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SUMMARY:Speaker: Diya (Diyaselis) Delgado Lopez (Harvard) Title: Neutrinos as a gateway to the dark sector
DESCRIPTION:INPA SEMINAR TALK \nDate:  Friday\, March 8\, 2024 \nTime: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM \nLocation: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person] \nSpeaker: Diya (Diyaselis) Delgado Lopez (Harvard) \nTitle: Neutrinos as a gateway to the dark sector \nAbstract: 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 remains uncertain. Scotogenic models\, in which neutrino mass generation occurs through interactions with the dark sector\, are some of the leading theories that explain these two mysteries simultaneously. If dark matter and neutrinos couple to each other\, we can search for a non-zero elastic scattering cross section. The interaction between an isotropic extragalactic neutrino flux and dark matter would be concentrated in the Galactic Center\, where the dark matter column density is largest. The flux of high-energy neutrinos would be attenuated by this scattering\, and the resulting signal\, with correlated energy and arrival direction\, can be observed in IceCube. Using the ten years of IceCube data\, we perform an binned likelihood analysis\, searching for several potential DM-neutrino interaction scenarios. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 \nMeeting ID: 950 1669 6011 \nPasscode: 247722 \n 
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/speaker-diya-diyaselis-delgado-lopez-harvard-title-neutrinos-as-a-gateway-to-the-dark-sector/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240315T120000
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SUMMARY:Speaker: TBA  Title: TBD
DESCRIPTION:INPA SEMINAR TALK \nDate:  Friday\, March 15\, 2024 \nTime: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM \nLocation: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person] \nSpeaker: TBA \nTitle: TBD \nAbstract: TBD \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 \nMeeting ID: 950 1669 6011 \nPasscode: 247722 \n 
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/speaker-tba-title-tbd-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240322T120000
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DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
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SUMMARY:Speaker: TBA Title: TBD
DESCRIPTION:INPA SEMINAR TALK \nDate:  Friday\, March 22\, 2024 \nTime: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM \nLocation: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person] \nSpeaker: TBA \nTitle: TBA \nAbstract: TBD \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 \nMeeting ID: 950 1669 6011 \nPasscode: 247722 \n 
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/speaker-tba-title-tbd-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240329T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240329T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20240215T211413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T151809Z
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SUMMARY:NO INPA SEMINAR
DESCRIPTION:NO INPA SEMINAR TALK SCHEDULE FOR 3/29/2024 \n 
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/speaker-yashwanth-bezawada-uc-davis-title-pulsed-neutron-detection/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240405T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240405T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20240215T212737Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker: Eric Gawiser (Rutgers) Title: Improving Photometric Redshifts for 3x2pt Cosmology: Training Sample Augmentation\, Optimal Binning\, and Neural Network Classifiers
DESCRIPTION:INPA SEMINAR TALK \nDate:  Friday\, April 5\, 2024 \nTime: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM \nLocation: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person] \nSpeaker: Eric Gawiser (Rutgers) \nTitle: Improving Photometric Redshifts for 3x2pt Cosmology: Training Sample Augmentation\, Optimal Binning\, and Neural Network Classifiers \nAbstract: Large imaging surveys of galaxies rely on photometric redshifts (photo-z’s) and tomographic binning for 3 × 2 pt analyses that combine galaxy clustering and weak lensing. We divide simulated galaxy catalogs into training and application sets\, where the spectroscopic training set is non-representative in a realistic way\, and then estimate photometric redshifts for the application set. Spectroscopic training samples for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) will be biased towards redder\, brighter\, lower-redshift galaxies\, leading to photo-z estimates with outlier fractions nearly 4 times larger than for a representative training sample. Training sample augmentation allows us to add simulated galaxies possessing otherwise unrepresented features to our mock spectroscopic training sample\, reducing the outlier fraction of the photo-z estimates by 50% and the scatter by 56%. We sort the galaxies into redshift bins chosen to maximize the 3x2pt signal using a novel generalized binning parameterization introduced by Moskowitz et al. (2023\, ApJ 950\, 49). Applying a neural network classifier trained to identify galaxies that are highly likely to be sorted into the correct redshift bin improves the figure of merit by ∼13%\, equivalent to a 28% increase in data volume. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 \nMeeting ID: 950 1669 6011 \nPasscode: 247722
