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Stephan A Meighen-Berger1,2, Jayden L Newstead1,3, John F Beacom2,4,5
1The University of Melbourne, School of Physics, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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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 capabilities and separately to reduce neutrino-argon cross-section uncertainties. Comparison of mixing-parameter results obtained using solar neutrinos in DUNE and reactor antineutrinos in the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) would allow for unprecedented tests of new physics.
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