Received: from /var/simeon/sms/lmtpd/members/{memb}/mux by as3.lal.in2p3.fr with LMTP for campagne; Tue, 01 May 2007 16:45:25 +0200 Return-Path: <no-reply@arxiv.org> Return-Path: <no-reply@arxiv.org> Received: from xxx.arxiv.cornell.edu (xxx.arxiv.cornell.edu [132.236.180.11]) by as3.lal.in2p3.fr (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l41EjOG3724726 for <campagne@lal.in2p3.fr>; Tue, 1 May 2007 16:45:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: from xxx.arxiv.cornell.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by xxx.arxiv.cornell.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l41EjMx9014319; Tue, 1 May 2007 10:45:22 -0400 Received: (from e-prints@localhost) by xxx.arxiv.cornell.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/Submit) id l41EjMQB014313 for campagne@lal.in2p3.fr; Tue, 1 May 2007 10:45:22 -0400 Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 10:45:22 -0400 Message-Id: <200705011445.l41EjMQB014313@xxx.arxiv.cornell.edu> Precedence: bulk X-Supported-By: U.S. National Science Foundation, Agreement 0132355 (7/01-6/04) From: no-reply@arxiv.org To: campagne@lal.in2p3.fr Subject: 0705.0116 password (SAVE) Reply-To: hep-ph@arxiv.org X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.39 *** SAVE THIS MESSAGE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE *** (and forward to any collaborators for safekeeping) Your user/password combination for this paper is User-ID: 0705.0116 Password: rpmcs You will need this ID/password pair to do any of the following: - to check the paper before it is announced - to cross-list the paper - to add publication information - to replace the paper with a revised version Keep this password safe -- all future replacements will require it. Paper: 0705.0116 From: Campagne Jean-Eric <campagne@lal.in2p3.fr> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \\ arXiv:0705.0116 From: Campagne Jean-Eric <campagne@lal.in2p3.fr> Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 14:45:11 GMT (804kb) Title: Large underground, liquid based detectors for astro-particle physics in Europe: scientific case and prospects Authors: J. Aysto, A. Badertscher, L. Bezrukov, J. Bouchez, A. Bueno, J. Busto, J.-E. Campagne, Ch. Cavata, A. de Bellefon, J. Dumarchez, J. Ebert, T. Enqvist, A. Ereditato, F. von Feilitzsch, P. Fileviez Perez, M. Goger-Neff, S. Gninenko, W. Gruber, C. Hagner, M. Hess, K. A. Hochmuth, J. Kisiel, L. Knecht, I. Kreslo, V. A. Kudryavtsev, P. Kuusiniemi, T. Lachenmaier, M. Laffranchi, B. Lefievre, P. K. Lightfoot, M. Lindner, J. Maalampi, M. Maltoni, A. Marchionni, T. Marrodan Undagoitia, A. Meregaglia, M. Messina, M. Mezzetto, A. Mirizzi, L. Mosca, U. Moser, A. Muller, G. Natterer, L. Oberauer, P. Otiougova, T. Patzak, J. Peltoniemi, W. Potzel, C. Pistillo, G. G. Raffelt, E. Rondio, M. Roos, B. Rossi, A. Rubbia, N. Savvinov, T. Schwetz, J. Sobczyk, N. J. C. Spooner, D. Stefan, A. Tonazzo, W. Trzaska, J. Ulbricht, C. Volpe, J. Winter, M. Wurm, A. Zalewska, R. Zimmermann Categories: hep-ph \\ This document reports on a series of experimental and theoretical studies conducted to assess the astro-particle physics potential of three future large-scale particle detectors proposed in Europe as next generation underground observatories. The proposed apparatus employ three different and, to some extent, complementary detection techniques: GLACIER (liquid Argon TPC), LENA (liquid scintillator) and MEMPHYS (\WC), based on the use of large mass of liquids as active detection media. The results of these studies are presented along with a critical discussion of the performance attainable by the three proposed approaches coupled to existing or planned underground laboratories, in relation to open and outstanding physics issues such as the search for matter instability, the detection of astrophysical- and geo-neutrinos and to the possible use of these detectors in future high-intensity neutrino beams. \\