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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]