9th SYMPOSIUM ON LARGE TPCs FOR LOW-ENERGY RARE EVENT DETECTION
from
Wednesday, December 12, 2018 (8:00 AM)
to
Friday, December 14, 2018 (5:00 PM)
Monday, December 10, 2018
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
8:30 AM
Registration
Registration
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
9:00 AM
Welcome and Introduction
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Antoine David Kouchner
(
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
)
Welcome and Introduction
Antoine David Kouchner
(
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
)
9:00 AM - 9:14 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
9:14 AM
9:14 AM - 9:15 AM
9:15 AM
Review on neutrino physics
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Serguey Petcov
(
SISSA/INFN, Trieste, Italy
)
Review on neutrino physics
Serguey Petcov
(
SISSA/INFN, Trieste, Italy
)
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
10:00 AM
Gamma ray polametry in astrophysics
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Denis Robert Leon Bernard
(
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
)
Gamma ray polametry in astrophysics
Denis Robert Leon Bernard
(
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
10:30 AM
coffee break
coffee break
10:30 AM - 10:59 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
10:59 AM
10:59 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Global analysis of oscillation parameters
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Antonio Marrone
(
Univ. of Bari
)
Global analysis of oscillation parameters
Antonio Marrone
(
Univ. of Bari
)
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
11:20 AM
Status of the NEXT project
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Lior Arazi
(
Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)
)
Status of the NEXT project
Lior Arazi
(
Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)
)
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
11:40 AM
Topology of neutrino-less double beta decay on the PandaX-III experiment
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Javier Galan Lacarra
(
CEA Saclay
)
Topology of neutrino-less double beta decay on the PandaX-III experiment
Javier Galan Lacarra
(
CEA Saclay
)
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
12:00 PM
A new neutrinoless double beta decay experiment: R2D2
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Anselmo Meregaglia
(
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
)
A new neutrinoless double beta decay experiment: R2D2
Anselmo Meregaglia
(
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
)
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
12:20 PM
The MicroBooNE continuous readout stream for detection of supernova neutrinos
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José I. Crespo-Anadón
(
Columbia University
)
The MicroBooNE continuous readout stream for detection of supernova neutrinos
José I. Crespo-Anadón
(
Columbia University
)
12:20 PM - 12:40 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
12:40 PM
Lunch
Lunch
12:40 PM - 1:59 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
1:59 PM
1:59 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Future accelerators for neutrino physics
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Alain Blondel
(
Universite de Geneve (CH)
)
Future accelerators for neutrino physics
Alain Blondel
(
Universite de Geneve (CH)
)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
2:30 PM
Low energy muon reconstruction in micro-BooNE
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Adrien Hourlier
(
MIT
)
Low energy muon reconstruction in micro-BooNE
Adrien Hourlier
(
MIT
)
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
2:50 PM
Status of protoDUNE single phase
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Maura Ninuccia Spanu
(
Universita e INFN, Pavia (IT)
)
Status of protoDUNE single phase
Maura Ninuccia Spanu
(
Universita e INFN, Pavia (IT)
)
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
3:10 PM
Status of protoDUNE double phase
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Jaime Victoria Dawson
(
Universite de Paris VII (FR)
)
Status of protoDUNE double phase
Jaime Victoria Dawson
(
Universite de Paris VII (FR)
)
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
3:30 PM
coffee break
coffee break
3:30 PM - 3:59 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
3:59 PM
3:59 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
T2K TPC performance
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Emilio Radicioni
(
Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)
)
T2K TPC performance
Emilio Radicioni
(
Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)
)
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
4:20 PM
Upgrade of the T2K ND280 TPC
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Gianmaria Collazuol
(
INFN Sezione di Pisa (INFN)
)
Upgrade of the T2K ND280 TPC
Gianmaria Collazuol
(
INFN Sezione di Pisa (INFN)
)
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
4:40 PM
Beam test of ARIADNE, a liquid argon TPC with optical readout
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k Mavrokoridis
(
University of Liverpool (GB)
)
Beam test of ARIADNE, a liquid argon TPC with optical readout
k Mavrokoridis
(
University of Liverpool (GB)
)
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
5:00 PM
An unlimited large TPC pixel detector plane
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Frederik Hartjes
(
Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL)
)
Fred Hartjes
(
Nikhef
)
An unlimited large TPC pixel detector plane
Frederik Hartjes
(
Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL)
)
Fred Hartjes
(
Nikhef
)
5:00 PM - 5:20 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
Thursday, December 13, 2018
8:59 AM
8:59 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
9:00 AM
The nEXO double-beta decay experiment
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Giorgio Gratta
(
Charles C. Lauritsen Laboratory of High Energy Physics
)
The nEXO double-beta decay experiment
Giorgio Gratta
(
Charles C. Lauritsen Laboratory of High Energy Physics
)
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
9:30 AM
Review on directional dark matter detection
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Daniel Eduardo Santos
(
LPSC-Grenoble/CNRS-IN2P3/UJF/INP
)
Review on directional dark matter detection
Daniel Eduardo Santos
(
LPSC-Grenoble/CNRS-IN2P3/UJF/INP
)
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
10:00 AM
Results from the 1 tonne*year Dark Matter Search with XENON1T
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Carla Macolino
(
LAL/CNRS
)
Results from the 1 tonne*year Dark Matter Search with XENON1T
Carla Macolino
(
LAL/CNRS
)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
10:30 AM
coffee break
coffee break
10:30 AM - 10:59 AM
10:59 AM
10:59 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
11:00 AM
DarkSide: the quest for dark matter with liquid argon
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Claudio Giganti
(
LPNHE Paris (IN2P3/CNRS)
)
DarkSide: the quest for dark matter with liquid argon
Claudio Giganti
(
LPNHE Paris (IN2P3/CNRS)
