Georgian scientists will participate in the DUNE international experiment
Giorgi Vashakidze, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, held a working meeting with the leaders of the DUNE (The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment) international collaboration: Prof. Stefan Soldner-Rembold (University of Manchester, UK) and Prof. Edward Blucher (University of Chicago, USA). The meeting was also attended by Prof. Robert Wilson (Colorado State University, USA), Chair of the DUNE Collaboration Scientific Council, and on the Georgian side: Archil Prangishvili, Rector of the Georgian Technical University, Prof. Arsen Khvedelidze, Director of the GTU Institute of Quantum Physics and Engineering Technologies, and Prof. Zviad Tsamalaidze, Deputy Director.
The DUNE international collaboration is a deep-underground neutrino experiment conducted at Fermilab (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, USA). By the decision of the DUNE Scientific Council, the Georgian Technical University became a member of the international collaboration in May 2019. Membership in the collaboration will enable Georgian scientists to participate in a world-scale experiment and contribute to cutting-edge research.
Within the framework of the meeting, the format of future cooperation with DUNE was determined. Giorgi Vashakidze expressed the Ministry's readiness to support the experiment.
