The China Jinping Underground Laboratory and Its Early Science

Authors :: Kejun Kang
Jianping Cheng
Yunhua Chen
Jianmin Li
Yuanjing Li
Qian Yue
Shiyong Wu
Xiangdong Ji
Zhi Zeng
Jin Li
Henry T. Wong
Source :: Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science. 67:231-251
Publication Year :: 2017
Publisher :: Annual Reviews, 2017.
Abstract: The China Jinping Underground Laboratory, inaugurated in 2010, is an underground research facility with the deepest rock overburden and largest space by volume in the world. The first-generation science programs include dark matter searches conducted by the CDEX and PandaX experiments. These activities are complemented by measurements of ambient radioactivity and installation of low-background counting systems. Phase II of the facility is being constructed, and its potential research projects are being formulated. In this review, we discuss the history, key features, results, and status of this facility and its experimental programs, as well as their future evolution and plans.<br />19 pages, 11 figures