Detection of High-Energy Supernova Neutrinos with DUNE

Due to the loss of mass before the explosion of a supernova (SN), the shock interactions with circumstellar material are expected to produce high-energy neutrinos from 1 GeV to many TeV. These neutrinos can be readily detected with water or ice-based Cherenkov detectors of large masses, like IceCube, to maximize the number of neutrino interactions. However, flavor identification of neutrinos is subject to physical constraints of the detectors, including limited energy resolution and poor particle identification. In this contribution, we will demonstrate the effective detectability of high-energy neutrinos from SNe with DUNE. Since DUNE is a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber, reconstruction and separation of the energetic tracks of neutrinos are easier than with large-volume detectors. We have estimated that, given a SN at a galactic distance of 10 kpc, DUNE may detect up to 24 starting events and up to 73 throughgoing events. We further show that DUNE is uniquely positioned to capture detailed signatures from high-energy SN neutrino events, enabling more effective discrimination between flavors compared to neutrino telescopes.