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