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.

VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Scott Kravitz (LBNL)

Speaker: Scott Kravitz (LBNL)    Title: CrystaLiZe - Solid Xenon Detector R&D   Abstract:  Radon and its daughter decays limit the sensitivity of direct WIMP dark matter searches, despite extensive screening programs, […]

VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Kev Abazajian (UC Irvine) 

Speaker: Kev Abazajian (UC Irvine)    Title: Arising and demising candidate dark matter signals on the sky, and the potential of future searches   Abstract:  New  technologies searching are observing the […]

VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Sukanya Chakrabarti (RIT)

Speaker: Sukanya Chakrabarti (Rochester Institute Technology) Title: Measuring Accelerations— Near & Far Abstract: Recent technological advances and observational programs now make it possible for us to directly measure the Galactic […]

VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Livia Ludhova (RWTH)

Speaker: Livia Ludhova (RWTH Aachen/Forschungszentrum Jülich)   Title: JUNO: the first multi-kton liquid scintillator based neutrino detector   Abstract:   The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is a neutrino experiment under construction in […]

VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Julieta Gruszko (UNCCH)

Speaker: Julieta Gruszko (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Title: Shedding ‘Nu’ Light on the Nature of Matter: NuDot and the Search for Majorana Neutrinos Abstract: Why is the […]

VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Tomi Akindele (LLNL)

Speaker: Tomi Akindele (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)  Title: Antineutrinos as a Nuclear Safeguards Tool Abstract: To date, antineutrino experiments built for the purpose of demonstrating a nonproliferation capability have typically […]

VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Liang Dai (UCB)

Speaker: Liang Dai (UC Berkeley) Title: A New Window Into the Universe: Gravitational Waves From Compact Binary Coalescence  Abstract: Detection of chirping gravitational waves (GWs) at ground-based laser interferometry observatories LIGO and Virgo […]

VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Tongyan Lin (UCSD)

Speaker: Tongyan Lin (UC San Diego) Title: Direct Detection of Sub-GeV Dark Matter with the Migdal Effect in Semiconductors Abstract: As direct detection experiments expand the search for sub-GeV dark […]

VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Elena Gramellini (Fermilab)

Speaker: ​Elena Gramellini (​Fermilab) Title: Seeing the ​L​ight in ​P​ixelated TPCs: Q-Pix and LILAr  Abstract: Noble elements Time Projection Chambers (TPC) are the detector technology of choice for the next generation of discovery […]

VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Patrick Komiske (MIT)

Speaker: Patrick Komiske (MIT) Title: Optimizing Particle Physics With Machine Learning Abstract: Exciting new advances in particle physics, particularly in the area of jet physics at colliders such as the LHC, are being […]

VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Kelly Stifter (Stanford)

Speaker: Kelly Stifter (Stanford University) Title: The LZ Dark Matter Experiment: From Detector Development to First Physics Abstract: LZ is a next generation dark matter search designed to significantly extend our […]

Virtual INPA SEMINAR| Nguyen Phan (LANL)

Speaker: Nguyen Phan (Los Alamos National Laboratory)  Title: “Understanding Electrical Breakdown in Liquid Helium through Analysis of the Empirical Breakdown Field Distributions” Abstract: Many present and future large-scale detectors in […]

VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Yifan Chen (Univ. of Bern)

Speaker: Yifan Chen (University of Bern, Switzerland) Title: Just A Little Kick: Low-Energy Transfer Muon-Neutrino νμ Charged-Current Interactions on Argon Abstract: Accelerator neutrino oscillation experiments provide a sensitive way to […]

VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Tucker Elleflot (LBNL)

Speaker: Tucker Elleflot (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Title: Multiplexed Readout of Transition Edge Sensors for CMB Polarization Experiments Abstract: The polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) provides a valuable means to […]

VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Joseph DeRose (UC Santa Cruz)

Speaker: VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Joseph DeRose (UC Santa Cruz) Title: “Models of the Non-Linear Universe for Precision Cosmology” Abstract: Imaging and redshift surveys of galaxies and high resolution observations […]

VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Zack Li (Princeton Univ.)

Speaker: Zack Li (Princeton University) Title: “Enabling New Views of the Early Universe from the Atacama in the Next Five Years” Abstract: We're producing some exciting Cosmic Microwave Background data […]

VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Guang Yang (Stony Brook University)

Speaker: Guang Yang (Stony Brook University) Title: Securing An Accurate CP Violation Phase Measurement In DUNE Abstract: The requirements for a 5 non-zero delta CP violation phase measurement (if CP […]

VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Zepeng Li (Yale University)

Speaker: Zepeng Li (Yale University) Title: Search For Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay In Liquid Xenon TPC Abstract: Search for neutrinoless double beta decay is a direct tool to investigate the […]

VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Jay Hun Jo (Yale University)

Speaker: Jay Hun Jo (Yale University) Title: Searching For Long Standing Anomalies In Particle Physics With COSINE-100 and MicroBooNE Abstract: Two of the most pressing questions in particle physics are […]

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.

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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.

Erica Hall