Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2006 APS April Meeting
Saturday–Tuesday, April 22–25, 2006; Dallas, TX
Session B1: Underground Labs: Plans and Progress |
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Sponsoring Units: DNP DPF Chair: Hamish Robertson, University of Washington Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark A |
Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:45AM - 11:21AM |
B1.00001: Particle and Nuclear Physics at a Deep Underground Laboratory Invited Speaker: Kate Scholberg A new underground laboratory will provide numerous opportunities for experiments exploring new physics. This talk will broadly survey the goals of the next-generation suite of experiments, including dark matter detection, searches for baryon number violation, and neutrino mass and oscillation studies. [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:21AM - 11:57AM |
B1.00002: A Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory in the United States Invited Speaker: United States scientists carry out important research projects in physics, earth sciences, biology, and engineering in many underground sites around the world. Increasing opportunities in these sciences require a dedicated laboratory in the United States to support this research. A plan leading to the creation of a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) in the United States was announced by the National Science Foundation early in 2004. Two sites, the Henderson Mine in Colorado and the Homestake mine in South Dakota, have received awards to develop proposals to host DUSEL. This talk will discuss the status of the effort to create an underground laboratory for science and engineering research in the United States. [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:57AM - 12:33PM |
B1.00003: SNOLAB Status, Prospects Invited Speaker: SNOLAB is a new underground facility being developed adjacent to the SNO experiment. The new facility will provide twice the space available for deep underground experiments over the existing SNO installation. In contrast to other underground facilities, the entire space will be maintained in a clean room condition and much of the design has focused on establishing clean interfaces between the laboratory and the mine environment. All of the space will be under a flat overburden of 6000 mwe. Letters of Interest have been received from about 20 projects interested in locating at the new laboratory and these have helped to define the design criteria for the facility. This talk will outline the progress in constructing the laboratory and discuss the developing scientific programme. [Preview Abstract] |
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