China has begun the work of the deepest and largest underground laboratory in the world, located at a depth of 2400 meters below the Earth's surface in the southwest of the country. The Jinping Laboratory, after three years of modernization and expansion, has become the largest object for deep -earth experiments and dark matter research.
This mega -object, which is in an extremely deep position, is regarded as the perfect "abandoned" place for the detection of dark matter - a mysterious substance, which, according to assumptions, is at least a quarter of the universe. The Jinping laboratory blocks most of the cosmic rays, which makes it the perfect place for the most accurate and pure experiments.
This complex, which includes a 300,000 cubic meter volumetric room, which is almost twice the size of the Grand-Sasso National Laboratory in Italy, can open new prospects for the study of dark matter.
Dark matter does not interact with light, does not emit it and does not reflect, which makes it very difficult to detect. Scientists hope to identify it through deep experiments and analysis of the gravitational impact that it exerts on visible matter.
The Jinping Laboratory will also support interdisciplinary studies in the physics of elementary particles, nuclear astrophysics, cosmology, the science of life and mechanics of rocks.
The laboratory of Jinping laboratory denotes an important step in the global scientific efforts of disclosure and understanding of dark matter, which opens up new opportunities for scientists in their research in the universe.
