Large underground, liquid based detectors for astro-particle physics in Europe: scientific case and prospects
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: This document reports on a series of experimental and theoretical studies conducted to assess the astro-particle physics potential of three future large scale particle detectors proposed in Europe as next generation underground observatories. The proposed apparatuses employ three different and, to some extent, complementary detection techniques: GLACIER (liquid argon TPC), LENA (liquid scintillator) and MEMPHYS (water Cherenkov), based on the use of large mass of liquids as active detection media. The results of these studies are presented along with a critical discussion of the performance attainable by the three proposed approaches coupled to existing or planned underground laboratories, in relation to open and outstanding physics issues such as the search for matter instability, the detection of astrophysical neutrinos and geo-neutrinos and to the possible use of these detectors in future high intensity neutrino beams.
Authors: D Autiero, J Äystö, A Badertscher, L Bezrukov, J Bouchez, A Bueno, J Busto, J-E Campagne, Ch Cavata, L Chaussard, A de Bellefon, Y Déclais, J Dumarchez, J Ebert, T Enqvist, A Ereditato, F von Feilitzsch, P Fileviez Perez, M Göger-Neff, S Gninenko, W Gruber, C Hagner, M Hess, K A Hochmuth, J Kisiel, L Knecht, I Kreslo, V A Kudryavtsev, P Kuusiniemi, T Lachenmaier, M Laffranchi, B Lefievre, P K Lightfoot, M Lindner, J Maalampi, M Maltoni, A Marchionni, T Marrodán Undagoitia, J Marteau, A Meregaglia, M Messina, M Mezzetto, A Mirizzi, L Mosca, U Moser, A Müller, G Natterer, L Oberauer, P Otiougova, T Patzak, J Peltoniemi, W Potzel, C Pistillo, G G Raffelt, E Rondio, M Roos, B Rossi, A Rubbia, N Savvinov, T Schwetz, J Sobczyk, N J C Spooner, D Stefan, A Tonazzo, W Trzaska, J Ulbricht, C Volpe, J Winter, M Wurm, A Zalewska, R Zimmermann
Institutions: Lyon 1 Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules, University of Jyväskylä, ETH Zurich, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Nuclear Research, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie, CEA Paris-Saclay, Universidad de Granada, Aix-Marseille Université, Centre de physique des particules de Marseille, Université Paris-Sud, Observatoire de Paris, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies, Universität Hamburg, University of Oulu, University of Bern, Technical University of Munich, Instituto Superior Técnico, Centro de Física Teórica de Partículas, Max Planck Institute for Physics, University of Silesia in Katowice, University of Sheffield, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Instituto de Física Teórica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, University of Bari Aldo Moro, University of Helsinki, European Organization for Nuclear Research, University of Wrocław, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d’Orsay
Language: English
Topic: Neutrino Physics Research
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2013087296