DRD2 Collaboration Meeting

from Monday 5 February 2024 (09:00) to Wednesday 7 February 2024 (17:00)
CERN (40/S2-B01)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
5 Feb 2024
6 Feb 2024
7 Feb 2024
AM
09:00
DRD2 Organization and Discussion - Roxanne Guenette Jocelyn Rebecca Monroe (University of London (GB)) (until 10:45)
09:00 Introduction to DRD2 - Jocelyn Rebecca Monroe (University of London (GB)) Roxanne Guenette  
09:20 The CERN Neutrino Platform - Filippo Resnati (CERN)  
09:40 The R&D Collaboration in the US and the CPAD perspective - Prof. Jonathan Asaadi (University of Texas at Arlington) Jonathan Asaadi  
10:00 Overview of ECFA/DRDC - Philip Patrick Allport (University of Birmingham (UK))  
10:20 Preliminary proposal for Collaboration Governance - Giuliana Fiorillo (Universita Federico II e INFN Sezione di Napoli (IT))  
10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:15
WP1: Charge readout - Jonathan Asaadi Dr Elena Gramellini (University of Manchester) Prof. Jonathan Asaadi (University of Texas at Arlington) (until 12:30)
11:15 Introduction - Dr Elena Gramellini (University of Manchester)  
11:25 LArPix - Daniel Andrew Dwyer (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))  
11:35 GamPix - Yun-Tse Tsai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))  
11:45 SoLAr - Dr Daniele Guffanti (University & INFN Milano-Bicocca)  
11:55 QPix+Light - James Battat  
12:05 Discussion  
09:00
WP2: Light Readout - Clara Cuesta Soria (CIEMAT) Marcin Kuzniak (AstroCeNT / NCAC Polish Academy of Sciences) Justo Martín-Albo (Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC & Universitat de València)) (until 10:30) (40/S2-C01 - Salle Curie)
09:00 Introduction - Marcin Kuzniak (AstroCeNT / NCAC Polish Academy of Sciences) Clara Cuesta Soria (CIEMAT) Justo Martín-Albo (Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC & Universitat de València))  
09:10 Polymeric WLS - Marcin Kuzniak (AstroCeNT / NCAC Polish Academy of Sciences)  
09:20 TPB stability in LAr - Andrzej Michal Szelc (University of Edinburgh)  
09:25 WLSE embedded in PTFE for LXe - Claudio Frederico Pascoal da Silva (LIP Coimbra)  
09:35 Large surface evaporation system - Nicola Canci (INFN)  
09:45 Facility for photon detection efficiency measurement - Clara Cuesta Soria (CIEMAT)  
09:55 Improving VUV light collection with metasurfaces - Justo Martín-Albo (Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC & Universitat de València))  
10:05 WLS-fiber-based light readout for LiquidO - Prof. Jeffrey John Hartnell (University of Sussex (GB))  
10:15 Discussion  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00
WP4: Scale-up Challenges -Dr Jim Dobson (King's College London) Roberto Santorelli (CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tec. (ES)) (until 12:00) (40/S2-C01 - Salle Curie)
11:00 Itroduction - Roberto Santorelli (CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tec. (ES)) Dr Jim Dobson (King's College London)  
11:10 R&D in Poland: HPGe and Surface contamination - Grzegorz Zuzel (Jagiellonian University in Krakow)  
11:25 R&D in UK: HPGe and ICPMS - Paul Scovell (STFC)  
11:40 Neutron reduction with low radioactivity polymers - Giuseppe Salamanna (Roma Tre University and INFN - Roma Tre)  
11:55 Discussion and plans - Dr Jim Dobson (King's College London) Roberto Santorelli (CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tec. (ES))  
09:00
DRD2 Organization and Discussion (until 13:00) (40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr)
09:00 Recap and overview of WP1.1 plans - Prof. Jonathan Asaadi (University of Texas at Arlington) Jonathan Asaadi Dr Elena Gramellini (University of Manchester)  
09:15 Recap and overview of WP1.2 plans - Alexander Deisting (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (DE)) k Mavrokoridis (University of Liverpool (GB))  
