India to get neutrino observatory
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.028555
Nerve.in : The Indian government is going to invest $235 million in a new underground neutrino observatory near Pottipuram village in Theni district on the Tamil Nadu–Kerala border. The observatory will consist of one main cave containing the 50-kiloton magnetized Iron Calorimeter detector (ICAL) to study the properties of neutrinos and two side caverns for additional experiments looking for dark matter. “This is the largest basic science project in India and is important for promoting scientific research using cutting edge of technology. There is tremendous potential of engaging science students across the country in basic research through this project” said R. K. Sinha, secretary of India’s Department of Atomic Energy. The project has been on the drawing board since the late 1980s and is supposed to go operational sometime in the next two years.
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