European underground laboratories: An overview

Abstract

Underground laboratories are complementary to those where the research in fundamental physics is made using accelerators. This report focus on the logistic and on the background features of the most relevant laboratories in Europe, stressing also on the low background facilities available. In particular the report is focus on the laboratories involved in the new Europeean project ILIAS with the aim to support the European large infrastructures operating in the astroparticle physics area.

arXiv comment9 pages, 6 figures, Invited talk: Topical Workshop in Low Radioactivity Techniques (Sudbury, Canada) December 12-14, 2004. To be publish in AIP conference proceedings

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