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/speaker-eric-gawiser-rutgers-title-improving-photometric-redshifts-for-3x2pt-cosmology-training-sample-augmentation-optimal-binning-and-neural-network-classifiers/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240412T120000
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DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T171157Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker: Elisabeth Krause (U of Arizona) Title: A Parameter-Masked Mock Data Challenge for Beyond-Two-Point Galaxy Clustering Statistics
DESCRIPTION:INPA SEMINAR TALK \nDate: Friday\, April 12\, 2024 \nTime: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM \nLocation: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person] \nSpeaker: Elisabeth Krause (U of Arizona) \nTitle: A Parameter-Masked Mock Data Challenge for Beyond-Two-Point Galaxy Clustering Statistics \nAbstract: The last few years has seen the emergence of a vast array of novel techniques for the analysis of high precision data from upcoming galaxy surveys\, which are primarily motivated by the notion that any optimal analysis of galaxy clustering data should extend beyond the canonical two-point (2pt) statistics. We test and benchmark some of these new techniques\nin a community data challenge “Beyond-2pt’’. The challenge dataset consists of high-precision mock galaxy catalogs for clustering in real-space\, redshift-space\, and on a light cone. Participants in the challenge have developed end-to-end pipelines to analyze mock catalogs and extract unknown (“masked”) cosmological parameters of the underlying LCDM models with their methods. The methods represented are density-split clustering\, nearest neighbor statistics\, BACCO power spectrum emulator\, void statistics\, field-level effective field theory (EFT)\, and joint power spectrum and bispectrum analyses using both EFT and simulation-based inference.\nI will review the results of the challenge\, focusing on problems solved\, lessons learned\, and future research needed to perfect the emerging beyond-2pt approaches.  \nJoin Zoom \nhttps://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 \nMeeting ID: 950 1669 6011 \nPasscode: 247722
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/speaker-elisabeth-krause-u-of-arizona-title-tbd/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240419T120000
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DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20240215T214009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240313T222639Z
UID:1726-1713528000-1713531600@inpa.lbl.gov
SUMMARY:Speaker: TBA Title: TBD
DESCRIPTION:INPA SEMINAR TALK \nDate: Friday\, April 19\, 2024 \nTime: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM \nLocation: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person] \nSpeaker: TBA \nTitle:TBD \nAbstract: TBD \nJoin Zoom \nhttps://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 \nMeeting ID: 950 1669 6011
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/speaker-chiara-salemi-slactitle-quantum-sensors-with-application-to-axion-searches/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240426T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240426T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20240215T215022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T151837Z
UID:1730-1714132800-1714136400@inpa.lbl.gov
SUMMARY:Speaker: Johann Martyn (Mainz University) Title: "Using Cherenkov light to measure solar neutrinos in liquid scintillator detectors "
DESCRIPTION:INPA SEMINAR TALK \nDate: Friday\, April 26\, 2024 \nTime: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM \nLocation: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person] \nSpeaker: Johann Martyn (Mainz University) [Remote talk] \nTitle: Using Cherenkov light to measure solar neutrinos in liquid scintillator detectors\n \nAbstract: At present\, solar neutrinos are observed either with liquid scintillator detectors or with water Cherenkov detectors. Liquid scintillator detection in particular is the only technique that allows precision spectroscopy of sub-MeV solar neutrinos\, which is made possible by the high light-yield of the scintillation\, allowing for a low energy threshold of ∼0.2 MeV. In contrast\, water Cherenkov detectors are only able to measure solar neutrinos above a few MeV with high precision. They reconstruct the event direction via the corresponding Cherenkov photon hits\, to differentiate between the solar neutrino signal and the background events. A hybrid event detection approach\, combining both the directional Cherenkov information and the high light-yield and low energy threshold of the scintillation spectroscopy enables an unprecedented precision for the measurement of solar neutrinos and potentially other physics goals. This talk describes the first measurement of solar neutrinos in a liquid scintillator detector through their directional Cherenkov photons\, using Borexino\, a 280 ton\, high light-yield liquid scintillator detector at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Italy. \nJoin Zoom \nhttps://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 \nMeeting ID: 950 1669 6011
