Inter-Disciplinary Underground Science and Technology

Session

#1 Session chaired by S. Gaffet

7 Jun 2022, 14:15

Conference room AT04 (Avignon)

Conveners

#1 Session chaired by S. Gaffet: Tuesday afternoon

• Stéphane Gaffet (LSBB, Laboratoire Souterrain Bas Bruit, CNRS, La grande combe, 84400 Rustrel, France)

Description

Session chaired by S. Gaffet

25. Welcome speech from Avignon University

07/06/2022, 14:15

Plenary talk

24. Conference introduction. The LSBB, above- and underground based low background noise interdisciplinary research laboratory.

Dr Stéphane Gaffet (LSBB, Laboratoire Souterrain Bas Bruit, CNRS, La grande combe, 84400 Rustrel, France)

07/06/2022, 14:30

Plenary talk

Created in 1997, the LSBB is located in the heart of the Luberon Regional Nature Park in the Vaucluse. Initially a military facility, the LSBB has been converted into a research laboratory whose activities have been contributing to the development of knowledge and know-how in many scientific fields for nearly 25 years. A Support and Research Unit under the supervision of Avignon University and...

28. AstroParticle Observatories and GEoscience Innovative Actions (APOGEIA)

Stavros Katsanevas

07/06/2022, 14:50

Couplings: Earth, solid, atmosphere, universe

Plenary talk

The main objective of APOGEIA is the development of three types of interdisciplinary and mutually related
groundbreaking technologies: the use of fibre cables or mobile systems as distributed sensors, the use of particle detectors as prospection instruments, and the extremely low noise sensors developed in the European (worldwide) underground laboratories. These technologies build the...

8. Portable Resistive Plate Chambers for muography in confined environments

Ran Muthugalalage Ishan Darshana Gamage (Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain))

07/06/2022, 15:20

Couplings: Earth, solid, atmosphere, universe

Plenary talk

Muography (or muon radiography) is an imaging technique that relies on the use of cosmogenic muons as a free and safe radiation source. It can be applied in various fields such as archaeology, civil engineering, geology, nuclear reactor monitoring, nuclear waste characterization, underground surveys, etc. In such applications, sometimes deploying muon detectors is challenging due to logistics,...

16. 3-axis unshielded HTS SQUID geomagnetic sensor in an urban environment

Elda Saunderson (South African National Space Agency)

07/06/2022, 16:10

Noise as signal, advanced metrology

Plenary talk

A commercial 3-axis high temperature SQUID system, cooled with liquid nitrogen, is currently operating unshielded as a geomagnetic sensor in an aluminium dewar at SANSA Space Science, South Africa. The collaborative project between South Africa (SANSA), France (LSBB) and Czech Republic (CTU) is aimed at continuous, low-noise geomagnetic space weather measurements. The environment is urban with...

12. Very first observation data from a giant loop antenna at the LSBB

Mr Clément Dezord (Ecole Doctorale 536 Sciences et Agrosciences (Avignon Université), CNRS/UMS 3538 Laboratoire Souterrain à Bas Bruit)

07/06/2022, 16:30

Plenary talk

A giant magnetic antenna has been installed at the mountain top surface of the LSBB site since 2010, initially dedicated to excite a SQUID magnetometer situated 520 meter underground. The antenna is a 300 meter long domestic cable laying on the ground and covering an area of 5600 m². Its unusual size and its location on a pluri-disciplinary instrumented site allows to make it an original and...

20. Investigation of the metabolic versatility of a new bacterium isolated from sediments affected by hydrothermal circulations in Vulcano Island, Italy.

Gregoire GALES (MIO UM110), Anne Postec (MIO UM 110)

07/06/2022, 16:50

Living

Plenary talk

Vulcano is the southernmost of the seven islands forming the Aeolian volcanic archipelago. This island harbors a developed hydrothermal system and is the place where the first hyperthermophilic marine archaeon, Pyrodictium occultum was isolated. Shallow hydrothermal systems have been recently the subject of numerous investigations as they constitute easy access extreme environments, and may be...