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The Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) began operation in 2007 as a facility dedicated to advancing compelling multidisciplinary scientific research. SURF is one of the deepest laboratory sites and offers the largest footprint in the world for scientific pursuits, including physics campuses on the 4850-foot level where the LUX-ZEPLIN, MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, and CASPAR experiments are located. As some experiment activities are completing, a call has been issued for letters of interest for Davis Campus space. SURF is also home to the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) that will host the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). SURF provides ultra-low background environments, low-background assay capabilities, and electroformed copper is produced at the facility.
SURF is eager to host new experiments, and to that end, SURF is preparing to increase underground laboratory space. The initial phase of construction is complete allowing for development of new large caverns on the 4850L (1500 m, 4200 m.w.e.) on the timeframe of next-generation dark matter and neutrino experiments (early 2030s). Other facilities actively being investigated at SURF include a Cryogenic User Facility and a Vertical Facility, both of which would support quantum information science and additional particle astrophysics opportunities.