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/speaker-johann-martyn-mainz-university-title-recent-directionality-results-for-solar-neutrinos-detected-in-pure-ls-detectors-borexino/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240503T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240503T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20240215T215152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240502T191732Z
UID:1734-1714737600-1714741200@inpa.lbl.gov
SUMMARY:Speaker: Carolina Cuesta-Lazaro (Harvard) Title: Big Data Cosmology Meets AI
DESCRIPTION:INPA SEMINAR TALK \nDate: Friday\, May 3\, 2024 \nTime: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM \nLocation: Sessler Conference Room–50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person] \nSpeaker: Carolina Cuesta-Lazaro (Harvard) \nTitle:  Big Data cosmology meets AI \nAbstract: 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\, and the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will provide extremely detailed maps of billions of galaxies out to high redshifts. Analyzing these massive datasets poses exciting challenges that machine learning is uniquely poised to help overcome. In this talk\, I will highlight recent examples from my work on probabilistic machine learning for cosmology. First\, I will explain how a point cloud diffusion model can be used both as a generative model for 3D maps of galaxy clustering and as a likelihood model for such datasets. Moreover\, I will present a generative model developed to reconstruct the dark matter cosmic web from biased galaxy clustering observations\, in a probabilistic manner. And finally\, I will introduce ongoing work on developing fast\, differentiable\, and accurate hybrid physics-ML simulators for N-body and hydrodynamical simulations. When combined with the wealth of data from upcoming surveys\, these machine learning techniques have the potential to provide new insights into fundamental questions about the nature of the universe. \nJoin Zoom \nhttps://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 \nMeeting ID: 950 1669 6011 \nPasscode: 247722
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/speaker-tba-title-tbd-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240510T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240510T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20240312T172302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240508T003441Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker: Yashwanth Bezawada(UC Davis)Title: Pulsed neutron detection
DESCRIPTION:INPA SEMINAR TALK \nDate: May 10\, 2024 \nTime: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm \nLocation: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person] \nSpeaker: Yashwanth Bezawada (UC Davis) \nTitle:  Quest to understand neutron propagation in liquid Argon \nAbstract: Liquid Argon (LAr) has become the primary detector material in many neutrino and dark matter experiments like DUNE\, SBND\, ICARUS\, MicroBooNE\, and DarkSide. In particular\, multi-kiloton experiments like the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) have stringent requirements for systematic uncertainties on the energy scale and resolution. Neutron production from neutrino interaction brings a large uncertainty on neutrino energy reconstruction in the form of missing energy. One of the proposed calibration systems is the Pulsed Neutron Source (PNS) system\, which utilizes neutrons traveling long distances in liquid argon to calibrate the enormous DUNE far detector volume. \nThus\, it is of utmost importance to understand neutron propagation and capture in liquid argon. The group at Davis is involved in an effort to measure the total neutron cross-section on Argon for a wide range of neutron energies. In this talk\, I will talk about the ARTIE experiment that made the first effort to measure the cross-section dip at 57 keV\, the Multiple Argon Experiments (MArEX) initiative\, which was established to perform accurate transmission and capture measurements at the n_TOF facility in CERN\, and the neutron generator test performed at CERN to test the feasibility of the PNS calibration system. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 \nMeeting ID: 950 1669 6011\n\nPasscode: 247722 \n  \n 
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/speaker-yashwanth-bezawadauc-davistitle-pulsed-neutron-detection/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240517T120000
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DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20240514T073701Z
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SUMMARY:NO INPA SEMINAR
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URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/no-inpa-seminar-15/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240524T120000
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CREATED:20240520T165202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240520T165202Z
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SUMMARY:NO INPA SEMINAR
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URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/no-inpa-seminar-16/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240531T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240531T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240528T212623Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker: Elena Hernandez Martinez (CCA/LMU)Title: Simulating our Universe. How and Why? 
