Modane Underground Laboratory
45°10′43″N 6°41′20″E / 45.1785471°N 6.6890208°E
The Modane Underground Laboratory (LSM) (
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[update], 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
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- ^ Piquemal, Fabrice (December 19, 2012). "Modane Underground Laboratory" (PDF). Durham, England.
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- ^ "Expériences de physique fondamentale". Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
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