Underground Synergies with Astro-particle Physics: Multi-Disciplinary Studies in the World’s Deep Underground Science Facilities

Europe/London
Calman Learning Centre at Durham University (Durham, UK)

Calman Learning Centre at Durham University

Durham, UK

Description
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An ASPERA-funded 2-day workshop reviewing current and future studies and opportunities in multi-discplinary deep underground science. 
For decades astro-particle and particle physics experiments needing an ultra-low background environment have been operated deep underground where the rock overhead provides a shield against interference from cosmic rays. The growth of astroparticle physics has resulted in small but growing number of deep underground science facilities in Europe and around the world. In recent years in has become clear the special environments provided by these facilities is of interest to other areas of science, beyond astro-particle physics to areas such as Earth and environmental sciences, geology, geophysics, climatology, biology and astrobiology.
This ASPERA workshop will showcase the synergies between underground astroparticle physics infrastructures and the opportunities they provide to address a wide range of multi-disciplinary science challenges. The event will bring together scientists, decision makers and industry to highlight and identify underground science synergies; and address the scientific, administrative and funding challenges faced by multi-disciplinary scientists when trying to collaborate together and with industry.
The workshop is being held in the historic city of Durham in the North East of the UK. Durham University, the UK’s Boulby Deep Underground Science Facility and the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council are proud to be the local hosts of the workshop. The Boulby Underground Science facility is 1.5 hours drive from Durham and although visits are not offered as part of the conference schedule (due to time restrictions) visits can be arranged by separate request. 
Speakers announced: please check the timetable!
 
organised by: 
ASPERASTFC
and the Astroparticle Physics Underground Laboratories:
BOULBYCANFRACGRAN SASSOMODANE 
     Boulby(UK)       Canfranc(SP)        Gran Sasso(IT)      Modane(FR)   
 
Participants
  • Adam Bernstein
  • Alex Murphy
  • Anke Lohmann
  • Anthony Villano
  • Arnaud MARSOLLIER
  • arnold wolfendale
  • Bogdan Mitrica
  • Carla Maria Cattadori
  • Catherine Ewart
  • Chamkaur Ghag
  • Charles Cockell
  • Corinne Mosese
  • Daniele Fargion
  • Dave Petley
  • David Mcluckie
  • David Pybus
  • David Sanderson
  • David Wark
  • Derek Elsworth
  • Emiliano Fratini
  • Emma Meehan
  • Erica Andreotti
  • Fabrice Piquemal
  • Federico Ruggieri
  • Frances Collins
  • Gerry Gilmore
  • Grahame Blair
  • Guido Nuijten
  • Harry Themann
  • Hélène DEMONFAUCON
  • igor faoro
  • Ino Agrafioti
  • Iulian Bandac
  • Janet Seed
  • Jenny Hiscock
  • Jens Olaf Pepke Pedersen
  • Jim McQuaid
  • John Womersley
  • Jon Gluyas
  • Jordi Diaz
  • Kevin Lesko
  • Kevin Smith
  • Lee Thompson
  • Livia Ludhova
  • Louise Suter
  • Louise Yeoman
  • LUCIA VOTANO
  • Maria Laura di Vacri
  • Markus Widorski
  • Martin Bødker Enghoff
  • Matthew Brain
  • Matthias Laubenstein
  • Milind Diwan
  • Neil Spooner
  • Nicoals Walter
  • Nicolas Augé
  • Paula Chadwick
  • Phillip Tait
  • Pia Loaiza
  • Pierre Micheau
  • Robert Svoboda
  • Roberto Tartaglia
  • Rodolfo Gurriaran
  • Ruben Saakyan
  • Russ Evans
  • Sam Henry
  • Samuel Telfer
  • Sean Paling
  • Silvia Pascoli
  • stavros katsanevas
  • Stefano Ragazzi
  • Stéphane GAFFET
  • TOM McLEISH
  • Vitaliy Rusov
  • Vitaly Kudryavtsev
  • Vladimir Smolyar
  • Warot guillaume
  • Wolfango Plastino
  • Xin Ran Liu
  • Yorck Ramachers
    • 19:00 21:00
      Pre-registration Welcome Drinks 2h Castle of Durham (click box on the top right for map)

      Castle of Durham (click box on the top right for map)

      Slides
    • 09:00 09:35
      Welcome Calman Learning Centre at Durham University

      Calman Learning Centre at Durham University

      Durham, UK

    • 09:00 09:15
      Welcome, Context and Agenda 15m STFC-Boulby

      STFC-Boulby

      Speaker: Sean Paling
      Slides
    • 09:15 09:20
      Welcome from STFC 5m STFC

      STFC

      Speaker: John Womerlsey
    • 09:20 09:25
      Welcome from CPL/Boulby 5m Cleveland Potash Limited / Boulby

