing-sndlhc-experiment|access-date=2021-08-19|website=EP News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=INSPIRE|url=https://inspirehep.net/literature/1859300|access-date=2021-08-19|website=inspirehep.net}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Pastore|first=A|date=December 2020|title=Neutrino physics with the SHiP experiment at CERN|url=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1690/1/012171|journal=Journal of Physics: Conference Series|volume=1690|pages=012171|doi=10.1088/1742-6596/1690/1/012171|issn=1742-6588}}</ref>


In February 2020, the Search for Hidden Particle (SHiP) collaboration expressed its interest in [[Neutrino|neutrino-]]<nowiki/>measurement to the LHC Council (LHCC). Following which the letter of intent for SND was presented in August 2020. <ref>{{Cite book|last=Collaboration|first=S. N. D.|url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/2729015?ln=en|title=Scattering and Neutrino Detector at the LHC|date=2020|others=CERN. Geneva. The LHC experiments Committee, LHCC|series=Letter of Intent}}</ref> Based on LHCC’s recommendation, the Letter of intent was followed by the Technical Design report presented in February 2021. The experiment was later approved in March 2021 by the CERN Research Board to be the ninth experiment at LHC.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Greybook|url=https://greybook.cern.ch/experiment/detail?id=SND@LHC|access-date=2021-08-19|website=greybook.cern.ch}}</ref>
In February 2020, the Search for Hidden Particle (SHiP) collaboration expressed its interest in [[Neutrino|neutrino-]]<nowiki/>measurement to the LHC Council (LHCC). Following which the letter of intent for SND was presented in August 2020. <ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Collaboration|first=S. N. D.|url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/2729015?ln=en|title=Scattering and Neutrino Detector at the LHC|date=2020|others=CERN. Geneva. The LHC experiments Committee, LHCC|series=Letter of Intent}}</ref> Based on LHCC’s recommendation, the Letter of intent was followed by the Technical Design report presented in February 2021. The experiment was later approved in March 2021 by the CERN Research Board to be the ninth experiment at LHC.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Greybook|url=https://greybook.cern.ch/experiment/detail?id=SND@LHC|access-date=2021-08-19|website=greybook.cern.ch}}</ref>

== Physics potential and goals ==
The SND will cover a wide range of physics, such as detecting all three neutrino flavors in the [[Pseudorapidity|pseudorapidity(angular)]] range that has never been explored before.<ref name=":2" /> Along with the [[FASER experiment|FASERnu detector]] at LHC, it will be the first experiment to observe and study the [[collider]] neutrinos.<ref name=":3" /> It will also search [[Physics beyond the Standard Model|beyond standard model]] particles such as the feebly interacting particles and particles that could make up the [[dark matter]].<ref name=":4" />

=== Physics with neutrinos ===
SND will primarily observe neutrinos between the 7.2 and 8.6 pseudorapidity range. It will detect the [[Scattering parameters|scattering properties]] of the neutrinos in this yet unexplored pseudorapidity range and complement the observation range that FASERnu would take up.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> The neutrinos in this range come from the decay of heavy quarks such as [[Charm quark|charm decays]] (c → s + <math display="inline">\mathrm{W^{\pm}}</math> : charm quark decaying into a [[strange quark]] and a [[W and Z bosons|W boson]]), and hence SND aims to give valuable insights into the physics of heavy quark production. The charmed-[[hadron]] production studies will also provide data to constrain the [[gluon]] [[Parton (particle physics)|parton distribution function]] in the low Bjorken-x region.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> In its first operational run, i.e the LHC's Run-3 between 2022 and 2025, SND is expected to detect and study about 2000 high-energy neutrinos.<ref name=":3" />


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 17:19, 20 August 2021

Large Hadron Collider
(LHC)
Plan of the LHC experiments and the preaccelerators.
LHC experiments
ATLASA Toroidal LHC Apparatus
CMSCompact Muon Solenoid
LHCbLHC-beauty
ALICEA Large Ion Collider Experiment
TOTEMTotal Cross Section, Elastic Scattering and Diffraction Dissociation
LHCfLHC-forward
MoEDALMonopole and Exotics Detector At the LHC
FASERForwArd Search ExpeRiment
SNDScattering and Neutrino Detector
LHC preaccelerators
p and PbLinear accelerators for protons (Linac 4) and lead (Linac 3)
(not marked)Proton Synchrotron Booster
PSProton Synchrotron
SPSSuper Proton Synchrotron

The Scattering and Neutrino Detetcor (SND) at Large Hadron Collider (LHC), CERN, is currently being built for the detection of the collider neutrinos. The primary goal of SND is to measure the p+p --> +X  process and search for the feebly interacting particles. It will be operational from 2022, during the LHC-Run 3 (2022-2024). SND will be installed in an empty tunnel- TI18 that links the LHC and Super Proton Synchrotron, 480m away from the ATLAS experiment interaction point in the fast forward region and along the beam collision axis.[1][2][3][4][5]

In February 2020, the Search for Hidden Particle (SHiP) collaboration expressed its interest in neutrino-measurement to the LHC Council (LHCC). Following which the letter of intent for SND was presented in August 2020. [6] Based on LHCC’s recommendation, the Letter of intent was followed by the Technical Design report presented in February 2021. The experiment was later approved in March 2021 by the CERN Research Board to be the ninth experiment at LHC.[1][7]

Physics potential and goals

The SND will cover a wide range of physics, such as detecting all three neutrino flavors in the pseudorapidity(angular) range that has never been explored before.[3] Along with the FASERnu detector at LHC, it will be the first experiment to observe and study the collider neutrinos.[5] It will also search beyond standard model particles such as the feebly interacting particles and particles that could make up the dark matter.[6]

Physics with neutrinos

SND will primarily observe neutrinos between the 7.2 and 8.6 pseudorapidity range. It will detect the scattering properties of the neutrinos in this yet unexplored pseudorapidity range and complement the observation range that FASERnu would take up.[2][3] The neutrinos in this range come from the decay of heavy quarks such as charm decays (c → s +  : charm quark decaying into a strange quark and a W boson), and hence SND aims to give valuable insights into the physics of heavy quark production. The charmed-hadron production studies will also provide data to constrain the gluon parton distribution function in the low Bjorken-x region.[5][6] In its first operational run, i.e the LHC's Run-3 between 2022 and 2025, SND is expected to detect and study about 2000 high-energy neutrinos.[5]

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ a b "CERN approves new LHC experiment". CERN. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  2. ^ a b "Collider neutrinos on the horizon". CERN Courier. 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  3. ^ a b c "Designing the SND@LHC experiment". EP News. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  4. ^ "INSPIRE". inspirehep.net. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  5. ^ a b c d Pastore, A (December 2020). "Neutrino physics with the SHiP experiment at CERN". Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 1690: 012171. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1690/1/012171. ISSN 1742-6588.
  6. ^ a b c Collaboration, S. N. D. (2020). Scattering and Neutrino Detector at the LHC. Letter of Intent. CERN. Geneva. The LHC experiments Committee, LHCC.
  7. ^ "Greybook". greybook.cern.ch. Retrieved 2021-08-19.