Main Hall Cross-Section and Hall B

1. 102 Surface 100 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 ST. GOTHARD (Switzerland) FREJUS (France) BAKSAN (Russia) SUDBURY (Canada) Low-background lab. (2 x 150 m2) 15x10 m (h=7 m) Main hall (600 m2) 40x15 m (h=10 m) 10-6 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 Access gallery (91,2 m) Lab3 (100 m2) 20x5 m (h=4,5 m) Depth (m.w.e.) Clean rooms Unloading zone CERN Emergency exit Facilities and offices RAILWAY INTERNATIONAL TUNNEL SPAIN FRANCE Railway entrance PK. 2550 London Amsterdam Berlin Brussels Paris Prague Bern Vienna Bordeaux Pau Toulouse CANFRANC CANFRANC Rome Madrid 780 m Main Hall Cross-Section and Hall B New LSC Main Hall 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 LSCis operated by the Research Group on Nuclear and Astroparticle Physicsof 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. LSC Spanish Pyrenees 1980 m 1700 m 1440 m 1120 m 780 mwe 1200 mwe 2500 mwe LAB-4. New Canfranc Underground Facility Somport Road Tunnel LAB-2 Mobile LAB-1 Ultra-Low Bkg Lab. 15 x 10 m (h=7 m) Main Hall 1985-1995 1992-1995 Main Parameters n ~ 10-6 n/cm2  ~ 2 x 10-2 g/cm2 s ~ 2 x 10-7 m/cm2 s Rn ~ 50-100 Bq/m3 LAB-3 1995 - Present Time 20 x 5 m (h=4,5 m) • 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, ... 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) New LSC access to facilities/offices • 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, …