DRD2 Collaboration Meeting

from Tuesday 11 February 2025 (09:00) to Thursday 13 February 2025 (18:00)
CERN (6/2-024)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
11 Feb 2025
12 Feb 2025
13 Feb 2025
AM
09:00
DRD2 General - Giuliana Fiorillo (University Federico II and INFN, Naples (IT)) Roxanne Guenette (until 10:30)
09:00 Introduction: Status of DRD2 - Roxanne Guenette Giuliana Fiorillo (University Federico II and INFN, Naples (IT))   (6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin)
09:20 Updates from ECFA/DRDC - Ines Gil Botella (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecno)  
09:40 Updates from CPAD - Jonathan Asaadi Jonathan Asaadi (Texas A & M University-Unknown-Unknown)  
10:00 The CERN Neutrino Platform Status and Perspectives - Filippo Resnati (CERN)  
10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00
WP1 Charge Readout - Alexander Deisting (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (DE)) k Mavrokoridis (University of Liverpool (GB)) (until 13:00)
11:00 Introduction & Discussion - k Mavrokoridis (University of Liverpool (GB)) Alexander Deisting (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (DE))  
11:20 New member introduction: Tel Aviv University - Emilie Bertholet (Tel Aviv University (IL))  
11:40 Developments on micropattern structures for liquid xenon detectors - Vitali Tchepel (Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics (PT))  
12:05 The dense SiPM plane under development at University of Manchester - Brais Palmeiro (University of Manchester)  
12:30 Glass GEMs manufacturing procedure & Garfield simulations of glass GEMs - Adam Lowe (University of Liverpool (GB))  
12:55 Close out - k Mavrokoridis (University of Liverpool (GB)) Alexander Deisting (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (DE))  
08:30
WP2 Light Readout - Marcin Kuzniak (AstroCeNT / NCAC Polish Academy of Sciences) Dr Justo Martin-Albo (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC (ES)) (until 10:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
08:30 Introduction - Justo Martín-Albo (Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC) – CSIC & Universitat de València)  
08:35 Polymeric WLS and cryogenic VUV characterization - Marcin Kuzniak (AstroCeNT / NCAC Polish Academy of Sciences)  
08:50 R&D on large-area photon collectors for future liquid argon detectors - Carla Maria Cattadori (Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT))  
09:10 R&D on metasurfaces for VUV photon detection - Augusto Martins (University of York)  
09:25 Measurement of the PDE of X-ARAPUCAS for DUNE FD-VD - Sergio Manthey Corchado (CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tec. (ES))  
09:40 R&D on large-area photon collectors at IFIC - Jose Alfonso Soto Oton (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC (ES))  
09:55 Muon tracking with an opaque liquid scintillator prototype - Nicolò Tuccori (University of Sussex)  
10:10 Discussion  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00
WP3 Target Properties - Hans Steiger (Cluster of Excellence PRISMA+) Prof. Michael Wurm (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (DE)) (until 13:00) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
11:00 Te-loaded LS (SNO+) - Dr Benjamin Tam (University of Oxford)  
11:15 Slow Te-loaded LS at TUM/MZ - Manuel Böhles (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)  
11:25 Slow LS measurements with Lavatrice setup at LNL - Alberto Garfagnini (Istituto Nazionale de Fisica Nucleare (INFN))  
11:35 Cold LS in TAO - Yichen Li (IHEP Beijing) Guofu Cao  
11:50 LS Characterization at INFN Milano - Dr Davide Basilico (University of Milan / INFN Milano)  
12:00 ANNIE: WbLS measurements in SANDI (plus DISCO) - Noah Goehlke (JGU Mainz)  
12:15 WbLS in EOS - Hans Steiger (Cluster of Excellence PRISMA+)  
12:30 WbLS in BNL Prototypes - Guang Yang (Brookhaven National Lab)  
12:45 WbLS with Quantum Dots - Dr Teppei Katori (King's College London)  
12:50 Gadolinium-loaded water (XENONnT) - Marco Selvi (INFN)  
08:30
WP4 Scaling-up challenges - Mauro Caravati (GSSI - Gran Sasso Science Institute) Minfang Yeh (until 10:30) (222/R-001)
08:30 Introduction - Mauro Caravati (GSSI - Gran Sasso Science Institute) Minfang Yeh  
08:35 BNL Scintillator Facility - Richard Rosero (Brookhaven National Laboratory)  
