Speaker: Lu Lu (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Title: Detection Of A Particle Shower at the Glashow Resonance with IceCube Abstract: First proposed in 1959 by S. L. Glashow, the resonant creation of a W− boson from the interaction of an anti-electron neutrino with an electron has never been experimentally observed. In the electron rest-frame the required neutrino energy, Eν […]

Location: via Zoom Speaker: ​Bryan Ramson (​Fermilab) Title: Towards A New Generation of Bubble Chambers Abstract: Long baseline neutrino oscillation experiments present some of the most compelling paths towards beyond the standard model physics through measurement of PMNS matrix elements and observation of leptonic CP violation. State of the art long baseline oscillation experiments, like NOvA and […]

Speaker: Javier Menéndez (University of Barcelona) Title: Nuclear Theory To Reveal The Nature Of Dark Matter And Neutrinos Location: via Zoom Abstract: Unveiling the nature of dark matter is one the most exciting challenges in physics. While it constitutes about a quarter of the energy-density of the universe and 80% of its mass, the composition of dark matter remains elusive. Beyond […]

Speaker: María Martínez ​(​Universidad de Zaragoza​)​ Location: via Zoom Title: Annual ​M​odulation ​R​esults ​F​rom ​Three​ ​-​Y​ear ​E​xposure of ANAIS-112 Abstract: For more than 20 years, the DAMA/LIBRA experiment at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory (Italy) has claimed a positive dark matter detection: an annual modulation in the low-energy detection rate compatible with the expected signal induced by dark […]

Speaker: Alessio Porcelli (Ghent University) Title: Method To Measure The Cosmic Rays Mass Composition With IceCube/IceTop Abstract: There is an intrinsic difficulty in measuring the mass of Cosmic rays at Ultra-High Energy. The only possible way involves measuring the Extensive Air Showers (EAS) characteristics produced by hadronic interactions of the incoming particle (primary) with the atmosphere: it behaves […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]