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Find overviews of the experiments at SURF.
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BHSU Underground Campus
An underground campus used by experiments across the globe and managed by local university faculty and students.
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CASPAR
CASPAR is a low-energy particle accelerator that allows researchers to study processes that take place inside collapsing stars.
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CAT MineStar for Underground Research Center
CAT MineStar for Underground leverages Wi-Fi to coordinate the movements of people and equipment throughout underground spaces
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Davis Experiment
In 1969, a chemist by the name of Ray Davis began an experiment to detect neutrinos coming from the sun. In 2002 he would be awarded a share of the Nobel Prize for his work.
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Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
The Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) will host the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment to study the property of the neutrino.
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DUGL
The Deep Underground Gravity Laboratory placed sensitive instruments in Sanford Lab to determine whether it is suitable for a large gravitational wave experiment—and to monitor the earth.
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GEOXTM
GEOXTM created the world's largest, deepest network of underground fiber-optic strain and temperature sensors and tiltmeters to measure the movement and deformation of rock systems underground.
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kISMET
kISMET hopes to develop permeability enhancement techniques that can improve the ability to extract heat from geothermal reservoirs deep below the surface of the Earth.
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LUX
When LUX completed its 300-live-day run in May of 2016, the world learned LUX was even more sensitive than previously determined.
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LUX-ZEPLIN
LUX-ZEPLIN, the world’s most sensitive WIMP dark matter detector, is actively taking data on the 4850 Level of SURF
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Majorana Demonstrator
The Majorana Demonstrator investigated the imbalance of matter and antimatter in the universe—and they mystery of why we exist at all.
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SIGMA-V
DOE-sponsored experiment revolutionizes geothermal energy studies
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Transparent Earth
A seismic observatory deep underground has sensors at four locations. Transparent Earth could help fulfill broad goals for geophysical monitoring of the earth.