Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory - Preliminary Design Report
Abstract
The DUSEL Project has produced the Preliminary Design of the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) at the rehabilitated former Homestake mine in South Dakota. The Facility design calls for, on the surface, two new buildings - one a visitor and education center, the other an experiment assembly hall - and multiple repurposed existing buildings. To support underground research activities, the design includes two laboratory modules and additional spaces at a level 4,850 feet underground for physics, biology, engineering, and Earth science experiments. On the same level, the design includes a Department of Energy-shepherded Large Cavity supporting the Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment. At the 7,400-feet level, the design incorporates one laboratory module and additional spaces for physics and Earth science efforts. With input from some 25 science and engineering collaborations, the Project has designed critical experimental space and infrastructure needs, including space for a suite of multidisciplinary experiments in a laboratory whose projected life span is at least 30 years. From these experiments, a critical suite of experiments is outlined, whose construction will be funded along with the facility. The Facility design permits expansion and evolution, as may be driven by future science requirements, and enables participation by other agencies. The design leverages South Dakota's substantial investment in facility infrastructure, risk retirement, and operation of its Sanford Laboratory at Homestake. The Project is planning education and outreach programs, and has initiated efforts to establish regional partnerships with underserved populations - regional American Indian and rural populations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1108.0959,
title = {Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory - Preliminary Design Report},
author = {Kevin T. Lesko and Steven Acheson and Jose Alonso and Paul Bauer and Yuen-Dat Chan and William Chinowsky and Steve Dangermond and Jason A. Detwiler and Syd De Vries and Richard DiGennaro and Elizabeth Exter and Felix B. Fernandez and Elizabeth L. Freer and Murdock G. D. Gilchriese and Azriel Goldschmidt and Ben Grammann and William Griffing and Bill Harlan and Wick C. Haxton and Michael Headley and Jaret Heise and Zbigniew Hladysz and Dianna Jacobs and Michael Johnson and Richard Kadel and Robert Kaufman and Greg King and Robert Lanou and Alberto Lemut and Zoltan Ligeti and Steve Marks and Ryan D. Martin and John Matthesen and Brendan Matthew and Warren Matthews and Randall McConnell and William McElroy and Deborah Meyer and Margaret Norris and David Plate and Kem E. Robinson and William Roggenthen and Rohit Salve and Ben Sayler and John Scheetz and Jim Tarpinian and David Taylor and David Vardiman and Ron Wheeler and Joshua Willhite and James Yeck},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.0959},
year = {2011}
}