CYGNO x CYGNUS-Oz (CYGNOz) Workshop 2026

Thursday 26 Feb 2026, 09:00 → 13:30 Asia/Tokyo

Rokkodai campus, Building 65, Kobe University

Alasdair Mclean (Adelaide University), Robert Renz Marcelo Gregorio (Australian National University)

CYGNOz Collaboration

This is the first CYGNO x CYGNUS-Oz collaboration workshop, hosted at Kobe University in Japan. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss work topics that could mutually benefit the Italian and Australian efforts in directional dark matter detection.  Zoom link TBC

Venue and travel

- Address (Google): Science and Technology Research Building 3, 1-1 Rokkōdaichō, Nada Ward, Kobe, Hyogo 657-0013, Japan
- Getting there (from Sannomiya area): To get to the CYGNOz workshop it takes around 30 minutes from the Sannomiya area. You can take a train on the Kobe Line from the Kobe-Sannomiya station to Rokko station (3 stops). From here you can either take a 20 minute walk or (option 2) a bus from the Hankyu Rokko Station to the Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University (4 stops). 

Option 1: https://maps.app.goo.gl/2kTi3qPpQMDEwHmo7 
Option 2: https://maps.app.goo.gl/xnGk6pFvUzket8nY9

- Getting there (from Kobe University Integrated Research Center): Taxi or Uber is the only practical option

 

 

Internet Access

Private network and will share it on the day.

Catering and Lunch

• 7 Eleven and Starbucks on campus (about a 2 minute walk)

• Lunch at T-BOX Cafeteria (not covered by this meeting)

09:00 → 09:05 Welcome and Opening Remarks

Speaker: Alasdair Mclean (Adelaide University)

09:05 → 09:35 CYGNUS-Oz: Overview of Current Work and Future Plans

Speaker: Dr Lindsey Bignell (Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications, The Australian National University)

09:35 → 10:05 CYGNO: Overview of Current Work and Future Plans

Speaker: Elisabetta Baracchini (Gran Sasso Science Institute)

10:05 → 10:35 Break

10:35 → 10:50 CYGNET Charge readout and R&D Low-cost Amplification and Readout Device (LARD)

Speaker: Alasdair Mclean (Adelaide University)

10:50 → 11:05 Radon Event Tagging and Applications to LIME Dataset

Speaker: Dr Robert Renz Marcelo Gregorio (Australian National University)

11:05 → 11:20 Track Reconstruction in LIME: Summary of Progress and Remaining Work

Speaker: Giorgio Dho (INFN - LNF)

11:20 → 11:30 Dark Matter Sensitivity of the CYGNO Detector with Eco-Friendly Gas Mixtures

Speaker: Melba D'Astolfo (Gran Sasso Science Institute (IT))

11:30 → 11:45 Neutrino signals in CYGNOz (TBC)

Speaker: Chiara Lisotti

11:45 → 12:15 Roundtable Discussion/Formalising CYGNOz Collaboration

Speakers: Elisabetta Baracchini (Gran Sasso Science Institute), Prof. Gregory Lane (Australian National University)

12:15 → 12:30 CYGNOz Workshop Photo

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch @ T-BOX Cafeteria