7th SYMPOSIUM ON LARGE TPCs FOR LOW-ENERGY RARE EVENT DETECTION
from
Monday 15 December 2014 (08:00)
to
Wednesday 17 December 2014 (18:10)
Monday 15 December 2014
08:00
Registration
Registration
08:00 - 09:00
09:00
Welcome by the deputy director of APC
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Sotirios Loucatos
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
Welcome by the deputy director of APC
Sotirios Loucatos
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
09:00 - 09:05
09:05
Introduction
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Ioanis Giomataris
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
Introduction
Ioanis Giomataris
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
09:05 - 09:15
09:15
Dark Matter-Baryogenesis connection: status after LHC run 1 and future tests
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Geraldine Servant
(
ICREA - Institucio catalana de recerca estudis avancats (ES)
)
Dark Matter-Baryogenesis connection: status after LHC run 1 and future tests
Geraldine Servant
(
ICREA - Institucio catalana de recerca estudis avancats (ES)
)
09:15 - 09:45
09:45
AMS 2 results
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Nicola Tomassetti
(
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
)
AMS 2 results
Nicola Tomassetti
(
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
)
09:45 - 10:05
10:05
Effective theories
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Oliver Buchmueller
(
Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB)
)
Effective theories
Oliver Buchmueller
(
Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB)
)
10:05 - 10:30
10:30
coffee break
coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Overview of TPC’s and Active Targets for Nuclear Astrophysics and Nuclear Structure Experiments
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Wolfgang Mittig
Overview of TPC’s and Active Targets for Nuclear Astrophysics and Nuclear Structure Experiments
Wolfgang Mittig
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
The Biochemistry of Xenon 136
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David R. Nygren
(
UT Arlington
)
The Biochemistry of Xenon 136
David R. Nygren
(
UT Arlington
)
11:30 - 11:50
11:50
Micro-physics simulations of columnar recombination along nuclear recoil tracks in high-pressure Xe gas for directional dark matter searches
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Yasuhiro Nakajima
(
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US)
)
Micro-physics simulations of columnar recombination along nuclear recoil tracks in high-pressure Xe gas for directional dark matter searches
Yasuhiro Nakajima
(
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US)
)
11:50 - 12:10
12:10
ICARUS T600
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Jan Emil Kisiel
(
University of Silesia (PL)
)
ICARUS T600
Jan Emil Kisiel
(
University of Silesia (PL)
)
12:10 - 12:30
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
There's something about light WIMPs
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David Garcia Cerdeno
There's something about light WIMPs
David Garcia Cerdeno
14:00 - 14:30
14:30
Light WIMP search with the spherical detector
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Ali DASTGHEIBI FARD
Ioanis Giomataris
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
Light WIMP search with the spherical detector
Ali DASTGHEIBI FARD
Ioanis Giomataris
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
14:30 - 14:50
14:50
TREX-DM: a low background Micromegas-based TPC for low mass WIMP detection
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Francisco Jose Iguaz Gutierrez
(
Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
)
TREX-DM: a low background Micromegas-based TPC for low mass WIMP detection
Francisco Jose Iguaz Gutierrez
(
Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
)
14:50 - 15:10
15:10
Search for light WIMPS with SuperCDMS and the impact of neutrino background
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Julien Billard
(
MIT
)
Search for light WIMPS with SuperCDMS and the impact of neutrino background
Julien Billard
(
MIT
)
15:10 - 15:30
15:30
Review on dark matter experiments
