LEADER 04352nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910789916603321 005 20230124190450.0 010 $a0-309-21726-1 010 $a1-280-12318-4 010 $a9786613527042 010 $a0-309-21724-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000176331 035 $a(EBL)3564251 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000560386 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11354007 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000560386 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10575961 035 $a(PQKB)11054905 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3564251 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3564251 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10554790 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL352704 035 $a(OCoLC)793326667 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000176331 100 $a20120509d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAssessment of the science proposed for the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL)$b[electronic resource] /$fd Hoc Committee to Assess the Science Proposed for a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL), Board on Physics and Astronomy, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academies Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (141 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-309-21723-7 327 $a""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Overview""; ""2 Description of Underground Facilities""; ""3 Science Assessments""; ""4 Impacts of a National Underground Facility""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Statement of Task""; ""Appendix B: Meeting Agendas""; ""Appendix C: Biographies of Committee Members""; ""Appendix D: Survey of the Principal Underground Laboratories"" 330 $a"According to the big bang theory, our Universe began in a state of unimaginably high energy and density, contained in a space of subatomic dimensions. At that time, unlike today, the fundamental forces of nature were presumably unified and the particles present were interacting at energies not attainable by present-day accelerators. Underground laboratories provide the conditions to investigate processes involving rare phenomena in matter and to detect the weak effects of highly elusive particles by replicating similar environments to those once harnessed during the earliest states of the Earth. These laboratories now appear to be the gateway to understanding the physics of the grand unification of the forces of nature. Built to shield extremely sensitive detectors from the noise of their surroundings and the signals associated with cosmic rays, underground facilities have been established during the last 30 years at a number of sites worldwide. To date, the United States' efforts to develop such facilities have been modest and consist primarily of small underground laboratories. However, the U.S. underground community has pushed for larger underground facilities on the scale of major laboratories in other countries. An Assessment of the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) addresses this matter by evaluating the major physics questions and experiments that could be explored with the proposed DUSEL. Measuring the potential impact, this assessment also examines the broader effects of the DUSEL in regards to education and public outreach, and evaluates the need associated with developing U.S. programs similar to science programs in other regions of the world."--Publisher's description. 606 $aEngineers$zUnited States 606 $aEngineering and state$zUnited States 606 $aScience and state$zUnited States 615 0$aEngineers 615 0$aEngineering and state 615 0$aScience and state 676 $a624.151 712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bBoard on Physics and Astronomy. 712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bDivision on Engineering and Physical Sciences. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789916603321 996 $aAssessment of the science proposed for the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL)$93797475 997 $aUNINA