The contribution of the DUNE experiment in determination of the violation of CP symmetry and mass hierarchy in neutrino oscillation

• Grant number: 20/16460-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: March 01, 2021
• End date: December 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Elementary Particle Physics and Fields
• Principal Investigator: Pedro Cunha de Holanda
• Grantee: Luís Gustavo Porto Paixão
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin (IFGW). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

A major current emphasis on the study of neutrino physics of elementary particles is the application of the oscillations of these particles from the Standard Model of Physics. The big question that remains open is how the Mass Hierarchy is structured between the three mass neutrinos v1, v2 and v3, which make their masses together an unknown. Along with this problem, there is the violation of Charge-Parity (CP) in the neutrino sector that can be directly linked to the matter / anti-matter asymmetry of the Universe. In this scientific initiation project, it will be studied how the detection and the results obtained from the neutrino oscillation in the DUNE Experiment can better indicate and clarify these phenomena of CP violation and the Mass Hierarchy.