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Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics 2019/09/09 SNOLAB Update Jeter Hall Director of Research The SNOLAB Facility Hosted at the Vale Creighton Nickel Mine in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada Operated as a joint venture of 5 Canadian

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Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics 2019/09/09

Jeter Hall Director of Research

SNOLAB Update

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  • Hosted at the Vale Creighton Nickel Mine in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
  • Operated as a joint venture of 5 Canadian Universities: Carleton, Queen’s, Montreal, Alberta,

and Laurentian

  • Operations funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Province of Ontario
  • ~100 staff and >850 users from 128 institutions in 22 countries.

The SNOLAB Facility

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The science at SNOLAB is currently focused on fundamental particle physics. Primarily looking at further investigating the nature of matter. Specifically:

  • What is the nature of dark matter?
  • What is the nature of the neutrino?

SNOLAB is interested in collaborating on any scientific research that benefits from deep underground facilities. For example:

  • Neutrino observatories (solar, supernovae, etc.)
  • Effects of radiation on biological systems
  • Environmental monitoring (nuclear non-proliferation, aquifers, 4D Earth, etc.)

Science at SNOLAB

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Excellent progress from the current suite

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SNO+ is analyzing and publishing DEAP is analyzing and publishing CUTE has seen ionizing radiation PICO-40 has seen ionizing radiation DAMIC is analyzing and publishing HALO is analyzing, publishing, and ready REPAIR is growing

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  • C. Krauss talk from DM1 for PICO-40 update
  • T. Noble talk from DM10 for PICO future program
  • S. Westerdale and M. Boulay talks for DEAP-3600 analysis and results
  • Also see many talks from other global argon efforts
  • T. Aramaki in DM7 for SuperCDMS updates and status
  • A. Chavarria in DM7 for DAMIC status
  • P. Privitera in DM7 and D. Baxter in DM4 for DAMIC-M update
  • G. Gerbier in DM7 for NEWS-G updates

* This list is likely not complete. Apologies to those I didn’t call out.

data from SNOLAB @ TAUP

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Clean assembly and

  • perations are critical
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We are researching and developing shielding and low background construction

The researchers that includes world leading expertise in low background materials. Real-time assay of radioactive fallout during construction.

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We are researching and developing radon abatement and assay

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“To be a globally recognized centre for research and learning, coalescing Canadian and international expertise in underground particle astrophysics and benefitting from the unique SNOLAB facility to deliver world-leading science focused on the big questions in particle astrophysics, cosmology and astronomy.”

Strengthen international collaborations.

An injection of 65M$ in Canada to support astroparticle physics

Numerous programs have been launched:

  • 15 new faculty members
  • About 85 research staff. Postdocs, students
  • Support for research – experiments and R&D
  • International programs include:
  • Support for visiting scientists/sabbaticals to or from Canada
  • A PhD exchange program. To give students the opportunity to gain

experience at another institution in or outside Canada. (So far exchanges with Japan, Portugal, UK….)

https://mcdonaldinstitute.ca/

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Fin End

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Next generation neutrino and dark matter experiments

  • Watching the Canadian community planning` process
  • Tonne-scale neutrinoless double-beta decay (DOE

Nuclear Physics CD0)

  • Generation-3 Dark Matter (DOE High Energy Physics

P5)

  • Dark Matter New Initiatives (DOE High Energy

Physics Program)

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LEGEND 1000 concept

From talk by W. Pettus

nEXO concept

from talk by M. Heffner

From ‘Building for Discovery’ P5 report (2014)

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Laboratory Space

  • Strawman plan for laboratory expansion now exists
  • Cost for expansion is ~120M CAD
  • Not actively proposing to expand
  • Expect space allocations may be more competitive in the future

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SNOLAB includes a campus 2 km underground

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Radiation is everywhere!

Why Science at SNOLAB is Underground

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M87, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA Crab Pulsar, Hubble and Chandra Space Telescopes, NASA The Earth, Apollo 17, NASA

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enabling low background science…

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SNOLAB people enable science

SNOLAB has a focus on User Project Support

  • Scientific
  • Engineering
  • Construction
  • Operations

Sudbury hosts a strong mining/industrial base that projects can draw from

  • Excavation
  • Fabrication
  • Integration

Laurentian University is the Sudbury research anchor for the user base

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