Workshop on Double Beta Decay (February 7th-8th, 2017)
The LSC Director called a workshop on Double Beta Decay which took place at the LSC facilities on February 7-8. This workshop had a double objective, firstly the revision of the radon background problem of the NEXT experiment, carried out by a panel of experts, and secondly attracting interest for [...]
19th Meeting of the LSC Scientific Committee
The LSC Scientific Advisory Committee is made up of internationally renowned scientists. Its purpose is to advise on experiment proposals and monitor the progress of those experiments that have already been approved. At this latest meeting, three new members were introduced to replace those who ended their participation in [...]
NEXT Collaboration Meeting
Some 35 researchers belonging to the NEXT experiment collaboration gathered at the LSC facilities to hold one of the collaboration's annual meetings. At this meeting, the first results obtained with the NEXT-NEW detector were presented.
Visit by the President of APPEC to the LSC
On November 15, we had the honor of receiving a visit from Frank Linde, president of APPEC (Astroparticle Physics European Consortium) http://www.appec.org, and Auke Colijn, from Nikhef (National Institute for Subatomic Physics) https://www.nikhef.nl.
Workshop on Deep Sea Measurements and Analysis at the LSC and LNGS (October 26-27, 2016)
The Director of the LSC, Aldo Ianni, organized a workshop on deep sea measurements and analysis at the LSC and LNGS (Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso). At the first public meeting on the 26th, talks were given by three experts in radio-purity services, radioactive sources, and background measurements from [...]
Completed the Installation of the Field Cage in NEW by the NEXT Experiment
El experimento NEXT ha completado la construcción del detector NEW (NEXT-WHITE, nombre que honra la memoria de James White, físico líder de NEXT tristemente desaparecido,) con la instalación de su jaula eléctrica. Con la puesta en marcha de NEW, el experimento NEXT comienza su primera fase de funcionamiento bajo tierra [...]