Denys Wilkinson Building, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH
Iwan Morton Blake, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute
Abstract
TRIDENT (海铃, Hai-ling) is a next-generation deep-sea neutrino telescope under development in the South China Sea. It aims to explore the high-energy Universe by instrumenting a multi-cubic-kilometre volume of seawater with advanced optical sensors, combining precise directional reconstruction with efficient all-flavour neutrino detection. Its physics programme includes searches for astrophysical neutrino sources, studies of cosmic-ray acceleration, and investigations of neutrino properties and physics beyond the Standard Model. This talk will introduce TRIDENT’s scientific objectives, detector design and current status, including recent advances in detector R&D and initial detector deployments. Together, these developments position TRIDENT to play an important role in the next generation of neutrino astronomy and multi-messenger astrophysics.