08:45 Spurious electron characterization and mitigation in LArTPCs, solubility of TPB in LAr, and relation to spurious elect - Shawn Scott Westerdale (University of California Riverside (US))  
09:00 LS development and scaling-up challenges for the SHiP LS-SBT at CERN - Annika Hollnagel  
09:15 Isotope/tellurium scaling challenges and purification - Szymon Manecki  
09:30 Aria, Dart, and Urania activities - Walter Marcello Bonivento (INFN Cagliari)  
09:45 Development of novel Xenon Direct Air Capture technology based on adsorption - Samuele Sangiorgio  
10:00 LowRad (low radon and low internal radioactivity) - distillation & purification for next generation liquid xenon experiments - Lutz Althüser (University of Münster)  
10:15 JUNO-II - Liangjian Wen  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00
WP4 Scaling-up challenges - José I. Crespo-Anadón (CIEMAT (Spain)) Daniel Dwyer (until 13:00) (222/R-001)
11:00 Introduction to WP4-T4.3 - Daniel Andrew Dwyer (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US)) José I. Crespo-Anadón (CIEMAT (Spain))  
11:15 CIEMAT photodetector facility - José I. Crespo-Anadón (CIEMAT (Spain))  
11:30 INFN Naples photodetector and TPC-testing facilites - Dmitrii Rudik (UNINA)  
11:45 LArPix scale-up and TPC kits - Brooke Russell (MIT)  
12:00 LightPix ASIC - Daniel Andrew Dwyer (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))  
12:15 APEX: a light trap for the field cage - Flavio Cavanna (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))  
12:30 Status of the facilities in Zurich and related R&D - Jose Javier Cuenca Garcia  
PM
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:00
WP1 Charge Readout - Elena Gramellini (University of Manchester) Jonathan Asaadi (Texas A & M University-Unknown-Unknown) (until 16:00)
14:00 Intro - Jonathan Asaadi Elena Gramellini (University of Manchester)  
14:10 GRAIN - Dr Nicolo Tosi (INFN Bologna, Bologna (IT))  
14:20 QPix - Mitchell Franck Newcomer (University of Pennsylvania (US))  
14:40 Multiple Modality Pixels - Jonathan Asaadi  
14:50 --- Break ---
15:00 LArPix - Daniel Andrew Dwyer (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))  
15:20 SOLAr - Dr Daniele Guffanti (University & INFN Milano-Bicocca)  
15:30 GamPix - Bahrudin Trbalic  
16:00 --- Coffee Break ---
16:20
WP2 Light Readout - Paolo Agnes (GSSI) Miguel Angel Garcia Peris (University of Manchester) (until 18:35)
16:20 Introduction - Paolo Agnes (GSSI) Miguel Angel Garcia Peris (University of Manchester)  
16:25 Update on the adquisition and test of organic photosensors in ASTROCENT - Marcin Kuzniak (AstroCeNT / NCAC Polish Academy of Sciences)  
16:35 Plans for graphene coatings on SPADs  
16:40 VUV optimized coating technologies for CMOS detectors in the Open University - Dr Jesper Skottfelt (Open University)  
16:50 Status CMOS SPADs and plans for BSI SPADs at IMS - Michael Keller (Heidelberg University)  
17:05 Update on 3D PDCs development and characterization at Sheerbroke - Gabriel Lessard (Université de Sherbrooke)  
17:20 Update on FBK NUV-BSI technologies - Alberto Gola Alberto Gola (Fondazione Bruno Kessler)  
17:35 Characterization of charge collection in SPADs at TRIUMF - Seraphim Koulosousas Seraphim Koulosousas Fabrice Retiere  
17:45 PDE measurements for different wavelengths and cryogenic temperatures at CIEMAT - Antonio Verdugo de Osa (CIEMAT) Antonio Verdugo De Osa (CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tec. (ES))  
17:50 Introduction to NOA - Andrea Marasciulli Lucia Consiglio (INFN)  
18:00 Setup and ongoing measurements in Ferrara  
18:10 Development of digital cryogenic SiPMs in 55 nm CMOS at Fermilab - Dr Alexander Kish (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))  
18:30
Collaboration Institutional Board - Walter Marcello Bonivento (INFN Cagliari) (until 20:15)
18:30 Organisation: WG conveners nominations  
18:35 status of Resource Board formation, members  
18:50 round table on MOU signature discussions in the various countries and comments on the latest version of it  
19:10 round table on funding situation in the various countries  
19:30 Further discussion on the hypothetical common fund  
19:45 The next steps for the collaboration, next workshops meetings, and grant applications.  
