I have ben asked to pass on the following message. If you are intersted,
please contact Sean Paling ([log in to unmask])
I am writing to ask if you know anyone in the geological and geophysical
communities would be interested in opportunities for conducting research at
the Boulby Mine Underground Science facility.
I am part of a team of UK astro-physicists (the UK Dark Matter
collaboration) who run an underground science facility 1.1km below ground at
Boulby potash and rock-salt mine 20 mins north-west of Whitby (see:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/physics/research/pppa/boulby/boulby.php). Up to now
our primary research has been astrophysics - and the facility we have built
for this is one of just a handful of sites world-wide suitable for
supporting such work. Now we would like to begin opening up our facility for
other deep underground science studies - including geology, geophysics and
seismology.
Is this something you or your colleagues would be interested in?
We are planning a 2-day Boulby Underground Science Workshop on Sat/Sun the
21st & 22nd of October this year - to bring together interested groups from
a variety of fields (inc geology) to learn about Boulby and discuss
underground science and possibilities for the future. Details for the
workshop follow at the end of this message and are on another website:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/physics/bus2006/index.php.
Sean Paling
UK Dark Matter Collaboration
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Sheffield University
The Hicks Building, Hounsfield Rd
Sheffield, S37RH
Tel +44 (0)114 222 4270
Mob +44 (0)781 552 0853
FAX +44 (0)114 222 3555
Dear Colleague,
You are cordially invited to participate in the:
1st Boulby Workshop on Underground Science (BUS-2006)
21st-22nd (Sat/Sun) October, 2006
King's Manor, York, UK
Website: http://www.shef.ac.uk/physics/bus2006/index.php
DEADLINE for submission of abstracts: 25th Sept. 2006
Underground science is a new and growing field worldwide with experiments
underway or planned covering a surprising variety of fields including
particle astrophysics (neutrino studies, dark matter and other rare event
searches), nuclear astrophysics, low background physics, biotechnology,
geo-microbiology and earth/environmental sciences. The UK's Boulby
underground laboratory, situated 1.1 km below ground in a working Salt and
Potash mine, is a superb site of this type of science.
The 1st Boulby Underground Science workshop will include review talks
covering a variety of topics in underground science as well as talks from
representatives of current activity at Boulby. A particular objective will
be to gather ideas and possibilities for new or expanded science
programmes in the laboratory. In this context submission of talks covering
any aspect of underground science for which Boulby may be a suitable site
now or in the future, in the existing facility or through new excavations,
are warmly welcomed.
We hope this will be a rich, lively & informative event promoting
discussion within and across fields. It will also be a good opportunity to
learn more about the Boulby facility, the science underway and the
plans/possibilities for the future.
Workshop fee:
70 UK pounds early registration,
100 UK pounds after 25th Sept (inclusive of all food, banquet and conference
pack).
For more information, including how to register - please see the workshop
website: http://www.shef.ac.uk/physics/bus2006/index.php
Current speakers include:
Y. Giomataris (University of Saclay)
C. Regenfus (CERN)
A. Rubbia (ETH Zurich)
N. Smith (CCLRC)
T. Sumner (ICL)
W. Plastino (University of Rome)
B. Grant (University of Leicester)
S. Cockell (Open University)
J. Kisiel (University of Silesia)
C. Booth (University of Sheffield)
D. Snowden-Ifft (Occidental College)
M. Kuster (Darmstadt University)
R. Saakyan (UCL)
M. Aliotta (University of Edinburgh)
C. Vignoli (LNGS)
V. Kudryavtsev (University of Sheffield)
N. Spooner (University ofSheffield)
Advisory committee:
T. Sloan (University of Lancaster)
J. Womersley (CCLRC)
N. Smith (CCLRC)
B. Grant (University of Leicester)
R. Cashmore (University of Oxford)
C. Spiering (DESY)
H. Krauss (University of Oxford)
F. Avignone (University of S. Carolina)
S. Johnson (University of Sheffield)
N. Spooner (University of Sheffield)
A. Murphy (University of Edinburgh)
Local organising committee:
N. Spooner (University of Sheffield)
S. Paling (University of Sheffield)
J. Hopkin (University of Sheffield)
S. Cartwright (University of Sheffield)
A. Murphy (University of Edinburgh)
L. Bird (University of Sheffield)
J. Mulholland (CCLRC)
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