      Cleveland Potash Limited / Boulby

      Speaker: Dave Mcluckie
    • 09:25 09:35
      From the Geosphere to the Cosmos: welcome from ASPERA 10m CNRS/ASPERA-2

      CNRS/ASPERA-2

      Speaker: Ino Agrafioti (NCSR Demokritos)
      Slides
    • 09:35 09:50
      Coffee Break 15m Calman Learning Centre at Durham University

      Calman Learning Centre at Durham University

    • 09:50 12:30
      Earth Sciences Chaired by: Lucia Votano

      Chaired by: Lucia Votano

    • 09:50 10:10
      Facility Overview: Boulby Underground Laboratory 20m STFC-Boulby

      STFC-Boulby

      Speaker: Sean Paling
      Slides
    • 10:10 10:30
      Development of Muon Tomography techniques for site monitoring in Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) 20m Head of Department Earth Sciences, University of Durham

      Head of Department Earth Sciences, University of Durham

      Speaker: Jon Gluyas
      Slides
    • 10:30 10:50
      The LSBB URL: a new platform for fundamental and applied low background interdisciplinary underground science and technology 20m Low Noise Underground Laboratory (LSBB) of Rustrel, Pays d’Apt - France

      Low Noise Underground Laboratory (LSBB) of Rustrel, Pays d’Apt - France

      Speaker: Stephane Gaffet
    • 10:50 11:10
      Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring for Earth Sciences at the INFN-Gran Sasso National Laboratory, Italy 20m Univ. Roma Tre, Dept. of Phys. - INFN Roma Tre and LNGS

      Univ. Roma Tre, Dept. of Phys. - INFN Roma Tre and LNGS

      Speaker: Wolfango Plastino
      Paper
      Slides
    • 11:10 11:30
      The Boulby Geoscience research project: the benefits of industry collaboration 20m Durham University

      Durham University

      Speaker: Matt Brain
    • 11:30 11:50
      GEODYN: geodynamic station at Canfranc 20m Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera (IJA) ofthe Spanish Research Council (CSIC)

      Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera (IJA) ofthe Spanish Research Council (CSIC)

      Speaker: Jordi Díaz Cusí
      Slides
    • 11:50 12:10
      Geoneutrinos 20m INFN

      INFN

      Speaker: Livia Ludhova
      Slides
    • 12:10 12:30
      Geological investigation of rock at the underground laboratory at Slanic Prahova, Romania 20m National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Horia Hulubei

      National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Horia Hulubei

      Speaker: Bogdan Mitrica
      Slides
    • 12:30 13:30
      Lunch 1h Calman Learning Centre at Durham University

      Calman Learning Centre at Durham University

    • 13:30 15:10
      Biology and Astrobiology Chaired by: Fabrice Piquemal

      Chaired by: Fabrice Piquemal

    • 13:30 13:50
      Facility Overview: Underground Laboratory of Canfranc 20m Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc (LSC)

      Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc (LSC)

      Speaker: Iulian Bandac
      Slides
    • 13:50 14:10
      Astrobiology at Boulby: Studies of life in extreme envirnments, life beyond Earth and the development of instrumentation for use in planatory exploration and mining 20m University of Edinburgh

      University of Edinburgh

      Speaker: Charles Cockell
      Slides
    • 14:10 14:30
      Does biochemistry of living matter depends on environmental radiation? Yeasts to human cells at the LNGS 20m Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche "Enrico Fermi"

      Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche "Enrico Fermi"

      Speaker: Emiliano Fratini
      Slides
    • 14:30 14:50
      Studies of E. coli development in low radioactivity conditions 20m FRANCE

      FRANCE

      Speaker: Pierre Micheau
      Slides
    • 14:50 15:10
      CAREX (Coordination Action for Research Activities on life in Extreme Environments) 20m ESF

      ESF

      Speaker: Nicolas Walter
      Slides
    • 15:10 15:30
      Coffee 20m Calman Learning Centre at Durham University

      Calman Learning Centre at Durham University

    • 15:30 17:00
      Global Perspectives: Linking with other sciences/underground laboratories Chaired by: Janet Seed

      Chaired by: Janet Seed

    • 15:30 15:55
      The Sanford Deep Underground Science Facility 25m Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

      Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

      Speaker: Kevin Lesko
      Slides
    • 15:55 16:10
      DUSEL Interdisciplinary science studies 15m Penn State University

      Penn State University

      Speaker: Derek Elsworth
      Slides
    • 16:10 16:30
      Multidisciplinary studies at SOUDAN lab 20m University of Minnesota

      University of Minnesota

      Speaker: Anthony Villano
      Slides
    • 16:30 17:00
      Overview large cavities for different sites: Lessons from the LAGUNA project 30m Rockplan

      Rockplan

      Speaker: Guido Nuijten
      Slides
    • 17:00 17:40
      Funding Chaired by: Janet Seed

