{"693777":{"#nid":"693777","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The SBND collaboration releases first neutrino results","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENeutrinos are among the most elusive particles in the universe and understanding them may be the key to solving some of the biggest cosmic mysteries. For decades, scientists have been building massive detectors and using intense neutrino sources to capture these ghostly particles.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Short-Baseline Near Detector is the newest liquid-argon neutrino detector at the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The SBND collaboration \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2610.39042\u0022\u003Epublished their first results on Oct. 30 in arXiv\u003C\/a\u003E and submitted to \u003Cem\u003EPhysical Review Letters\u003C\/em\u003E for review and publication, marking a critical demonstration of the powerful tool scientists now have at their disposal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis result focuses on understanding how neutrinos interact with argon atoms and lays critical groundwork needed to prepare for the Fermilab-hosted Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a huge milestone for the collaboration,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/afroditi-papadopoulou\u0022\u003EAfroditi Papadopoulou\u003C\/a\u003E, a physicist at Georgia Institute of Technology and member of the SBND collaboration. \u201cThis result is going to be a stepping stone for all the analyses that will follow from this point on.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENeutrinos are among the most elusive particles in the universe and understanding them may be the key to solving some of the biggest cosmic mysteries. For decades, scientists have been building massive detectors and using intense neutrino sources to capture these ghostly particles.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Short-Baseline Near Detector is the newest liquid-argon neutrino detector at the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The SBND collaboration \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2610.39042\u0022\u003Epublished their first results on Oct. 30 in arXiv\u003C\/a\u003E and submitted to \u003Cem\u003EPhysical Review Letters\u003C\/em\u003E for review and publication, marking a critical demonstration of the powerful tool scientists now have at their disposal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis result focuses on understanding how neutrinos interact with argon atoms and lays critical groundwork needed to prepare for the Fermilab-hosted Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a huge milestone for the collaboration,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/afroditi-papadopoulou\u0022\u003EAfroditi Papadopoulou\u003C\/a\u003E, a physicist at Georgia Institute of Technology and member of the SBND collaboration. \u201cThis result is going to be a stepping stone for all the analyses that will follow from this point on.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2026-11-04 17:49:02","changed_gmt":"2026-11-05 14:35:56","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Fermilab Newsroom","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/news.fnal.gov\/2026\/10\/the-sbnd-collaboration-releases-first-neutrino-results\/","dateline":{"date":"2026-10-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-10-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"192252","name":"cos-planetary"},{"id":"11442","name":"neutrinos"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}