Enhancing DUNE's Solar Neutrino Capabilities with Neutral-Current Detection

Abstract

We show that the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) has the potential to make a precise measurement of the total active flux of ^{8}B solar neutrinos via neutral-current (NC) interactions with argon. This would complement proposed precise measurements of solar-neutrino fluxes in DUNE via charged-current (CC) interactions with argon and mixed CC/NC interactions with electrons. Together, these would enable DUNE to make a Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)-like comparison of rates and thus to make the most precise measurements of sin^{2}θ_{12} and Δm_{21}^{2} using solar neutrinos. Realizing this potential requires dedicated but realistic efforts to improve DUNE's low-energy capabiliti..