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, 5 December 2016 (07:55) to Wednesday, 7 December 2016 (23:30)

Monday, 5 December 2016

07:55 Registration

07:55 - 08:55
Room: Amphi Buffon

09:00 Welcome

09:00 - 09:05
Room: Amphi Buffon

09:05 Introduction

09:05 - 09:15
Room: Amphi Buffon
09:15 Review on neutrino physics - Alexei Smirnov (Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics)
Review on neutrino physics
- Alexei Smirnov (Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics)
09:15 - 09:50
Room: Amphi Buffon
09:50 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))
09:50 - 10:20
Room: Amphi Buffon
10:20 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 - 10:50
Room: Amphi Buffon
10:50 Coffe break
Coffe break
10:50 - 11:09
Room: Amphi Buffon

11:09 Session leader: E.Mazzucato
Session leader: E.Mazzucato
11:09 - 11:10
Room: Amphi Buffon
11:10 Review of neutrinoless double beta decay - Ruben Saakyan (UCL)
Review of neutrinoless double beta decay
- Ruben Saakyan (UCL)
11:10 - 11:40
Room: Amphi Buffon
11:40 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 - 12:00
Room: Amphi Buffon
12:00 Searches for Dark Matter at Colliders - Gabriella Sciolla (Brandeis University (US))
Searches for Dark Matter at Colliders
- Gabriella Sciolla (Brandeis University (US))
12:00 - 12:30
Room: Amphi Buffon
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:59
Room: Amphi Buffon

13:59 Session leader: Th. Patzak
Session leader: Th. Patzak
13:59 - 14:00
Room: Amphi Buffon
14:00 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))
14:00 - 14:30
Room: Amphi Buffon
14:30 Prototyping the single phase LArTPC DUNE far detector design - Michael Wallbank
Prototyping the single phase LArTPC DUNE far detector design
- Michael Wallbank
14:30 - 14:50
Room: Amphi Buffon
14:50 MicroBooNE - Michael Mooney
MicroBooNE
- Michael Mooney
14:50 - 15:10
Room: Amphi Buffon
15:10 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)
15:10 - 15:30
Room: Amphi Buffon
15:30 ProtoDUNE Dual-Phase - Vyacheslav Galymov (Universite Claude Bernard-Lyon I (FR))
ProtoDUNE Dual-Phase
- Vyacheslav Galymov (Universite Claude Bernard-Lyon I (FR))
15:30 - 15:50
Room: Amphi Buffon
15:50 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:50 - 16:20
Room: Amphi Buffon

16:20 Session leader: A. Delbart
Session leader: A. Delbart
16:20 - 16:21
Room: Amphi Buffon
16:21 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)
16:21 - 16:41
Room: Amphi Buffon
16:45 R&D towards spherical LXe TPC - Sekiya Hiroyuki (University of Tokyo)
R&D towards spherical LXe TPC
- Sekiya Hiroyuki (University of Tokyo)
16:45 - 17:05
Room: Amphi Buffon
17:05 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
17:05 - 17:25
Room: Amphi Buffon
17:25 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))
17:25 - 17:45
Room: Amphi Buffon
17:45 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)
17:45 - 18:05
Room: Amphi Buffon
Tuesday, 6 December 2016
09:00 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)
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Amphi Buffon
09:30 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)
09:30 - 09:55
Room: Amphi Buffon
09:55 Cygnus project - Neil Spooner (University of Sheffield)
Cygnus project
- Neil Spooner (University of Sheffield)
09:55 - 10:20
Room: Amphi Buffon
10:20 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 - 10:40
Room: Amphi Buffon
10:40 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:40 - 10:59
Room: Amphi Buffon

10:59 Session leader: X.F. Navick
Session leader: X.F. Navick
10:59 - 11:00
Room: Amphi Buffon
11:00 LUX results and future prospects - Richard Gaitskell (Brown University)
LUX results and future prospects
- Richard Gaitskell (Brown University)
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Amphi Buffon
11:30 Status of the XENON1T experiment - Hardy Simgen (MPIK)
Status of the XENON1T experiment
- Hardy Simgen (MPIK)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Amphi Buffon
12:00 Panda-X experiment and new results - Karl Giboni
Panda-X experiment and new results
- Karl Giboni
12:00 - 12:30
Room: Amphi Buffon
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:59
Room: Amphi Buffon