      Chaired by: Janet Seed

    • 17:00 17:20
      Multidisciplinarity in the context of Horizon2020 20m UK Research Office

      UK Research Office

      Speaker: Christina Miller
      Slides
    • 17:20 17:40
      Futures programme at STFC: the UK experience 20m STFC

      STFC

      Speaker: Catherine Ewart
      Slides
    • 18:30 20:00
      Drinks Reception 1h 30m Durham Cathedral

      Durham Cathedral

      Durham Cathedral

    • 20:00 22:00
      Social Dinner 2h Durham Cathedral

      Durham Cathedral

      Durham Cathedral

    • 09:00 10:20
      Climate & the Environment Chaired by: Sean Paling

      Chaired by: Sean Paling

    • 09:00 09:20
      Facility Overview: Underground Laboratory of Modane 20m LSM

      LSM

      Speaker: FABRICE PIQUEMAL (CNRS/IN2P3)
      Slides
    • 09:20 09:40
      SKY-ZERO @ Boulby: Cosmic rays and climate – what can we learn from the ultra-low radiation environment 20m National Space Institute, Danish Technical University

      National Space Institute, Danish Technical University

      Speaker: Jens Olaf Pepke Pedersen
      Slides
    • 09:40 10:00
      Environmental measurement and After fukushima environmental fall out measurements 20m IRSN, France

      IRSN, France

      Speaker: Rodolfo Gurriaran
    • 10:00 10:20
      Environmental Gamma spectroscopy studies at the Boulby Underground Science Facility 20m University of Glasgow

      University of Glasgow

      Speaker: David Sanderson
      Slides
    • 10:20 10:40
      Coffee 20m Calman Learning Centre at Durham University

      Calman Learning Centre at Durham University

    • 10:40 11:00
      Facility overview: National Laboratory of Gran Sasso 20m LNGS

      LNGS

      Speaker: Francesco Arneodo
      Slides
    • 10:40 13:00
      Low background Counting Chaired by: Stavros Katsanevas

      Chaired by: Stavros Katsanevas

    • 11:00 11:20
      STELLA - the LNGS ultra low background counting facility: Multi-Disciplinry Science Applications 20m INFN - Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso

      INFN - Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso

      Speaker: Matthias Laubenstein
      Slides
    • 11:20 11:40
      Interdisciplinary use of Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry at the Gran Sasso National Lab (LNGS) 20m INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso

      INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso

      Speaker: Maria Laura di Vacri
      Slides
    • 11:40 12:00
      Low background techniques at the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane 20m LSM

      LSM

      Speaker: Pia Loaiza
      Slides
    • 12:00 12:20
      Contribution of underground experiments in microelectronics for the metrology of radioactive contaminants in materials and circuits 20m LSM

      LSM

      Speaker: Guillaume Warot
      Slides
    • 12:20 12:40
      expertises for drug and food administration 20m LSM

      LSM

      Speaker: FABRICE PIQUEMAL (CNRS/IN2P3)
      Slides
    • 12:40 13:00
      Radiopurity Service at Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc (LSC) 20m LSC

      LSC

      Speaker: Iulian Bandac
      Slides
    • 13:00 13:45
      Lunch 45m Calman Learning Centre at Durham University

      Calman Learning Centre at Durham University

    • 13:45 15:25
      Global Perspectives: Linking with other sciences/underground laboratories Chaired by: Sean Paling

      Chaired by: Sean Paling

    • 13:45 14:05
      The Watchman project: deep underground antineutrino detection for nuclear non-proliferation 20m Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

      Speaker: Adam Bernstein
      Slides
    • 14:05 14:25
      EPOS, the European Plate Observing System: an integrated geoscience infrastructure for Europe 20m British Geological Survey (NERC)

      British Geological Survey (NERC)

      Speaker: Russ Evans
      Slides
    • 14:25 14:45
      Underground radioactivity measurements at the HADES ultra low-level gamma spectrometry laboratory 20m JRC-IRMM

      JRC-IRMM

      Speaker: Erica Andreotti
      Slides
    • 14:45 15:05
      Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring for Earth Sciences - World Reference Laboratory and new Developments 20m LNGS

      LNGS

      Speaker: Lucia Votano
      Slides
    • 15:05 15:25
      Distributed Computing Infrastructures for Astroparticle, Earth and Environmental Sciences 20m INFN Roma Tre

      INFN Roma Tre

      Speaker: Federico Ruggieri
      Slides
    • 15:25 15:35
      Reflections on the workshop 10m University of Durham, UK

      University of Durham, UK

      Speaker: Arnold WOLFENDALE
    • 15:25 16:00
      Roundtable, Concluding Remarks and Strategy for the future Chaired by: Sean Paling

      Chaired by: Sean Paling

    • 15:35 16:00
      Roundtable/Closing statements 25m Calman Learning Centre at Durham University

      Calman Learning Centre at Durham University

      Durham, UK

      Slides