What are the mechanisms by which heavy elements are produced in the Universe?
These are questions which we hope to help answer at SNOLAB through the study of astroparticle physics. Astroparticle physics is a cross over field of research that studies subatomic particles associated with astronomical sources. On the one hand, astronomical sources can produce energetic particles (cosmic rays are an example) in quantities and at energies that can’t be achieved in Earth based particle accelerators. Thus particle physicists turn to extraterrestrial sources to study some aspects of particle properties. On the other hand, understanding the properties of these particles gives insight into the creation and evolution of stars, galaxies and ultimately the Universe itself. Thus astrophysicists turn to the tools of particle physics to study the Universe on large. The principle topics in astroparticle physics being investigated at SNOLAB are: Low Energy Solar Neutrinos; Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay; Cosmic Dark Matter Searches and Supernova Neutrino Searches. However, the que
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