Name: 8th SYMPOSIUM ON LARGE TPCs FOR LOW-ENERGY RARE EVENT DETECTION
Start: 2016-12-05T07:55:00+01:00
End: 2016-12-07T23:30:00+01:00
Location: Paris Diderot University

8th SYMPOSIUM ON LARGE TPCs FOR LOW-ENERGY RARE EVENT DETECTION

from Monday, December 5, 2016 (7:55 AM) to Wednesday, December 7, 2016 (11:30 PM)

Monday, December 5, 2016

7:55 AM Registration

7:55 AM - 8:55 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon

9:00 AM Welcome

9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon

9:05 AM Introduction

9:05 AM - 9:15 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
9:15 AM Review on neutrino physics - Alexei Smirnov (Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics)
Review on neutrino physics
- Alexei Smirnov (Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics)
9:15 AM - 9:50 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
9:50 AM New TPCs for the upgrade of the T2K Near detector - Marco Zito (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR))
New TPCs for the upgrade of the T2K Near detector
- Marco Zito (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR))
9:50 AM - 10:20 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
10:20 AM Micromegas based muon telescopes for the ScanPyramids mission: performance and first results - David ATTIE (CEA/DSM/DAPNIA/SPP)
Micromegas based muon telescopes for the ScanPyramids mission: performance and first results
- David ATTIE (CEA/DSM/DAPNIA/SPP)
10:20 AM - 10:50 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
10:50 AM Coffe break
Coffe break
10:50 AM - 11:09 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon

11:09 AM Session leader: E.Mazzucato
Session leader: E.Mazzucato
11:09 AM - 11:10 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
11:10 AM Review of neutrinoless double beta decay - Ruben Saakyan (UCL)
Review of neutrinoless double beta decay
- Ruben Saakyan (UCL)
11:10 AM - 11:40 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
11:40 AM Progress towards barium daughter tagging in $^{136}Xe$ decay using single molecule fluorescence imaging - Austin McDonald
Progress towards barium daughter tagging in $^{136}Xe$ decay using single molecule fluorescence imaging
- Austin McDonald
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
12:00 PM Searches for Dark Matter at Colliders - Gabriella Sciolla (Brandeis University (US))
Searches for Dark Matter at Colliders
- Gabriella Sciolla (Brandeis University (US))
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
12:30 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:59 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon

1:59 PM Session leader: Th. Patzak
Session leader: Th. Patzak
1:59 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
2:00 PM The WA105-3x1x1 m3 dual phase LAr-TPC demonstrator - Sebastien Murphy (Eidgenoessische Tech. Hochschule Zuerich (CH))
The WA105-3x1x1 m3 dual phase LAr-TPC demonstrator
- Sebastien Murphy (Eidgenoessische Tech. Hochschule Zuerich (CH))
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
2:30 PM Prototyping the single phase LArTPC DUNE far detector design - Michael Wallbank
Prototyping the single phase LArTPC DUNE far detector design
- Michael Wallbank
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
2:50 PM MicroBooNE - Michael Mooney
MicroBooNE
- Michael Mooney
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
3:10 PM The LArIAT experiment: first measurement of the inclusive total pion cross-section in Argon - Flor de Maria Blaszcyk (BU, USA)
The LArIAT experiment: first measurement of the inclusive total pion cross-section in Argon
- Flor de Maria Blaszcyk (BU, USA)
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
3:30 PM ProtoDUNE Dual-Phase - Vyacheslav Galymov (Universite Claude Bernard-Lyon I (FR))
ProtoDUNE Dual-Phase
- Vyacheslav Galymov (Universite Claude Bernard-Lyon I (FR))
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
3:50 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:50 PM - 4:20 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon

