National Academies Press, Washington, 2012. — 143 p.Contents
Summary
Overview
Study Background,
The DUSEL Program,
This Study,
Science Overview,
Physics Experiments,
Nonphysics Experiments,
Broader Impacts,
Co-location of Experiments,
National Facility,
Description of Underground Facilities
General Characteristics of Underground Laboratories,
Survey of Selected Laboratories,
Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory/Sanford
Underground Laboratory (United States),
Soudan Underground Laboratory (United States),
Sudbury Neutrino Observation Laboratory (Canada),
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (Italy),
Kamioka Observatory (Japan),
China Deep Underground Science and Engineering
Laboratory (China),
Science Assessments
Physics Program,
Dark Matter,
Tests of Grand Unification Theories,
Neutrino Physics Overview,
The Nature of Neutrinos—Oscillations (Long-Baseline
Neutrino Experiment),
The Nature of Neutrinos—Antiparticles, Mass Scale
(Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay),
Proton Decay,
Nuclear Astrophysics,
Neutrino Astrophysics,
Nonphysics Science and Engineering Programs,
Overview,
Subsurface Engineering Challenges,
Geoscience Challenges,
Bioscience Challenges,
Limitations,
Experimental Details,
Potential Future Lines of Inquiry
Impacts of a national Underground Facilities
Shared Infrastructure and Integrated Oversight,
Stewardship for the Research Communities,
Need to Develop Such a Program in the United States,
General Considerations,
Specific Considerations,
Summary of the Need,
Broader Impacts,
Visibility of the U.S. Scientific Accomplishment,
Educational and Outreach Opportunities,
Appendixes
Statement of Task
Meeting Agendas
Biographies of Committee Members
Survey of the Principal Underground Laboratories
