论文标题
加压洞穴中的高压TPC：暗物质和中微子物理学的机会
High-pressure TPCs in pressurized caverns: opportunities in dark matter and neutrino physics
论文作者
论文摘要
天然气和氢存储行业的经验创造了巨大的地下空间。其中最常见的是“溶液挖掘”，一种使盐形成中充满盐水的腔的方法。与常规开采的地下空间不同，这些空间（a）构造和操作的价格便宜，（b）自然用作压力容器，在常规实验室无法构造的尺寸尺寸，以及（b）允许安全使用易燃和/或毒性材料。如果可以满足各种工程挑战，那么解决方案挖掘的洞穴将允许前所未有的高压气体TPC。衬里的岩石洞穴（LRC）可以允许在更常规的空间中高压TPC。在此白皮书中，我们回顾了这些洞穴中可用的一些新物理机会，并建议需要实现它们的研发计划。
The natural gas and hydrogen storage industries have experience creating huge, pressurized underground spaces. The most common of these is "solution mining", a method for making brine-filled cavities in salt formations. Unlike conventionally-mined underground spaces, these spaces are (a) inexpensive to construct and operate, (b) naturally serve as pressure vessels, at size scales impossible to construct in a conventional lab, and (b) permit safe use of flammable and/or toxic materials. If various engineering challenges could be met, solution-mined caverns would allow unprecedentedly-large high pressure gas TPCs. Lined rock caverns (LRC) may permit high pressure TPCs of considerable size in more conventional spaces. In this whitepaper, we review some of the new physics opportunities available in these caverns and suggest an R&D program needed to realize them.
