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10 2. Surface. 10 0. OROVILLE (USA). IMB (USA). 10 -2. SOUDAN (USA). (m -2 s -1 ). KAMIOKA (Japan). BOULBY (UK). New Canfranc Underground Facility. GRAN SASSO (Italy). 10 -4. HOMESTAKE (USA). CANFRANC (Spain). MONT BLANC (Switzerland). Road tunnel entrance PK. 5278. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Main Hall Cross-Section and Hall B
The New Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC)
Laboratory of Nuclear and High Energy Physics, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain. http://www.unizar.es/lsc
•The Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC) is an underground scientific facility devoted to experimental research in Astroparticle and Neutrino Physics since 1985. The LSC is operated by the Research Group on Nuclear and Astroparticle Physics of the Zaragoza University.
•It is located in the Somport railway tunnel (7.8 Km long, not in use). The LSC connects Spain and France across the Central Pyrenees.
Scientific equipment• Low temperature facility (12-20 mK)• Electroforming copper facility (for small pieces)• Underground clean room for R+D on detectors• Ultralow background Ge detectors (for
radiopurity measurements)• Tons of archaeological and very old lead (for
passive shieldings)
LAB-11985-1995
LAB-2 Mobile
1992-1995
1980 m1700 m
1440 m
780 mwe 1200 mwe 2500 mwe
Ultra-Low Bkg Lab.15 x 10 m (h=7 m)
20 x 5 m (h=4,5 m)
LAB-31995 - Present Time
LAB-4. New Canfranc Underground Facility
Physics at the LSC •Dark Matter Physics: Direct detection of
galactic WIMPs •Neutrino Physics: Double beta decay •R+D on Low Background Physics: Natural
underground sources, radiopurity of materials, active and passive shieldings development, ...
780 m
Madrid
PauToulouse
Bordeaux
Paris
Bern
Amsterdam
Brussels
London
Berlin
Prague
Vienna
RomeCANFRANCCANFRANC
Emergency exit
RAILWAY INTERNATIONAL TUNNEL
Main hall (600 m2)
40x15 m (h=10 m)
Low-background lab. (2 x 150 m2)
15x10 m (h=7 m)
Lab3 (100 m2)20x5 m (h=4,5 m)
CERN
Access gallery (91,2 m)
Unloading zone
SPAIN FRANCE
Facilities and offices
Clean rooms
Road tunnel entrance PK. 5278
Railway entrance PK. 2550
New Canfranc Underground Facility
Main Hall
LSC: Status and future plans • The new LSC was officially inaugurated in March 2006• At present a complete background characterization of the laboratory is being carried on• Experiments to be considered in the new laboratory (with the partnership of ILIAS) are:
Double Beta Decay, Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves, Neutrino Oscillations, …
Main Parametersn ~ 10-6 n/cm2 ~ 2 x 10-2 g/cm2 s
~ 2 x 10-7 m/cm2 s Rn ~ 50-100 Bq/m3
Spanish Pyrenees
1120 m
Somport Road Tunnel
New LSC access to facilities/offices
New LSC Main Hall
LSCLSC
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Depth (m.w.e.)
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100
10-2
10-4
10-6
Surface
OROVILLE (USA)
IMB (USA)
SOUDAN (USA)
CANFRANC (Spain)
KAMIOKA (Japan)
ST. GOTHARD (Switzerland)
BOULBY (UK)
GRAN SASSO (Italy)
HOMESTAKE (USA)
FREJUS (France)
MONT BLANC (Switzerland)
BAKSAN (Russia) SUDBURY (Canada)