4:20 PM Session leader: A. Delbart
Session leader: A. Delbart
4:20 PM - 4:21 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
4:21 PM Searching for the neutrinoless double beta decay with a Xenon gas TPC: The NEXT experiment - Francesc Monrabal (University of Texas at Arlington)
Searching for the neutrinoless double beta decay with a Xenon gas TPC: The NEXT experiment
- Francesc Monrabal (University of Texas at Arlington)
4:21 PM - 4:41 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
4:45 PM R&D towards spherical LXe TPC - Sekiya Hiroyuki (University of Tokyo)
R&D towards spherical LXe TPC
- Sekiya Hiroyuki (University of Tokyo)
4:45 PM - 5:05 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
5:05 PM Secondary scintillation of xenon with sub-percent concentrations of molecular additive (CO2, CH4 and CF4) for HPXe optical TPCs - Carlos Henriques
Secondary scintillation of xenon with sub-percent concentrations of molecular additive (CO2, CH4 and CF4) for HPXe optical TPCs
- Carlos Henriques
5:05 PM - 5:25 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
5:25 PM Microscopic simulation of Xenon-based Optical TPCs in the presence of molecular additives - Diego Gonzalez Diaz (Uludag University (TR))
Microscopic simulation of Xenon-based Optical TPCs in the presence of molecular additives
- Diego Gonzalez Diaz (Uludag University (TR))
5:25 PM - 5:45 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
5:45 PM On the possibility of positive-ion detection in high-pressure TPCs - Lior Arazi (Weizmann Institute of Science)
On the possibility of positive-ion detection in high-pressure TPCs
- Lior Arazi (Weizmann Institute of Science)
5:45 PM - 6:05 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
9:00 AM Dark Matter at the crossroads: many constraints and some new ideas - Marco Cirelli (CNRS LPTHE Jussieu)
Dark Matter at the crossroads: many constraints and some new ideas
- Marco Cirelli (CNRS LPTHE Jussieu)
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
9:30 AM Directional Dark Matter Detection with MIMAC - Daniel Eduardo Santos (LPSC-Grenoble/CNRS-IN2P3/UJF/INP)
Directional Dark Matter Detection with MIMAC
- Daniel Eduardo Santos (LPSC-Grenoble/CNRS-IN2P3/UJF/INP)
9:30 AM - 9:55 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
9:55 AM Cygnus project - Neil Spooner (University of Sheffield)
Cygnus project
- Neil Spooner (University of Sheffield)
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
10:20 AM The Quad: a general purpose modular readout system for TPCs - Harry Van Der Graaf (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))
The Quad: a general purpose modular readout system for TPCs
- Harry Van Der Graaf (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
10:40 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:40 AM - 10:59 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon

10:59 AM Session leader: X.F. Navick
Session leader: X.F. Navick
10:59 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
11:00 AM LUX results and future prospects - Richard Gaitskell (Brown University)
LUX results and future prospects
- Richard Gaitskell (Brown University)
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
11:30 AM Status of the XENON1T experiment - Hardy Simgen (MPIK)
Status of the XENON1T experiment
- Hardy Simgen (MPIK)
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
12:00 PM Panda-X experiment and new results - Karl Giboni
Panda-X experiment and new results
- Karl Giboni
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
12:30 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:59 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon

1:59 PM Session leader: Th. Dafni
Session leader: Th. Dafni
1:59 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
2:00 PM NEWS experiment: search of ultra- light WIMPs - Gilles Gerbier (Queen's Univesrity)
NEWS experiment: search of ultra- light WIMPs
- Gilles Gerbier (Queen's Univesrity)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
2:30 PM Light Dark Matter search with NEWS-LSM detector - Ali Dastgheibi Fard
Light Dark Matter search with NEWS-LSM detector
- Ali Dastgheibi Fard
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
2:45 PM New developments of the spherical detector sensor - Ilias savvidis
New developments of the spherical detector sensor
- Ilias savvidis
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
3:00 PM Cubic sphere for rare event search - Xavier Francois Navick (CEA)
Cubic sphere for rare event search
- Xavier Francois Navick (CEA)
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
3:15 PM TREX-DM: a Low background Micromegas-TPC for low-mass WIMP searches - Francisco Jose Iguaz Gutierrez (Universidad de Zaragoza (ES))
TREX-DM: a Low background Micromegas-TPC for low-mass WIMP searches
- Francisco Jose Iguaz Gutierrez (Universidad de Zaragoza (ES))
3:15 PM - 3:35 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
3:35 PM coffee break
coffee break
3:35 PM - 4:04 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon

