LNGS underground halls
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LNGS underground halls are large subterranean laboratory caverns at Italy’s Gran Sasso National Laboratory, designed to host sensitive physics experiments shielded from cosmic radiation.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
physics research infrastructure
ⓘ
underground laboratory facility ⓘ |
| accessType | road tunnel access ⓘ |
| accessVia | Gran Sasso highway tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| acronymExpansion | Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedTo | surface facilities of Gran Sasso National Laboratory ⓘ |
| constructionType | subterranean caverns excavated in mountain rock ⓘ |
| contains |
Hall A
NERFINISHED
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Hall B NERFINISHED ⓘ Hall C NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cosmicRayShielding | reduction of cosmic muon flux ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| designedFor | experiments requiring low cosmic‑ray background ⓘ |
| environment | low‑radioactivity environment ⓘ |
| feature |
auxiliary service tunnels
ⓘ
large experimental caverns ⓘ |
| fieldOfResearch |
astrophysics
ⓘ
nuclear physics ⓘ particle physics ⓘ |
| hostsExperiment |
Borexino
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
CRESST NERFINISHED ⓘ CUORE NERFINISHED ⓘ DAMA/LIBRA NERFINISHED ⓘ ICARUS NERFINISHED ⓘ LVD NERFINISHED ⓘ OPERA NERFINISHED ⓘ XENON dark matter experiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfAcronym | Italian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Abruzzo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gran Sasso massif NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy ⓘ |
| notableFor | being among the largest underground physics laboratories in the world ⓘ |
| numberOfMainHalls | 3 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | INFN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overburdenType | limestone rock ⓘ |
| partOf | Gran Sasso National Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
astroparticle physics research
ⓘ
dark matter searches ⓘ low‑background physics measurements ⓘ neutrino physics experiments ⓘ |
| safetyFeature |
radiation monitoring systems
ⓘ
ventilation systems ⓘ |
| shieldingMedium | rock overburden ⓘ |
| usedFor |
double beta decay experiments
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gravitational wave related R&D ⓘ long‑baseline neutrino experiments ⓘ solar neutrino experiments ⓘ |
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