LNGS underground halls

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LNGS underground halls are large subterranean laboratory caverns at Italy’s Gran Sasso National Laboratory, designed to host sensitive physics experiments shielded from cosmic radiation.

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LNGS underground complex 1
LNGS underground halls canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf physics research infrastructure ⓘ
underground laboratory facility ⓘ
accessType road tunnel access ⓘ
accessVia Gran Sasso highway tunnel ⓘ
acronymExpansion Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso ⓘ
connectedTo surface facilities of Gran Sasso National Laboratory ⓘ
constructionType subterranean caverns excavated in mountain rock ⓘ
contains Hall A ⓘ
Hall B ⓘ
Hall C ⓘ
cosmicRayShielding reduction of cosmic muon flux ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
designedFor experiments requiring low cosmic‑ray background ⓘ
environment low‑radioactivity environment ⓘ
feature auxiliary service tunnels ⓘ
large experimental caverns ⓘ
fieldOfResearch astrophysics ⓘ
nuclear physics ⓘ
particle physics ⓘ
hostsExperiment Borexino ⓘ
CRESST ⓘ
CUORE ⓘ
DAMA/LIBRA ⓘ
ICARUS ⓘ
LVD ⓘ
OPERA ⓘ
XENON dark matter experiment ⓘ
linked to: XENON
languageOfAcronym Italian ⓘ
locatedIn Abruzzo ⓘ
Gran Sasso massif ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
notableFor being among the largest underground physics laboratories in the world ⓘ
numberOfMainHalls 3 ⓘ
operatedBy INFN ⓘ
operator Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare ⓘ
overburdenType limestone rock ⓘ
partOf Gran Sasso National Laboratory ⓘ
purpose astroparticle physics research ⓘ
dark matter searches ⓘ
low‑background physics measurements ⓘ
neutrino physics experiments ⓘ
safetyFeature radiation monitoring systems ⓘ
ventilation systems ⓘ
shieldingMedium rock overburden ⓘ
usedFor double beta decay experiments ⓘ
gravitational wave related R&D ⓘ
long‑baseline neutrino experiments ⓘ
solar neutrino experiments ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

OPERA → sitedIn → LNGS underground halls ⓘ
Hall C → locatedIn → LNGS underground complex ⓘ
linked to: LNGS underground halls