Data inizio

24/01/2020 13:30

Data fine

24/01/2020 15:30

Luogo

Dipartimento di Fisica - Aula 500

Relatori

Silvia Scorza
SNOLAB, Canada

Astroparticle physics experiments searching for rare events, such as neutrinoless double beta decay and dark matter particles interactions, have to be shielded from background radiation that would interact and hide the physics of interest, and have to exhibit a radioactive background as low as possible. Therefore, underground site are preferred. Being protected from cosmic rays, the underground environment provides the conditions necessary for experiments dealing with such rare or exotic interactions. SNOLAB is one such facility, based at a depth of 2km in the Vale Creighton mine near Sudbury, Ontario. The lab hosts a number of neutrino and dark matter experiments as well as new biology and genomic experiments making use of the unique facility.