29 June 2018 to 4 July 2018
IBS HQ, Daejeon, Korea
Asia/Seoul timezone
There will be Welcome Reception at 18:00 on June 28, 2018

The ANDES Underground Laboratory Project

Not scheduled
30m
IBS HQ, Daejeon, Korea

IBS HQ, Daejeon, Korea

Oral

Speaker

Prof. Osvaldo Civitarese (Department of Physics.University of La Plata. Argentina)

Description

This talk will be devoted to the presentation of the ANDES underground laboratory project, which is a component of the Agua Negra Tunnel road complex, a 14 Km long tunnel under the Andes high mountains connecting Argentina and Chile. We shall talk about the motivations, prospects and design of this facility, which will be the first of its type in the southern hemi- sphere. The lab will be located at the deepest site under the mountains and the place is shield by about 5000 m.w.e.. The physics involved, as well as other potential applications to biology, geology and material sciences, are discussed.
Co-Authors (Collaboration) The ANDES collaboration

Primary author

Prof. Osvaldo Civitarese (Department of Physics.University of La Plata. Argentina)

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