13:59 Session leader: Th. Dafni
Session leader: Th. Dafni
13:59 - 14:00
Room: Amphi Buffon
14:00 NEWS experiment: search of ultra- light WIMPs - Gilles Gerbier (Queen's Univesrity)
NEWS experiment: search of ultra- light WIMPs
- Gilles Gerbier (Queen's Univesrity)
14:00 - 14:30
Room: Amphi Buffon
14:30 Light Dark Matter search with NEWS-LSM detector - Ali Dastgheibi Fard
Light Dark Matter search with NEWS-LSM detector
- Ali Dastgheibi Fard
14:30 - 14:45
Room: Amphi Buffon
14:45 New developments of the spherical detector sensor - Ilias savvidis
New developments of the spherical detector sensor
- Ilias savvidis
14:45 - 15:00
Room: Amphi Buffon
15:00 Cubic sphere for rare event search - Xavier Francois Navick (CEA)
Cubic sphere for rare event search
- Xavier Francois Navick (CEA)
15:00 - 15:15
Room: Amphi Buffon
15:15 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))
15:15 - 15:35
Room: Amphi Buffon
15:35 coffee break
coffee break
15:35 - 16:04
Room: Amphi Buffon

16:04 Session leader: E. Ferrer
Session leader: E. Ferrer
16:04 - 16:05
Room: Amphi Buffon
16:05 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))
16:05 - 16:35
Room: Amphi Buffon
16:35 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))
16:35 - 16:55
Room: Amphi Buffon
16:55 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)
16:55 - 17:15
Room: Amphi Buffon
20:00 conference dinner
conference dinner
20:00 - 22:00
Wednesday, 7 December 2016

08:59 Session leader: L. Ropelewski
Session leader: L. Ropelewski
08:59 - 09:00
Room: Amphi Buffon
09:00 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
09:00 - 09:20
Room: Amphi Buffon
09:20 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)
09:20 - 09:40
Room: Amphi Buffon
09:40 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
09:40 - 10:10
Room: Amphi Buffon
10:10 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 - 10:30
Room: Amphi Buffon
10:30 Workshop on Supernova
Workshop on Supernova
10:30 - 10:35
Room: Amphi Buffon

10:35 Session leader: W. Fulgione
Session leader: W. Fulgione
10:35 - 10:37
Room: Amphi Buffon
10:40 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 - 11:10
Room: Amphi Buffon
11:10 Neutrinos and Gravitational Waves from CCSNe - Giulia Pagliaroli (INFN)
Neutrinos and Gravitational Waves from CCSNe
- Giulia Pagliaroli (INFN)
11:10 - 11:40
Room: Amphi Buffon
11:40 Determining Neutrino Properties from Supernova Neutrinos - Kate Scholberg (Duke University)
Determining Neutrino Properties from Supernova Neutrinos
- Kate Scholberg (Duke University)
11:40 - 12:10
Room: Amphi Buffon
12:10 Status and neutrino probes of failed explosions - Shunsaku Horiuchi (Virginia Tech)
Status and neutrino probes of failed explosions
- Shunsaku Horiuchi (Virginia Tech)
12:10 - 12:40
Room: Amphi Buffon
12:40 Lunch
Lunch
12:40 - 13:59
Room: Amphi Buffon

13:59 Session leader: Ch. Volpe
Session leader: Ch. Volpe
13:59 - 14:00
Room: Amphi Buffon
14:00 Neutrinos as a probe of supernova explosion dynamics - Bernhard Mueller
Neutrinos as a probe of supernova explosion dynamics
- Bernhard Mueller
14:00 - 14:30
Room: Amphi Buffon
14:30 Neutrinos and heavy element synthesis - Rebecca Surman (Union College)
Neutrinos and heavy element synthesis
- Rebecca Surman (Union College)
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Amphi Buffon
15:00 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
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Amphi Buffon
15:30 Supernova Neutrino Detection Overview - Masayuki Nakahata
Supernova Neutrino Detection Overview
- Masayuki Nakahata
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Amphi Buffon
16:00 Summary talk - Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin)
Summary talk
- Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin)
16:00 - 17:00
Room: Amphi Buffon