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Speaker: Gabriela Rodrigues Araujo (University of Zurich)- Title: Light-sheet microscopy of color centers: A new venue for neutrino and dark matter detection with passive crystals
April 10, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
SPECIAL INPA SEMINAR
This is an In-Person [HYBRID] Event
LOCATION: Sessler Conference Room – 50A – 5132
DATE: April 10, 2023
TIME: 4:00 pm
TITLE: Light-sheet microscopy of color centers: A new venue for neutrino and dark matter detection with passive crystals
ABSTRACT: Most of the techniques currently used to detect nuclear recoils from dark matter and neutrinos rely on the collection of charge, prompt scintillation photons or phonons. In this talk, I will discuss a new approach: The use of light-sheet fluorescence microscopy to detect a specific type of crystal defect, so called color centers (CCs), which could be induced by nuclear recoils in solid-state materials. Since CCs require little energy to form (10-50 eV), the proposed detectors can search for particle interactions at unexplored low-energy regions. Despite the nm-size of these defects, excited CCs re-emit color in the visible range, a feature that facilitates their detection. To make this detection channel competitive for rare-event search, a fast imaging method of single CCs is necessary. The PALEOCCENE collaboration works towards this goal: a scalable read-out of CCs for passive detectors of neutrinos and dark matter. In the talk I will discuss the concept, the current R&D and possible applications for dark matter, CEvNS, and nuclear-nonproliferation safeguards.
ZOOM INFORMATION –
Zoom Meeting
https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09
Meeting ID: 950 1669 6011
Passcode: 247722
INPA guests from campus can now come to the lab early on Fridays. The INPA Common Room (50-5026) is reserved for our guests from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Note that the seminars are now held in 50A-5132 to accommodate a more significant number of attendees.
CPTea Series (also known as INPA Tea Series)
The Physics Division CPTea Series invites you to an In-Person Tea Series 1st Friday of every month at 3:30 pm INPA Conference Room 50-5026.
Everyone is welcome to attend the open forum. Tea and light refreshments will be served.
INPA Common Room (50-5026)
Fridays
3:30 pm
Access to the Lab
For a shuttle pass, please email Erica Hall. The pass is only valid for the day of the seminar.