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- Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) REU program 2025
I hope you're having a great summer so far. I wanted to reach out and give you some updates on the REU program I am at! I've been at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in South Dakota for a few weeks now, and I'm starting to work on SNEWS (SuperNova Early Warning System), which is essentially detecting neutrinos from Supernovas, and using this allows observatories to turn towards where the supernovas quickly to see them. I'm going to be working on the trigger system for it at SURF. So far, I haven't been able to really start a ton on that, but I have gotten to move 3 HPGe's (high-purity Germanium detector), so I've been lifting a lot of lead. I am also learning a lot more about the LZ detector here, and how it works. I'm attaching a few pictures of some of what I've seen so far (drifts, lead, LZ detector and the other REU students). I'm super excited for the rest of the REU! I can't wait to come back and do more research as well.
Kind regards,
Isabella Lopez