DESCRIPTION:INPA SEMINAR TALK \nDate: May 31\, 2024 \nTime: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm \nLocation: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person] \nSpeaker:  Elena Hernandez Martinez (CCA/LMU) \nTitle: Simulating our Universe. How and Why?  \nAbstract: We will present SLOW\, the simulated cosmic volume (500 Mpc/h) that features the most extensive collection of Local Universe Galaxy Clusters ever replicated\, accurately set within the appropriate large-scale framework. We will show current predictions about these structures based on our simulated results and compare them with observational data. Additionally\, the discussion will cover how these simulations open new avenues for research in galaxy cluster and cosmology studies. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 \nMeeting ID: 950 1669 6011\n\nPasscode: 247722 \n 
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/speaker-elena-hernandez-martinez-cca-lmutitle-simulating-our-universe-how-and-why/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240621T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240621T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20240605T184418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240618T184210Z
UID:1783-1718971200-1718974800@inpa.lbl.gov
SUMMARY:NO INPA SEMINARS SCHEDULED  FOR JUNE  7\, 14\, 21\, and 28\, 2024
DESCRIPTION:NO INPA SEMINAR ON JUNE 21\, 2024 \n***Please note that Sessler CR 50A-5132 will not be available on June 7th and has been reserved for the DESI Review.*** \nINPA Seminars will reconvene on July 12
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/no-inpa-seminars-scheduled-for-june-7-14-21-and-28-2024/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240719T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240719T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20240717T005352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240717T011538Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker: Kenny Vetter (UC Berkeley)-Title: Quieting the Chaos in the Cold: Noise Cancellation Algorithms in CUORE's Search for 0νββ Decay
DESCRIPTION:INPA SEMINAR TALK \nDate: July 19th \nTime: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm \nLocation: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person] \nSpeaker:  Kenny Vetter (UC Berkeley) \nTitle: Quieting the Chaos in the Cold: Noise Cancellation Algorithms in CUORE’s Search for 0νββ Decay \nAbstract: Neutrinos have puzzled physicists for decades despite significant strides in understanding them over the past thirty years\, with many questions about their masses still remaining. The fact that neutrinos are indeed massive has shown that the Standard Model of particle physics\, while wildly successful\, is incomplete. This has motivated searches for Beyond Standard Model processes that may fundamentally change our understanding of nature. Among these potential processes is neutrinoless double beta decay $(0\nu\beta\beta)$\, a theorized lepton number violating process. Experimental evidence of $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay would conclusively show that neutrinos are Majorana fermions. The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) experiment is an ongoing search for $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay in $^{130}$Te. This talk will showcase the improvement in the CUORE data quality with a novel noise cancellation algorithm and detail the application of this algorithm to CUORE’s latest dataset with 2039 kg·yr of TeO$_2$ exposure. I will also report the results from CUORE’s search for $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay using this dataset. We find no evidence for $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay\, and we place a lower limit on the half-life of $T_{1/2}^{0\nu} > 3.8 \times 10^{25}$ yr. Finally\, I will discuss future searches for $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay beyond CUORE and how they will profit from future noise decorrelation algorithms. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 \nMeeting ID: 950 1669 6011\n\nPasscode: 247722
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/speaker-kenny-vetter-uc-berkeley-title-quieting-the-chaos-in-the-cold-noise-cancellation-algorithms-in-cuores-search-for-0%ce%bd%ce%b2%ce%b2-decay/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240816T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240816T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20240806T222301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240806T222620Z
UID:1799-1723809600-1723813200@inpa.lbl.gov
SUMMARY:Speaker: César Jesus-Valls (IPMU Tokyo)-Title:Neutrino physics in Japan in the era of precision measurements
