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.
[Special] Speaker: Alec Lindman (University of Mainz) Title: Atomic tritium for next-generation neutrino mass measurement with Project 8
SPECIAL INPA SEMINAR Date: Thursday, February 15, 2024 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 Speaker: Alec Lindman (University of Mainz) Title: Atomic tritium for next-generation neutrino mass measurement with Project 8 Abstract: Neutrinos provide a window to physics beyond the Standard Model through their nonzero mass, but new technology is required to push below current […]
Speaker: Juliana Stachurska (MIT) Title: Large-volume CRES detectors for the Project 8 neutrino mass measurement
INPA SEMINAR TALK Date: Friday, February 16, 2024 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 Speaker: Juliana Stachurska (MIT) Title: Large-volume CRES detectors for the Project 8 neutrino mass measurement Abstract: Project 8 is a next-generation experiment aiming to directly measure the neutrino mass using the tritium endpoint method with a targeted sensitivity of 40 meV. The […]
Speaker: Jan Balewski (LBL/NERSC) Title: Programming Today’s Quantum Computers
INPA SEMINAR TALK Date: Friday, February 23, 2024 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 Speaker: Jan Balewski (LBL/NERSC) Title: Programming Today's Quantum Computers Abstract: As the field of quantum computing continues to advance, cloud-based access to Quantum Computing Units (QPUs) is expanding research capabilities. This seminar outlines the current state of commercial quantum processors, including transmon-based […]
Speaker: TBA Title: TBD
INPA SEMINAR TALK Date: Friday, March 1, 2024 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 Speaker: TBA Title: TBD Abstract: TBD Join Zoom Meeting https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 Meeting ID: 950 1669 6011 Passcode: 247722
Speaker: Diya (Diyaselis) Delgado Lopez (Harvard) Title: Neutrinos as a gateway to the dark sector
INPA SEMINAR TALK Date: Friday, March 8, 2024 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 Speaker: Diya (Diyaselis) Delgado Lopez (Harvard) Title: Neutrinos as a gateway to the dark sector Abstract: Evidence for the existence of dark matter strongly motivates the efforts to study its unknown properties. Additionally, the origin of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos detected by IceCube […]
Speaker: TBA Title: TBD
INPA SEMINAR TALK Date: Friday, March 15, 2024 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 Speaker: TBA Title: TBD Abstract: TBD Join Zoom Meeting https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 Meeting ID: 950 1669 6011 Passcode: 247722
Speaker: TBA Title: TBD
INPA SEMINAR TALK Date: Friday, March 22, 2024 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 Speaker: TBA Title: TBA Abstract: TBD Join Zoom Meeting https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 Meeting ID: 950 1669 6011 Passcode: 247722
NO INPA SEMINAR
NO INPA SEMINAR TALK SCHEDULE FOR 3/29/2024
Speaker: Eric Gawiser (Rutgers) Title: Improving Photometric Redshifts for 3x2pt Cosmology: Training Sample Augmentation, Optimal Binning, and Neural Network Classifiers
INPA SEMINAR TALK Date: Friday, April 5, 2024 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 Speaker: Eric Gawiser (Rutgers) Title: Improving Photometric Redshifts for 3x2pt Cosmology: Training Sample Augmentation, Optimal Binning, and Neural Network Classifiers Abstract: Large imaging surveys of galaxies rely on photometric redshifts (photo-z’s) and tomographic binning for 3 × 2 pt analyses that combine […]
Speaker: Elisabeth Krause (U of Arizona) Title: A Parameter-Masked Mock Data Challenge for Beyond-Two-Point Galaxy Clustering Statistics
INPA SEMINAR TALK Date: Friday, April 12, 2024 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 Speaker: Elisabeth Krause (U of Arizona) Title: A Parameter-Masked Mock Data Challenge for Beyond-Two-Point Galaxy Clustering Statistics Abstract: The last few years has seen the emergence of a vast array of novel techniques for the analysis of […]
Speaker: TBA Title: TBD
INPA SEMINAR TALK Date: Friday, April 19, 2024 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 Speaker: TBA Title:TBD Abstract: TBD Join Zoom https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 Meeting ID: 950 1669 6011
Speaker: Johann Martyn (Mainz University) Title: “Using Cherenkov light to measure solar neutrinos in liquid scintillator detectors “
INPA SEMINAR TALK Date: Friday, April 26, 2024 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 Speaker: Johann Martyn (Mainz University) Title: Using Cherenkov light to measure solar neutrinos in liquid scintillator detectors Abstract: At present, solar neutrinos are observed either with liquid scintillator detectors or with water Cherenkov detectors. Liquid scintillator detection […]
Speaker: Carolina Cuesta-Lazaro (Harvard) Title: Big Data Cosmology Meets AI
INPA SEMINAR TALK Date: Friday, May 3, 2024 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 Speaker: Carolina Cuesta-Lazaro (Harvard) Title: Big Data cosmology meets AI Abstract: The upcoming era of cosmological surveys promises an unprecedented wealth of observational data that will transform our understanding of the universe. Surveys such as DESI, Euclid, […]
Speaker: Yashwanth Bezawada(UC Davis)Title: Pulsed neutron detection
INPA SEMINAR TALK Date: May 10, 2024 Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room - 50A-5132 Speaker: Yashwanth Bezawada (UC Davis) Title: Quest to understand neutron propagation in liquid Argon Abstract: Liquid Argon (LAr) has become the primary detector material in many neutrino and dark matter experiments like DUNE, SBND, ICARUS, MicroBooNE, and […]
Speaker: Elena Hernandez Martinez (CCA/LMU)Title: Simulating our Universe. How and Why?
INPA SEMINAR TALK Date: May 31, 2024 Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room - 50A-5132 Speaker: Elena Hernandez Martinez (CCA/LMU) Title: Simulating our Universe. How and Why? Abstract: We will present SLOW, the simulated cosmic volume (500 Mpc/h) that features the most extensive collection of Local Universe Galaxy Clusters ever replicated, […]
NO INPA SEMINARS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2024
NO INPA SEMINAR ON JUNE 21, 2024 ***Please note that Sessler CR 50A-5132 will not be available on June 7th and has been reserved for the DESI Review.*** INPA Seminars will reconvene on July 12
Speaker: Kenny Vetter (UC Berkeley)-Title: Quieting the Chaos in the Cold: Noise Cancellation Algorithms in CUORE’s Search for 0νββ Decay
INPA SEMINAR TALK Date: July 19th Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 Speaker: Kenny Vetter (UC Berkeley) Title: Quieting the Chaos in the Cold: Noise Cancellation Algorithms in CUORE's Search for 0νββ Decay Abstract: Neutrinos have puzzled physicists for decades despite significant strides in understanding them over the past […]
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.