TUNL activities at the Kimballton Underground Research Facility

ORAL

Abstract

The Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL) has taken a large role in the nuclear physics research performed underground at the Kimballton Underground Research Facility operated by Virginia Tech near its campus. Currently two TUNL efforts are underway at Kimballton: 1) double-beta decay/double electron capture experiments to excited final states, which employ high purity germanium detectors to search for signature gammas from the decay of the excited final state and 2) a material assay program that will determine radioactive contamination in detector materials through gamma ray spectroscopy. In this talk I will present the current status of the Kimballton Underground Research Facility and the TUNL activities located there.

Authors

  • Mary Kidd

    Duke University and TUNL

  • Henning Olling Back

    NCSU \& TUNL, North Carolina State University

  • Arthur Champagne

  • Reyco Henning

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Padraic Finnerty

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina

  • Werner Tornow

    Duke University and TUNL, Duke U and TUNL, Duke University \& TUNL

  • James Esterline

    Duke University and TUNL, Duke University