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:00
WP3 Target Properties - Dmitrii Rudik (UNINA) Davide FRANCO (APC) (until 16:10) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:00 Introduction to WP3.2 - Davide Franco (APC) Dmitrii Rudik (UNINA)  
14:10 Characterization of the Ar ionization yield for sub-keV nuclear recoils - Luciano Pandola (INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Italy)  
14:25 Spectroscopy of the Ar scintillation light for rare event searches - Roberto Santorelli (CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tec. (ES))  
14:35 Xe doping of LAr for 0νββ searches - Dr Alessandro Minotti (Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT))  
14:45 Studies on liquid surface phenomena - Vitali Tchepel (Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics (PT))  
15:00 Plans for Xe-doping LAr studies in Naples - Dmitrii Rudik (UNINA)  
15:15 Impact of EUV on pure and Xe-doped LAr scintillation - Davide Franco (APC)  
15:30 Experimental investigation of the phase equilibria of the xenon+argon system - Salem Hoceini (CTP Mines ParisTech)  
15:45 Stored energy releases in detectors and charged liquid surface effects - sergey pereverzev (LLNL)  
16:00 --- Coffee break ---
16:30
WP4 Scaling-up challenges - Roberto Santorelli (CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tec. (ES)) Paul Scovell (STFC) (until 18:37) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
16:30 T4.1 Status update - Roberto Santorelli (CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tec. (ES))  
16:37 Sources 4A Update - Mihaela Parvu  
16:54 Study of (alpha,n) reactions in Spain - Ariel Tarifeno-Saldivia  
17:06 Boulby Facilities - Paul Scovell (STFC)  
17:18 Cold Radon Emanation - Emily Perry  
17:35 Status of boron doping of PMMA - Riccardo Brugnera  
17:47 Radon capture in micro-pourous adsorbants - Jose Busto  
17:59 Status update - Alex Lindote  
18:06 Aspects on neutron shielding and simulations - Denis Barbu  
18:18 Upgrade of the Jagiellonian Advanced Screening at Canfranc - Grzegorz Zuzel  
18:30 ANAIS+ R&D - Susana Cebrian (Universidad de Zaragoza) Roberto Santorelli (CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tec. (ES)) Maria Martinez María Luisa Sarsa (University of Zaragoza)  
19:00 --- Dinner at R1 ---
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:00
DRD2 General (until 16:00) (222/R-001)
14:00 T1.1 Recap & Overview  
14:10 T1.2 Recap & Overview  
14:20 T2.1 Recap & Overview  
14:30 T2.2 Recap & Overview  
14:40 T3.1 Recap & Overview  
14:50 T3.2 Recap & Overview  
15:00 T4.1 Recap & Overview  
15:10 T4.2 Recap & Overview  
15:20 T4.3 Recap & Overview  
15:30 WG1: Common Infrastructures & Facilities  
15:45 WG2: Industry Connections & Technology Transfer  
15:50 WG3: Training and Outreach  
15:55 Close Out - Giuliana Fiorillo (University Federico II and INFN, Naples (IT)) Roxanne Guenette