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: Sindhu Kumaran (UC Irvine)- Title: The JUNO Experiment: Status and Prospects
INPA SEMINAR TALK Date: August 23rd Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 Speaker: Sindhu Kumaran (UC Irvine) Title: The JUNO Experiment: Status and Prospects Abstract: The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is a 20 kton liquid scintillator detector currently under construction 700 m underground in southern China. It will […]
INPA SEMINAR SPEAKER: Max Smiley (UC Berkeley)-Title: Shining Lights: 8B Solar Neutrino Flux Measurement with SNO+ and R&D for Next-Generation Optical Neutrino Experiments
INPA SEMINAR TALK Date: October 4, 2024 Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 Speaker: Max Smiley (UC Berkeley) Title: Shining Lights: 8B Solar Neutrino Flux Measurement with SNO+ and R&D for Next-Generation Optical Neutrino Experiments Abstract: Neutrino detection has been a crucial contributor to our understanding of physics for […]
INPA Seminar Speaker: Greg Green ( MPIA)- Title: Milky Way Dust and Dynamics
INPA SEMINAR TALK Date: October 25, 2024 Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 Speaker: Greg Green ( MPIA) Title: Milky Way Dust and Dynamics Abstract: The gravitational potential of the Milky Way is generated by all of the matter both baryonic and dark. By mapping the potential, we can […]
INPA Seminar Speaker: Marie Camille Vidal (Stanford University)- Title: Neutrinoless double decay with the nEXO experiment
INPA SEMINAR TALK Date: November 15, 2024 Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 Speaker: Marie Camille Vidal (Stanford University) Title: Neutrinoless double decay with the nEXO experiment Abstract: The nEXO experiment will search for neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) using a 5-tonne scale LXe time projection chamber (TPC), enriched […]
INPA SEMINAR – Speaker: Florian Henkes (Technical University of Munich)
INPA SEMINAR TALK Date: November 22, 2024 Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 Speaker: Florian Henkes (Technical University of Munich) Title: First results of LEGEND-200 physics data in the quest for 0νββ decay Abstract: The Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless ββ Decay (LEGEND) experimental program is dedicated to the search for the neutrinoless double-beta […]
Special INPA Speaker: Sindhu Satyavolu (IFAE) Institut de Fisica d’Altes Energies
Date: December 4, 2024 Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 Speaker: Sindhu Satyavolu (IFAE) Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies Title: Quasar proximity zones in a partially ionized IGM Abstract: Proximity zones of quasars with redshifts z > 5.5 are unique probes of the growth of supermassive black holes, and a nuisance in […]
INPA Seminar- Speaker: Alina Sabyr (Columbia University)
INPA Seminar Talk Date: December 6, 2024 Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 Speaker: Alina Sabyr (Columbia University) Title: Future Cosmology with CMB Spectral Distortions and Secondaries Abstract: Spectral distortions–small deviations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) energy spectrum from that of a perfect blackbody--probe the physical processes that occur in […]
INPA SEMINAR Speaker: Majd Ghrear (UHM)- Title: Directional Recoil Detection
Date: December 20, 2024 Time: 12:00 am – 1:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 Speaker: Majd Ghrear (UHM) Title: Directional Recoil Detection Abstract: Directional detection of low-energy nuclear and electronic recoils is broadly desirable in nuclear and particle physics. Applications include coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEνNS), astrophysical neutrino measurements, probing dark matter (DM) beneath the neutrino […]
INPA SEMINAR Speaker: John (Jack) Smedley (U of Rochester)-Title: Measuring Neutrino Cross Sections on Argon with the ICARUS Detector
Date: January 10, 2025 Time: 12:00 am – 1:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 Speaker: John (Jack) Smedley (University of Rochester) Title: Measuring Neutrino Cross Sections on Argon with the ICARUS Detector Abstract: ICARUS is a large liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) operating at Fermilab as the far detector for the Short-Baseline Neutrino Program. […]
[Virtual] INPA Seminar Speaker: Erin Engelhardt ( University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)- Title: Searching for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay with LEGEND-200
Date: January 17, 2025 Time: 12:00 am – 1:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 Speaker: Erin Engelhardt ( University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Title: Searching for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay with LEGEND-200 Abstract: Neutrinoless double-beta decay (0νββ) is a theorized process where two neutrons decay into two protons and two electrons without emitting any antineutrinos. […]
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.