4:04 PM Session leader: E. Ferrer
Session leader: E. Ferrer
4:04 PM - 4:05 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
4:05 PM Latest solar axion results and prospects - Igor Garcia Irastorza (Universidad de Zaragoza (ES))
Latest solar axion results and prospects
- Igor Garcia Irastorza (Universidad de Zaragoza (ES))
4:05 PM - 4:35 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
4:35 PM REST v2.0 : A data analysis and simulation framework for micro-patterned readout detectors. - Javier Galan Lacarra (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR))
REST v2.0 : A data analysis and simulation framework for micro-patterned readout detectors.
- Javier Galan Lacarra (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR))
4:35 PM - 4:55 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
4:55 PM XEMIS: a single-phase liquid xenon TPC for 3gamma medical imaging - Lucia Gallego Manzano (Subatech)
XEMIS: a single-phase liquid xenon TPC for 3gamma medical imaging
- Lucia Gallego Manzano (Subatech)
4:55 PM - 5:15 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
8:00 PM conference dinner
conference dinner
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday, December 7, 2016

8:59 AM Session leader: L. Ropelewski
Session leader: L. Ropelewski
8:59 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
9:00 AM Caliste-MM : A New Concept of Gaseous Spectro-Polarimeter for Soft X-Ray astrophysics - Paul Serrano
Caliste-MM : A New Concept of Gaseous Spectro-Polarimeter for Soft X-Ray astrophysics
- Paul Serrano
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
9:20 AM GEM-based TPC optically read out for R&D purposes - Florian Maximilian Brunbauer (CERN)
GEM-based TPC optically read out for R&D purposes
- Florian Maximilian Brunbauer (CERN)
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
9:40 AM A TPC as high performance gamma-ray telescope and polarimeter: polarisation measurement in a beam between 1.7 and 74MeV with HARPO - Philippe Gros
A TPC as high performance gamma-ray telescope and polarimeter: polarisation measurement in a beam between 1.7 and 74MeV with HARPO
- Philippe Gros
9:40 AM - 10:10 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
10:10 AM A picosecond Micromegas EUV photodetector - Thomas Papaevangelou (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR))
A picosecond Micromegas EUV photodetector
- Thomas Papaevangelou (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR))
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
10:30 AM Workshop on Supernova
Workshop on Supernova
10:30 AM - 10:35 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon

10:35 AM Session leader: W. Fulgione
Session leader: W. Fulgione
10:35 AM - 10:37 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
10:40 AM Presupernova evolution and explosive nucleosynthesis of the progenitors of core collapse supernovae - Marco Limongi (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma)
Presupernova evolution and explosive nucleosynthesis of the progenitors of core collapse supernovae
- Marco Limongi (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma)
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
11:10 AM Neutrinos and Gravitational Waves from CCSNe - Giulia Pagliaroli (INFN)
Neutrinos and Gravitational Waves from CCSNe
- Giulia Pagliaroli (INFN)
11:10 AM - 11:40 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
11:40 AM Determining Neutrino Properties from Supernova Neutrinos - Kate Scholberg (Duke University)
Determining Neutrino Properties from Supernova Neutrinos
- Kate Scholberg (Duke University)
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
12:10 PM Status and neutrino probes of failed explosions - Shunsaku Horiuchi (Virginia Tech)
Status and neutrino probes of failed explosions
- Shunsaku Horiuchi (Virginia Tech)
12:10 PM - 12:40 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
12:40 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:40 PM - 1:59 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon

1:59 PM Session leader: Ch. Volpe
Session leader: Ch. Volpe
1:59 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
2:00 PM Neutrinos as a probe of supernova explosion dynamics - Bernhard Mueller
Neutrinos as a probe of supernova explosion dynamics
- Bernhard Mueller
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
2:30 PM Neutrinos and heavy element synthesis - Rebecca Surman (Union College)
Neutrinos and heavy element synthesis
- Rebecca Surman (Union College)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
3:00 PM A Status Report on Core Collapse Supernova Modeling: Successes to Date and What Lies Ahead - Tony Mezzacappa
A Status Report on Core Collapse Supernova Modeling: Successes to Date and What Lies Ahead
- Tony Mezzacappa
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
3:30 PM Supernova Neutrino Detection Overview - Masayuki Nakahata
Supernova Neutrino Detection Overview
- Masayuki Nakahata
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
4:00 PM Summary talk - Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin)
Summary talk
- Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon