The coldest place in the Pyrenees is in Canfranc
The coldest place in the Pyrenees is in Canfranc CROSS team and LSC personnel have completed the installation of a shielded dilution refrigerator, running since last Friday April 12. Current temperature of the working area is 12.5 mK, -273.1 degrees Celsius. CROSS is a bolometric experiment to search for [...]
CROSS landing at LSC
CROSS landing at LSC New instrument in Canfranc underground lab. Installation of the dilution refrigerator to host CROSS crystals for double beta decay searches.
ANAIS: First dark matter annual modulation test results
First dark matter annual modulation test of DAMA/LIBRA results by ANAIS ANAIS-112, consisting of 112.5 kg of Sodium Iodine crystals, is taking data at the LSC since August 2017. This is the first model independent search for the DAMA/LIBRA modulation. No evidence of modulation found so far. More data [...]
Cardiology PIC Workshop (5-6 March 2019)
During 5-6 of March a consortium formed by 10 beneficiaries and 9 associated institutions distributed all over Europe and USA met in the “Casa de los Abetos”, LSC building located in Canfranc Estación. The work group reviewed mechanistic modelling approaches, and how their personalization can pave the road towards [...]
Pedro Duque visits LSC
The Minister of State for Science, Innovation and Universities and the Science Chief Adviser on Innovation and Research visited LSC The Minister of State for Science, Innovation and Universities, Pedro Duque, and the Science Chief Adviser on Innovation and Research, Pilar Alegría, visited the LSC’s underground facilities. The Minister [...]
Double beta decay is back at LSC!
This week, the NEXT-NEW experiment started their Run V, the first run with enriched Xenon (90% 136Xe). The experiment is already accumulating double beta decay events, which will be separated from the background noise. Also, the CROSS collaboration started the construction of the lead shielding which will host the [...]