Speaker
Andrea Molinario
(LNGS)
Description
The Large Volume Detector (LVD), located in Hall A at LNGS, is an underground neutrino observatory mainly designed to study neutrinos from core-collapse supernovae. It is in operation since 1992, under different larger configurations. LVD currently consists of an array of 840 scintillator counters, arranged in a compact and modular geometry, for a total active mass of M=1000 t. Since July 2005 LVD has taken part to the Supernovae Early Warning System (SNEWS), the network of supernova neutrino observatories whose main goal is to provide the astronomical community with a prompt alert for the next galactic core-collapse supernova.
