Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso is a particle physics laboratory of the INFN, situated near the Gran Sasso mountain in Italy, between the towns of L'Aquila and Teramo. In addition to a surface portion of the laboratory, there are extensive underground facilities beneath the mountain. According to its official website the Gran Sasso lab is, as of 2006[update], the largest underground particle physics laboratory in the world. The lab is located about 120 km from Rome, within the Gran Sasso and the Monti della Laga National Park.
Since late August 2006, CERN has directed a beam of muonic neutrinos to the Gran Sasso lab, 730 km away, where they will be detected by the OPERA and ICARUS detectors, in a study of neutrino oscillations that will improve on the results of the Fermilab to MINOS experiment.
The Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso is, as the three other European underground astroparticle laboratories, Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane, Laboratorio subterráneo de Canfranc, and Boulby Underground Laboratory, a member of the coordinating group ILIAS.
Secondary experiments
- Large Volume Detector - LVD experiment
- Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory - MACRO experiment (finished)
- BOREXINO
- CRESST (Dark Matter Search)
- GALLEX
- GNO
- DAMA/NaI
- CUORE/Cuoricino
- XENON Dark Matter Search Experiment
See also
Coordinates: 42°28′N 13°34′E / 42.46°N 13.57°E
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