ICARUS T3000 (CNGS-2): A Second-Generation Proton Decay Experiment and Neutrino Observatory at the Gran Sasso Laboratory

by Andre Rubbia (ETH Zürich)

Thursday 13 Nov 2003, 11:00 → 12:00 Europe/Zurich

PS Auditorium (CERN)

After several years of R&D, the ICARUS experiment, which acts as a sort of observatory for the study of neutrinos and the instability of matter, is starting to come together. In the summer of 2001, the first module of the ICARUS T600 detector passed a series of tests. The year 2004 should see the detector's installation at LNGS and first data-taking at the Gran Sasso Laboratory should follow soon after. A 3000 ton version should be ready to receive the CNGS neutrino beam in 2006. In this seminar, I will attempt to describe what are the aims of the experiment, how it is technically done, where do we stand with the construction of the experiment, and what will be the requirements on the delivered beams from CERN.

Organiser(s): Werner Herr / AB/ABP Division
More information: http://cern.ch/AB-seminar/

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