Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics (INPA) at LBNL
The INPA Seminar weekly talks are on Fridays, starting at 12:00 pm, unless informed otherwise. The seminar talk starts with a brief presentation of the weekly scientific news. Typically, the talks conclude by 1:00 pm. The seminars are held in the Sessler Conference Room, located in Bldg. 50A- 5132.
The committee members are:
The seminar schedule for the Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics (INPA) is tentative and becomes final a few days before the Friday talk.
Please send all suggestions for future INPA talks and speakers to the INPA Committee.
To be added to the INPA News Mailing List, please contact Erica Hall.
Calendar of Events
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Dr. Quentin Riffard (LBL) – Direct detection of Dark Matter: from LUX to LZ
Dr. Quentin Riffard (LBL) – Direct detection of Dark Matter: from LUX to LZ
Liquid xenon two-phase time projection chamber (TPC) is one of the most promising technologies for WIMP dark matter direct detection. By using this technology, the LUX, XENON1T, and PANDAX-II collaborations established the most stringent limits on WIMP-nucleus cross section above 10 GeV. For WIMP searches, the expected signal is composed of nuclear recoils (NR), while […]
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Aaron Manalaysay (UC Davis) – 178 nm: The magic of liquid xenon and the search for dark matter
Aaron Manalaysay (UC Davis) – 178 nm: The magic of liquid xenon and the search for dark matter
The introduction of liquid-xenon (LXe) to the field of dark-matter direct detection caused a paradigm shift in this search. Primarily focused on the search for the Weakly Interacting Massive Particle, LXe detectors have improved our sensitivity to these dark-matter candidates by a factor of 10,000 since their introduction roughly ten years ago, compared to the […]
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Morgan Askins (UCB) – Search for invisible nucleon decay in the SNO+ detector
Morgan Askins (UCB) – Search for invisible nucleon decay in the SNO+ detector
Many Grand Unified Theories predict processes that would allow baryons to decay to leptons, violating baryon number conservation. The observation of baryon number violation in nucleon decay would be a revelation as well as being pivotal in understanding the apparent asymmetry between baryons and anti-baryons in the universe. This is manifest in some theories primarily […]
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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.