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Title: Possibilities For The LAGUNA Projects At The Frejus Site

Abstract

The present laboratory (LSM) at the Frejus site and the project of a first extension of it, mainly aimed at the next generation of dark matter and double beta decay experiments, are briefly reviewed. Then the main characteristics of the LAGUNA cooperation and Design Study network are summarized. Seven underground sites in Europe are considered in LAGUNA and are under study as candidates for the installation of Megaton scale detectors using three different techniques: a liquid Argon TPC (GLACIER), a liquid scintillator detector (LENA) and a Water Cerenkov (MEMPHYS), all mainly aimed at investigation of proton decay and properties of neutrinos from SuperNovae and other astrophysical sources as well as from accelerators (Super-beams and/or Beta-beams from CERN). One of the seven sites is located at Frejus, near the present LSM laboratory, and the results of its feasibility study are presented and discussed. Then the physics potential of a MEMPHYS detector installed in this site are emphasized both for non-accelerator and for neutrino beam based configurations. The MEMPHYNO prototype with its R and D programme is presented. Finally a possible schedule is sketched.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. LSM-Frejus - CNRS/IN2P3 and CEA/DSM/IRFU (France)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
21506856
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1304; Journal 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: 10.1063/1.3527213; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; ACCELERATORS; ARGON; ASTROPHYSICS; CERN; CONFIGURATION; DOUBLE BETA DECAY; GLACIERS; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; INSTALLATION; NEUTRINO BEAMS; NEUTRINOS; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PHOSPHORS; PROTONS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SUPERNOVAE; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS; UNDERGROUND; WATER; BARYONS; BEAMS; BETA DECAY; BETA-MINUS DECAY; BINARY STARS; DECAY; DRIFT CHAMBERS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; FLUIDS; GASES; HADRONS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; LEPTON BEAMS; LEPTONS; LEVELS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATTER; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR DECAY; NUCLEONS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PARTICLE MODELS; PHYSICS; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RADIATION DETECTORS; RARE GASES; STARS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS; VARIABLE STARS

Citation Formats

Mosca, Luigi. Possibilities For The LAGUNA Projects At The Frejus Site. United States: N. p., 2010. Web. doi:10.1063/1.3527213.
Mosca, Luigi. Possibilities For The LAGUNA Projects At The Frejus Site. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3527213
Mosca, Luigi. 2010. "Possibilities For The LAGUNA Projects At The Frejus Site". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3527213.
@article{osti_21506856,
title = {Possibilities For The LAGUNA Projects At The Frejus Site},
author = {Mosca, Luigi},
abstractNote = {The present laboratory (LSM) at the Frejus site and the project of a first extension of it, mainly aimed at the next generation of dark matter and double beta decay experiments, are briefly reviewed. Then the main characteristics of the LAGUNA cooperation and Design Study network are summarized. Seven underground sites in Europe are considered in LAGUNA and are under study as candidates for the installation of Megaton scale detectors using three different techniques: a liquid Argon TPC (GLACIER), a liquid scintillator detector (LENA) and a Water Cerenkov (MEMPHYS), all mainly aimed at investigation of proton decay and properties of neutrinos from SuperNovae and other astrophysical sources as well as from accelerators (Super-beams and/or Beta-beams from CERN). One of the seven sites is located at Frejus, near the present LSM laboratory, and the results of its feasibility study are presented and discussed. Then the physics potential of a MEMPHYS detector installed in this site are emphasized both for non-accelerator and for neutrino beam based configurations. The MEMPHYNO prototype with its R and D programme is presented. Finally a possible schedule is sketched.},
doi = {10.1063/1.3527213},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21506856}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 1304,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Nov 24 00:00:00 EST 2010},
month = {Wed Nov 24 00:00:00 EST 2010}
}