Le Laboratoire Souterrain à Bas Bruit

The LSBB (University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur) is located in the south-east of France, in Vaucluse. Hosted in a former underground military base originally designed to be fully hardened and secure within the framework of nuclear defense.

Center zone of the main tunnel, with the scientist in charge of research on dark matter.

The base platform is located within a carbonate formation in which the seismic, gravitational and magnetic noises are measured as some of the lowest in the world. A multi-parametric environmental monitoring is continuously performed to guarantee the highest quality to experiments.

Being a French national facility, the LSBB welcomes all kind of projects that in-return can benefit from the permanent highly skilled staff and from the large environmental database at quite, stable and attractive conditions.
LSBB permanently controls the noise level of the environment with multiparametric sensors.
Rare events can be detected and certified.

Laboratoire Souterrain à Bas Bruit - UNS/CNRS/OCA La Grande Combe 84400 Rustrel
Tel.  +33 (0)4 90 04 99 00 / Fax   +33 (0)4 90 04 99 01
Web : http://lsbb.oca.eu
Communication : Christophe Sudre This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Laboratoire Souterrain à Bas Bruit - UNS/CNRS/OCA La Grande Combe 84400 Rustrel
Tel.  +33 (0)4 90 04 99 00 / Fax   +33 (0)4 90 04 99 01
Web : http://lsbb.oca.eu
Communication : Christophe Sudre This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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(photo credits : LSBB/decalcow.fr)