Recent Advances in Neutrino Detectors
A special issue of Instruments (ISSN 2410-390X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 42
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are embarking on an exciting new era of unprecedented precision in neutrino physics, enabled by innovative developments in detector instrumentation. A confluence of emerging technologies is expanding the frontiers of accessible energies and time scales, affording new and richer insights about interactions and allowing for detectors of immense target masses, all providing novel and more sensitive probes to address fundamental questions at the heart of particle physics and the nature of matter and the universe. This Special Issue aims to highlight recent developments in neutrino instrumentation, including assessments of technologies fielded in fully integrated detectors, advanced techniques being investigated for next-generation experiments, and creative ideas under development for future applications. This issue seeks to provide a compelling snapshot of the instrumentation technologies at the forefront of neutrino discovery today and in the coming years.
Papers on the following topics are especially encouraged:
- Performance of neutrino detectors and prototypes;
- Concepts for future neutrino experiments;
- Hybrid detection strategies combining multiple techniques;
- Emerging technologies for signal detection and readout;
- Instrumentation electronics design and characterization;
- Precision detector calibration techniques;
- Advanced simulation and reconstruction tools.
We hope you will consider this opportunity to share your work and new ideas in this unique curated topical collection and invite you to contribute papers on these and related topics.
Dr. Andrew T. Mastbaum
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- instrumentation
- neutrinos
- accelerators
- astrophysics
- neutrino observatory
- particle physics
- detector development
- prototype
- detector concept
- hybrid detection
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