Large Volume Detector

<p>The Large Volume Detector (LVD) is a <a href="/facts/Particle_physics/YgIuyj2t">particle physics</a> experiment situated in the <a href="/facts/Gran_Sasso/6j5Rg5ED">Gran Sasso</a> laboratory in <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a> and is operated by the <a href="/facts/Istituto_Nazionale_di_Fisica_Nucleare/ANvQsBVE">Italian Institute of Nuclear Physics</a> (INFN).  It has been in operation since June 1992, and is a member of the <a href="/facts/Supernova_Early_Warning_System/KcQCvGzY">Supernova Early Warning System</a>. Among other work, the detector should be able to detect <a href="/facts/Neutrino/yGWVfSg2">neutrinos</a> from <a href="/facts/Milky_Way/ulF6lccN">our galaxy</a> and possibly nearby galaxies. The LVD uses 840 scintillator counters around a large tank of hydrocarbons.  The detector can detect both <a href="/facts/Charged_current/uJAQqxoj">charged current</a> and <a href="/facts/Neutral_current/eXCI2ldx">neutral current</a> interactions.
</p><p>In 2012, they published the results of measurements of the speed of <a href="/facts/CERN_Neutrinos_to_Gran_Sasso/dp0n0ggo">CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso</a>. The results were consistent with the <a href="/facts/Speed_of_light/sKSQwdNx">speed of light</a>. See <a href="/facts/Measurements_of_neutrino_speed/RzCq121m">measurements of neutrino speed</a>.
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Large Volume Detector