A multiton low activity NaI(Tl) detector for underground physics

GSI Future: A Detector for Antiproton Physics

A major part of the GSI future project [1] is the possibility to open up a new research field in hadron spectroscopy and hadron properties in nuclear matter using cooled antiprotons in a High Energy Storage Ring (HESR). This machine will provide antiproton beams in a momentum range of 1.5 to 15 GeV/c with excellent beam quality. Internal targets in the ring are pellets of frozen H2 or cluster j...

Feasibility of a Next Generation Underground Water Cherenkov Detector: UNO

The feasibility of a next generation underground water Cherenkov detector is examined and a conceptual design (UNO) is presented. The design has a linear detector configuration with a total volume of 650 kton which is 13 times the total volume of the Super-Kamiokande detector. It corresponds to a 20 times increase in fiducial volume for physics analyses. The physics goals of UNO are to increase...

Quantum Physics: A Case for Anti-Realism?

SNO + detector : preparations for first physics data

SNO+ is a multi-purpose neutrino detector, which will primarily study neutrinoless double beta decay. Preparations are underway for the first phase of physics data-taking, with a water-filled detector. In terms of hardware, recent electronics repairs are described, as well as the programme which has shown to be ∼90% effective in repairing failed photomultiplier tubes. Testing of Data Quality ha...

Muon simulation codes MUSIC and MUSUN for underground physics

The paper describes two Monte Carlo codes dedicated to muon simulations: MUSIC (MUon SImulation Code) and MUSUN (MUon Simulations UNderground). MUSIC is a package for muon transport through matter. It is particularly useful for propagating muons through large thickness of rock or water, for instance from the surface down to underground/underwater laboratory. MUSUN is designed to use the results...