09:30 Recap and overview of WP2.1 plans - Jocelyn Rebecca Monroe (University of London (GB)) Paolo Agnes (GSSI) Fabrice Retiere  
09:45 Recap and overview of WP2.2 plans - Justo Martín-Albo (Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC & Universitat de València)) Marcin Kuzniak (AstroCeNT / NCAC Polish Academy of Sciences) Clara Cuesta Soria (CIEMAT)  
10:00 Recap and overview of WP3.1 plans - Dr Hans Theodor Josef Steiger (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Cluster of Excellence PRISMA+) Stefan Schoppmann (JGU Mainz) Prof. Michael Wurm (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (DE))  
10:15 Recap and overview of WP3.2 plans - Dr Davide Franco (APC) Andrea Zani (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 Recap and overview of WP4.1 plans - Roberto Santorelli (CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tec. (ES)) Dr Jim Dobson (King's College London)  
11:15 Recap and overview of WP4.2 plans - Minfang Yeh Walter Marcello Bonivento (INFN Cagliari)  
11:30 Recap and overview of WP4.3 plans - José I. Crespo-Anadón (CIEMAT (Spain)) Giuliana Fiorillo (Universita Federico II e INFN Sezione di Napoli (IT))  
11:45 Discussion of scientific organization and plans - Roxanne Guenette  
12:15 Plans for Collaboration Governance and next steps - Alexander Deisting (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (DE)) Giuliana Fiorillo (Universita Federico II e INFN Sezione di Napoli (IT))  
PM
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30
WP1: Charge readout - k Mavrokoridis (University of Liverpool (GB)) Alexander Deisting (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (DE)) (until 15:15)
13:30 Session introducion - k Mavrokoridis (University of Liverpool (GB)) Alexander Deisting (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (DE))  
13:40 DRD1 and DRD2 overlap - Diego Gonzalez Diaz (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES))  
13:50 Glass GEMs - Adam Roberts (University of Liverpool (GB)) k Mavrokoridis (University of Liverpool (GB))  
14:00 Xenon electroluminescence with Floating Electrodes and Microstrips - Vitaly Chepel  
14:10 Ariadne+ - k Mavrokoridis (University of Liverpool (GB))  
14:20 XeLab Project - Frederic GIRARD Frédéric Girard Luca SCOTTO LAVINA Luca Scotto Lavina (CNRS)  
14:30 Xe single-phase at University of Freiburg - Sebastian Lindemann (Albert Ludwigs Universitaet Freiburg (DE))  
14:40 Micro structures for single phase detectors - Alexander Deisting (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (DE))  
14:50 Novel single-phase detector concepts - Amos Breskin (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))  
15:00 Discussion - k Mavrokoridis (University of Liverpool (GB)) Alexander Deisting (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (DE))  
15:15 --- Coffee break ---
15:45
WP2: Light Readout - Paolo Agnes (GSSI) Fabrice Retiere Jocelyn Rebecca Monroe (University of London (GB)) (until 20:12) (40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr)
15:45 2D digital SiPM - Prof. Peter Fischer (Heidelberg University)  
16:01 2.5 and 3D digital SiPM - Fabrice Retiere  
16:20 Multiple-Modality Pixels - Dr Elena Gramellini (University of Manchester)  
16:30 LightPix - Daniel Andrew Dwyer (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))  
16:48 CIEMAT - Clara Cuesta Soria (CIEMAT)  
16:54 Naples - Francesco Di Capua (Universita Federico II e INFN Sezione di Napoli (IT)) Giuliana Fiorillo (Universita Federico II e INFN Sezione di Napoli (IT))  
17:00 TRIUMF - Giacomo Gallina (TRIUMF)  
17:06 SoLAIRE - Darren Price (University of Manchester (GB))  
17:12 AstroCeNT - Marcin Kuzniak (AstroCeNT / NCAC Polish Academy of Sciences)  