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Philippe Di Stefano
(
Queen's University
)
Review on dark matter experiments
Philippe Di Stefano
(
Queen's University
)
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
coffee break
coffee break
16:00 - 16:30
16:30
XENON Project results and future
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Luca Scotto Lavina
(
CNRS/IN2P3, Subatech
)
XENON Project results and future
Luca Scotto Lavina
(
CNRS/IN2P3, Subatech
)
16:30 - 16:50
16:50
Darkside
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Paolo AGNES
(
Univ. Paris VII, APC
)
Darkside
Paolo AGNES
(
Univ. Paris VII, APC
)
16:50 - 17:10
17:10
PANDA results and prospects
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Karl Giboni
PANDA results and prospects
Karl Giboni
17:10 - 17:30
17:30
MicrobooNE
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Leonidas Kalousis
(
Virginia Tech
)
MicrobooNE
Leonidas Kalousis
(
Virginia Tech
)
17:30 - 17:50
17:50
The LAr1-ND experiment
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Nicola McConkey
(
urn:Google
)
The LAr1-ND experiment
Nicola McConkey
(
urn:Google
)
17:50 - 18:10
Tuesday 16 December 2014
09:00
Searches for WISPs and the necessity of very low flux detectors
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Axel Lindner
(
DESY
)
Searches for WISPs and the necessity of very low flux detectors
Axel Lindner
(
DESY
)
09:00 - 09:30
09:30
CAST and Micromegas detectors
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Javier Gracia Garza
(
Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
)
CAST and Micromegas detectors
Javier Gracia Garza
(
Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
)
09:30 - 09:50
09:50
Ingrid detector in CAST
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Klaus Desch
(
Universitaet Bonn (DE)
)
Ingrid detector in CAST
Klaus Desch
(
Universitaet Bonn (DE)
)
09:50 - 10:10
10:10
Search of KK axions at LSM
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Javier Galan Lacarra
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
Search of KK axions at LSM
Javier Galan Lacarra
(
CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR)
)
10:10 - 10:30
10:30
Break
Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
The IAXO helioscope
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Esther Ferrer Ribas
(
DAPNIA, Saclay
)
The IAXO helioscope
Esther Ferrer Ribas
(
DAPNIA, Saclay
)
11:00 - 11:20
11:20
Minority Carriers: A revolution for low background TPC work
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Daniel Snowden-Ifft
(
Occidental College
)
Minority Carriers: A revolution for low background TPC work
Daniel Snowden-Ifft
(
Occidental College
)
11:20 - 11:40
11:40
NITEC: a Negative Ion Time Expansion Chamber for very rare event searches
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Elisabetta Baracchini
(
urn:Google
)
NITEC: a Negative Ion Time Expansion Chamber for very rare event searches
Elisabetta Baracchini
(
urn:Google
)
11:40 - 12:00
12:00
MIMAC TPC and First detection of 3D tracks of Radon Progeny
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Quentin Riffard
(
LPSC Grenoble
)
MIMAC TPC and First detection of 3D tracks of Radon Progeny
Quentin Riffard
(
LPSC Grenoble
)
12:00 - 12:20
12:20
NEWAGE
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Kentaro Miuchi
(
urn:Google
)
NEWAGE
Kentaro Miuchi
(
urn:Google
)
12:20 - 12:40
12:40
Lunch
Lunch
12:40 - 14:00
14:00
LXe TPC breaking news: dual-phase TPC with Gas-Photomultiplier readout and Liquid Hole Multiplier operation in single-phase mode
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Lior Arazi
(
Weizmann Institute of Science
)
LXe TPC breaking news: dual-phase TPC with Gas-Photomultiplier readout and Liquid Hole Multiplier operation in single-phase mode
Lior Arazi
(
Weizmann Institute of Science
)
14:00 - 14:20
14:20
Latest Results and plans on double phase LAr LEM-TPC
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Shuoxing Wu
(
Eidgenoessische Tech. Hochschule Zuerich (CH)
)
Latest Results and plans on double phase LAr LEM-TPC
Shuoxing Wu
(
Eidgenoessische Tech. Hochschule Zuerich (CH)
)
14:20 - 14:40
14:40
Liquid Ar TPC R&D effort at FNAL
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Flavio Cavanna
