Research

Experiments in the Gran Sasso National Laboratory have given revolutionary contributions to Neutrino Physics with neutrinos naturally produced in the Sun and in Supernova explosion, search for neutrino mass in neutrinoless double beta decays, to the search for Dark Matter, and to the understanding of the nuclear processes that regulate the evolution of the stars (Nuclear Astrophysics).

Below, the current schematic view of the installation of the experiments in the underground site of Gran Sasso National Laboratory, and the list of running or under construction (in red) ones.

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Experiment

CSN

Objectives
BOREXINO
2
Detection of solar neutrinos, neutrinos from supernava gravitational collapse, geo-neutrinos
 COBRA
2
Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay with CdZnTe
 COSINUS
2
Detection of Dark Matter using highly radio pure NaI scintillating bolometers. 
COSMIC SILENCE 
5
Measurement of the biological responses to the various components of the radiations 
CUORE 
2
Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay of 130Te using 988 TeO2 bolometric detectors  
CUPID 
2
Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay of 100MO using LMO scintillating bolometers
CRESST 
2
Detection of WIMPs interactions with the nuclei using CaWO4 scintillating bolometers 
DAMA/LIBRA 
2
Detection of Dark Matter using large mass highly radio pure NaI scintillator
DARKSIDE 50/DS20K 
2
Detection of Dark Matter using Liquid Underground Argon. 46 kg for DS50 and 20 Ton for DS20K 
GINGER 
2
Measure of the Lense-Thirring effect using high sensitivity gyroscopes 
LEGEND 200 
2
Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay of 76Ge with new germanium detectors deploying more than 200 kg 
LIME/CYGNUS 
2
Search for Dark Matter through elastic scattering with directional detection in gas detectors 
LUNA-400/LUNA-MV 
3
Nuclear astrophysics cross section measurements 
LVD 
2
Study of neutrinos from the collapse of our galaxy supernovae 
NEWS 
2
Search for Dark Matter through elastic scattering with directional detection in emulsions
SABRE 
2
Detection of Dark Matter using highly radio pure NaI scintillator 
VIP
2
Test of the Pauli exclusion principle 
XENON nT
2
Detection of dark matter using highly radiopure Liquid Xenon