Organization:Modane Underground Laboratory
[ ⚑ ] 45°10′43″N 6°41′20″E / 45.1785471°N 6.6890208°E
The Modane Underground Laboratory (LSM) (French: Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane; also known as the Fréjus Underground Laboratory) is a subterranean particle physics laboratory located within the Fréjus Road Tunnel near Modane, France . It is jointly operated by the French National Center for Scientific Research and the Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission in partnership with the University of Savoie.[1]
The laboratory sits almost exactly in the middle of the 12.6-kilometer (7.8 mi) road tunnel, which links Modane to Bardonecchia, Italy, 1,700 meters (5,600 ft) below Fréjus Peak. This depth translates to a meter water equivalent depth of 4,800 meters (15,700 ft).[1][2] (As of 2012), it is the deepest laboratory in the European Union.[1][3]
The LSM was built between 1981 and 1982 to host the "Fréjus" iron tracking calorimeter proton decay experiment.[1][3] Today the site houses the Neutrino Ettore Majorana Observatory (NEMO) search for neutrinoless double beta decay, the EDELWEISS dark matter detector, and other particle detectors.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Piquemal, Fabrice (September 2012). "Modane underground laboratory: Status and project". The European Physical Journal Plus 127 (9): 110. doi:10.1140/epjp/i2012-12110-3. Bibcode: 2012EPJP..127..110P.
- ↑ Piquemal, Fabrice (December 19, 2012). "Modane Underground Laboratory". Durham, England. http://indico.cern.ch/event/199223/contribution/23/material/slides/0.pdf.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Smith, Nigel J. (2012). "The Current Status and Planned Developments for Deep Underground Astro-particle Physics Science Facilities". 375. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/375/1/042059.
- ↑ "Expériences de physique fondamentale". Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane. http://www-lsm.in2p3.fr/activites/phys_fondam/phys_fondam.htm.
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