1. Highlights from the Gran Sasso underground laboratory
Eugenio Coccia

2. (mass, oscillations, stellar physics) Dark matter
LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO - INFN
Largest underground laboratory for astroparticle physics
Research lines
Neutrino physics
(mass, oscillations, stellar physics)
Dark matter
Nuclear reactions of astrophysics interest
Geophysics
Biology
1400 m rock coverage cosmic µ reduction= 10–6 (1 /m2 h) underground area: m2 external facilities easy access 756 scientists from 24 countries Permanent staff = 70 positions

4. IUS LSM LNGS LSC Institute of Underground Science, Boulby Mine, UK
Laboratoire Souterrain
de Modane, France
LSM
Laboratorio Subterraneo
de Canfranc, Spain
LSC
Laboratori Nazionali del
Gran Sasso, Italy
LNGS

5.  from beam from CERN: Solar  Supernovae LVD Borexino OPERA ICARUS
bb decay and rare events
Cuoricino
CUORE; GERDA
Dark Matter
DAMA/LIBRA; CRESST
WARP; XENON
Nuclear astrophysics
LUNA

6. Occupancy HALL C HALL B Borexino ICARUS HALL A OPERA LVD MI R&D
XENON
Borexino
ICARUS
HALL A
BAM - OPERA
OPERA
LVD
DAMA/LIBRA
WARP
LUNA2
GERDA
VIP
CRESST
CUORE
CUORICINO
LOW ACTIVITY LAB
GENIUS-TF

7. The scientific community
The contributions of the cultures of different Countries are a fundamental component of the scientific vitality of LNGS

8. The future Super bb experiment (1-10 ton)
- Super Dark Matter experiment (1-10 ton)
- A new large infrastructure for a detector ton scale ?
Physics: proton decay, on low-energy neutrinos from astrophysical origin and possible detection of future accelerator neutrino beams
Three detection techniques being studied: water-Cherenkov, liquid scintillator and liquid argon

9. Safety
Training
Outreach 9

10. Major upgrade works
New drinkable water collection system
New drinkable ducts in the freeway
New drainage water system
Floor leak-proof upgrade
Leaks containment wells
2nd ventilation system
Heat extraction system
Power supply and distribution upgrade
Global Monitoring system
Three interacting structures present under
Gran Sasso
Free-way
Laboratory
Drinkable water collection (in the lab and tunnel)

12. Outreach Training Alta Formazione 17000 visitors/year

13. Gran Sasso - Princeton Summer School
20 selected Abruzzo students
4 weeks stage in the Princeton University Campus
1° week: Review of classical physics
2° week: Introduction to special relativity
3° week: Introduction to quantum mechanics
4° week: Introduction to particle physics
Sponsors
INFN
Abruzzo Region
Micron
NJ Italian-american associations

14. Scuola Estiva Gran Sasso - Princeton

16. Science - training - outreach
A NEW TYPE OF RESISTIVE PLATE CHAMBER: THE MULTIGAP RPC
E. Cerron Zeballos, I. Crotty, D. Hatzifotiadou, J. Lamas Valverde,
S. Neupane, M.C.S. Williams and A. Zichichi
Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A374, 132 (1996).

17. Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso - Servizio Alta Formazion
P.O.R. ABRUZZO 2000/2006 e 2007/2013
Trasferimento del know how tramite borse di studio e assegni di ricerca a giovani abruzzesi (42 interventi)
Formazione in modalità e-learning
Stazione di analisi chimico-fisiche pressi i LNGS
Centro di Fisica Astroparticellare
4 M Euro all’INFN per gli anni
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso - Servizio Alta Formazion

18. Seismic shower in the region since January
Largest event 6.3 Richter Mag. On April 6th
300 deads; wounded; homeless

19. Top event acceleration
Underground lab g
External lab g
L’Aquila g
April 6th to 29th
Limited access
Inspections by LNGS Staff, Civil Protection Engineers,
Experts on Structures, Geology and Idrogeology
Agibility / Accurate monitor of the underground site needed
May 4th
Restart of the normal access and activity

24. Most of the LNGS staff is homeless
INFN actions:
Accomodations inside the Lab and
in nearby hotels
Travel expenses reimbursement
Special financial help
Flexible worktime
Children garden

25. From May 11th
University Physics courses
at LNGS (100 students)
Plan for a “neutrino village”
in the Lab
Gift
Princeton U.
MPI
Fermilab
CERN

26. Plan for moving the Science Faculty
in Assergi, nearby the Lab

27. Maggior Laboratorio al mondo di Fisica Astroparticellare
10 Milioni di Euro all’anno investiti nel territorio
Centro di Divulgazione Scientifica e di Alta Formazione
Certificato per il Sistema di Gestione della Sicurezza e
per la Gestione Ambientale (ISO 14001)