Canfranc Underground Laboratory
| Established | 2006[1] |
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| Research type | Low-background physics |
| Location | Canfranc, Aragón (Spain) |
Operating agency | University of Zaragoza |
| Website | www.lsc-canfranc.es |
The Canfranc Underground Laboratory (Spanish: Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc or LSC) is an underground scientific facility located in the former railway Tunnel of Somport under Monte Tobazo (Pyrenees) in Canfranc. The laboratory, 850 m deep protected from cosmic radiation, is mainly devoted to study rarely occurring natural phenomena such as the interactions of neutrinos of cosmic origin or dark matter with atomic nuclei.[2][1]
Access to the tunnel containing the laboratory is at the Estación Internacional de Canfranc, a former international railway station in the village of Canfranc.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b "Canfranc Underground Laboratory is ready to go". 212.71.251.65/aspera. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ "The Canfranc Underground Laboratory" (PDF). lsm.in2p3.fr. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ Obscura, Atlas. "The Abandoned Nazi Train Station Turned Underground Astroparticle Laboratory". slate.com. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ "Analysis of Environmental Radionuclides". books.google.com.np. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
External links
- http://www.ecm.ub.es/recfa/talks/recfa-Morales.pdf
- http://www.lsc-canfranc.es/
- http://www.canfranc.es/estacion-internacional.htm
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