Canfranc Underground Laboratory

The Canfranc Underground Laboratory (Spanish: Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc or LSC) is an underground scientific facility located in the former railway tunnel of Somport under Monte Tobazo (Pyrenees) in Canfranc.

The laboratory, 780 m deep and protected from cosmic radiation,[2] is mainly devoted to study rarely occurring natural phenomena such as the interactions of neutrinos of cosmic origin or dark matter with atomic nuclei.

[3][1][4] Access to the tunnel containing the laboratory is at the Estación Internacional de Canfranc, a former international railway station in the village of Canfranc.

[5][4][6] As of 2023, the following experiments are ongoing in Canfranc:[7] As of 2023, the following experiments were described as proposals:[8] As of 2023, the following experiments have completed their activities in Canfranc:[9]