2023/06/21 by R. M. Adam, C. Antel, Adam, Robert +89
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Computational Physics and Python Applications #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2306.12083
openalex publication_date 2023/06/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Establishing a deep underground physics laboratory to study, amongst others, double beta decay, geoneutrinos, reactor neutrinos and dark matter has been discussed for more than a decade within the austral African physicists' community. PAUL, the Paarl Africa Underground Laboratory, is an initiative foreseeing an open international laboratory devoted to the development of competitive science in the austral region. It has the advantage that the location, the Huguenot tunnel, exists already and the geology and the environment of the site is appropriate for an experimental facility. The paper describes the PAUL initiative, presents the physics prospects and discusses the capacity for building the future experimental facility.