DESCRIPTION:INPA SEMINAR TALK \nDate: August 16th \nTime: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm \nLocation: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person] \nSpeaker:  Speaker: César Jesus-Valls (IPMU Tokyo) \nTitle:  Neutrino physics in Japan in the era of precision measurements \nAbstract: Abstract: Japan has a uniquely rich neutrino research history\, with the saga of Kamiokande detectors at its core. These experiments have shaped our current understanding of neutrino physics\, particularly concerning the phenomenon of neutrino oscillations and igniting the blooming field of neutrino astrophysics. After refreshing the current knowledge and unknowns in neutrino physics\, in the talk\, I will review the Super-Kamiokande and T2K experiments\, their working principles\, physics programs\, and recent results. In 2027\, the next-generation experiment Hyper-Kamiokande\, currently under construction\, will commence\, marking the start of a new era of neutrino physics searches focused on precision measurements. In the talk\, I will review the physics prospects of Hyper-Kamiokande and provide an overview of the new era of neutrino physics that is upon us. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 \nMeeting ID: 950 1669 6011\n\nPasscode: 247722
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/speaker-cesar-jesus-valls-ipmu-tokyo-titleneutrino-physics-in-japan-in-the-era-of-precision-measurements/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240823T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240823T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20240820T173917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240820T173917Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker: Sindhu Kumaran (UC Irvine)- Title: The JUNO Experiment: Status and Prospects
DESCRIPTION:INPA SEMINAR TALK \nDate: August 23rd \nTime: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm \nLocation: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person] \nSpeaker:  Sindhu Kumaran (UC Irvine) \nTitle: The JUNO Experiment: Status and Prospects \nAbstract:  The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is a 20 kton liquid scintillator detector currently under construction 700 m underground in southern China. It will simultaneously probe solar and atmospheric oscillations using reactor antineutrinos\, featuring an energy resolution of ~3% at 1 MeV.  By studying the disappearance of electron antineutrinos emitted from 8 nuclear reactors at a baseline of about 52.5 km\, JUNO will determine the neutrino mass ordering to 3σ significance within about 6 years of data taking and will measure 3-neutrino oscillation parameters to sub-percent precision. In addition\, JUNO has a broad physics program with solar neutrinos\, geoneutrinos\, supernova neutrinos\, atmospheric neutrinos\, diffuse supernova neutrino background\, and searches for physics beyond the Standard Model.  The experiment will also deploy a satellite detector called JUNO-TAO that will measure the energy spectrum of reactor antineutrinos with unprecedented energy resolution. This talk will discuss the design\, current status\, and physics prospects of the JUNO experiment. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 \nMeeting ID: 950 1669 6011\n\nPasscode: 247722
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/speaker-sindhu-kumaran-uc-irvine-title-the-juno-experiment-status-and-prospects/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240830T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240830T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20240828T172957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T172957Z
UID:1811-1725019200-1725022800@inpa.lbl.gov
SUMMARY:NO INPA SPEAKER
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URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/no-inpa-speaker/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240906T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240906T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20240904T222524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240904T222524Z
UID:1815-1725624000-1725627600@inpa.lbl.gov
SUMMARY:NO INPA SEMINAR
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URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/no-inpa-seminar-17/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240920T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240920T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20240917T212236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240919T180711Z
UID:1818-1726833600-1726837200@inpa.lbl.gov
SUMMARY:NO INPA SEMINAR
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URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/no-inpa-seminar-18/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240927T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240927T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20240924T185912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240924T185912Z
UID:1833-1727438400-1727442000@inpa.lbl.gov
SUMMARY:NO INPA SEMINAR
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URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/no-inpa-seminar-19/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241004T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241004T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20240923T193439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240930T044405Z
UID:1824-1728043200-1728046800@inpa.lbl.gov
SUMMARY: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
