SUNLAB - The Project of a Polish Underground Laboratory

Journal Article · Wed Nov 24 00:00:00 EST 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3527216· OSTI ID:21506859

Kisiel, J; Dorda, J; Konefall, A; Mania, S; Szeglowski, T ^[1]; Budzanowski, M; Haranczyk, M; Kozak, K; Mazur, J; Mietelski, J W; Puchalska, M; Szarska, M; Tomankiewicz, E; Zalewska, A ^[2]; Chorowski, M; Polinski, J ^[3]; Cygan, S; Hanzel, S; Markiewicz, A; Mertuszka, P ^[4]

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1. Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, Universytecka 4, 40-007 Katowice (Poland)
2. Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Radzikowskiego 152, Krakow (Poland)
3. Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw (Poland)
4. KGHM CUPRUM CBR, Wroclaw (Poland)

The project of the first Polish underground laboratory SUNLAB, in the Polkowice-Sieroszowice copper mine, belonging to the KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. holding, is presented. Two stages of the project are foreseen: SUNLAB1 (a small laboratory in the salt layer exhibiting extremely low level of natural radioactivity) and SUNLAB2 (a big laboratory in the anhydrite layer, able to host the next generation liquid argon detector - GLACIER, which is considered within the LAGUNA FP7 project). The results of the natural radioactivity background measurements performed in the Polkowice-Sieroszowice salt cavern are also briefly summarized.

• OSTI ID: 21506859
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1304, Issue 1; Conference: Carpathian summer school of physics - Exotic nuclei and nuclear/particle astrophysics (III): From nuclei to stars, Sinaia (Romania), 20 Jun - 3 Jul 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3527216; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
LIQUIDS
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