(
Dipartimento di Fisica
)
Liquid Ar TPC R&D effort at FNAL
Flavio Cavanna
(
Dipartimento di Fisica
)
14:40 - 15:00
15:00
Measurement of scintillation and ionization yield with high-pressure gaseous mixtures of Xe and TMA for improved 0nu double beta decay and dark matter searches
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Yasuhiro Nakajima
(
Kyoto University
)
Measurement of scintillation and ionization yield with high-pressure gaseous mixtures of Xe and TMA for improved 0nu double beta decay and dark matter searches
Yasuhiro Nakajima
(
Kyoto University
)
15:00 - 15:20
15:20
Operation of a 10bar/1kg Penning-Fluorescent Xe-TPC: x- and gamma-ray reconstruction in charge mode
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Diego Gonzalez Diaz
(
Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
)
Operation of a 10bar/1kg Penning-Fluorescent Xe-TPC: x- and gamma-ray reconstruction in charge mode
Diego Gonzalez Diaz
(
Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
)
15:20 - 15:40
15:40
The Search for Hidden Particles at the SPS
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Oleg Ruchayskiy
(
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (CH)
)
The Search for Hidden Particles at the SPS
Oleg Ruchayskiy
(
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (CH)
)
15:40 - 16:00
16:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:30
16:30
Review on neutrino-less double-beta decay
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FABRICE PIQUEMAL
(
CNRS/IN2P3
)
Review on neutrino-less double-beta decay
FABRICE PIQUEMAL
(
CNRS/IN2P3
)
16:30 - 17:00
17:00
Results from EXO200, and plans for NEXO and Barium tagging
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David Sinclair
(
Carlton U.
)
Results from EXO200, and plans for NEXO and Barium tagging
David Sinclair
(
Carlton U.
)
17:00 - 17:20
17:20
NEXT-generation HP Xe-TPCs for the NEXT-bb0nu experiment
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Diego Gonzalez Diaz
(
Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
)
NEXT-generation HP Xe-TPCs for the NEXT-bb0nu experiment
Diego Gonzalez Diaz
(
Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
)
17:20 - 17:40
17:40
Selenium Hexafluoride as a Candidate Material for Neutrino-less Double Beta Decay Search
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David R Nygren
(
UT Arlington
)
Selenium Hexafluoride as a Candidate Material for Neutrino-less Double Beta Decay Search
David R Nygren
(
UT Arlington
)
17:40 - 18:00
19:30
Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
19:30 - 22:30
Wednesday 17 December 2014
09:00
Highlights of the Antineutrino Applied Physics conference
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david lhuillier
(
CEA Saclay
)
Highlights of the Antineutrino Applied Physics conference
david lhuillier
(
CEA Saclay
)
09:00 - 09:30
09:30
T2K: Recent results and TPC operation
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Anthony Hillairet
(
University of VIctoria, Canada
)
Anthony Hillairet
(
Unknown
)
T2K: Recent results and TPC operation
Anthony Hillairet
(
University of VIctoria, Canada
)
Anthony Hillairet
(
Unknown
)
09:30 - 09:50
09:50
WA104
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Maurizio Bonesini
(
Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT)
)
WA104
Maurizio Bonesini
(
Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT)
)
09:50 - 10:10
10:10
WA105/LBNO-DEMO
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Luca Agostino
(
IN2P3
)
WA105/LBNO-DEMO
Luca Agostino
(
IN2P3
)
10:10 - 10:30
10:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
HARPO results and prospects
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Shaobo Wang
(
LLR
)
HARPO results and prospects
Shaobo Wang
(
LLR
)
11:00 - 11:20
11:20
LBNE TPC
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Konstantinos Mavrokoridis
(
University of Sheffield
)
LBNE TPC
Konstantinos Mavrokoridis
(
University of Sheffield
)
11:20 - 11:40
11:40
Bouquet final
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Alvaro De Rujula
(
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) (ES)
)
Bouquet final
Alvaro De Rujula
(
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) (ES)
)
11:40 - 13:00