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.
Speaker: Barbara Skrzypek (Harvard)- Title: Ice-Breaking Neutrino Energies: Astrophysical Messengers of Planck-Scale Physics
This is an In-Person Event Location: Sessler CR, 50A-5132 Date: July 7, 2023 Time: 12:00- 1:00 PM Speaker: Barbara Skrzypek( Harvard) Title: Ice-Breaking Neutrino Energies: Astrophysical Messengers of Planck-Scale Physics Abstract: In recent decades, particle physics has made significant advances in our understanding of high-energy phenomena, both on theoretical and experimental fronts, culminating in the […]
Speaker: Jonathan Echevers (UC Berkeley)- Title: The EXO program: Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Searches in Xe-136
DATE: August 4, 2023 TIME: 12:00- 1:00 PM SPEAKER: Jonathan Echevers (UC Berkeley)- Title: The EXO program: Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Searches in Xe-136 TITLE: The EXO program: Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Searches in Xe-136 ABSTRACT: Neutrinoless double beta (0vBB) decay is currently one of the most compelling searches in nuclear and particle physics. If found, it would […]
Speaker: Damian Goeldi (ETH Zurich)- TITLE: Testing weak equivalence with the LEMING experiment
DATE: August 11, 2023 TIME: 12:00- 1:00 PM SPEAKER: Damian Goeldi (ETH Zurich) TITLE: Testing weak equivalence with the LEMING experiment ABSTRACT: The LEMING experiment aims to test weak equivalence in leptonic antimatter. We will employ atomic interferometry to measure the vertical deviation of a horizontal cold muonium (M = μ+ + e−) beam. Existing muonium […]
Speaker: Naim Göksel Karaçaylı (Ohio State University) Title: 1D Lyman-alpha forest power spectrum from the DESI early data
DATE: September 8, 2023 TIME: 12:00- 1:00 PM LOCATION: 50A-5-5132-CR-Sessler SPEAKER: Naim Göksel Karaçaylı (Ohio State University) TITLE: 1D Lyman-alpha forest power spectrum from the DESI early data ABSTRACT: The one-dimensional power spectrum P1D of the Lya forest provides important information including constraints on warm dark matter models, the sum of the neutrino masses, and the […]
Speaker: Wenbo Ma (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)-Title: Search for solar neutrino and light dark matter with the PandaX-4T experiment
DATE: September 15, 2023 TIME: 12:00- 1:00 PM LOCATION: 50A-5-5132-CR-Sessler SPEAKER: Wenbo Ma (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) TITLE: Search for solar neutrino and light dark matter with the PandaX-4T experiment ABSTRACT: The PandaX-4T experiment aims to search for potential dark matter interactions. With significant technical improvements, PandaX-4T achieves unprecedented sensitivity at the low-energy edge of LXe […]
Speaker: Yifei Luo (UCSC)- Title: The Merian Survey: Characterizing dark matter and feedback in star-forming dwarf galaxies with medium-band filters on DECam
Date: Friday, October 6, 2023 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 Speaker: Yifei Luo(UCSC) Title: The Merian Survey: Characterizing dark matter and feedback in star-forming dwarf galaxies with medium-band filters on DECam Abstract: The Merian survey is an ongoing medium-band imaging survey on the CTIO 4-meter Blanco telescope. With two custom made medium-band filters on DECam, […]
Speaker: Jose María Palencia (Instituto de Física de Cantabria, Spain) – Title: Probing the Universe: Extremely Magnified Stars and Gravitational Lensing
Date: Friday, October 27, 2023 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 Speaker: Jose María Palencia (Instituto de Física de Cantabria, Spain) Title: Probing the Universe: Extremely Magnified Stars and Gravitational Lensing Abstract: In 2018, an intriguing astronomical phenomenon came to light - Extremely Magnified Stars. These transients are a consequence of gravitational lensing, facilitated by the combined […]
Speaker: Shawn Westerdale(UC Riverdale)- Title:Dark matter searches with the Global Argon Dark Matter Collaboration: Status of the DEAP-3600 and DarkSide-20k experiments
Date: Friday, November 3, 2023 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 Speaker: Speaker: Shawn Westerdale(UC Riverdale) Title: Dark matter searches with the Global Argon Dark Matter Collaboration: Status of the DEAP-3600 and DarkSide-20k experiments Abstract: The Global Argon Dark Matter Collaboration (GADMC) is the union of the ArDM, DarkSide, DEAP, and MiniCLEAN dark matter direct detection […]
Speaker: David Maibach (Heidelberg)-Title: “Cosmic Strings and where to find them”
Date: Friday, November 17, 2023 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 Speaker: David Maibach (Heidelberg) Title: "Cosmic Strings and where to find them" Abstract: "A large class of particle physics models beyond the Standard Model admit topologically stable string configurations, so-called Cosmic Strings. If Nature is described by such a theory, a network of strings will form during […]
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.