Giant Liquid Argon Observatory for Proton Decay, Neutrino Astrophysics and CP-violation in the Lepton Sector (GLACIER)

TL;DR

GLACIER is a proposed large underground liquid argon detector designed to advance research in proton decay, neutrino astrophysics, and CP-violation, with scalable size and international site studies.

Contribution

It introduces a scalable liquid argon detector concept for multiple fundamental physics investigations and explores potential international underground sites.

Findings

Feasibility of large-scale liquid argon detector established

Potential sites identified in Europe and Japan

Scalability to very large masses demonstrated

Abstract

GLACIER (Giant Liquid Argon Charge Imaging ExpeRiment) is a large underground observatory for proton decay search, neutrino astrophysics and CP-violation studies in the lepton sector. Possible underground sites are studied within the FP7 LAGUNA project (Europe) and along the JPARC neutrino beam in collaboration with KEK (Japan). The concept is scalable to very large masses.