Experimental Seminar

Prospects of a 1-ton Germanium Detector

Name: Prospects of a 1-ton Germanium Detector
Start: 2016-01-12T12:30:00-08:00
End: 2016-01-12T13:30:00-08:00
Location: SLAC

by Iris Abt (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut)

Tuesday 12 Jan 2016, 12:30 → 13:30 US/Pacific

Madrone (SLAC)

Madrone

SLAC

Description

Germanium detectors are used in searches for neutrinoless
double beta decay and dark matter. In both cases, a large mass is needed
to enhance the sensitivity currently reached.
The question whether one experiment can do both and what
technology wold be needed is discussed as well as
a possible site at the China Jinping Underground Facility.
Also discussed are the physics goals, and for the dark matter search
the impact of the LHC on light dark matter search.