17:18 Prague/FZU - Jaroslav Zalesak (Czech Academy of Sciences (CZ)) Jaroslav Zalesak (Institute of Physics, Prague)  
19:00 --- Collaboration Dinner at Glassbox (R1) ---
12:00
WP4: Scale-up Challenges - Walter Marcello Bonivento (INFN Cagliari) Minfang Yeh (until 13:30) (40/S2-C01 - Salle Curie)
12:00 Intro - Minfang Yeh Walter Marcello Bonivento (INFN Cagliari)  
12:10 WbLS scale up procurement, production and purification - Richard Rosero (BNL)  
12:25 SNO+ scintillator production - Dr Szymon Manecki (SNOLAB)  
12:35 Xe purification on large scale - Lutz Althüser  
12:50 Argon production and purification-related R&D ; R&D on cryogenic distillation - Walter Marcello Bonivento (INFN Cagliari)  
13:00 Current status of argon production and purification for dark matter and 0nubb - Federico Gabriele (INFN)  
13:10 Discussion  
13:30 --- Lunch ---
14:30
NEW ROOM: WP3: Target Properties -Prof. Michael Wurm (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (DE)) Dr Hans Theodor Josef Steiger (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Cluster of Excellence PRISMA+) Stefan Schoppmann (JGU Mainz) (until 15:40) (13/2-005)
14:30 Session introduction - Dr Stefan Schoppmann (JGU Mainz)  
14:40 Hybrid Scintillator Development in Europe - Prof. Michael Wurm (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (DE))  
14:50 Hybrid scintillator development in US - Prof. Josh Klein (University of Pennsylvania)  
15:00 Opaque Scintillators - Dr Anatael CABRERA (IJCLab (Orsay) - CNRS / Université Paris-Saclay)  
15:10 R&D on Gd Water Detectors - Marco Selvi (INFN)  
15:20 Discussion  
15:30 --- Coffee break ---
16:00
NEW ROOM: WP3: Target Properties -Dr Davide Franco (APC) Andrea Zani (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT)) (until 17:15) (13/2-005)
16:00 Introduction - Dr Davide Franco (APC) Andrea Zani (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))  
16:05 LAr Property Measurements at LArTPC Neutrino Experiments and 220Rn Injection at CSU LArTPC R&D Setup - Michael Mooney (Colorado State University) Michael Mooney (Colorado State University)  
16:15 ReD+ initiative - Luciano Pandola (INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Italy)  
16:25 Lowering the threshold of dual-phase LArTPCs - Michela Lai (University of California Riverside) Shawn Scott Westerdale (University of California Riverside (US))  
16:35 Phase equilibrium behavior of the Ar-Xe mixture at low T - Paolo Stringari (Département Énergétique et Procédés Mines Paris - PSL)  
16:45 Simulating light transport in LAr-TPCs - Andrzej Michal Szelc (University of Edinburgh)  
16:52 Open discussion  
17:00
WP4: Scale-up Challenges - Giuliana Fiorillo (Universita Federico II e INFN Sezione di Napoli (IT)) José I. Crespo-Anadón (CIEMAT (Spain)) (until 18:30) (13/2-005)
17:00 (moved from 4.2) Xe procurement plans at kton scale - Samuele Sangiorgio (LLNL)  
17:10 Introduction to WP4.3 - Giuliana Fiorillo (Universita Federico II e INFN Sezione di Napoli (IT)) José I. Crespo-Anadón (CIEMAT (Spain))  
17:20 CIEMAT R&D for WP4.3 - José I. Crespo-Anadón (CIEMAT (Spain))  
17:25 INFN-Napoli R&D for WP4.3 - Francesco Di Capua (Universita Federico II e INFN Sezione di Napoli (IT))  
17:30 UZH R&D for WP4.3 - Ricardo Peres (University of Zurich)  
17:35 HKROC development - Benjamin Quilain (LLR (CNRS-IN2P3 / Ecole polytechnique))  
17:40 R&D towards large surface extension of PhotonDetector optical coverage for future LArTPC detectors - Flavio Cavanna (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))  
17:45 PANCAKE - Sebastian Lindemann (University of Freiburg)  
17:50 Brief presentation of DRD7 and project DRD7.4a - Manuel Rolo (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))  
17:55 Scaling LArTPC pixel readout: Progress and Plans - Daniel Andrew Dwyer (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))  
18:00 Discussion