)
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
11:30 AM
Status of the LZ experiment
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Alden Fan
(
SLAC/Stanford
)
Status of the LZ experiment
Alden Fan
(
SLAC/Stanford
)
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
11:50 AM
Low BG TPC for direction-sensitive dark matter search
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Kentaro Miuchi
(
Kobe University
)
Low BG TPC for direction-sensitive dark matter search
Kentaro Miuchi
(
Kobe University
)
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
12:10 PM
DARWIN: Towards the Ultimate Dark Matter Detector
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Michelle Galloway
DARWIN: Towards the Ultimate Dark Matter Detector
Michelle Galloway
12:10 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
12:30 PM
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:59 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
1:59 PM
1:59 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Dark atom solution for puzzles of direct dark matter searches
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Maxim Khlopov
(
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (RU)
)
Dark atom solution for puzzles of direct dark matter searches
Maxim Khlopov
(
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (RU)
)
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
2:20 PM
Status of Baby-IAXO to search for solar axions
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Theopisti Dafni
(
Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
)
Status of Baby-IAXO to search for solar axions
Theopisti Dafni
(
Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
)
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
2:40 PM
A low-background Micromegas detector for IAXO and BabyIAXO
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Elisa Ruiz Choliz
(
Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
)
A low-background Micromegas detector for IAXO and BabyIAXO
Elisa Ruiz Choliz
(
Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
)
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
3:00 PM
Status of low mass WIMP detector TREX-DM
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Hector Mirallas Sanchez
(
Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
)
Status of low mass WIMP detector TREX-DM
Hector Mirallas Sanchez
(
Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
)
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
3:20 PM
coffee break
coffee break
3:20 PM - 3:49 PM
3:49 PM
3:49 PM - 3:50 PM
3:50 PM
Review of NEWS-G Dark Matter searches and related projects
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Guillaume Giroux
(
Queen's University
)
Review of NEWS-G Dark Matter searches and related projects
Guillaume Giroux
(
Queen's University
)
3:50 PM - 4:20 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
4:20 PM
Recent developments on the NEWS-G spherical proportional counter sensors
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Ioannis Katsioulas
(
Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
)
Recent developments on the NEWS-G spherical proportional counter sensors
Ioannis Katsioulas
(
Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
)
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
4:40 PM
Study and mitigation of spurious electron emission from cathodic wires in noble liquid time projection chambers
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Alfredo Tomas Alquezar
(
Imperial College London
)
Study and mitigation of spurious electron emission from cathodic wires in noble liquid time projection chambers
Alfredo Tomas Alquezar
(
Imperial College London
)
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Amphi Buffon
Friday, December 14, 2018
8:59 AM
8:59 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
9:00 AM
QPix: Pixel-scale Signal Capture For Kiloton Liquid Argon TPC Detectors: Charge-Quantized Waveform Capture, Free-running Clocks, Dynamic Networks
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Yuan MEI
(
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
)
QPix: Pixel-scale Signal Capture For Kiloton Liquid Argon TPC Detectors: Charge-Quantized Waveform Capture, Free-running Clocks, Dynamic Networks
Yuan MEI
(
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
)
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Ampi Olympe de Gouges
9:30 AM
Optical readout of GEM-based TPCs: ultra-fast optical readout and transparent readout anodes
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Florian Maximilian Brunbauer
(
CERN, Vienna University of Technology (AT)
)
Optical readout of GEM-based TPCs: ultra-fast optical readout and transparent readout anodes
Florian Maximilian Brunbauer
(
CERN, Vienna University of Technology (AT)
)
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
Room: Olympe de Gouges
9:50 AM
Developments for spherical single phase LXe TPCs
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Hiroyuki Sekiya
(
University of Tokyo
)
Developments for spherical single phase LXe TPCs
Hiroyuki Sekiya
(
University of Tokyo
)
9:50 AM - 10:10 AM
Room: Olympe de Gouges
10:10 AM
Progress on barium tagging for NEXT
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Ben Jones
(
UT Arlington
)
Progress on barium tagging for NEXT
Ben Jones
(
UT Arlington
)
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Olympe de Gouges
10:30 AM
coffee break
coffee break
10:30 AM - 10:59 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
10:59 AM
10:59 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Amphi Buffon
11:00 AM
Progress of the Picosec Micromegas concept towards a robust particle detector with segmented readout
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Lukas Sohl
(
Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
)
Progress of the Picosec Micromegas concept towards a robust particle detector with segmented readout
Lukas Sohl
(
Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
)
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Room: Olympe de Gouges
11:20 AM
Gas properties characterization for the NEWS-G detector
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Philippe Gros
(
Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
)
Gas properties characterization for the NEWS-G detector
Philippe Gros
(
Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
)
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
Room: Olympe de Gouges
11:40 AM
Gas and copper purity investigations for the NEWS-G detector
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Patrick Knights
(
University of Birmingham
)
Gas and copper purity investigations for the NEWS-G detector
Patrick Knights
(
University of Birmingham
)
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Olympe de Gouges
12:00 PM
Muon Tomography with Micromegas: Archaeology, Nuclear Safety and new developments for Geotechnics
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Hector Gomez Maluenda
(
CEA Saclay
)
Muon Tomography with Micromegas: Archaeology, Nuclear Safety and new developments for Geotechnics
Hector Gomez Maluenda
(
CEA Saclay
)
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: Olympe de Gouges