Nucleon decay search and cosmic rays in the DUNE experiment

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The Deep Underground Neutrino experiment (DUNE) will carry out accurate measurements of neutrino oscillations and search for other effects in particle physics beyond the Standard model, such as nucleon decay. The proposed research focuses on a search for nucleon decay as an exciting topic in modern physics. The project involves development of advanced methods for discriminating potential nucleon decay events from a background caused by cosmic-ray muons. We plan to improve on algorithms for event reconstruction and particle identification and apply machine learning techniques to increase the efficiency of identifying signal events and rejecting cosmic-ray background. We will be working with simulated data, as well as the data collected by prototype experiments, such as ProtoDUNE and SBND. Working in collaboration between UK (Sheffield) physicists and Malaysian scientists will allow academics and PhD students from Malaysia to be trained in the areas of particle physics, data intensive science and machine learning techniques applied to complex particle physics problems.