DESCRIPTION:INPA SEMINAR TALK \nDate: October 4\, 2024 \nTime: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm \nLocation: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person] \nSpeaker: Max Smiley (UC Berkeley) \nTitle: Shining Lights: 8B Solar Neutrino Flux Measurement with SNO+ and R&D for Next-Generation Optical Neutrino Experiments \nAbstract: Neutrino detection has been a crucial contributor to our understanding of physics for over half a century\, with optical photon-based technology playing a prominent role. Large-scale\, liquid-phase\, unsegmented photon-based detectors continue to shed light on a broad array of physics\, probing sources from the Sun to nuclear reactors\, and from man-made neutrino beams to atmospheric interactions. In this talk\, I discuss work with one such detector\, SNO+\, and in particular efforts to measure the ${}^8$B solar neutrino flux during its scintillator phase. The resulting measurement of $[5.74_{-0.77}^{+0.84}\text{(stat.)}] \times 10^{6}~\text{cm}^{-2}~\text{s}^{-1}$ gives confidence in the understanding of SNO+’s operations in this period and adds to the family of measurements made of this flux around the community. Additionally\, for the past several years\, much effort has been directed toward the development of a new paradigm known as “hybrid” detection\, which aims to benefit from the two optical light emission mechanisms\, Cherenkov radiation and scintillation\, currently drawn on separately in today’s experiments. In the second part of this talk\, I discuss explorations into the physics potential for neutrinoless double beta decay and CNO solar neutrino flux measurement at large-scales of this technology\, as well as an examination of particle identification capability of the novel scintillating medium water-based liquid scintillator\, a candidate hybrid detector material. These explorations provide a confirmation of the possibilities for hybrid detection and help pave the way for concrete realizations of these technologies at larger scales.\n \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 \nMeeting ID: 950 1669 6011\n\nPasscode: 247722
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/inpa-seminar-speaker-max-smiley-uc-berkeley-title-shining-lights-8b-solar-neutrino-flux-measurement-with-sno-and-rd-for-next-generation-optical-neutrino-experiments/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241011T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241011T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20241007T165321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241007T165321Z
UID:1839-1728648000-1728651600@inpa.lbl.gov
SUMMARY:NO INPA SEMINAR
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/no-inpa-seminar-20/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241018T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241018T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20241007T165519Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241007T165519Z
UID:1843-1729252800-1729256400@inpa.lbl.gov
SUMMARY:NO INPA SEMINAR
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/no-inpa-seminar-21/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241025T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241025T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20241022T205612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241022T211547Z
UID:1846-1729857600-1729861200@inpa.lbl.gov
SUMMARY:INPA Seminar Speaker: Greg Green ( MPIA)- Title:  Milky Way Dust and Dynamics
DESCRIPTION:INPA SEMINAR TALK \nDate: October 25\, 2024 \nTime: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm \nLocation: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person] \nSpeaker: Greg Green ( MPIA) \nTitle:  Milky Way Dust and Dynamics \nAbstract: The gravitational potential of the Milky Way is generated by all of the matter both baryonic and dark. By mapping the potential\, we can thus uncover the distribution of the unseen dark component of the Milky Way. Gaia has precisely measured 6D phase-space coordinates of over 30 million stars\, dramatically expanding our knowledge of stellar kinematics in the Milky Way. Previous methods of recovering the gravitational potential from stellar kinematics have made use of highly simplified models\, but the quality of the new phase-space data provided by Gaia demands new approaches that can more fully describe the richness of the data. I will discuss a new method\, “Deep Potential\,” which applies computational tools from Deep Learning in a physically principled way to solve the collisionless Boltzmann equation and recover the underlying gravitational potential. \nAny work on the Milky Way inevitably runs into the problem of dust\nextinction\, and the recovery of the gravitational potential is no\nexception. Despite the vital importance of interstellar dust to many\nareas of astronomy\, its composition remains highly uncertain. However\,\nlow-resolution spectroscopy from Gaia is enabling a transformation of\nour understanding of dust properties. The dust extinction curve\,\ntypically characterized by R(V)\, depends on both the composition and\nsize distribution of dust grains. I will discuss the first all-sky 3D\nmap of dust R(V)\, based on 130 million stellar measurements. This map\nnot only allows more accurate extinction corrections\, but also sheds\nlight on the chemical evolution of the interstellar medium. \nBoth of these areas of Milky Way research borrow tools from Deep\nLearning – applied in physically motivated ways – and make extensive use\nof Gaia data. I will discuss some lessons on the use of such tools\, in\nand beyond Milky Way research.\n \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 \nMeeting ID: 950 1669 6011\n\nPasscode: 247722
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/inpa-seminar-speaker-greg-green-mpia-title-milky-way-dust-and-dynamics/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241101T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241101T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20241028T185611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241028T185611Z
UID:1855-1730462400-1730466000@inpa.lbl.gov
SUMMARY:NO INPA SEMINAR
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/no-inpa-seminar-22/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241108T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241108T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20241108T195609Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241108T195609Z
UID:1867-1731067200-1731070800@inpa.lbl.gov
SUMMARY:NO INPA SEMINAR
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/no-inpa-seminar-23/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241115T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241115T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20241104T202606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241108T195455Z
UID:1860-1731672000-1731675600@inpa.lbl.gov
SUMMARY:INPA Seminar Speaker: Marie Camille Vidal (Stanford University)- Title: Neutrinoless double decay with the nEXO experiment
DESCRIPTION:INPA SEMINAR TALK \nDate: November 15\, 2024 \nTime: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm \nLocation: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person] \nSpeaker: Marie Camille Vidal (Stanford University) \nTitle: Neutrinoless double decay with the nEXO experiment \nAbstract: The nEXO experiment will search for neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) using a 5-tonne scale LXe time projection chamber (TPC)\, enriched to 90% in Xe136\, reaching a half-life sensitivity greater than 10^28 years after 10 years of lifetime. The observation 0νββ decay would imply new physics due to the lepton number non-conservation\, and the Majorana nature of the neutrino. The nEXO TPC measures the energy through ionization and scintillation light\, which allows to reach energy resolution smaller than 1% at the Qββ endpoint value. The design was improved so that the background would be reduced; electroformed copper\, and the search for low activity materials are few of the areas of improvement. In this talk we will provide an overview of the nEXO experiment and the various design choices that lead to our current\nsensitivity.\n \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 \nMeeting ID: 950 1669 6011\n\nPasscode: 247722
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/inpa-seminar-speaker-marie-camille-vidal-stanford-university-title-neutrinoless-double-decay-with-the-nexo-experiment/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241122T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241122T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20241104T203049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241118T175748Z
UID:1863-1732276800-1732280400@inpa.lbl.gov
SUMMARY:INPA SEMINAR - Speaker: Florian Henkes (Technical University of Munich)
DESCRIPTION:INPA SEMINAR TALK \nDate: November 22\, 2024 \nTime: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm \nLocation: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person] \nSpeaker: Florian Henkes (Technical University of Munich) \nTitle: First results of LEGEND-200 physics data in the quest for 0νββ decay \nAbstract: The Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless ββ Decay (LEGEND) experimental program is dedicated to the search for the neutrinoless double-beta (0νββ) decay of Ge-76 with isotopically enriched high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors and a discovery sensitivity beyond a half-life of 10^28 years. The project’s first phase\, LEGEND-200\, has stably accumulated physics data at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) for over a year with 140 kg of HPGe detectors and plans to install more in the coming months. The collaboration has scrutinized this first data to assess the experiment’s sensitivity and study the composition of the LEGEND-200 residual background. This talk will present the experiment’s performance regarding background rejection and signal acceptance\, a first model of the background composition before analysis cuts\, and the data in the region of interest\, including an updated 0νββ constraint based on the latest LEGEND data and past experiments. In addition\, it will highlight the analysis procedure based on the JuLeAna software framework and focus on incorporated algorithms and techniques. The talk will conclude with an update on the experiment’s future phase\, LEGEND-1000. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09 \nMeeting ID: 950 1669 6011\n\nPasscode: 247722
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/inpa-seminar-speaker-florian-henkes-technical-university-of-munich/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241129T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241129T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135454
CREATED:20241108T195926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241108T195926Z
UID:1872-1732881600-1732885200@inpa.lbl.gov
SUMMARY:NO INPA SEMINAR
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://inpa.lbl.gov/event/no-inpa-seminar-24/
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