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 VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Jingkai Xia (Shanghai Tech)
Speaker: Jingkai Xia (Shanghai Tech) Title: Detector Study For New Generation Of Neutrino And Dark Matter Experiments In China Abstract: Non-zero neutrino mass and the existence of dark matter are two important observations beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. Research on neutrino properties and dark matter detection will help to promote the discovery of new physics. New […]
VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Andreas Biekert (UC Berkeley)
Speaker: Andreas Biekert (UC Berkeley) Title: Scintillation Yield From Electronic and Nuclear Recoils In Superfluid 4He Abstract: HeRALD is a proposed sub-GeV scale dark matter detector based on a superfluid 4He target and transition edge sensor readout, supported as part of the TESSERACT project. Possible signal channels available for readout include prompt photons, triplet excimers, and roton and […]
VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Kevin Thieme (Univ. of Zurich)
Speaker: Kevin Thieme (University of Zurich) Title: A Measurement of the Mean Electronic Excitation Energy of Liquid Xenon Abstract: Detectors using liquid xenon as target are widely deployed in rare event searches. Conclusions on the interacting particle rely on a precise reconstruction of the deposited energy which requires calibrations of the energy scale of the detector by means […]
VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Peter Taylor (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory )
Speaker: Peter Taylor (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ) Title: The RSD Sorting Hat Abstract: Redshift-space distortions (RSD) and weak lensing (WL) studies yield some of the tightest cosmological constraints. Large overlapping data sets from Euclid, the Rubin Observatory, the Roman Space Science Telescope and the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instruments will enable a joint RSD/WL analysis. Such an analysis could […]
VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Noah Kurinsky (SLAC )
Speaker: Noah Kurinsky (SLAC) Title: Quantum Sensors for Direct Detection of Sub-GeV Dark Matter Abstract: Over the last 20 years, searches for dark matter above the proton mass have advanced significantly across direct and indirect searches, but sub-GeV dark matter has until recently been comparatively unprobed. In this talk, I will discuss the state of the Sub-GeV direct […]
VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Luca Pagani (UC Davis )
Speaker: Luca Pagani (UC Davis) Title: First Results From The ARTIE Experiment Abstract: A measurement of the transmission coefficient for neutrons through a thick (~3 atoms/b) liquid natural argon target in the energy range 30-70 keV was performed by the Argon Resonance Transmission Interaction Experiment (ARTIE) using a time of flight neutron beam at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In […]
VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR |Charlotte Alison Ward (Univ. of Maryland at College Park)
Speaker: Charlotte Alison Ward (Univ. of Maryland at College Park) Title: Using The Zwicky Transient Facility and Vera C. Rubin Observatory To Study Black Hole Seeds, Discover High-Z Quasars, and Measure Time Delays From Lensed Supernovae Abstract: Over the last 3 years, the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) has demonstrated the potential of wide-field transient surveys for […]
VIRTUAL INPA SEMINAR | Phillipp Windischofer (University of Oxford)
Location: via Zoom Speaker: Phillipp Windischofer (University of Oxford) Title: Detectors for Physics and Physics For Detectors Abstract: Powerful instrumentation has been a key enabler for many discoveries at the forefront of fundamental physics, from gravitational waves to the Higgs boson. In this seminar, I will argue that the converse is also true. I will show that […]
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.