INTENSE — INTENSE: particle physics experiments at the high intensity frontier, from new physics to spin-offs. A cooperative Europe - United States - Japan effort.

Results in brief

INTENSE: particle physics experiments at the high intensity frontier, from new physics to spin-offs. A cooperative Europe - United States - Japan effort.

INTENSE promotes the collaboration among European, US and Japanese researchers involved in the most important particle physics research projects at the high intensity frontier. The observation of neutrino oscillations established a picture consistent with the mixing of three neutrino flavours with three mass eigenstates and small mass differences. Experimental anomalies point to the presence of sterile neutrino states participating in the mixing and not coupling to the SM gauge bosons. Lepton mixings and massive neutrinos offer a gateway to deviations from the Standard Model in the lepton sector including charged Lepton Flavour Violation (CLFV). The Fermilab Short-Baseline Neutrino (SBN) program based on three almost identical liquid argon Time Projection Chambers located along the Booster Neutrino Beam offers a compelling opportunity to resolve the anomalies and perform the most sensitive search for sterile neutrinos at the eV mass scale through appearance and disappearance oscillation searches. MicroBooNE, SBND, and Icarus search for the oscillation signal by comparing the neutrino event spectra measured at different distances from the source. The FNAL SBN program is a major step towards the global effort of the neutrino physics community in realising the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). Mu2e at the Fermilab Muon Campus will improve the sensitivity on the search for the CLFV neutrinoless, coherent conversion of muons into electrons in the field of a nucleus by four orders of magnitude. INTENSE researchers have provided major contributions to the SBN and Mu2e projects and have taken leading roles in the commissioning of the detectors, data taking and analysis. These endeavours foster the development of cutting-edge technologies with many spin-offs outside particle physics. INTENSE promotes multidisciplinary collaboration through “muography” which uses cosmic-ray muons to image the interior of large targets, including volcanoes, glaciers and archaeological sites.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

INTENSE promotes the collaboration among European, US and Japanese researchers involved in the most important particle physics research projects at the high intensity frontier. The observation of neutrino oscillations established a picture consistent with the mixing of three neutrino flavors with three mass eigenstates and small mass differences. Experimental anomalies point to the presence of sterile neutrino states participating in the mixing and not coupling to fermions. Lepton mixings and massive neutrinos offer a gateway to deviations from the Standard Model in the lepton sector including Charged Lepton Flavor Violation (CLFV). The FNAL Short-Baseline Neutrino (SBN) program based on three almost identical liquid argon Time Projection Chambers located along the Booster Neutrino Beam offers a compelling opportunity to resolve the anomalies and perform the most sensitive search for sterile neutrinos at the eV mass scale through appearance and disappearance oscillation searches. MicroBooNE, SBND and Icarus will search for the oscillation signal by comparing the neutrino event spectra measured at different distances from the source. The FNAL SBN program is a major step towards the global effort of the neutrino physics community in realising the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). Mu2e at the FNAL Muon Campus will improve the sensitivity on the search for the CLFV neutrinoless, coherent conversion of muons into electrons in the field of a nucleus by four orders of magnitude. INTENSE researchers have provided major contributions to the SBN and Mu2e projects and will take leading roles in the commissioning of the detectors, data taking and analysis. These endeavors foster the development of cutting-edge technologies with many spin-offs outside particle physics. INTENSE promotes multidisciplinary collaboration through “muography” which uses cosmic-ray muons to image the interior of large targets, including volcanoes, glaciers and archaeological sites.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

UNIVERSITA DI PISA · PisaCoordinatorItaly
B12 CONSULTING · Louvain-la-NeuveBelgium
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS · MADRIDSpain
CLEVER OPERATION · Saint-Genis-PouillyFrance
COSTRUZIONI APPARECCHIATURE ELETTRONICHE NUCLEARI CAEN SPA · ViareggioItaly
EUROPEAN GRAVITATIONAL OBSERVATORY(EGO) (OSSERVATORIO GRAVITAZIONALE EUROPEO) · CascinaItaly
FERMI RESEARCH ALLIANCE LLC · Batavia IlUnited States
HUN-REN WIGNER FIZIKAI KUTATOKOZPONT · BudapestHungary
ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI FISICA NUCLEARE · FrascatiItaly
ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA · RomaItaly
KANSAI UNIVERSITY · SUITAJapan
KOKURITSU DAIGAKU HOJIN KYUSHU DAIGAKU · FukuokaJapan
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · CambridgeUnited States
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO · TOKYOJapan
ORGANISATION EUROPEENNE POUR LA RECHERCHE NUCLEAIRE · GENEVE 23Switzerland
PRISMA ELECTRONICS SA · ALEXANDROUPOLISGreece
SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO S ANNA · PisaItaly
SMART ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS ANONYMI ETAIREIA · ALEXANDROUPOLISGreece
TECNO IN SPA · S. Donato MilaneseItaly
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY · Tel AvivIsrael
THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE · CAMBRIDGEUnited Kingdom
THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH · EdinburghUnited Kingdom
THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL · LIVERPOOLUnited Kingdom
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER · ManchesterUnited Kingdom
THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · SHEFFIELDUnited Kingdom
TOKAI NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION ANDRESEARCH SYSTEM, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION · NagoyaJapan
UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA · GranadaSpain
UNIVERSITAET BERN · BernSwitzerland
UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN · LOUVAIN LA NEUVEBelgium
UNIVERSITEIT GENT · GentBelgium
UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER · LANCASTERUnited Kingdom
YALE UNIVERSITY · New HavenUnited States

INTENSE · particle physics experiments at the high intensity frontier, from new physics to spin-offs. A cooperative Europe - United States - Japan effort.

Results in brief

INTENSE: particle physics experiments at the high intensity frontier, from new physics to spin-offs. A cooperative Europe - United States - Japan effort.

Project objective

Participants

Links