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Laboratorio Subterráneo De Canfranc
The Canfranc Underground Laboratory ( or LSC) is an underground scientific facility located in the former railway tunnel of Somport under Monte Tobazo (Pyrenees) in Canfranc. The laboratory, 780 m deep and protected from cosmic radiation, is mainly devoted to study rarely occurring natural phenomena such as the interactions of neutrinos of cosmic origin or dark matter with atomic nuclei. Access to the tunnel containing the laboratory is at the '' Estación Internacional de Canfranc'', a former international railway station in the village of Canfranc. Experiments As of 2023, the following experiments are ongoing in Canfranc: * ANAIS, WIMP dark matter search experiment * DArT, experiment to measure the radioactive activation of argon * TREX-DM, WIMP dark matter search experiment * NEXT, neutrinoless double beta decay experiment * CROSS, Cryogenic Rare-event Observatory with Surface Sensitivity, searching for neutrinoless double beta decay * SuperKGd (also known as SUPERK-GD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canfranc
Canfranc () is a municipality in the Aragón Valley of north-eastern Spain consisting of two villages, the original village and ''Canfranc Estación'', which developed with the establishment of Canfranc International railway station to serve railway traffic across the Pyrenees. Political information *''comarca'' of Jacetania (capital at Jaca) *province of Huesca *autonomous community of Aragón Canfranc village The name of the village is from ''Campus Franci'', literally the field of the Franks. It was originally a small market village, as well as providing pilgrims on the Arles route of the Way of St. James their first respite after the difficult crossing of the Pyrenees over the pass of Somport. It was founded between 1080 and 1090 by Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragón. Canfranc was also a command post, protecting the borders and controlling taxes, which were donated to the Cathedral of Jaca. On 29 October 1288, the Treaty of Canfranc mediated by Edward I of England was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |